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Shadowmoon Invasion!

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bartlesbytina+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If Shadowmoon Invasion is not an option from Sergeant Grimjaw or Sergeant Crowler, complete one of the following missives that can be purchased from them in exchange for garrison resources.

Horde: Assault on Pillars of Fate or Assault on Skettis

Alliance: Assault on Darktide Roost or Assault on Socrethar's Rise

Once completed, the invasion will immediately be available from Sergeant Crowler or Sergeant Grimjaw. (This was my experience for the 2 invasions I was missing, but if you still don't see the invasion, you may need to complete both missives or complete them more than once to increase aggro with those factions.)

If you're missing any of the other invasions, the list and map in this Garrison Invasions guide explains which missives are needed to unlock each invasion.

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Sergijus+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Garrison Invasions are challenges in your Garrison that allow you to defeat attacking enemies for rewards.
They can be completed solo but you are encouraged to bring your friends because the rewards are greater if you perform better.
Your first invasion comes early on Shadowmoon Valley and Frostfire Ridge with a Tier 2 Garrison--midway through questing, a player's Garrison will be attacked either by a Thunderlord or Shadowmoon force. This is not available with a Tier 3 Garrison but it is also not considered a "real" invasion.

There are 6 types of invasion:
Ogre
Shadow Concul
Shadowmoon
Botani
Goren
Iron Horde

HOW TO TRIGGER AN INVASION
When you kill level 100 mobs (in the areas for Apexis Crystal Quests), you have a chance that the enemies will prepare to attack your garrison in retaliation. At this point, your commander by the Town Hall will have a quest for you.

In order to trigger an invasion, you will need to kill mobs at following locations:
http://i.imgur.com/RVKLBzR.jpg

Note that you need to kill approx 500 mobs, and you can not be in the raid group. Party is allowed.
Once you kill enough of them, you will get notification at your minimap, where you can see mission status. There will also be big yellow exclamation mark there, pretty easy to spot. Once you spot it, head back to your garrison and you will be able to take quest from Sergeant Crowler (A) or Sergeant Grimjaw (H).

Invasion Stages
The invasion has the following stages:
Invasion - Follow the sergeant
Assault - defeat the assault.
The holdout - endure the assault. This part is timed for ~8 minutes.
The calm - go to the town center
Final stage - kill a boss

During the assault, multiple enemy packs spawn in your Garrison.The following unusual things can happen as well:
The enemy assaults a Garrison building—attack them to interrupt the cast.
A terrified townsfolk runs out of safety. They are marked with a green arrow over their head and you run up to them to move them away.
An infiltrator from the opposite faction is in your Garrison. These have a hefty bit of HP.

Invasion Points
During the invasion, you gain points via the following ways:
Killing enemies—trickier ones give more points.
Saving terrified townsfolk.
Killing spies.
Keeping your buildings intact.
Keeping your defenders alive.
Killing the final boss.
When the invasion is complete, points are added for your buildings and defenders.

You need 300 points for Bronze, 600 for Silver, and 1000 for Gold.

Invasion rewards
Silver and bronze rankings rewards only apexis crystals, but if you managed to get gold reward you will get Invader's Forgotten Treasure which can contain 645 items (They can be warforged 651) and one of 4 mounts.
Note that you can get each bag just once per week, yet you will receive apexis each time you do it.

Good luck with invasions!

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johnnysebre+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Trying to complete this one solo for platinum at 110, and I cannot succeed so far. I had no trouble for the others (getting 1500-2000 score), but for shadowmoon, both times I tried, I finished at 1200 ish. Anyone else have this issue or tips to get it completed?

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 40
CategoryGarrison Support
Quest ID36414

The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(36414))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

Scouts say the Shadowmoon clan looms close, ready with their necromancy. If I die and rise again, Commander, finish me quickly. I don't want to be a ghoul.

Related
Money16 gold98 silver
Experience16,400 XP

Where this quest fits

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Level 40.

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