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Return to Valgarde

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 ID11278

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11278))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHowling Fjord, step 14 of 162
RewardsDeacon's Wraps, Stretch-Hide Spaulders, Streamlined Stompers, 2g 62s 50c, 1,050 XP

Description

'Tis a shame we lost two of our best dwarves while uncovering these relics. They sacrificed their lives to keep this information safe. <Glorenfeld wraps the cipher and tablets in a tattered cloth.> Take these back to Valgarde. McSorf will know what to do with the find. As for me? I'll be alright on my own. I've gotten this far in one piece!

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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 2 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Return to ValgardeTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 60.2 61.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 60.2, 61.0/way #117 60.2 61.0
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 56.9, 53.7/way #117 56.9 53.7

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 90 yards south
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,800 yards north
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 350 yards north-west

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money2 gold62 silver
Experience1,050 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Hands
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for23 gold70 silver
TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+6 Intellect, +8 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for35 gold2 silver
TypeMail Feet
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike, +5 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for35 gold41 silver
TypePlate Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor25
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for47 gold48 silver

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).

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 14 of 162.

Previous: Stunning Defeat at the Ring · Next: The Explorers' League Outpost

  1. 9Zedd's Probably Dead
  2. 10And Then There Were Two...
  3. 11The Depths of Depravity
  4. 12The Ring of Judgment
  5. 13Stunning Defeat at the Ring
  6. 14Return to Valgarde
  7. 15The Explorers' League Outpost
  8. 16Locating the Mechanism
  9. 17Anguish of Nifflevar
  10. 18Dragonflayer Battle Plans
  11. 19To Westguard Keep!
  12. 20Meet Lieutenant Icehammer...

Showing steps 9 to 20 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.

  • Stunning Defeat at the RingHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Oluf will come out if you defeat the other gladiators. That's 'bout the only way we're getting' that cipher back. Put on your whompin' boots and get busy in the Ring of Judgment. If you do manage to get the cipher back, return it to Glorenfeld o'er near the entrance to these catacombs. Me?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Explorers' League OutpostHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    It's all a bunch of cryptic nonsense! Even with this cipher I can't make heads or tails of these tablets. Admittedly, cryptography is not my strong point. You'll need to take the cipher and tablets to our cryptographer, Stanwad. Unfortunately, I haven't heard from Stanwad in two weeks.

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.