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Fall Back!

Fall Back! is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Ruins of Gilneas. It is step 37 of 57 in the Silverpine Forest storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ruins of Gilneas at 73.0, 30.1. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,200 experience and money.

Description

<The F.C.D. buzzes.>

<Howls can be heard in the background.>

<name>, do you read me? Come in, <name>. This is likely my final transmission. The worgen have overrun Forsaken Forward Command. It is now only a matter of time before the base is lost. Belmont and the val'kyr, Arthura, have left. Belmont mentioned that they will rendezvous with you at Emberstone Village, located to the northeast. Find Belmont, <name>. Our mission - our very existence - depends on it.

You are our final hope.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
ReputationUndercity +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
MoneyGold31g 50s
ReputationUndercity+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level8
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon1 - 2 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+1 Agility, +1 Stamina
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for6 silver96 copper
TypeCloth Wrist
Item level8
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+1 Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for2 silver46 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level8
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+2 Strength or Intellect, +3 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for4 silver91 copper

Reputation: Undercity +250

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Ruins of Gilneas that reward Undercity reputation: To Forsaken Forward Command (+250), Korok the Colossus (+500), Losing Ground (+350), In Time, All Will Be Revealed (+250), Break in Communications: Dreadwatch Outpost (+350), Break in Communications: Rutsak's Guard (+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 mapRuins of GilneasTurn-in marker at 73.0, 30.1, 2 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.

Ruins of Gilneas Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Ruins of Gilneas map showing where to go for Fall Back!Turn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #217 73.0 30.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inRuins of Gilneas 73.0, 30.1/way #217 73.0 30.1
  • Objective areaRuins of Gilneas 57.5, 18.2/way #217 57.5 18.2

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 Ruins of Gilneas map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ruins of Gilneas:

  • Forsaken Forward Command, GilneasHorde · about 560 yards north-west
  • Southpoint Gate, HillsbradHorde · about 900 yards north-east
  • The Forsaken Front, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 1,100 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 550 yards north-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

Silverpine Forest

Part 37 of 57.

Previous: What Tomorrow Brings · Next: A Man Named Godfrey

  1. 32Korok the Colossus
  2. 33Break in Communications: Dreadwatch Outpost
  3. 34Break in Communications: Rutsak's Guard
  4. 35On Whose Orders?
  5. 36What Tomorrow Brings
  6. 37Fall Back!
  7. 38A Man Named Godfrey
  8. 39Resistance is Futile
  9. 40The Great Escape
  10. 41Rise, Godfrey
  11. 42Breaking the Barrier
  12. 43Unyielding Servitors

Showing steps 32 to 43 of 57.

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.

  • What Tomorrow BringsRuins of Gilneas · Level 5-30

    <The F.C.D. buzzes.> Look around the Cathedral Quarter. There should be a telescope nearby that the 7th Legion uses for spying. Find it and use it to scout the harbor. We need to find out how the 7th Legion got past our fleet. Hurry, <name>. We can't hold these beasts back much longer.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Man Named GodfreyRuins of Gilneas · Level 5-30

    Lord Vincent Godfrey spent his life defending the kingdom of Gilneas. When the worgen curse ravaged this land, Godfrey was one of the first Gilneans to take up arms against the beasts. It is said that upon discovering that his king was afflicted by the curse, Godfrey took his own life.

The storyline at a glance

Silverpine Forest has 57 steps, from The Warchief Cometh to Cities in Dust.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silverpine Forest (46), Ruins of Gilneas (11).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ruins of Gilneas 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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