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Flight of the Wintergarde Defender

A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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mgarland+40via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

k This quest rocks... you will be given a whistle and you simply blow it which calls down a gryphon that you mount and you will gain 3 controls on your tool bar that allow you to soar, collect a helpless villager and drop them off at the start point at 77.49. Helpless villagers run about all around the Carrion fields around 84.49. They are running from the Hungering dead etc. Tip: Fly low and close enough to stop (on ground or low to the ground) must be in range of the villager. Fun quest.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDragonblight
Quest ID12237

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12237))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDragonblight, step 62 of 149
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

With this whistle you can call down a Wintergarde gryphon. Mount the creature and head towards the ruins of Wintergarde Village, now known as the Carrion Fields, southeast of here. Once at the fields, keep your eyes peeled for helpless Wintergarde villagers. When you spot one, fly low and use the gryphon to pick them up. Return the rescued villager here, to the gryphon station. There are Scourge all over the place so you'll need to keep your wits about you, hero. Good luck!

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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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Dragonblight map showing where to go for Flight of the Wintergarde DefenderTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #115 77.1 50.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 77.1, 50.1/way #115 77.1 50.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 86.3, 49.6/way #115 86.3 49.6

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 Dragonblight map

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

Getting there

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

  • Wintergarde Keep, DragonblightAlliance · at the same spot
  • Wyrmrest Temple, DragonblightAlliance and Horde · about 950 yards west
  • Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong ForestAlliance · about 1,300 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 510 yards east

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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250

Reward details

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: A Letter for Home (+250), Strengthen the Ancients (+250), Pest Control (+250), Canyon Chase (+250), The Lost Courier (+25), The Liquid Fire of Elune (+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.

Storyline

Dragonblight

Part 62 of 149.

Previous: Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde · Next: Return to the High Commander

  1. 57Seeds of the Lashers
  2. 58That Which Creates Can Also Destroy
  3. 59Mystery of the Infinite
  4. 60Mystery of the Infinite, Redux
  5. 61Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde
  6. 62Flight of the Wintergarde Defender
  7. 63Return to the High Commander
  8. 64The Demo-gnome
  9. 65The Search for Slinkin
  10. 66The Bleeding Ore
  11. 67Leave Nothing to Chance
  12. 68Understanding the Scourge War Machine

Showing steps 57 to 68 of 149.

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.

  • Naxxramas and the Fall of WintergardeDragonblight · Level 15-30

    Lord Fordragon has led a crushing assault against Arthas at the Wrathgate. In response to this affront, Arthas has sent Naxxramas down upon us. While Kel'Thuzad hides in the floating citadel, his ground commander, Thel'zan, lays siege to Wintergarde Keep.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Return to the High CommanderDragonblight · Level 15-30

    Return to High Commander Halford Wyrmbane at once, <name>. Let him know that your mission was a success and that the few remaining villagers that were rescued are back to work.

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.