TheWoWDBAny of the Scourge in the area will count for the quest. It doesn't matter if they are in combat with a faction NPC, when you target and hit them, you will get aggro and the kill will count. The faction NPCs do not hit them very hard at all so don't count on their help.
The big hulking things have a chain that will pull you to them if you try to attack from range. Just be aware. It will interrupt any spell casting.
Quest
Scourge First... Horde Later
A World of Warcraft quest in Western Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If you're quite low level (I'm 37), watch out for Felbats with a strength of 130K that will kill you instantly. If you resurrect, they'll kill you again.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID27159
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27159))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 1 of 63
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Darkmaster Gandling of the Cult of the Damned leads the Scourge offensive here in Andorhal. My old counterpart, Koltira, leads the Forsaken forces. If we're to win Andorhal, we'll have to defeat both, but we will certainly fail if we take on both at once. I know Koltira well enough to know that he will focus on the Scourge first. We will do the same. Take out the weaker, desiccated Scourge to reduce their numbers. The Forsaken will have to wait to taste our wrath.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #22 40.8 70.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 40.8, 70.1
/way #22 40.8 70.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 45.6, 69.3
/way #22 45.6 69.3 - Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 41.1, 70.5
/way #22 41.1 70.5
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 Western Plaguelands map
- Honor the Flame about 370 yards
- Keeping the Peace about 520 yards
- Sacred Ground about 520 yards
- Seeking Guidance about 530 yards
- The Light Reveals about 610 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 640 yards
- Finding the Scepter about 1,250 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Western Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:
- Andorhal, Western Plaguelands
- Chillwind Camp, Western Plaguelands
- The Menders' Stead, Western Plaguelands
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Actually, it's not that they're hitting weakly, it's that they and the Scourge are set not to deal damage to them beyond ~80% of their life, so you'll see both with roughly this much health in perpetual conflict until a player or abomination breaks this up (the abominations will, after a few seconds, use a one-shot ability on horde/alliance NPCs - but never on players). This sort of thing is seen in many questing zones. Oh, and the abomination chains only interrupt casting that requires standing still, abilities like Scorch still work as you're flying through the air.
Other quests on the Western Plaguelands map
Reward details
Reputation: Stormwind +250
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Stormwind reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), War Machines (+350), The Endless Flow (+250), Scholomancer (+500), Brute Strength (+500), Victory, For Now (+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.
Storyline
Western Plaguelands
Part 1 of 63.
Next: War Machines
- 1Scourge First... Horde Later
- 2War Machines
- 3The Endless Flow
- 4Scholomancer
- 5Brute Strength
- 6Araj the Summoner
- 7Victory, For Now
- 8Go Fletch!
- 9A Mighty Hunger
- 10Uther's Blessing
- 11The Abandoned Crypt
- 12Ambushed!
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 63.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- War Machines
Dried-up Scourge... weak. Abominations... strong. We defeat strong abominations... we win war.
The storyline at a glance
Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands map
- The Ashbringer
- Tirisfal Glades
- Scepter of Sargeras
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.