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Foolish Endeavors

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

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Shadowstalker Gentry: This is it <Character Name>. The start and the end of the world. And your going to see it off...
Shadowstalker Gentry: Lets Go.
Varidus the Flenser: Is this it? Is this all the mighty Horde could muster?
Varidus the Flenser: Pathetic
Varidus the Flenser: I've never understood your type. The Hero...
Varidus the Flenser: Why won't you just let go? Why do you fight the inevitable?
Varidus the Flenser: The Lich King cannot be stopped. Accept it.
Varidus the Flenser: This world is coming to an end. Let. It. Burn.
Varidus the Flenser: Take him away and prepare him for reanimation.

High Overlord Saurfang: I'll rip out your shriveled heart with my bare hands before any harm comes to <Character Name>, Necromancer.
Varidus the Flenser: What's this now?
High Overlord Saurfang: You were never alone, <Character Name>.
High Overlord Saurfang: We will fight you with every fiber of our being- Until we are nothing more than dust and debris. We will fight until the end.
Varidus the Flenser: Then you are a fool.
High Overlord Saurfang: A fool that is about to end you, Necrolord. There will be nothing left of you for the Lich King to reanimate!
Varidus the Flenser: You? A lone orc? Against me and...
Varidus the Flenser yells: RISE!
After Flenser is killed-
Shadowstalker Gentry: I... I can't believe it... Saurfang... I... I am honored... honored to have fought along side you, sir.
Shadowstalker Gentry: You should return to Warsong hold now, friend. Hellscream will surly want to hear of what just happened here... of Saurfang...
High Overlord Saurfang: You'll make no mention of me. Either of you!

Great quest. More of Saurfang's awsomeness. Basically he disguises himself, comes out and beats the hell out of Flenser. Oh, and he says he will lolpwn anyone who mentions it to Hellscream that he was there.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11705

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11705))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineBorean Tundra, step 55 of 182
RewardsErmine Ruff Cloak, Benign Crusader's Plate, Graven Shoveltusk Pendant, 6,200 XP

Description

This is madness. How do they expect us to take on a Scourge necrolord and an unknown number of his minions? <Getry sighs.> If Ickoris sent you he must think that you are capable of great feats. Perhaps you will call down a miracle today, eh? When you're ready we will descend and face Varidus. If we make it out of this mess in one piece, report back to Hellscream in Warsong Hold.

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Foolish EndeavorsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 42.0 54.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 42.0, 54.8/way #114 42.0 54.8
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 35.7, 46.7/way #114 35.7 46.7
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 34.6, 46.4/way #114 34.6 46.4

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Warsong Hold, Borean TundraHorde · about 160 yards north-west
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards north
  • Transitus Shield, ColdarraAlliance and Horde · about 940 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 480 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 530 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Experience6,200 XP
ReputationWarsong Offensive +500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Haste, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for37 gold28 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor22
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for47 gold14 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Sells to vendors for40 silver98 copper
TypeMail Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for36 gold87 silver

Reputation: Warsong Offensive +500

Garrosh Hellscream commands the Horde's main expeditionary forces as they make their way into Northrend to face Arthas and the armies of the Scourge.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Warsong Offensive reputation: Hellscream's Vigil (+10), We Strike! (+350), The Honored Dead (+250), Put Them to Rest (+250), The Defense of Warsong Hold (+10), Taking Back Mightstone Quarry (+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

Borean Tundra

Part 55 of 182.

Previous: Get to Getry · Next: The Wondrous Bloodspore

  1. 50Nerub'ar Secrets
  2. 51Message to Hellscream
  3. 52Reinforcements Incoming...
  4. 53The Warsong Farms
  5. 54Get to Getry
  6. 55Foolish Endeavors
  7. 56The Wondrous Bloodspore
  8. 57Pollen from the Source
  9. 58Karuk's Oath
  10. 59Gamel the Cruel
  11. 60A Father's Words
  12. 61The Trident of Naz'jan

Showing steps 50 to 61 of 182.

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.

  • Get to GetryBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    The Scourge agent that's overseeing the abduction and transformation of Horde soldiers into undead monsters is using the northwest farm as a spawning glade.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Wondrous BloodsporeBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    We are witnessing something amazing here, <race>. A whole undiscovered ecology lives and breathes not more than a few paces from us! I surmise it is the bloodspore plant that sets this environment abuzz.

Quests that require this one

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 23 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10