This turns out to be pretty easy as Horde, if you know exactly what you're doing and don't have to stop.
Mount up at a distance from the front gates.
Charge straight in the front gates until you get to a wall. Turn left, then immediately right. This will bring into the city proper. There will be guards after you. Don't stop.
There will be a trench right in front of you. Drop down into the trench and turn left. This will throw off the guards.
Near the end of the trench is a ramp. It's against the ramp wall, and leads up and out of the trench. Run up that ramp and keep going that direction.
The festival NPC will be right in front of you as you emerge from the trench. The elder is just behind the main moonlight, on the left. There are no guards in the immediate vicinity.
Be quick about your business with the elder, grab a scroll from the nearby Festival Harbinger, step into the light, and use the scroll to teleport to Moonglade. Whew!
On a fast mount, the whole operation takes less than 20 seconds, not enough time for the Alliance players to really respond. The only risk is getting tagged with a hooked net as you emerge from the gatehouse. If you make it to the trench, you're probably good.
Quest
Bronzebeard the Elder
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I found this so easy it surprised me!
If you have 310% flying this is easier than expected! The key is DO NOT STOP through the gates. I went through the gates and kept moving forward til I felt I was out of aggro (and the guards will have reset). STAY HIGH. When I stopped my head was touching the ceiling and I was surprised that I was still alive and, by complete fluke, was floating above the Elder! I managed to fly down and get the elder without a problem (just make sure you see the flying guards just fly by before you fly down)
I stayed on the ceiling a few mins before trying to get out and found that not one ally saw me because of the way the architecture casts shadows on everything :))))
Getting out was a problem as I went head first into some flying guards, but being naked I took the 10mins res sickness rather than the corpse crawl.
All in all, with a bit of luck that you don't run into the flying guards on your way in/out this is very easy!
Remember - stay high once you're in the gate, you won't aggro the flying guards at all if you're flying as high as you can.
MACRO - This is a copy of the post I put on the "Elders of the Alliance" page.
Hope this macro helps some people, if someone knows a way to put it all in one macro, wonderful and please post :)
To create macros type /macro in the chat box
If it's heavy PVP and you're struggling (especially if you are doing this solo) do this (I am using Hammershout in Stormwind as an example but if you're after a different elder, just change the name):
Macro one:
/target ElderHammershout
Keybind to F1
Next go to the options menu (press ESC) and click keybindings. Find the sub-heading (in white) "Tagetting Functions" and under that you will find "Interact with target" click the first red box next to it and click F2. This will find this action to F2.
Then create this macro and bind to F3:
/script SelectGossipAvailableQuest(1)
/script CompleteQuest()
/script GetQuestReward()Now, when running upto an Elder you can click F1 far away to target, F2 when you're in range to interact and F3 to hand in the quest!
All you have to change is the name of the elder in the first macro when you are after someone else. Should be even easier if you are lucky enough to have flying mounts as you can target from far away and it shouldn't dismount you when you hand in the quest so be quick :)
Hope this helps (I'm fairly new to macros)
Mookii
Locations of Elders in Kalimdor:
Riversong Ashenvale http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=331:350480
Skygleam Azshara http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=16:720850
High Mountain The Barrens http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=17:450580
Moonwarden The Barrens http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=17:510280
Windtotem The Barrens http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=17:620370
Starweave Darkshore http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=148:360460
Runetotem Durotar http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=14:540440
Nightwind Felwood http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=361:370520
Grimtotem Feralas http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=357:760370
Mistwalker Feralas http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=357:620310
Bloodhoof Mulgore http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=215:480530
Bladesing Silithus http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1377:500360
Primestone Silithus http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1377:230120
Dreamseer Tanaris http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=440:500280
Ragetotem Tanaris http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=440:360800
Bladeleaf Teldrassil http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=141:570600
Skyseer Thousand Needles http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=400:450500
Morningdew Thousand Needles http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=400:790770
Thunderhorn Un'Goro Crater http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=490:510750
Brightspear Winterspring http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=618:550430
Stonespire Winterspring http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=618:610370
Darkhorn Orgrimmar http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1637:410330
Wheathoof Thunder Bluff http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1638:720230
Bladeswift Darnassus http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1657:330140Locations of Elders in Eastern Kingdoms:
Bellowrage Blasted Lands http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=4:580550
Rumblerock Burning Steppes http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=46:820460
Dawnstrider Burning Steppes http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=46:640240
Goldwell Dun Morogh http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1:460510
Windrun Eastern Plaguelands http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=139:390750
Snowcrown Eastern Plaguelands http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=139:810600
Stormbrow Elwynn Forest http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=12:400630
Highpeak Hinterlands http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=47:490480
Silvervein Loch Modan http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=38:330460
Ironband Searing Gorge http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=51:210780
Obsidian Silverpine Forest http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=130:450410
Starglade Stranglethorn Vale http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=33:530180
Winterhoof Stranglethorn Vale http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=33:260760
Graveborn Tirisfal Glades http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=85:610530
Moonstrike Western Plaguelands http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=28:690730
Meadowrun Western Plaguelands http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=28:660470
Skychaser Westfall http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=40:560470
Bronzebeard Ironforge http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1537:290160
Hammershout Stormwind City http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1519:220520
Darkcore Undercity http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=1497:670380Locations of Elders in Northrend:
Arp Borean Tundra http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3537:570440
Northal Borean Tundra http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3537:340340
Pamuya Borean Tundra http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3537:430500
Sardis Borean Tundra http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3537:590660
Morthie Dragonblight http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=65:300560
Skywarden Dragonblight http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=65:350480
Thoim Dragonblight http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=65:490780
Beldak Grizzly Hills http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=394:610280
Lunaro Grizzly Hills http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=394:810370
Whurain Grizzy Hills http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=394:640470
Bluewolf Lake Wintergrasp http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=4197:490140
Sandrene Sholazar Basin http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3711:500640
Wanikaya Sholazar Basin http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=3711:640490
Fargal Storm Peaks http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=67:290740
Graymane Storm Peaks http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=67:410850
Muraco Storm Peaks http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=67:640510
Stonebeard Storm Peaks http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=67:310380
Tauros Zul'Drak http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=66:590560Locations of Elders in Dungeons:
Morndeep Blackrock Depths
Stonefort Lower Blackrock Spire
Splitrock Maraudon
Farwhisper Stratholme
Starsong Temple of Atal'Hakkar
Wildmane Zul'Farrak
Jarten Utgarde Keep
Igasho The Nexus
Nurgen Azjol-Nerub
Kilias Drak'Tharon Keep
Ohanzee Gundrak
Yuruak Halls of Stone
Ghogan'gada Utgarde Pinnacle
Quest facts
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Reward details
Items you receive
“A symbol of honor and respect for one's ancestry.”
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Where this quest fits
Also counted by Elders of the Alliance
Its criteria name 3 quests; others include:
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Elders of the Alliance: its criteria name 3 quests, this one included.