TheWoWDBMore than likely taken from the term used by the US military for a High Altitude-Low Opening parachute jump, also known as a "HALO drop".
Quest
Halo Drops
A World of Warcraft quest in Azshara. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The Sanctified Flaregun can be used while mounted.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneAzshara
Quest ID24436
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24436))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineAzshara, step 45 of 88
RewardsHort's Axe, 
Disposable Cloak, 
Hort's Motivator, 4,100 XP
Hort's Axe, Disposable Cloak, Hort's Motivator, 4,100 XPDescription
We've got "soldiers" all over the beach trying to get out of their work by dying on us. Find the slackers and use this flaregun to call in a priest to take care of the situation. We can't have men thinking they can get off that easy.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #76 41.4 53.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inAzshara 41.4, 53.9
/way #76 41.4 53.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azshara 41.9, 50.1
/way #76 41.9 50.1
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 Azshara map
- Ready the Navy about 710 yards
- Ready the Air Force about 730 yards
- Smoot's Samophlange about 730 yards
- Weigh Anchor about 770 yards
- Twilight Skies about 900 yards
- Order of Incantations about 1,030 yards
- Where Is My Warfleet? about 1,040 yards
- Beating the Market about 1,040 yards
- Ready the Ground Troops about 1,040 yards
- Pre-Flight Checklist about 1,040 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azshara, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:
- Bilgewater Harbor, Azshara
- Southern Rocketway, Azshara
- Valormok, Azshara
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Choose one of these rewards:
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationBilgewater Cartel +250
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeOne-Handed Axe One-Hand
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 4 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Strength, +2 Stamina
Suited toProtection, Frost
Sells to vendors for7 silver81 copper
TypeCloth Back
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+1 Agility, +2 Stamina
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for4 silver38 copper
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 3 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Agility, +2 Stamina
Suited toBrewmaster, Enhancement, Outlaw, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for8 silver2 copper
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Azshara that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Runaway Shredder! (+250), The Captain's Logs (+250), Up a Tree (+250), Defend the Gates! (+250), Arborcide (+350), Basilisk Bashin' (+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
Azshara
Part 45 of 88.
Previous: Mop Up · Next: Field Promotion
- 40Azsharite Experiment Number Two
- 41Operation Fishgut
- 42Rapid Deployment
- 43There Are Many Like It
- 44Mop Up
- 45Halo Drops
- 46Field Promotion
- 47Head of the Snake
- 48Ticker Required
- 49Handling the Goods
- 50Still Beating Heart
- 51Extermination
Showing steps 40 to 51 of 88.
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.
- Mop Up
There are a lot of naga left on this beach. Looks like you have some wet work ahead of you, son.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Field Promotion
Commander Molotov sent word directly that you should be dispatched to our forward post. We're preparing to send squads into the ruins to rout the naga and recover the artifact, and he would like you to lead one of them.
The storyline at a glance
Azshara has 88 steps, from Runaway Shredder! to The Conquest of Azshara.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (88).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Azshara map
- Twilight Highlands
- Xylem Challenge
- A Golden Opportunity
- The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist
- Mists of Pandaria
- Legion Blacksmithing
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Azshara.
