Hold The Barricade! is an Alliance-only quest for level 20-60 in Drustvar. It is step 3 of 11 in the Falconhurst storyline. It rewards 8 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.
<name> they're rallying for a heavy assault!
We'll need to defend these barricades from attack! Are you with me?
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
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The level 70 guards will kill the final golem and not give you credit for completion if you let it get too close
After accepting the quest speak to [npc=131879] and say you're ready.
You have to survive for three waves of mobs, thats easy to do, just stay near npcs.
After slaying common mobs you have to kill [npc=131898], which comes a bit later.Hold The Barricade! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktTLqRlZeAQ
Survive a few waves of attacks then kill [npc=131898].
Hold The Barricade quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZHCiPaW6kA
This quest is a part of Fighting With Fire questchain of the Drust Do It. achievement.
Id column is approximate quest № In Drustvar storyline (Drust Do It. <= for more info)
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 8,150 |
| Money | Gold | 25g 74s |
| Reputation | Order of Embers | +75 |
An ancient Kul Tiran order resurrected to battle the threat of witchcraft, the Order of Embers fights with knowledge guiding their blades.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Drustvar that reward Order of Embers reputation: Pieces of History (+75), Through the Old Roads (+10), Silver Blades (+75), Honorable Discharge (+75), The Order of Embers (+3,500), A Lesson in Witch Hunting (+75).
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.
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
| Objective area | Drustvar | 2 mapped points |
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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.
Objective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #896 25.6 69.9
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/way #896 25.6 69.9Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Drustvar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Drustvar:
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.
Part 3 of 11.
Previous: Spell Bound · Next: So Long, Sister
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<The villager is held captive by a binding rune. Destroying the rune should free the villager.>
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
We have given the defenders some breathing room, but these creatures continue to lay siege to the barricade! The witch behind the attack fled from the field when we defeated her forces. I saw her go into the mansion on the hill. I will help keep the defenses going here.
Falconhurst has 11 steps, from Breaking Hag to Into the Crimsonwood.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Drustvar (11).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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