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Holding the Line (Alliance)

Holding the Line is an Alliance-only quest for level 20-40 in Talador. It is step 1 of 24 in the In the Shadows of Auchindoun storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Talador at 55.7, 67.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,450 experience and money.

Description

It is good to see you again, champion.

Demons are assaulting Auchindoun and we are barely standing our ground against them.

We need to push our front lines forward lest our losses reach critical mass.

If your blade is with us, shove it into these foul creatures' throats.

Rewards

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs +250
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Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCU_wer_zig

Accept the quests:
• Holding the Line, from Exarch Maladaar at coords 55.6, 67.7.
• The Heart of Auchindoun, from [npc=78519] at coords 56.5, 67.1.
• Disrupting the Flow, from [npc=78482] in the vicinity of 56.7, 65.8 (usually fighting demons).

1. Holding the Line - (Video) - Kill 15 assorted demons in this area.

2. Disrupting the Flow - (Video) - Click on 4 [object=229139] (appear as fel green crystals) to destroy them. They can be found at coords:
• 57.3, 64.1
• 56.4, 63.3
• 54.9, 62.3
• 55.6, 64.2

3. The Heart of Auchindoun - (Video) - Travel to 56.6, 63.0 and kill [npc=76876].
• Click [item=108733] at coords 56.7, 62.5
• Travel back to [npc=78482] (coords: 56.7, 65.8) and turn in Disrupting the Flow.
• Turn in The Heart of Auchindoun to [npc=78519].
• Turn in Holding the Line to Exarch Maladaar.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
ReputationCouncil of Exarchs+250

Reward details

Reputation: Council of Exarchs +250

Under the leadership of five powerful exarchs, the draenei of Draenor have prospered in a savage world.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Talador that reward Council of Exarchs reputation: Nightmare in the Tomb (+250), Pieces of Us (+250), Burning Sky (+250), Barum's Notes (+250), Disrupting the Flow (+250), The Heart of Auchindoun (+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 mapTaladorTurn-in marker at 55.7, 67.7, 12 mapped points
World Map

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.

Talador Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Talador map showing where to go for Holding the LineTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #535 55.7 67.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTalador 55.7, 67.7/way #535 55.7 67.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 55.6, 63.4/way #535 55.6 63.4
  • Objective areaTalador 55.8, 67.6/way #535 55.8 67.6

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 Talador map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:

  • Exarch's Refuge, TaladorAlliance · about 60 yards south-west
  • Retribution Point, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards south-west
  • Terokkar Refuge, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 980 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 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

In the Shadows of Auchindoun

Part 1 of 24.

Next: Disrupting the Flow

  1. 1Holding the Line
  2. 2Disrupting the Flow
  3. 3The Heart of Auchindoun
  4. 4Powering the Defenses
  5. 5Nightmare in the Tomb
  6. 6We Must Construct Additional Pylons
  7. 7Light's Rest
  8. 8Vile Defilers
  9. 9Into the Hollow
  10. 10Antivenin
  11. 11Scheduled Pickup
  12. 12Payback

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 24.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Disrupting the FlowTalador · Level 20-40

    You there, we need to stop the flow of demon reinforcements! Do you see the floating fel crystals spread throughout the front? Those resonators are powering the portals unleashing hell on our forces. I need you to take them out!

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Talador · Level 20-40.

The storyline at a glance

In the Shadows of Auchindoun has 24 steps, from Holding the Line to Together We Are Strong.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (24).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Talador 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 Holding the Line. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Holding the Line (this page)Alliance34407
Holding the LineHorde34418
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Hold the Line!
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Holding the Lines
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Holdout at Hunter's Hill
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