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Paving the Way (Horde)

Paving the Way is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Twilight Highlands. It is step 170 of 236 in the Twilight Highlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Twilight Highlands at 22.3, 56.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

My orders are to accompany you south through the Dragonmaw Gates towards the entrance of Grim Batol. We're to clear a path so that the rest of the men can follow us up and secure the entrance.

Translation: kill everything that moves, and don't be ashamed if you have a good time doing it.

The boys are getting antsy. Let's go.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationBilgewater Cartel +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationBilgewater Cartel+250

Reward details

Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250

Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Twilight Highlands that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Patchwork Command (+75), Shells on the Sea Shore (+250), Blast Him! (+250), Mo' Better Shredder (+250), Precious Goods (+250), Easy Pickings (+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 mapTwilight HighlandsTurn-in marker at 22.3, 56.5, 12 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.

Twilight Highlands Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Twilight Highlands map showing where to go for Paving the WayTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #241 22.3 56.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTwilight Highlands 22.3, 56.5/way #241 22.3 56.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Twilight Highlands 28.7, 51.1/way #241 28.7 51.1
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 29.3, 52.6/way #241 29.3 52.6

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 Twilight Highlands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Twilight Highlands:

  • The Gullet, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 1,000 yards north-east
  • Vermillion Redoubt, Twilight HighlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Crushblow, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 1,400 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 390 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 390 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Twilight Highlands

Part 170 of 236.

Previous: Paving the Way · Next: If The Key Fits

  1. 165Easy Pickings
  2. 166Precious Goods
  3. 167Precious Goods
  4. 168The Gates of Grim Batol
  5. 169Paving the Way
  6. 170Paving the Way
  7. 171If The Key Fits
  8. 172If The Key Fits
  9. 173Pressing Forward
  10. 174Pressing Forward
  11. 175Enter the Dragon Queen
  12. 176Battle of Life and Death

Showing steps 165 to 176 of 236.

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 Gates of Grim BatolTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    Kroggs started the assault to push up the canyon. He's just past the gate to our southeast. I'm going to get the squad together to join the attack. We'll meet you down there.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • If The Key FitsTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    The wyrms have already taken the battle to the sky above Grim Batol. It's up to us to move our men in by ground and secure the gates. I want you to know what is at stake here, <class>. Grim Batol is the source of Twilight's Hammer reinforcements to all of the highlands.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Twilight Highlands · Level 30-35.

The storyline at a glance

Twilight Highlands has 236 steps, from Twilight Shores to Skullcrusher the Mountain.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Twilight Highlands (222), Azshara (9), Orgrimmar (4), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Twilight Highlands 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

2 quests carry the name Paving the Way. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Paving the Way (this page)Horde28094
Paving the WayAlliance28107
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