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Out of My Element?

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11477

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11477))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHowling Fjord, step 26 of 162
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

Keep it down, {race}. These iron dwarves are quick on the trigger. Now don't let the activities down in the dig fool you. Those steel-skinned abominations aren't digging anything up! No sir - on the contrary - they're burying the site! For whatever whacked out reason, they don't want anyone finding this place. What kind of dwarf buries ancient relics and dig sites? I'll tell you what kind: the kind you kill with reckless abandon! Get in there and take 'em out!

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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 27 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Out of My Element?Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 78.8 48.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 78.8, 48.9/way #117 78.8 48.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 78.6, 47.1/way #117 78.6 47.1

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 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 1,300 yards south-west
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,700 yards north-west
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,900 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 60 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 50 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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250, Explorers' League +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).

Reputation: Explorers' League +250

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).

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 26 of 162.

Previous: Tools to Get the Job Done · Next: We Can Rebuild It

  1. 21Drop It then Rock It!
  2. 22Harpoon Master Yavus
  3. 23It Goes to 11...
  4. 24Let's Go Surfing Now
  5. 25Tools to Get the Job Done
  6. 26Out of My Element?
  7. 27We Can Rebuild It
  8. 28We Have the Technology
  9. 29Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping
  10. 30Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data
  11. 31Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff
  12. 32Lightning Infused Relics

Showing steps 21 to 32 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.

  • Tools to Get the Job DoneHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    I've been studying this deactivated construct for days, <name>. I think I can create a reasonable facsimile of the golem that would have room inside to fit one passenger. The idea being that it would fool those iron dwarves and allow us to get inside Baelgun's.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • We Can Rebuild ItHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Tools? Check. Materials? Negative. If we're going to build this thing, you're going to have to get me the materials. First things first, <name>.

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.