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Return to the Highlands

Return to the Highlands is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Twilight Highlands. It is step 76 of 236 in the Twilight Highlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Twilight Highlands at 75.3, 54.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 600 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

With Orgrimmar secure and our Dragonmaw allies behind us, we can turn our attention to the conquest of the Twilight Highlands and the utter destruction of Deathwing's forces there.

I need the Horde's best on the front lines. That means you. And all your friends.

The Highlands WILL be ours!

Use the new portal you created to return to Dragonmaw Port. Report to Zaela to see where she needs you the most.

Rewards

Money1 gold37 silver40 copper
Experience600 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +10
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP600
MoneyGold1g 37s
ReputationOrgrimmar+10

Reward details

Reputation: Orgrimmar +10

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Twilight Highlands that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Emergency Aid (+150), Stalled Negotiations (+75), Dangerous Compassion (+75), Madness (+250), Muddied Waters (+250), Securing the Beach Head (+10).

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 75.3, 54.9, 1 mapped point
Objective areaOrgrimmar1 mapped point
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.

Twilight Highlands Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Twilight Highlands map showing where to go for Return to the HighlandsTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #241 75.3 54.9

Orgrimmar Objective area 1 mapped point
Orgrimmar map showing where to go for Return to the HighlandsObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #85 49.2 72.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTwilight Highlands 75.3, 54.9/way #241 75.3 54.9
  • Objective areaOrgrimmar 49.2, 72.2/way #85 49.2 72.2

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:

  • Dragonmaw Port, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 110 yards north-west
  • Bloodgulch, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 1,200 yards west
  • The Krazzworks, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 1,300 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Twilight Highlands

Part 76 of 236.

Previous: Traitor's Bait · Next: The Southern Flank

  1. 71Securing the Beach Head
  2. 72Muddied Waters
  3. 73Cementing Our Victory
  4. 74Saurfang Will be Pleased
  5. 75Traitor's Bait
  6. 76Return to the Highlands
  7. 77The Southern Flank
  8. 78Scouting the Shore
  9. 79Blood on the Sand
  10. 80Mo' Better Shredder
  11. 81Krazzworks
  12. 82Quality Construction

Showing steps 71 to 82 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.

  • Traitor's BaitOrgrimmar · Level 30-35

    The Twilight's Hammer agents still lurk within the confines of Orgrimmar. I need someone I trust to collect the final evidence of treachery. <Eitrigg pulls you aside.> I suspect that Sauranok the Mystic is involved. I need you to uncover the truth, <name>.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Southern FlankTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    Our new arrangement with the Horde will put my people in direct conflict with the Alliance. Bring. Them. On. As we speak, the Alliance moves up the peninsula to threaten Dragonmaw Port.

Also counted by Fading into Twilight

Its criteria name 13 quests; others include:

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

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