Buy Us Time is a quest for level 10-45 in Highmountain. It is step 4 of 10 in the Snowblind Mesa storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Highmountain at 53.4, 64.0. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 6,150 experience and money.
We need time to evacuate Snowmane Village. Can you take the fight to these Mightstone drogbar and cull their numbers?
I will direct my healers to get everyone that is unable to fight to safety.
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This is a prerequisite for Evacuate Snowmane
It's worth noting this is late in the chapters for Highmountain. I was partway through 6 of 7 chapters before I got to this point in the questline.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 6,150 |
| Money | Gold | 20g 22s |
| Reputation | Highmountain Tribe | +150 |
The Highmountain Tribe has dwindled in numbers over the years, and with the drogbar threat looming, seek new allies to save their homeland.
Reputation group: Legion.
Other quests in Highmountain that reward Highmountain Tribe reputation: Get to High Ground (+250), Rocs vs Eagles (+150), The Skyhorn Tribe (+10), Battle of Snowblind Mesa (+150), Secrets of Highmountain (+150), Grasp of the Underking (+150).
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.
| Turn-in map | Highmountain | Turn-in marker at 53.4, 64.0, 7 mapped points |
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Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #650 53.4 64.0
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/way #650 53.4 64.0/way #650 53.5 59.8Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Highmountain, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Highmountain:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
Part 4 of 10.
Previous: The Siegebrul · Next: Evacuate Snowmane
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Worms do not like battle or the surface. They only go where their master tells them. So, when in war, kill the master. Siegebrul Olgrul is the master of worms for the Mightstone drogbar who attack us from the north. Slay him.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
They just keep coming! And now my scouts report some of the drogbar have managed to sneak around our flank and are attacking Snowmane Village. Go, help the evacuation. We will hold the line here and try to buy you some time.
Snowblind Mesa has 10 steps, from Battle of Snowblind Mesa to The Hammer of Khaz'goroth.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (9), Dalaran (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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Buy Us Time, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mQi94n4lZo
