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Forging Ahead (Horde)

Forging Ahead is a Horde-only quest for level 40. It is step 9 of 9 in the Garrison Campaign storyline, the final step. It rewards 1,350 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

<Anchorite Laanda's voice is barely a whisper.>

You must report back... to Khadgar.

Socrethar means to take Shattrath. He will... continue to recruit followers... to his side...

Thank you for... helping me... in my final hour...

Leave me... I would like to rest...

Rewards

Money8 gold49 silver
Experience1,350 XP
Top Comments

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This is part of one out of 12 possible weekly Garrison Campaign series. You receive one every week on a rotation.

Completion provides criteria 'The Sargerei' for achievement The Garrison Campaign, if you fill the assault bar you also get 800 [currency=823].

Read all 10 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,350
MoneyGold8g 49s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapFrostwall
Objective areaShadowmoon Valley1 mapped point
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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.

Frostwall Quest turn-in
Shadowmoon Valley Objective area 1 mapped point
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for Forging AheadObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #539 50.4 81.9

Coordinates

  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 50.4, 81.9/way #539 50.4 81.9

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 Frostwall map

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

Getting there

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

  • Frostwall Garrison, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 60 yards west
  • Stonefang Outpost, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 800 yards north-west
  • Darkspear's Edge, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 1,000 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 8,600 yards south-east (on the Shadowmoon Valley map)

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

Garrison Campaign

Part 9 of 9.

Previous: Socrethar's Fury

  1. 1Garrison Campaign: The Sargerei
  2. 2Infiltrating the Sargerei
  3. 3Pesky Podlings
  4. 4The Word of Socrethar
  5. 5An Ancient Threat
  6. 6Shattering the Enemy
  7. 7Facing Demons
  8. 8Socrethar's Fury
  9. 9Forging Ahead

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.

  • Socrethar's FuryLevel 40

    <Upon opening the scroll, you find a message from Anchorite Laanda.> I write this message hastily. I've been discovered. I'm being taken in front of Socrethar. You must carry on our mission. I've learned that Soulbinder Zamaya holds a detailed plan of Socrethar's next attack.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Level 40.

Also counted by The Garrison Campaign

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Garrison Campaign has 9 steps, from Garrison Campaign: The Sargerei to Forging Ahead.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (8), Frostwall (1).

Other storylines on the Frostwall 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Forging Ahead. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Forging Ahead (this page)Horde35197
Forging AheadAlliance35196
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