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Locating the Mechanism

Locating the Mechanism is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 16 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 60.1, 62.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

Don't worry, <name>; this is all going to lead to something big! HUGE! You're just going to have to trust me for now and do as I ask of you.

We need to get the mechanism mentioned in the manual for the next step of the plan. I have a strong suspicion that you'll find one on one of those vrykul that operate the harpoon guns in Wyrmskull Village. You'll find them on the east side of the village, on the docks by the longhouses.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationValiance Expedition+250

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHowling FjordTurn-in marker at 60.1, 62.4, 6 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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Locating the MechanismTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 60.1 62.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 60.1, 62.4/way #117 60.1 62.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 59.9, 52.3/way #117 59.9 52.3

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

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 FjordAlliance · about 40 yards south-west
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards north
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 410 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

Howling Fjord

Part 16 of 162.

Previous: The Explorers' League Outpost · Next: Anguish of Nifflevar

  1. 11The Depths of Depravity
  2. 12The Ring of Judgment
  3. 13Stunning Defeat at the Ring
  4. 14Return to Valgarde
  5. 15The Explorers' League Outpost
  6. 16Locating the Mechanism
  7. 17Anguish of Nifflevar
  8. 18Dragonflayer Battle Plans
  9. 19To Westguard Keep!
  10. 20Meet Lieutenant Icehammer...
  11. 21Drop It then Rock It!
  12. 22Harpoon Master Yavus

Showing steps 11 to 22 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.

  • The Explorers' League OutpostHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    It's all a bunch of cryptic nonsense! Even with this cipher I can't make heads or tails of these tablets. Admittedly, cryptography is not my strong point. You'll need to take the cipher and tablets to our cryptographer, Stanwad. Unfortunately, I haven't heard from Stanwad in two weeks.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Anguish of NifflevarHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    All that we know of the vrykul indicates that they only recently appeared in Northrend. Why, then, are we seeing vrykul in visions that date back 15,000 years? Surely if the vrykul had previously existed in Northrend we would have known. You must press on to Nifflevar.

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

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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