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Down to the Wire

Down to the Wire is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 104 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 62.6, 16.8. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The vanguard of the Alliance force will be arriving within days. The soldiers will be expecting their winter gear to be prepared, but I've still got more cloaks to make.

I've been using spotted hippogryph down for the cloaks' linings, but my stock won't last!

You've got to help me, <name>. Captain Adams will have my hide if those cloaks aren't ready in time! Bring me all the down you can find out there. It's dropped to the ground by molting hippogryphs flying over the wilderness around the fort.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationValiance Expedition+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Legs
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor22
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for46 gold25 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for60 silver59 copper
TypeLeather Legs
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for45 gold90 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for46 gold8 silver

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+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 mapHowling FjordTurn-in marker at 62.6, 16.8, 20 mapped points
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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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 20 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Down to the WireTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 62.6 16.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 62.6, 16.8/way #117 62.6 16.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 69.5, 19.8/way #117 69.5 19.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 55.1, 19.5/way #117 55.1 19.5

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 Howling Fjord map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:

  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 160 yards west
  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards south
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,200 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 430 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 460 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Howling Fjord

Part 104 of 162.

Previous: The Slumbering King · Next: The Yeti Next Door

  1. 99Of Keys and Cages
  2. 100Necro Overlord Mezhen
  3. 101In Service to the Light
  4. 102Sleeping Giants
  5. 103The Slumbering King
  6. 104Down to the Wire
  7. 105The Yeti Next Door
  8. 106I'll Try Anything!
  9. 107A Tailor-Made Formula
  10. 108Apply Heat and Stir
  11. 109Field Test
  12. 110Time for Cleanup

Showing steps 99 to 110 of 162.

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 Slumbering KingHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    A sheaf of parchment drops from the still hand of the overlord. Upon it you can discern the outline of the rituals that are taking place in the catacombs below. However, it appears that the queen of the vrykul, Angerboda, is having difficulty awakening King Ymiron.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Yeti Next DoorHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Maybe if the sentries won't help me, you will? I'm the foreman of the mine just across the bridge. My men are mining ore for the weapons our expeditionary force will need to carve a path into the Grizzly Hills. A giant yeti has invaded the mine, blocking the tunnel we need to expand!

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord 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.

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