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Find the Lost Guards

Find the Lost Guards is an Alliance-only quest for level 1-30 in Elwynn Forest. It is step 25 of 30 in the Elwynn Forest storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Elwynn Forest at 72.6, 60.3. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 1,050 experience.

Description

A few days ago we sent two Guards, Rolf and Malakai, to investigate along the river, and they have not yet returned. To complete my report, I must know what happened to those men.

Travel north along the river and find the guards... or their remains.

Rewards

Experience1,050 XP
ReputationStormwind +25
Top Comments

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The guards are dead and you're pretty much finding their remains, the first one is to the left of the river flowing south from the lake, the other one is by the murlocs. This one is hard to get because he is surrounded by 3 or 4 murlocs that like to aggro friends. It's much easier if you have a group.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,050
ReputationStormwind+25

Reward details

Reputation: Stormwind +25

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Elwynn Forest that reward Stormwind reputation: Riverpaw Gnoll Bounty (+250), Further Concerns (+250), A Fishy Peril (+10), Discover Rolf's Fate (+75), Bounty on Murlocs (+250), Gold Dust Exchange (+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 mapElwynn ForestTurn-in marker at 72.6, 60.3, 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.

Elwynn Forest Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Elwynn Forest map showing where to go for Find the Lost GuardsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #37 72.6 60.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inElwynn Forest 72.6, 60.3/way #37 72.6 60.3
  • Objective areaElwynn Forest 74.0, 72.2/way #37 74.0 72.2

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 Elwynn Forest map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Elwynn Forest:

  • Eastvale Logging Camp, ElwynnAlliance · about 350 yards south-east
  • Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 1,100 yards west
  • Darkshire, DuskwoodAlliance · about 1,200 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 280 yards south

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

Elwynn Forest

Part 25 of 30.

Previous: Manhunt · Next: Discover Rolf's Fate

  1. 19WANTED: James Clark
  2. 20Protect the Frontier
  3. 21Fine Linen Goods
  4. 22A Bundle of Trouble
  5. 23The Collector
  6. 24Manhunt
  7. 25Find the Lost Guards
  8. 26Discover Rolf's Fate
  9. 27Report to Thomas
  10. 28Cloth and Leather Armor
  11. 29Riverpaw Gnoll Bounty
  12. 30WANTED: "Hogger"

Showing steps 19 to 30 of 30.

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.

  • ManhuntElwynn Forest · Level 1-30

    If the "Collector" is taking gold from our mines then he's stealing from the kingdom! Bring the Collector to justice, and bring me the ring mentioned in the pickup schedule you gave me. It may tell us whom the Collector is working for...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Discover Rolf's FateElwynn Forest · Level 1-30

    Upon further searching the area, you find webbed footprints leading east along the shore of Stone Cairn Lake. In the distance to the east, you can just barely see a Murloc village. Perhaps Rolf's fate ended there...

The storyline at a glance

Elwynn Forest has 30 steps, from Rest and Relaxation to WANTED: "Hogger".

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Elwynn Forest (29), Duskwood (1).

Other storylines on the Elwynn Forest 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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WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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