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Changing the Wind's Course

Changing the Wind's Course is a Horde-only quest for level 25-30 in The Storm Peaks. It is step 71 of 113 in The Storm Peaks storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Storm Peaks at 65.8, 51.4. It rewards 2 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

At last, we have all that we need to right the wrongs of the North Wind and its followers. You have attuned the Lorehammer to Stormhoof's time and his persona.

Take the hammer again, head to the Temple of Life in the plains to the northwest. Use the hammer to assume the role of Stormhoof. Face the North Wind as Stormhoof, but realize that for the timeline to be restored, Stormhoof must die as the North Wind weakens.

Then, you must find and use the Horn of Elemental Fury to destroy the North Wind.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationWarsong Offensive +350
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
blus10+72via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

***ATTENTION*** 120's MAX LEVEL PEEPS! Take off all your gear, get rez sickness and ONLY use melee attacks (DO NOT USE THE AVAILABLE ABILITIES). Play it safe, I would suggest activating a weak spec and not activating any abilities. To do melee attack as Stormhoof, right-click the guy and should auto attack....turn off all add on's too.

2
deepspace8+66via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I did this in Shadowlands.

You do not need rez sickness or anything. Just don't use any of the action bar abilities and instead right-click him. It will melee him down until he turns green and you can loot the item.

Bad advice from other people.

3
38585+57via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To do this quest you have to complete a chain of quests.


  2. Xarantaur, the Witness

  4. The Witness and the Hero
    - Right as you leave the hut you find the first scroll next to the Tunka'lo Brave standing at the path up to the mountain top.
    - The second scroll is on the way up to the mountain top next to Hapanu Coldwind.
    - The third scroll is on the mountain top at the entrance of the inn.

  6. Memories of Stormhoof
    - Go to 62,41 (without coords: the top most cave north-west of Camp Tunka'lo) and speak with Chieftain Swiftspear inside the cave. You have to click his chat bubble only once and just wait until he finishes. Some people reported they had to click it more often to actually start the story.

  8. Distortions in Time
    - Use The Chieftain's Totem to close the yellow rifts in the cave.
    - Turn in Distortion in Time and Memories of Stormhoof at Xarantaur at Camp Tunka'lo.

  10. Where Time Went Wrong & The Hero's Arms
    - Enter the cave at 67,45 (without coords: just go straight north from Camp Tunka'lo and enter the first cave you see).
    - Now start to kill Scion of Storm mobs which are inside the cave. They will drop both Stormhoof's Spear and Stormhoof's Mail.
    - Loot the parts that lay around in the cave to complete Where Time Went Wrong.
    - Turn in both quests at Xarantaur.

  12. Finally you can do Changing the Wind's Course
    - Go to the ruined temple at 64,47 (without coords: west of Camp Tunka'lo) and use The Lorehammer. Now you're Stormhoof and you have to kill Northwind. Use you're AE when ever it's up and shock him when he tries to cast. The rest of the fight you can run from him since he's pretty slow and wait for your CDs to refresh. As he dies he will drop a horn. Loot the horn and blow it.
    - Turn the quest in at Xarantaur and choose your reward.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationWarsong Offensive+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeWand Ranged
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 5 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for108 gold41 silver
TypeWand Ranged
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 5 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for108 gold80 silver

Reputation: Warsong Offensive +350

Garrosh Hellscream commands the Horde's main expeditionary forces as they make their way into Northrend to face Arthas and the armies of the Scourge.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in The Storm Peaks that reward Warsong Offensive reputation: Ancient Relics (+250), The Missing Bronzebeard (+250), The Nose Knows (+10), Speak Orcish, Man! (+10), Speaking with the Wind's Voice (+250), Emergency Measures (+250).

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 it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Storm PeaksTurn-in marker at 65.8, 51.4, 2 mapped points
World Map

Where to go

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.

The Storm Peaks Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
The Storm Peaks map showing where to go for Changing the Wind's CourseTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #120 65.8 51.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Storm Peaks 65.8, 51.4/way #120 65.8 51.4
  • Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 64.6, 46.8/way #120 64.6 46.8

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Storm Peaks map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Storm Peaks, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Storm Peaks:

  • Camp Tunka'lo, The Storm PeaksHorde · about 40 yards north-west
  • Dun Niffelem, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 510 yards south-west
  • Gundrak, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 230 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Storm Peaks

Part 71 of 113.

Previous: The Hero's Arms · Next: They Took Our Men!

  1. 66The Witness and the Hero
  2. 67Memories of Stormhoof
  3. 68Distortions in Time
  4. 69Where Time Went Wrong
  5. 70The Hero's Arms
  6. 71Changing the Wind's Course
  7. 72They Took Our Men!
  8. 73Leave No Goblin Behind
  9. 74The Crone's Bargain
  10. 75Mildred the Cruel
  11. 76Discipline
  12. 77Examples to be Made

Showing steps 66 to 77 of 113.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Hero's ArmsThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    Not all of the camp's records have yet been corrupted. My staff has helped me to find those records which reflect the true timeline. They agree that Stormhoof was given a burial of honor among the village elders on the bottom level of the Howling Hollow, to the north.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • They Took Our Men!The Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    You have to help us! We were in the middle of an expedition into the mountains to set up a transmission tower when we were attacked. They looked like vrykul, except their skin was blue and layered with frost... and they were all female! They took all the men in the expedition and let us women go.

Also counted by The Summit of Storm Peaks

Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Storm Peaks has 113 steps, from Clean Up to The Reckoning.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (110), Zul'Drak (2), Crystalsong Forest (1).

Other storylines on The Storm Peaks map

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.

The Summit of Storm PeaksComplete the Storm Peaks storylines listed below.10
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