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Protocol

Protocol is a Horde-only quest for level 7-30 in Hillsbrad Foothills. It is step 12 of 39 in the Hillsbrad Foothills storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hillsbrad Foothills at 38.2, 56.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

Before the warden receives his comeuppance we must deal with the outbreak. We cannot risk this contagion being released into the world.

Within the laborers' quarters, directly north of here, is a monstrosity Stillwater pieced together out of three farmers. This beast must be destroyed if we are to secure the Sludge Fields! Protocol demands it!

Rewards

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationUndercity +350
Top Comments

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defektunge+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The rather unusually named quest mob is a reference to three of the NPCs you had to kill for the old pre-Cataclysm "Battle of Hillsbrad" quest line: the farmers Ray, Getz and Kalaba. "Citizen" Wilkes, clerk Horace Whitestead, blacksmith Verrington, and magistrate Burnside were all also involved in the old quests.

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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 Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Undercity reputation: Empire of Dirt (+250), Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills! (+250), Welcome to the Machine (+250), Trouble at Azurelode (+10), Glorious Harvest (+250), Past Their Prime (+350).

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 mapHillsbrad FoothillsTurn-in marker at 38.2, 56.8, 3 mapped points
World Map

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.

Hillsbrad Foothills Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Hillsbrad Foothills map showing where to go for ProtocolTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #25 38.2 56.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 38.2, 56.8/way #25 38.2 56.8
  • Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 38.5, 57.2/way #25 38.5 57.2
  • Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 40.3, 59.3/way #25 40.3 59.3

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 Hillsbrad Foothills map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hillsbrad Foothills:

  • 12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 360 yards north
  • Amani FootholdAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north
  • Eastern EntranceAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards south-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

Hillsbrad Foothills

Part 12 of 39.

Previous: Freedom for Lydon · Next: Do it for Twinkles

  1. 7Discretion is Key
  2. 8For Science!
  3. 9The Battle for Hillsbrad
  4. 10A Lost Lad
  5. 11Freedom for Lydon
  6. 12Protocol
  7. 13Do it for Twinkles
  8. 14Burnside Must Fall
  9. 15A Blight Upon the Land
  10. 16*Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*
  11. 17Stormpike Rendezvous
  12. 18Kasha Will Fly Again

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 39.

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.

  • Freedom for LydonHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    This place is no farm! Stillwater has been experimenting on the humans of Hillsbrad. The monstrosities here are all his creations. That's not the worst of it, <class>. The aberrations that have the key to my cage are former Forsaken.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Do it for TwinklesHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    Warden Stillwater sent me out into the field to investigate the outbreak. When I arrived, Twinkles and I were charged by the lumbering monstrosity known as Verringtan. I was knocked off of Twinkles and immediately ran for my life. Twinkles, though, stayed behind and fought the beast off.

The storyline at a glance

Hillsbrad Foothills has 39 steps, from Welcome to the Machine to Extinction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (39).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills 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.

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