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Into Hostile Territory

Into Hostile Territory is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Dragonblight. It is step 75 of 149 in the Dragonblight storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dragonblight at 89.7, 46.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 1,050 experience.

Description

You have done much to advance our efforts against the Scourge, <name>. In fact, the morale of all those who have come into contact with you soars! Such is your influence over the soldiers and citizenry of Wintergarde, ally.

And because of you we are now prepared to go on the offensive! You are to report to Duke August Foehammer, across the Carrion Fields at Thorson's Post, east of here. Gryphon Commander Urik at the gryphon station has prepared a special gryphon to drop you behind enemy lines. Go now!

Rewards

Experience1,050 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +25
Top Comments

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1
Corvus+73via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To get this quest you must complete the following:
First quest chain
1. The Lost Courier (optional)
2. Of Traitors and Treason
3. High Commander Halford Wyrmbane
4. Naxxramas and the Fall of Wintergarde
5. Flight of the Wintergarde Defender
6. Return to the High Commander
7. Rescue from Town Square
8. Find Durkon!
9. The Noble's Crypt
There you find a book which leads to next chain.
1. Secrets of the Scourge
2. Mystery of the Tome
3. Understanding the Language of Death
Last quest:
1. A Righteous Sermon
Second quest chain
First sub-chain (one must complete Flight of the Wintergarde Defender first)
1. The Demo-gnome
2. The Search for Slinkin
3. Leave Nothing to Chance
Second sub-chain (one must complete Flight of the Wintergarde Defender first)
1. The Bleeding Ore
After these are complete, a new quest becomes available:
1. Understanding the Scourge War Machine

With all these quests done, Into Hostile Territory finaly unlocks.

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253878+58via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

just so people get this one straight:

all you need is the quest [73] Into Hostile Territory. there is a set of 4 gryphons to the RIGHT of gryphon master Wells. just click on one to jump onto it, and then off you go! no need to actually TALK to Urik.

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90582+55via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Alliance chain is as follows:

Part One
1) Into Hostile Territory - report to Report to Duke August Foehammer at Thorson's Post.
2) Steamtank Surprise - destroy 6 plaguewagons and drop the 7th Legion Elite at the Wintergarde Mausoleum.
3) Scattered To The Wind - pick up 8 Wintergarde Munitions
4) The Chain Gun And You - rescue 8 injured 7th Legion soldiers
5) Plunderbeard Must Be Found - find the gnome Plunderbeard in the Mausoleum.
6) Plunderbeard's Journal - find the missing four pages of Plunderbeard's journal
7) Chasing Icestorm: The 7th Legion Front - report to Legion Commander Tyralion at the 7th Legion Front
8) Chasing Icestorm: Thel'zan's Phylactery - retrieve Thel'zan's Phylactery from the frost wyrm Icestorm
9) Finality - take Thel'zan's Phylactery to Legion Commander Yorik

Part Two
1) And End And A Beginning - defeat Thel'zan the Duskbringer
2) To Forgragon Hold! - speak to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon at Fordragon Hold
3) Audience With The Dragon Queen - speak to Alexstrasza the Life-Binder at Wrymrest Temple
4) Galakrond and the Scourge - Speak with Torastrasza at Wrymrest Temple
5) On Ruby Wings - kill 30 Wastes Scavenger and retrieve the Scythe of Antiok

Part Three
1) Return To Angrathar - speak to Highlord Bolvar Fordragon again. Epic cinematic to follow

Part Four
1) Reborn From The Ashes - talk to King Varian Wrynn in Stormwind City
2) Fate, Up Against Your Will - speak to the Warchief of the Horde, Thrall
3) A Royal Coup return to King Wrynn
4) The Killing Time - report to Broll Bearmantle
5) The Battle For The Undercity

There are a few quests you need to do before the first step in Part One but some of them are just bread crumb quests to let you know where to go. Hope this helps.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,050
ReputationValiance Expedition+25

Reward details

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +25

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 Dragonblight that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: A Letter for Home (+250), Strengthen the Ancients (+250), Pest Control (+250), Canyon Chase (+250), The Lost Courier (+25), The Liquid Fire of Elune (+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 mapDragonblightTurn-in marker at 89.7, 46.4, 2 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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dragonblight map showing where to go for Into Hostile TerritoryTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #115 89.7 46.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 89.7, 46.4/way #115 89.7 46.4
  • Objective areaDragonblight 78.6, 48.1/way #115 78.6 48.1

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 Dragonblight map

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

Getting there

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

  • Wintergarde Keep, DragonblightAlliance · about 720 yards west
  • Ebon Watch, Zul'DrakAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north
  • Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly HillsAlliance · about 1,400 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 620 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Dragonblight

Part 75 of 149.

Previous: A Righteous Sermon · Next: Steamtank Surprise

  1. 70Find Durkon!
  2. 71Secrets of the Scourge
  3. 72Mystery of the Tome
  4. 73Understanding the Language of Death
  5. 74A Righteous Sermon
  6. 75Into Hostile Territory
  7. 76Steamtank Surprise
  8. 77Scattered To The Wind
  9. 78The Chain Gun And You
  10. 79Plunderbeard Must Be Found!
  11. 80Plunderbeard's Journal
  12. 81Chasing Icestorm: The 7th Legion Front

Showing steps 70 to 81 of 149.

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.

  • A Righteous SermonDragonblight · Level 15-30

    Godfrey Goodard, once a righteous man and mayor of Wintergarde, is now an agent of the Scourge. His transformation from man to undying ghoul has taken place slowly, over time. He hears the call of the Lich King now and lives only to serve his master.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Steamtank SurpriseDragonblight · Level 15-30

    This is a seek and destroy mission. You'll be driving a tank into the Carrion Fields to dismantle Scourge plague wagons. With the tank comes a crew of three 7th Legion soldiers. All must survive if this mission is to succeed! You'll need to get in close to a plague wagon to unleash your engineer.

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.

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