Quest

Sleeping Giants

A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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462542008-09-01T16:53:45-05:00+46via Wowhead

Entrace is located at 34,13

710992008-08-20T09:00:01-05:00+33via Wowhead

You need to get Awakening Rods from the Necrolords. These can be found in almost all of Gjalerbron. They are above ground, on the platforms in each side of the area, but they are also found underground. I suggest killing those underground, as they are right next to the quest targets. Enter the Waking Halls from the lowest platform, near the entrance to Gjalerbron itself. The entrance looks like this: http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sleepinggiants2ty8.jpg When down there, you can either way. I went to the right tho. Here you will see a room that looks like this. http://img378.imagesha

949682008-11-16T10:40:21-06:00+26via Wowhead

You need to kill Necrolord for Awakening Rod.
Necrolord's are found in the same cave as Dormant Vrykul - the entrance to the cave is at 34.37, 13.24

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30

ZoneHowling Fjord

Quest ID11432

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11432))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHowling Fjord, step 102 of 162

Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I've overheard what you've had to say with Father Levariol. Allow me to suggest that he's not having you go far enough. You must also deal with the vrykul that lie dormant in the Waking Halls beneath Gjalerbron! I have no doubt that the rituals involved with awakening them are the key to their downfall. Most likely the necrolords have some device that you can use to bring the vrykul out of their dormant state prematurely. Surely such a disruption will prove fatal to the vrykul.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inHowling Fjord 28.9, 44.2/way #117 28.9 44.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 36.0, 11.9/way #117 36.0 11.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 40.6, 6.9/way #117 40.6 6.9

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

Honor the Flame about 2,080 yards
Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 2,080 yards
To Northrend about 2,190 yards

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:

Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 140 yards east
Kamagua, Howling FjordAlliance and Horde · about 610 yards south-west
Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,000 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 1,400 yards north
Objective areaabout 1,400 yards north
Objective areaabout 1,700 yards north-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.

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Money10 gold50 silver

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationValiance Expedition +250

Other quests on the Howling Fjord map

Reward details

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 102 of 162.

Previous: In Service to the Light · Next: The Slumbering King

Showing steps 97 to 108 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.

In Service to the LightHowling Fjord · Level 10-30
Your service has been exemplary, <name>, but there is something that is troubling me: the Scourge. The Light cannot abide their presence, and neither shall we. I hope that it is not asking you too much, but I would have you return north to Gjalerbron and crush the unholy Scourge in that vile lair!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Slumbering KingHowling Fjord · Level 10-30
A sheaf of parchment drops from the still hand of the overlord. Upon it you can discern the outline of the rituals that are taking place in the catacombs below. However, it appears that the queen of the vrykul, Angerboda, is having difficulty awakening King Ymiron.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.

Sleeping GiantsHorde only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30

Also counted by I've Toured the Fjord

Its criteria name 18 quests; others include:

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:

I've Toured the Fjord Complete the Howling Fjord storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord map

Truthguard4 steps, starts with Seeker of Truth
Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs10 steps, starts with Wrath of the Lich King: To Northrend!

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.

I've Toured the FjordComplete the Howling Fjord storylines listed below.10

I've Toured the Fjord: its criteria name 18 quests, this one included.