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Escape from the Winterfin Caverns

Escape from the Winterfin Caverns is a quest for level 10-30 in Borean Tundra. It is step 146 of 182 in the Borean Tundra storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Borean Tundra at 43.5, 14.0. It rewards 6 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 3 achievements.

Description

The lock on my cage doesn't look too solid, but I'm not foolish enough to try to leave without assistance.

Will you help me safely get out of these caverns? There's no time to waste, <race>.

When you get back to the retreat, please let the king know that I'm okay. He's sure to give you a reward.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationCenarion Expedition +250
Top Comments

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

2
Rompetomp+36via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Worst. escort. ever!


  • Slow running escort. - Check

  • The fact that it is an escort. - Check

  • Murlocs. - Check

  • Stand still for ~5 seconds after every mob engaged (even with full mana/health). - Check

  • Murlocs. - Check

  • Murlocs. - Double Check

Note to Blizzard: Make escorts run ~5% slower then you, they don't have to WALK (They're running away from a cave full of enemies, and they're going slower then a turtle). People these times don't have downtime while levelling, people kill mobs in about 5-10 seconds. There's no need to regen health/mana after every single mob.

Thank you.

3
SpeedAtNight+28via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To people leveling with flying mounts now since 3.2, when he says "This is far enough, I can make it on my own from here." Don't instantly mount up. You don't get quest credit until about 5 seconds later, had you mounted up and flown off the quest will fail and you will have to spend another 10 minutes escorting him again.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationCenarion Expedition+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 5 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +5 Haste
Suited toDestruction, Demonology, Affliction, Restoration, Elemental, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Balance, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation
Sells to vendors for67 gold9 silver
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon8 - 14 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Strength, +4 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toProtection, Frost
Sells to vendors for66 gold33 silver
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon6 - 10 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Haste, +4 Agility
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for65 gold58 silver
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon5 - 6 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Versatility, +6 Haste
Suited toRestoration, Mistweaver, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Elemental, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Balance
Sells to vendors for66 gold84 silver
TypeCrossbow Ranged
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon13 - 20 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+7 Agility, +19 Stamina, +7 Dodge
Suited toBeast Mastery, Marksmanship
Sells to vendors for84 gold48 silver
TypeTwo-Handed Mace Two-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon18 - 23 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+7 Strength, +15 Haste, +13 Critical Strike
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for85 gold10 silver

Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +250

An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Cenarion Expedition reputation: Oh Noes, the Tadpoles! (+250), The Spare Suit (+10), Surrender... Not! (+350), Learning to Communicate (+250), A Mission Statement (+10), Unfit for Death (+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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBorean TundraTurn-in marker at 43.5, 14.0, 3 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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Escape from the Winterfin CavernsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 43.5 14.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 43.5, 14.0/way #114 43.5 14.0
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 40.2, 20.0/way #114 40.2 20.0
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 37.7, 23.0/way #114 37.7 23.0

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

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

  • Bor'gorok Outpost, Borean TundraHorde · about 370 yards east
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 780 yards south
  • Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean TundraAlliance · about 790 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 480 yards south-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

Borean Tundra

Part 146 of 182.

Previous: Keymaster Urmgrgl · Next: Surrounded!

  1. 141Grmmurggll Mrllggrl Glrggl!!!
  2. 142Succulent Orca Stew
  3. 143The Spare Suit
  4. 144Surrender... Not!
  5. 145Keymaster Urmgrgl
  6. 146Escape from the Winterfin Caverns
  7. 147Surrounded!
  8. 148Thassarian, the Death Knight
  9. 149Finding the Phylactery
  10. 150Buying Some Time
  11. 151Words of Power
  12. 152Last Rites

Showing steps 141 to 152 of 182.

Also part of: Winterfin Retreat (part 13 of 13).

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.

  • Keymaster UrmgrglBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    I have to get out of these caverns! There's magic stuff seeping in from Coldarra, above, and affecting everyone's minds. I don't intend to be controlled like these others! Keymaster Urmgrgl is in the cave below and to the south. He holds the key to my cage.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Surrounded!Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Our situation is nearly hopeless. We were ordered to take the Wailing Ziggurat with a handful of men. We'll be lucky if we can hold this position against the Scourge. We're outnumbered, injured and have no escape route.

Also counted by Mrglgrgl of Grglmrgl

Its criteria name 3 quests; others include:

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • D.E.H.T.A's Little P.I.T.A. Uphold D.E.H.T.A's beliefs by completing all of the quests up to and including the Assassination of Harold Lane.

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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 these achievements.

Mrglgrgl of GrglmrglComplete the storylines involving King Mrgl-Mrgl in Borean Tundra, Highmountain, and Zul'Aman.Title: Mrglgrgl of Grglmrgl5Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10
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