TheWoWDBI placed the banner by the fire pit just north of where you get the quest. Once you drop it, 3 mobs come 1 at a time, just kill them as they come and you'll be fine. I didn't even aggro any extra mobs while doing the quest.
Quest
Drop It then Rock It!
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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"3 mobs come 1 at a time"
Or, more likely, one mob comes, then another, and then about 20 horde come and gank the banner and then you. :)
Has to be dropped by the fire as this is considered the "center" of the town, which is required.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11429
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11429))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 21 of 162
Rewards4,100 XP
Description
I'm not about to put the fate of this mission into the hands of some untested scrub. Now, if you want to prove to me that you've got what it takes to carry out this mission, you'll need to do what I tell you. Take this battle standard and head over to Baleheim, directly north of here. Once you're at Baleheim, find the center of town and drop our flag. Fight off any vrykul dirt bags that attempt to take down our beloved flag and return to me once you've established Alliance dominance!
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 64.4 46.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 64.4, 46.9
/way #117 64.4 46.9 - Objective areaHowling Fjord 64.9, 40.1
/way #117 64.9 40.1
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
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 660 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,310 yards
- To Northrend about 1,360 yards
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:
- Valgarde Port, Howling Fjord
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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.
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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
Reward details
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.
Storyline
Howling Fjord
Part 21 of 162.
Previous: Meet Lieutenant Icehammer... · Next: Harpoon Master Yavus
- 16Locating the Mechanism
- 17Anguish of Nifflevar
- 18Dragonflayer Battle Plans
- 19To Westguard Keep!
- 20Meet Lieutenant Icehammer...
- 21Drop It then Rock It!
- 22Harpoon Master Yavus
- 23It Goes to 11...
- 24Let's Go Surfing Now
- 25Tools to Get the Job Done
- 26Out of My Element?
- 27We Can Rebuild It
Showing steps 16 to 27 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.
- Meet Lieutenant Icehammer...
Do you see those vrykul buildings on the bluffs to the northeast? The vrykul call that place Nifflevar. It's where most of their harpoon attacks on our frigates originate. Well guess what? The time for payback has come, <name>.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Harpoon Master Yavus
That was a fairly strong showing at Baleheim, <name>. Before you go off patting yourself on the back there's work to be done at Nifflevar. We've located the vrykul responsible for the majority of the harpoon attacks on our frigates - goes by the name of Yavus.
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
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.