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Pressing Forward (Horde)

Pressing Forward is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Twilight Highlands. It is step 174 of 236 in the Twilight Highlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Twilight Highlands at 21.3, 57.0. It rewards 3 reward items, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Good work so far. We should find the entrance to Grim Batol just past the next gate.

I was ordered to secure the entrance and block off reinforcements while the rest of our men press through the path we've cleared up the canyon. I'm thinking if we get there soon enough, maybe I can let Ticker have a little more fun.

Let's get moving down the canyon to the southwest - we should find the next gate pretty quickly.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Irollthatway+79via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The failure of this quest is due to the loss of Patch from what I can tell. After not completing it about 5 times I finally noticed Patch had not been with me upon reaching the gates. Keep a close eye on him.

Edit: After doing another run, with Patch marked and brought fully to the end, I can confirm he MUST reach the gates for the completion.

2
sheam+30via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

One thing to note - If you lose your goblin squad for whatever reason, you can talk to the NPC at the front of each gate as you open them to grab them again.

I did this with another party member, and it didn't work for me because somehow I was mounted and flew ahead too far and lost my gobopack.

3
magcaturday+27via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I tried this several times also and never completed it then after about the 10th try I noticed something every time before I didn't have the right number of goblins for some reason it wasn't always spawning the full pack for me

in short: count your goblins you must have all 5 to complete

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Hands
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold96 silver
TypePlate Feet
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Dodge, +5 Mastery
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for35 gold53 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +5 Haste
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for35 gold80 silver

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 21.3, 57.0, 3 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 3 mapped points
Twilight Highlands map showing where to go for Pressing ForwardTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #241 21.3 57.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTwilight Highlands 21.3, 57.0/way #241 21.3 57.0
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 22.8, 56.4/way #241 22.8 56.4
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 29.3, 52.5/way #241 29.3 52.5

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 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 1,100 yards north-east
  • Vermillion Redoubt, Twilight HighlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Crushblow, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 1,500 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 450 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 174 of 236.

Previous: Pressing Forward · Next: Enter the Dragon Queen

  1. 169Paving the Way
  2. 170Paving the Way
  3. 171If The Key Fits
  4. 172If The Key Fits
  5. 173Pressing Forward
  6. 174Pressing Forward
  7. 175Enter the Dragon Queen
  8. 176Battle of Life and Death
  9. 177And the Sky Streaked Red
  10. 178Blackout
  11. 179Shining Through the Dark
  12. 180Following the Young Home

Showing steps 169 to 180 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.

  • 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.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Enter the Dragon QueenTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    Hello, <race>. I wish we could meet in more favorable circumstances. The world hangs by a thread, and all that the Titans have wrought may be in jeopardy. It saddens me greatly, but my judgment is final.

Quests that require this one

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 Pressing Forward. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

QuestFactionRewardsID
Pressing Forward (this page)Horde4,800 XP, Squadron Leader's Gloves, Gate-Breaker Treads, Cloak of Valorous Direction28093
Pressing ForwardAlliance4,800 XP, Gatesmashing Gauntlets, Commander's Stompers, Cloak of Grand Leadership28109
Related
Preservation, Augmentation, or Devastation
Preserve the Legacy
Preserve the True Future
Preserved in Amber
Pressing Forward
Pressing Matters
Prevent the Accord
Prevent the Accord
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