TheWoWDBThese guys will spawn without limit so it can be a very efficient way to gain xp without the hassle of running around as you do to complete quests. I dual logged with my protection warrior and had my paladin healing me. I spammed thunderclap and demoralizing shout and each kill was getting me about 1100-1300 xp per kill rested as a level 72. I got 5 bars filled in twenty minutes. The guards will help you kill but you will noticeably get reduced xp if you can tag it before the guard finishes it off.
Quest
If Valgarde Falls...
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If Valgarde Falls...
Dragonflayer Invader Slain: 0/12
Cordnates: 58.8, 59.4
No real need for Co-ords, they're just outside the northern entrance to Valgarde.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11243
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11243))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 2 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
If Valgarde falls, our primary supply line into Northrend will cease to exist. From there it'll only be a matter of time before we're all servants of the Lich King. Now I don't know about you, but I've got a wife and three kids back in Elwynn and I'll be damned if I'll go down without a fight. The situation here is critical and we can use all the manpower you're able to muster. Get to the front gate and help the guards defend the city against the invading monsters!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 60.3 60.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 60.3, 60.9
/way #117 60.3 60.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 58.0, 58.1
/way #117 58.0 58.1
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 Howling Fjord map
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 80 yards
- To Northrend about 740 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,810 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Howling Fjord, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:
- Valgarde Port, Howling Fjord
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
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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Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
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 Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+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
Howling Fjord
Part 2 of 162.
Previous: Hell Has Frozen Over... · Next: Rescuing the Rescuers
- 1Hell Has Frozen Over...
- 2If Valgarde Falls...
- 3Rescuing the Rescuers
- 4Prisoners of Wyrmskull
- 5Into the World of Spirits
- 6The Human League
- 7The Path to Payback
- 8The Echo of Ymiron
- 9Zedd's Probably Dead
- 10And Then There Were Two...
- 11The Depths of Depravity
- 12The Ring of Judgment
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 162.
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.
- Hell Has Frozen Over...
Fordragon's got another thing coming if he thinks the group of green-gilled scrubs he sent to defend this port can hold out much longer. <Macalroy raises an eyebrow as he examines your equipment.> You, however, might fare a bit better.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Rescuing the Rescuers
We'd been here for a month when those malformed giants appeared out of thin air. We were ill-prepared for any sort of attack and paid dearly for our complacency. An entire archaeology team was lost and several townsfolk were abducted and taken to the ruins. We've been on the defensive ever since.
The storyline at a glance
Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Howling Fjord map
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.