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Gruesome, But Necessary (Alliance)

Gruesome, But Necessary is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 94 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 45.4, 33.0. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

We've had reports that these vrykul can rise from the dead; not unlike the Scourge, but a different kind of undeath.

Let's not take any chances.

Here, take my machete. As we move through this place, you'll need to carve up the remains of the vrykul that we take down. I'd do it, but I have a sensitive stomach.

<The sergeant smirks.>

I spent all morning sharpening it, so it should do the job.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
Top Comments

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133394+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

ok i was doing this quest on my priest, he has his flyer, at the same time as i was doing the tower burning quest
i was able to use a flare to mark a tower then fly up to the dead casters (as a result of the flare) and dismember them, didnt have to kill individual mobs, at least not after i found out i could do this.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
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 Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHowling FjordTurn-in marker at 45.4, 33.0, 12 mapped points
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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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Gruesome, But NecessaryTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 45.4 33.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 45.4, 33.0/way #117 45.4 33.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 45.0, 32.1/way #117 45.0 32.1
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 28.7, 44.2/way #117 28.7 44.2

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 Howling Fjord map

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

Getting there

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

  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 960 yards south-west
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-east
  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,500 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,100 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Howling Fjord

Part 94 of 162.

Previous: Operation: Skornful Wrath · Next: Burn Skorn, Burn!

  1. 89Mission: Forsaken Intel
  2. 90Absholutely... Thish Will Work!
  3. 91You Tell Him ...Hic!
  4. 92Mission: Plague This!
  5. 93Operation: Skornful Wrath
  6. 94Gruesome, But Necessary
  7. 95Burn Skorn, Burn!
  8. 96Towers of Certain Doom
  9. 97All Hail the Conqueror of Skorn!
  10. 98Dealing With Gjalerbron
  11. 99Of Keys and Cages
  12. 100Necro Overlord Mezhen

Showing steps 89 to 100 of 162.

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.

  • Operation: Skornful WrathHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    <name>, I must now ask you to undertake an operation so hazardous, so deadly, that only you can see it through. The vrykul fortress, Skorn, sits on our eastern border.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Burn Skorn, Burn!Howling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Captain Adams gave me strict instructions to make sure that a good deal of infrastructure damage was inflicted on this site. However, since you're in charge out here, that's at your discretion, sir.

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.

The storyline at a glance

Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Gruesome, But Necessary. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Gruesome, But Necessary (this page)Alliance11246
Gruesome, But NecessaryHorde11257
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