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Defending The Vanguard

A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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THE CRUSADERS' PINNACLE Quest Tree From Whiterock

N)Judgment Day Comes!{H}
1)Honor Above All Else
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2)Scourge Tactics 2)Defending The Vanguard 2)Curing The Incurable
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1)If There Are Survivors...
3)Into The Wild Green Yonder
1)A Cold Front Approaches
1)The Last Line Of Defense
2)Once More Unto The Breach, Hero{Death Knight special}
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3)The Scourgestone 3)The Purging Of Scourgeholme | 3)The Restless Dead              |
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3)The Air Stands Still 4)The Stone That Started A Revolution | 4)It Could Kill Us All
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1)Into The Frozen Heart Of Northrend
5)The Battle For Crusaders' Pinnacle-->5)The Crusaders' Pinnacle
6)A Tale of Valor                       |->The Skybreaker(A)*
5)A Hero Remains                        |->Orgrim's Hammer(H)*
7)The Keeper's Favor
7)Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare
6)The Boon of Remulos
5)Time Yet Remains
7)The Touch of an Aspect
7)Dahlia's Tears
6)The Boon of Alexstrasza
5)Hope Yet Remains
7)The Will of the Naaru
6)The Boon of A'dal
5)Light Within the Darkness
Quest Zones:
1)Argent Vanguard_____2)Valley of Echoes_____3)Scourgeholme_____4)Crystalsong Forest_____5)Crusaders' Pinnacle_____6)Silent Vigil_____7)Unique zone
N)Not-needed
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneIcecrown
LocationIcecrown, Crystalsong Forest
Quest ID13039

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13039))

What to do

WhereIcecrown, Crystalsong Forest
StorylineIcecrown, step 3 of 167
RewardsTouch of Light, Enchanted Plate Waistguard, Crusader's Locket, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

We can't keep this pace up, lad. Once the breach was blown, the floodgates opened up. The Scourge have been pourin' through ever since with no end in sight! We need every able bodied man and woman to help keep the tide of evil at bay. Get out there and do yer share, friend. Kill as many of those monsters as ye can!

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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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for Defending The VanguardTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 86.1 75.8

Crystalsong Forest Objective area 1 mapped point
Crystalsong Forest map showing where to go for Defending The VanguardObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #127 51.3 13.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 86.1, 75.8/way #118 86.1 75.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 83.8, 74.7/way #118 83.8 74.7
  • Objective areaCrystalsong Forest 51.3, 13.4/way #127 51.3 13.4

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

  • The Argent Vanguard, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 140 yards south-east
  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 440 yards west
  • Frosthold, The Storm PeaksAlliance · about 510 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 150 yards west

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +250

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, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for83 gold27 silver
TypePlate Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold36 silver
TypeArmor Trinket
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+7 Agility or Strength
EquipChagrin
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for1 gold2 silver
TypeMail Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for25 gold26 silver

Reputation: Argent Crusade +250

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Icecrown that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Scourge Tactics (+250), Curing The Incurable (+250), Into The Wild Green Yonder (+350), A Tale of Valor (+10), A Cold Front Approaches (+10), A Hero Remains (+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.

Storyline

Icecrown

Part 3 of 167.

Previous: Curing The Incurable · Next: Scourge Tactics

  1. 1Honor Above All Else
  2. 2Curing The Incurable
  3. 3Defending The Vanguard
  4. 4Scourge Tactics
  5. 5If There Are Survivors...
  6. 6Into The Wild Green Yonder
  7. 7A Cold Front Approaches
  8. 8The Last Line Of Defense
  9. 9Once More Unto The Breach, Hero
  10. 10Once More Unto The Breach, Hero
  11. 11The Scourgestone
  12. 12The Restless Dead

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 167.

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.

  • Curing The IncurableIcecrown · Level 25-30

    The number of injured soldiers rises with each passing day. They are being stricken by some type of toxin that we have never before seen. Whatever it is that these Nerubians hold within their venom glands is lethal and incurable!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Scourge TacticsIcecrown · Level 25-30

    We had the element of surprise on our side! We blew a hole in the side of the mountain and charged into Scourgeholme. Scourge opposition was fierce and it wasn't long until we were overwhelmed. We fell back to the valley and began raining artillery down on the Scourge that followed.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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.