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Quest
Expeditious Retreat
A World of Warcraft quest in Eversong Woods. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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One of the creature is flying. Look up.
/way 61.64 60.29 Swarming Lightsaptor
/way 58.87 58.63 Swarming Shinesipper Flies in circle above this point
/way 60.36 56.94 Swarming Shinemaw
Remember to do this quest with A Last Resort
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Quest facts
Quest ID86887
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86887))
What to do
StorylineEmergence, step 4 of 10
Rewards31g 90s, 12,150 XP
Description
I have a way to stop the Lightbloom from spreading further through the forest, but it isn't exactly a delicate touch. Normally, I'd never dream of resorting to a controlled burn in such a healthy portion of Eversong... but the frenzy is spreading too quickly, and we are running out of options. I've sounded the retreat to my Farstriders, but some of them haven't responded. I need you to find any rangers in particularly sticky situations, and lend your aid in securing their escape.
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-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2395 62.3 59.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inEversong Woods 62.3, 59.5
/way #2395 62.3 59.5 - Turn-inEversong Woods 58.7, 57.2
/way #2395 58.7 57.2 - Objective areaEversong Woods 60.0, 58.5
/way #2395 60.0 58.5 - Objective areaEversong Woods 61.7, 60.2
/way #2395 61.7 60.2 - Objective areaEversong Woods 60.3, 57.0
/way #2395 60.3 57.0
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 Eversong Woods map
- Calling in the Cavalry about 220 yards
- Dawnstar Defense about 220 yards
- And Then They Came about 220 yards
- The Shadowed Spire about 220 yards
- The Void Reveals about 230 yards
- A Ranger's Spirit about 540 yards
- The Regent's Request about 550 yards
- Lines Cut, Tongues Silenced about 550 yards
- The Thieves' Trail about 550 yards
- Dead Men Keep No Secrets about 550 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Eversong Woods, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eversong Woods:
- Tranquillien, Eversong Woods
- Witherbark Bluffs, Zul'Aman
- Atal'Aman, Zul'Aman
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money31 gold90 silver
Experience12,150 XP
Other quests on the Eversong Woods map
Storyline
Emergence
Part 4 of 10.
Previous: Stem the Tides · Next: A Last Resort
- 1The Frenzied March
- 2Cull and Burn
- 3Stem the Tides
- 4Expeditious Retreat
- 5A Last Resort
- 6Survive
- 7The Gift of Aln'hara
- 8Light Finds a Way
- 9Quelling the Frenzy
- 10Rise of the Haranir
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.
- Stem the Tides
When the Farstriders first discovered the Lightbloom, we thought it to be merely an aesthetic change--a small quirk of the Sunwell's influence. Would that we knew then what we know now. These Light-frenzied rootways must lead all the way back to Harandar.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Last Resort
With our ground forces pulled back, our position will be overwhelmed in a matter of minutes. It's time to execute our gambit. Rommath and the Magisters have provided us a mana gem that can be used to overload Lash'ra's runestones. Take it, and infuse the stones with the mana contained therein.
The storyline at a glance
Emergence has 10 steps, from The Frenzied March to Rise of the Haranir.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eversong Woods (9), Silvermoon City (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Eversong Woods map
- Prey
- Saltheril's Haven
- Shadowfall
- Far Striding
- Ripple Effects
- Paladin Rescue
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.