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Last Ditch Effort

Last Ditch Effort is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Stonetalon Mountains. It is step 28 of 48 in the Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stonetalon Mountains at 40.0, 33.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

The Horde have signaled a retreat. Look now, they fall back from the field of battle - portends of disaster.

We must make one final descent into Thal'darah Grove. I could not live with myself if any of our young druids were left behind.

Assist me, hero. I will take the reins. You search for any druids that might be left behind.

We will go when you are ready.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationDarnassus +250
Top Comments

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Dekkion+25via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

@Flitzy:

As always there are both sides to the story.

If you play the Horde quest chain you will find out that the Horde did not approve of this bomb at all.
In fact, when Hellscream finds out it was created and used, he dismisses warlord Krom'Gar from duty by throwing him off a cliff. But not before he gives him a speech saying no member of the Horde kills innocent druids and murders children. He tells Krom'Gar that his behaviour is without honour, and Hellscream would have never approved of it if he'd known beforehand.

Hellscream may be a warmongerer, but he still has honour, as do other members of the Horde.
Except the Forsaken, they are downright evil, and a disgrace to the Horde, as Hellscream himself finds as well.

Read all 24 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationDarnassus+250

Reward details

Reputation: Darnassus +250

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Darnassus reputation: Do Yourself a Favor (+10), The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag (+250), Return to Stardust (+10), Hellscream's Legacy (+250), Field Test: Gnomecorder (+25), Burn, Baby, Burn! (+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 mapStonetalon MountainsTurn-in marker at 40.0, 33.5, 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.

Stonetalon Mountains Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Stonetalon Mountains map showing where to go for Last Ditch EffortTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #65 40.0 33.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStonetalon Mountains 40.0, 33.5/way #65 40.0 33.5
  • Objective areaStonetalon Mountains 39.4, 46.1/way #65 39.4 46.1

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 Stonetalon Mountains map

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

Getting there

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

  • Thal'darah Overlook, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 60 yards north
  • Mirkfallon Post, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 870 yards south-east
  • Farwatcher's Glen, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 1,200 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 500 yards south

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

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance

Part 28 of 48.

Previous: Save the Children! · Next: Thal'darah's Vengeance

  1. 23Gnome on the Inside
  2. 24It's Up There!
  3. 25No Time for Goodbyes!
  4. 26Warn Master Thal'darah
  5. 27Save the Children!
  6. 28Last Ditch Effort
  7. 29Thal'darah's Vengeance
  8. 30Ascending the Vale
  9. 31Brood of Seldarria
  10. 32Tell 'Em Koko Sent You
  11. 33The Deep Reaches
  12. 34They Put the Assass in... Never Mind

Showing steps 23 to 34 of 48.

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.

  • Save the Children!Stonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30

    My poor, defenseless young students are stranded at Thal'darah Grove. With the battle raging across Battlescar Valley, they have no means of escaping. We must save the children before the Horde drops their bomb! Take my hippogryph and use it to rescue the young druids of Thal'darah Grove.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Thal'darah's VengeanceStonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30

    We must attempt to establish communication with Farwatcher Glen, to the south. Our Darnassian glaive throwers are at your disposal, <name>. Use them to cut a swath through the encroaching Horde forces and clear a path to Farwatcher Glen. I only hope we're not too late to save the Glen.

The storyline at a glance

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance has 48 steps, from They Took Our Gnomes to Dances with Grimtotem.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stonetalon Mountains (43), Ashenvale (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stonetalon Mountains 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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