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Quest
Hero's Call: Borean Tundra!
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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It's a shame Blizzard didn't create two breadcrumb quests, one leading to Borean Tundra and the other to Howling Fjord. I wonder why they didn't implement both.
Fjord your information, that was awful.
Quest facts
Quest ID28709
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28709))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereBorean Tundra, Stormwind City
StorylineWrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs, step 3 of 10
Rewards1g 5s, 525 XP
Description
By order of his royal highness, King Anduin Wrynn, all able-bodied citizens of the Alliance are to report to Recruitment Officer Blythe at Valiance Keep in Borean Tundra. The Valiance Expedition needs your help to keep the forces of the Scourge under control and safeguard civilized lands! Make your way to the Stormwind Docks and take the ship north to Valiance Keep. For the glory and honor of the Alliance!
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #114 57.9 67.6
Objective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #84 62.8 71.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 57.9, 67.6
/way #114 57.9 67.6 - Objective areaStormwind City 62.8, 71.5
/way #84 62.8 71.5 - Objective areaStormwind City 62.2, 29.9
/way #84 62.2 29.9
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 Borean Tundra map
- Lost and Found about 30 yards
- Further Investigation about 40 yards
- The Hunt is On about 40 yards
- In Wine, Truth about 40 yards
- One Last Delivery about 50 yards
- The Late William Allerton about 60 yards
- Cultists Among Us about 60 yards
- A Time for Heroes about 120 yards
- The Siege about 120 yards
- Death From Above about 120 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
- Unu'pe, Borean Tundra
- Amber Ledge, Borean Tundra
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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Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +10
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 Borean Tundra that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: The Late William Allerton (+150), Lost and Found (+75), In Wine, Truth (+150), A Deserter (+25), Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds! (+250), Just a Few More Things... (+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
Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
Part 3 of 10.
Previous: Wrath of the Lich King: Onward to Adventure in Northrend · Next: Hero's Call: Howling Fjord!
- 1Wrath of the Lich King: To Northrend!
- 2Wrath of the Lich King: Onward to Adventure in Northrend
- 3Hero's Call: Borean Tundra!
- 4Hero's Call: Howling Fjord!
- 5Hero's Call: Dragonblight!
- 6Hero's Call: Grizzly Hills!
- 7Hero's Call: Zul'Drak!
- 8Hero's Call: Sholazar Basin!
- 9Hero's Call: Storm Peaks!
- 10Hero's Call: Icecrown!
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.
- Wrath of the Lich King: Onward to Adventure in Northrend
The Lich King will stop at nothing to subjugate every living being on Azeroth. Find your way back to Northrend and continue your adventure!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord!
All able-bodied citizens of the Alliance are to report to Macalroy in Howling Fjord. The port town of Valgarde is located in the heart of the Howling Fjord, and it allows for the Alliance to have an advantageous position to strike at the Scourge. Assist the soldiers stationed there.
The storyline at a glance
Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs has 10 steps, from Wrath of the Lich King: To Northrend! to Hero's Call: Icecrown!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (3), Wetlands (1), Borean Tundra (1), Howling Fjord (1).
Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map
- Borean Tundra
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
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.