TheWoWDBWith flying being added to Draenor accountwide, I thought I'd take a shortcut up to the top of the hill and wait for Velen to come to me.
DO NOT DO THIS.
If you fly up to the top of the hill, Velen will despawn and you won't be able to establish your Garrison, he'll also disappear from the bottom of the hill, you'll be stuck.
I worked around this issue by abandoning the quest, going back to Stormwind, going through the portal in the Mage tower again, flying through the Dark Portal manually, and it spawned me back on the shore with Velen and company. This time I stayed on the ground and didn't run ahead and was able to complete the quest.
Quest
Finding a Foothold
A World of Warcraft quest in Shadowmoon Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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As I write we are in the second hour of the WoD xpac. The NPC is not present to complete the quest. Abandon the quest, restart and make sure to accompany the quest qiver, without disconnecting at any time during the escort.
Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCZyFwnM3KI
After completing the achievement, Welcome to Draenor, your ship takes you to the shores of Shadowmoon Valley. Speak to [npc=79206] at coords 27.0, 8.1, and accept the quest, Finding a Foothold.
1. Finding a Foothold - (Video) - Travel south, up the hilly path (path starts @ 27.4, 12.9) into Lunarfall.
• Follow it uphill to [npc=79470] at coords 28.8, 16.2, and turn in the quest Finding a Foothold. Next, accept the quest, For the Alliance!.
2. For the Alliance! - (Video) - Click on the Alliance Banner (in front of you) located at coords 29.0, 16.1.
• After [npc=79242] will open a portal to bring [npc=79243] from Stormwind. Speak to [npc=79243] (at coords 29.1, 16.2) and turn in the quest For the Alliance!, accepting next Ravenous Ravens and Looking for Lumber.
3. Looking for Lumber - (Video) - Click on the [object=230335], throughout this area of Lunarfall, to mark 8 the trees for cutting (they appear as white flags).
• The flags should be fairly obvious, but the coords that I found the flags were:
28.6, 17.2
29.1, 17.8
29.3, 19.2
29.0, 19.8
29.1, 20.1
29.6, 20.3
29.7, 19.6
29.9, 18.8• Ravenous Ravens - While completing the [object=230335], kill 6 [npc=82037] that get in your way. In all likelihood, you will end up killing a few extra [npc=82037] while you are completing the [object=230335].
• Go north to coords 29.1, 16.2, and turn in both quests to [npc=79243].
• Accept the quest Quakefist from [npc=79567] at coords 28.9, 16.4.4. Quakefist - (Video) - Travel south and go inside the tree (entrance @ coords 29.9, 20.9), and kill [npc=81360].
• Leave the tree, and travel north to coords 28.9, 16.4 and turn the quest in at [npc=79567].
Quest facts
Quest ID34582
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34582))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereLunarfall, Shadowmoon Valley
StorylineFoothold in a Savage Land, step 1 of 12
Rewards16g 98s, 5,450 XP
Description
So, you are the one that has led my children home? I have been waiting for you. The Iron Horde grows stronger every day. I have foreseen a great battle, but my visions are clouded. It's as if time is sitting on top of itself. One thing is certain, your presence here is of great importance.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #539 27.0 8.1
Coordinates
- Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 27.0, 8.1
/way #539 27.0 8.1
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 Lunarfall map
- Azuka Bladefury about 10 yards
- Garrison Campaign: Every Rose Has Its Thorn about 10 yards
- Garrison Campaign: War Council about 20 yards
- Nothing Remains about 20 yards
- A Stolen Heart about 20 yards
- Primal Fury about 20 yards
- Where There Is Smoke... about 20 yards
- Out of the Shadows about 40 yards
- Plans of War about 40 yards
- Intercepting the Orders about 40 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Lunarfall, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Lunarfall:
- Lunarfall (Alliance), Shadowmoon Valley
- Anchorite's Sojourn, Talador
- Exile's Rise, Shadowmoon Valley
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
Storyline
Foothold in a Savage Land
Part 1 of 12.
Next: For the Alliance!
- 1Finding a Foothold
- 2For the Alliance!
- 3Looking for Lumber
- 4Quakefist
- 5Establish Your Garrison
- 6Build Your Barracks
- 7Ravenous Ravens
- 8Qiana Moonshadow
- 9Delegating on Draenor
- 10Ship Salvage
- 11Pale Moonlight
- 12Keeping it Together
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- For the Alliance!
We wouldn't have survived Tanaan without your strength, <name>. Many draenei and Alliance alike owe you a great debt. Before we departed for the Dark Portal, King Wrynn personally recommended that I place you in charge of our operations here in Draenor.
The storyline at a glance
Foothold in a Savage Land has 12 steps, from Finding a Foothold to Keeping it Together.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Lunarfall (12).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Lunarfall map
- Garrison Campaign
- Ending the Gloom
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.