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Freedom for Lydon

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

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drend+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Okay to make this somewhat easier for those of you looking for this item for a rogue twink.

These are the quests I did to get to this quest:

Only after all of these quests was I able to get this quest. I am not sure if they are all necessary but I know that you cannot get Little Girl Lost without the prior three. And I'm pretty sure you cannot see No One Here Gets Out Alive without at least doing Welcome to the Machine.

Hope this helps.

Read all 8 on Wowhead ↗

Quest facts

LevelLevel 7-30
ZoneHillsbrad Foothills
Quest ID28209

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28209))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHillsbrad Foothills, step 11 of 39
RewardsSludge Guard Mail Vest, Aberrant Vest, Monstrous Shield, 4,100 XP

Description

This place is no farm! Stillwater has been experimenting on the humans of Hillsbrad. The monstrosities here are all his creations. That's not the worst of it, {class}. The aberrations that have the key to my cage are former Forsaken. Stillwater's experiments have the side effect of turning Forsaken into mindless zombies. Why do you think he's so afraid of letting this get out? He knows that such a crime is punishable by true death. Get me out of here! The infected sludge guards outside have the key!

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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.

Hillsbrad Foothills Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Hillsbrad Foothills map showing where to go for Freedom for LydonTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #25 40.3 59.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 40.3, 59.3/way #25 40.3 59.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hillsbrad Foothills 39.1, 59.9/way #25 39.1 59.9

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 Hillsbrad Foothills map

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

Getting there

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

  • 12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 450 yards north
  • Amani FootholdAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards north
  • Eastern EntranceAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards 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:

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +250

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Chest
Item level13
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for15 silver34 copper
TypeLeather Chest
Item level13
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for14 silver93 copper
TypeShield Shield
Item level13
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor48
Stats+2 Strength, +3 Stamina, +6 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for14 silver

Reputation: Undercity +250

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Undercity reputation: Empire of Dirt (+250), Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills! (+250), Welcome to the Machine (+250), Trouble at Azurelode (+10), Glorious Harvest (+250), Past Their Prime (+350).

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

Hillsbrad Foothills

Part 11 of 39.

Previous: A Lost Lad · Next: Protocol

  1. 6No One Here Gets Out Alive
  2. 7Discretion is Key
  3. 8For Science!
  4. 9The Battle for Hillsbrad
  5. 10A Lost Lad
  6. 11Freedom for Lydon
  7. 12Protocol
  8. 13Do it for Twinkles
  9. 14Burnside Must Fall
  10. 15A Blight Upon the Land
  11. 16*Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*
  12. 17Stormpike Rendezvous

Showing steps 6 to 17 of 39.

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.

  • A Lost LadHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    It was only yesterday that I sent him out to investigate the farm directly east of here, but it feels like an eternity has passed! True perfection. The way his blond locks framed his perfect blood elf face... Such strength. I didn't want to send him away, but he insisted! How could I refuse him?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • ProtocolHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    Before the warden receives his comeuppance we must deal with the outbreak. We cannot risk this contagion being released into the world. Within the laborers' quarters, directly north of here, is a monstrosity Stillwater pieced together out of three farmers.

The storyline at a glance

Hillsbrad Foothills has 39 steps, from Welcome to the Machine to Extinction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (39).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills 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.