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Gruesome, But Necessary (Horde)

Gruesome, But Necessary is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 124 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 45.1, 32.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Our elders say that these vrykul may be able to rise from the dead; not unlike the walking dead you call the Scourge, but a different kind of undeath.

We should not take any chances.

Here, take my machete. As we move through this place, carve up the remains of the vrykul that we slay.

I spent the morning sharpening it, so it should cleave even through their thick bones.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Taunka +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationThe Taunka+250

Reward details

Reputation: The Taunka +250

These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward The Taunka reputation: Skorn Must Fall! (+10), Burn Skorn, Burn! (+250), Towers of Certain Doom (+250), Stop the Ascension! (+350), The Conqueror of Skorn! (+350), Dealing With Gjalerbron (+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 45.1, 32.2, 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 45.1 32.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 45.1, 32.2/way #117 45.1 32.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 45.0, 32.1/way #117 45.0 32.1
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 48.0, 10.7/way #117 48.0 10.7

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

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

  • Camp Winterhoof, Howling FjordHorde · about 880 yards north
  • Apothecary Camp, Howling FjordHorde · about 1,200 yards west
  • New Agamand, Howling FjordHorde · about 1,500 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 880 yards north

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 124 of 162.

Previous: The Rune of Command · Next: Burn Skorn, Burn!

  1. 119The Lodestone
  2. 120Mastering the Runes
  3. 121Skorn Must Fall!
  4. 122Demolishing Megalith
  5. 123The Rune of Command
  6. 124Gruesome, But Necessary
  7. 125Burn Skorn, Burn!
  8. 126Towers of Certain Doom
  9. 127The Conqueror of Skorn!
  10. 128Dealing With Gjalerbron
  11. 129Of Keys and Cages
  12. 130Necro Overlord Mezhen

Showing steps 119 to 130 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.

  • The Rune of CommandHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Can you feel the power emanating from the runes I've carved on this tablet? They're smaller versions of the runes that the Iron Dwarves are using. We'll use it to shut down their operation. Take it to Giants' Run and use it on a stone giant that the dwarves have not altered.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

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

    Chieftain Ashtotem ordered me to destroy many buildings here. However, you are in charge, so it falls to your hands, <name>. I suggest that we burn down the two longhouses and the barracks that are in the lower area of Skorn. All we have to do is get inside each and set them ablaze with this torch.

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde 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)Horde11257
Gruesome, But NecessaryAlliance11246
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