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News From the East

A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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2
Sh0dan+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I discovered Halgrind and Ember Clutch while flying to Westguard Keep, so that was an extra 1250 + 2000 = 3250 XP at level 73 for me (not counting Westguard itself or other areas that I might have visited before). I found this odd since most flights / boats don't usually credit you for discovering new areas while passing by them, but this particular one counted towards my Explore Howling Fjord achievement. I'm speculating that's because the Iron Rune Construct still counts as a regular pet / vehicle on this quest.

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Torathin+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The quest line for this is as follows:


  2. Tools to Get the Job Done

  4. We Can Rebuild It

  6. We Have the Technology (concurrent with above - you need to do both to get next quest)

  8. Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping

  10. Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data

  12. Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff

  14. Lightning Infused Relics

  16. The Delicate Sound of Thunder

  18. News From the East

I don't believe there is any prerequisite to starting this quest line.

Read all 10 on Wowhead ↗

Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11501

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11501))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHowling Fjord, step 34 of 162
RewardsMunificent Bulwark, Tome of Alacrity, 525 XP

Description

Westguard needs to know what's going on here, {name}. I want you to personally deliver the news to Captain Adams. Whenever you're ready, let me know and I'll put you back in the construct for one final flight. It'll take you to Westguard Keep, but more than likely blow up in the process. It's been a pleasure...

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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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for News From the EastTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 28.9 44.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 28.9, 44.2/way #117 28.9 44.2
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 75.0, 65.5/way #117 75.0 65.5

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:

  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 140 yards east
  • Kamagua, Howling FjordAlliance and Horde · about 600 yards south-west
  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,000 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 2,900 yards east

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Experience525 XP
ReputationExplorers' League +10, Valiance Expedition +10

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeShield Shield
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor74
Stats+4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +8 Haste, +13 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for42 gold59 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Stamina, +9 Haste, +13 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for40 gold8 silver

Reputation: Explorers' League +10

This organization seeks to find the origin of the dwarven race by collecting Titan artifacts. Their most recent research has led them to various archeological sites in Northrend.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Explorers' League reputation: My Daughter (+10), See to the Operations (+10), Danger! Explosives! (+250), Send Them Packing (+250), Leader of the Deranged (+250), The Book of Runes (+250).

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +10

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 34 of 162.

Previous: The Delicate Sound of Thunder · Next: The Clutches of Evil

  1. 29Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping
  2. 30Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data
  3. 31Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff
  4. 32Lightning Infused Relics
  5. 33The Delicate Sound of Thunder
  6. 34News From the East
  7. 35The Clutches of Evil
  8. 36Mage-Lieutenant Malister
  9. 37Two Wrongs...
  10. 38Report to Scout Knowles
  11. 39War is Hell
  12. 40Reports from the Field

Showing steps 29 to 40 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 Delicate Sound of ThunderHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    The cavern that we opened at Baelgun's was the one place that most steered clear of... Can't say I blame 'em. The sound of thunder shot out of that cave, <name>! Loud, booming thunder! I think near the end, it was abandoned by all.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Clutches of EvilHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    <name>, I don't trust anyone but you to take care of this. I need the proto-drake eggs and proto-whelps in the burning forest to the southeast destroyed! Since we arrived here, the Ember Clutch has been ablaze; there must be some sort of perverse magic at work. And lately it seems to be growing.

Also counted by I've Toured the Fjord

Its criteria name 18 quests; others include:

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

I've Toured the FjordComplete the Howling Fjord storylines listed below.10