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Highmountain Stands

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
Quest ID42512

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42512))

What to do

StorylineSnowblind Mesa, step 6 of 10
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

That will have to do. Dargrul has come and we need every able body on the front line. Go, I will be right behind you.

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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.

Highmountain Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Highmountain map showing where to go for Highmountain StandsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #650 53.3 64.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHighmountain 53.3, 64.4/way #650 53.3 64.4
  • Objective areaHighmountain 53.8, 65.8/way #650 53.8 65.8
  • Objective areaHighmountain 52.7, 65.6/way #650 52.7 65.6

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Highmountain:

  • Eastern HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 290 yards south-east
  • Stonehoof Watch, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards east
  • Thunder Totem, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 510 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 70 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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationHighmountain Tribe +250

Reward details

Reputation: Highmountain Tribe +250

The Highmountain Tribe has dwindled in numbers over the years, and with the drogbar threat looming, seek new allies to save their homeland.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Highmountain that reward Highmountain Tribe reputation: Get to High Ground (+250), Rocs vs Eagles (+150), The Skyhorn Tribe (+10), Battle of Snowblind Mesa (+150), Secrets of Highmountain (+150), Grasp of the Underking (+150).

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

Snowblind Mesa

Part 6 of 10.

Previous: Evacuate Snowmane · Next: Justice Rains from Above

  1. 1Battle of Snowblind Mesa
  2. 2Battle Worms
  3. 3The Siegebrul
  4. 4Buy Us Time
  5. 5Evacuate Snowmane
  6. 6Highmountain Stands
  7. 7Justice Rains from Above
  8. 8The Underking
  9. 9Neltharion's Lair: Death to the Underking
  10. 10The Hammer of Khaz'goroth

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.

  • Evacuate SnowmaneHighmountain · Level 10-45

    They just keep coming! And now my scouts report some of the drogbar have managed to sneak around our flank and are attacking Snowmane Village. Go, help the evacuation. We will hold the line here and try to buy you some time.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Justice Rains from AboveHighmountain · Level 10-45

    Kill now, grieve later! Here, champion, take flight with one of my war eagles. Use the powers bestowed upon you by our united tribes and help us rain destruction down on these drogbar. Let us clog that new doorway to their lair with the bodies of their own!

The storyline at a glance

Snowblind Mesa has 10 steps, from Battle of Snowblind Mesa to The Hammer of Khaz'goroth.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (9), Dalaran (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.