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Soft Landing

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

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Sapho+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The quest doesn't tell you where in Tyr's Hand to find the flare. However, once you complete the kill 10 mobs bit, the built-in quest helper will point you in the right direction. Just in case: from the main entrance turn to the right. You don't want to go into any building, just keep going and it's at the end of the path near a wall.

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733706+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Its just a simple quest where you kill 10 mobs and turn in at the yellow question mark to get follow up quests....right? Not quite so simple. As you enter Tyr's Hand and clear the 10 mobs, ones you have cleared will respawn behind and around you.

I found this out the hard way-as a hunter, I naturally try to kite the mobs and make sure I don't back into anything as I keep my distance. To my surprise, as I was backing up, I ran into one I had already cleared!

The respawn rate is really fast in this area-seems to be more common since Cata.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneEastern Plaguelands
Quest ID27460

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27460))

What to do

StorylineEastern Plaguelands, step 26 of 46
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

We were only given one hundred men to complete this mission, and we're already down by one. Our scout was sent into the enemy stronghold to clear out some of the guards that patrol the area, and to send off a flare so we could enter with a coordinated attack. Our ninety-nine remaining men lie at the ready, waiting for that flare. I need a talented {class} like you to sneak into Tyr's Hand, take out as many of their guards as possible, and then set off that flare. Are you up to it?

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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.

Eastern Plaguelands Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for Soft LandingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 77.6 79.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 77.6, 79.4/way #23 77.6 79.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Eastern Plaguelands 78.5, 75.7/way #23 78.5 75.7
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 72.6, 74.9/way #23 72.6 74.9

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 Eastern Plaguelands map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Eastern Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eastern Plaguelands:

  • Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern PlaguelandsHorde · about 700 yards north
  • Acherus: The Ebon HoldAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 110 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 230 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
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +250

Reward details

Reputation: Argent Crusade +250

Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Eastern Plaguelands that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Rough Roads (+350), Zaeldarr the Outcast (+250), Frederick's Fish Fancy (+250), To Kill With Purpose (+250), Dark Garb (+250), Catalysm (+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

Eastern Plaguelands

Part 26 of 46.

Previous: The Brotherhood of Light · Next: To Take the Abbey

  1. 21Boys Will Be Boys
  2. 22A Boyhood Dream
  3. 23Argent Call: The Trial of the Crypt
  4. 24Argent Call: The Noxious Glade
  5. 25The Brotherhood of Light
  6. 26Soft Landing
  7. 27To Take the Abbey
  8. 28To Take the Barracks
  9. 29Victory From Within
  10. 30The Assassin
  11. 31Scarlet Salvage
  12. 32The Wrathcaster

Showing steps 21 to 32 of 46.

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 Brotherhood of LightEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    The Brotherhood of Light has a history of brash, thoughtless decisions. They bridged a gap between the Scarlet Crusade and the Argent Dawn. They were among the first to plunge into Northrend, while many of us lingered behind. However, they also have a history of getting results, which I respect.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • To Take the AbbeyEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    The Scarlet Crusade maintains a well-fortified abbey in the lower western tier of Tyr's Hand. The abbey will need to be secured before proceeding any further into the stronghold.

The storyline at a glance

Eastern Plaguelands has 46 steps, from Gidwin Goldbraids to Journey's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (46).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands 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.