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Losing Ground (Level 5-30)

Losing Ground is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Ruins of Gilneas. It is step 29 of 57 in the Silverpine Forest storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ruins of Gilneas at 57.5, 18.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

I don't know how much longer we can hold out for, <name>. Crowley and Bloodfang's worgen know every hidey hole and safe spot in Gilneas. One minute they're standing in front of you and the next minute they're gone! We're gonna lose this war to attacks of opportunity, even though we have a superior military presence.

But momma didn't raise no quitter! Forsaken until the end, my friend.

Head west into the headlands and help our soldiers on the front line. Kill the attacking worgen rebels!

Rewards

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationUndercity +350
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationUndercity+350

Reward details

Reputation: Undercity +350

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Ruins of Gilneas that reward Undercity reputation: To Forsaken Forward Command (+250), Korok the Colossus (+500), In Time, All Will Be Revealed (+250), Break in Communications: Dreadwatch Outpost (+350), Break in Communications: Rutsak's Guard (+250), Vengeance for Our Soldiers (+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 mapRuins of GilneasTurn-in marker at 57.5, 18.2, 10 mapped points
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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.

Ruins of Gilneas Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Ruins of Gilneas map showing where to go for Losing GroundTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #217 57.5 18.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inRuins of Gilneas 57.5, 18.2/way #217 57.5 18.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ruins of Gilneas 51.8, 24.2/way #217 51.8 24.2

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 Ruins of Gilneas map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ruins of Gilneas:

  • Forsaken Forward Command, GilneasHorde · at the same spot
  • The Forsaken Front, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 860 yards north
  • Southpoint Gate, HillsbradHorde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 220 yards south-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

Silverpine Forest

Part 29 of 57.

Previous: To Forsaken Forward Command · Next: In Time, All Will Be Revealed

  1. 24Excising the Taint
  2. 25Seek and Destroy
  3. 26Cornered and Crushed!
  4. 27Nowhere to Run
  5. 28To Forsaken Forward Command
  6. 29Losing Ground
  7. 30In Time, All Will Be Revealed
  8. 31The F.C.D.
  9. 32Korok the Colossus
  10. 33Break in Communications: Dreadwatch Outpost
  11. 34Break in Communications: Rutsak's Guard
  12. 35On Whose Orders?

Showing steps 24 to 35 of 57.

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.

  • To Forsaken Forward CommandRuins of Gilneas · Level 5-30

    The time has come to destroy Crowley, Bloodfang and every dog at their command. To do this, though, will require cunning and planning the likes of which they would never dare dream!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • In Time, All Will Be RevealedRuins of Gilneas · Level 5-30

    The Dark Lady has sent you and Arthura here for a very specific purpose. Before I tell you more, we must make preparations. Head east into the forest of Gilneas and search near the trees and rocks of the region for a special plant known as wolfsbane.

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Ruins of Gilneas · Level 5-30.

The storyline at a glance

Silverpine Forest has 57 steps, from The Warchief Cometh to Cities in Dust.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silverpine Forest (46), Ruins of Gilneas (11).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ruins of Gilneas 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

3 quests carry the name Losing Ground. They differ in the faction/level/zone shown here.

QuestFactionLevelZoneID
Losing Ground (this page)HordeLevel 5-30Ruins of Gilneas27333
Losing GroundAllianceLevel 30-35Shimmering Expanse25892
Losing GroundHordeLevel 30-35Shimmering Expanse25967
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