- Enter the dungeons of Gjalerbron (35,12)
Kill Necrolords- Loot [Awakening Rod]
- Use on Dormant Vrykul
- ????
- PROFIT!
Quest
Sleeping Giants
A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The entrance is NOT at 35,12 - I dont know why people reported that. If you go to 35,12 you'll be in Gjalerbron. Dont go up any ramps. From the outside go to 34,13 - a small but important distinction. It's in between the two bottom ramps.
A common glitch with this quest is the Awakening Rod not dropping from the Necrolords. All you have to do to fix it is drop the quest and get it again from Ahota Whitefrost.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11433))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
I've overheard what you've had to say with Greatmother Ankha. With all due respect, she'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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #116 61.2 81.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inGrizzly Hills 61.2, 81.3
/way #116 61.2 81.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 46.8, 82.9
/way #116 46.8 82.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 52.2, 76.5
/way #116 52.2 76.5
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 Grizzly Hills map
- Honor the Flame about 90 yards
- The Damaged Journal about 1,190 yards
- Deciphering the Journal about 1,190 yards
- The Runic Prophecies about 1,190 yards
- Pounding the Iron about 1,190 yards
- The Overseer's Shadow about 1,190 yards
- Cultivating an Image about 1,190 yards
- Loken's Orders about 1,190 yards
- In the Name of Loken about 1,190 yards
- The Unexpected 'Guest' about 1,200 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Grizzly Hills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:
- Camp Winterhoof, Howling Fjord
- Camp Oneqwah, Grizzly Hills
- Apothecary Camp, Howling Fjord
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Other quests on the Grizzly Hills map
Reward details
Reputation: The Taunka +250
These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.
Reputation group: Horde Expedition.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward The Taunka reputation: Skorn Must Fall! (+10), Gruesome, But Necessary (+250), Burn Skorn, Burn! (+250), Towers of Certain Doom (+250), Stop the Ascension! (+350), The Conqueror of Skorn! (+350).
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 132 of 162.
Previous: The Walking Dead · Next: The Slumbering King
- 127The Conqueror of Skorn!
- 128Dealing With Gjalerbron
- 129Of Keys and Cages
- 130Necro Overlord Mezhen
- 131The Walking Dead
- 132Sleeping Giants
- 133The Slumbering King
- 134Gjalerbron Attack Plans
- 135The Frost Wyrm and its Master
- 136The Artifacts of Steel Gate
- 137The Cleansing
- 138Spirits of the Ice
Showing steps 127 to 138 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.
- The Walking Dead
Your assistance to us has been tremendous, <name>, but there is something that is troubling me: these so-called Scourge. The spirits of the land and air, the waters and the fire below the world, would not abide their presence, but seem to do nothing about them.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Slumbering King
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: Horde only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.
Also counted by I've Toured the Fjord
Its criteria name 17 quests; others include:
- Report to Anselm
- The Conqueror of Skorn!
- Necro Overlord Mezhen
- The Frost Wyrm and its Master
- The Walking Dead
- Field Test
- Warning: Some Assembly Required
- Alpha Worg
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 Grizzly Hills map
- Grizzly Hills
- The Claws of Ursoc
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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 Fjord: its criteria name 17 quests, this one included.