TheWoWDBThe Moonshine is purchased from Hugh Glass (69.1,40.0)
Quest
Softening the Blow
A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Just to add some historical trivia for those that may not know: Hugh Glass was a real life Mountain Man frontiersman. He's something of a legend, and the fictional Grizzly Adams was based on him.
coord. 69.06 - 40.08
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneGrizzly Hills
Quest ID11998
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11998))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineGrizzly Hills, step 36 of 115
Rewards4,100 XP
Description
Our best bet for moving our forces quickly to Icecrown Glacier lies with the network of tunnels beneath the ancient iron dwarf city of Thor Modan. Brugar Stoneshear and his Explorers' League boys aren't going to be happy, but orders are orders. The news might go over better if you brought him a cask of that moonshine sold by that trapper, Hugh Glass, down at Redwood Trading Post, southeast of here along the tree line. Man's not right in the head, but you won't find better moonshine out here.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #116 59.8 27.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inGrizzly Hills 59.8, 27.6
/way #116 59.8 27.6 - Objective areaGrizzly Hills 69.1, 40.1
/way #116 69.1 40.1 - Objective areaGrizzly Hills 59.4, 26.0
/way #116 59.4 26.0
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
- When Dreams Become Nightmares about 550 yards
- To The Hills about 550 yards
- The First Trial of Ursol about 600 yards
- The Second Trial of Ursol about 600 yards
- The Third Trial of Ursol about 600 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,780 yards
- Hero's Call: Grizzly Hills! about 1,860 yards
- In Worg's Clothing about 1,970 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,970 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
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:
- Westfall Brigade, Grizzly Hills
- Zim'Torga, Zul'Drak
- The Argent Stand, Zul'Drak
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Experience4,100 XP
Other quests on the Grizzly Hills map
Storyline
Grizzly Hills
Part 36 of 115.
Previous: The Runic Prophecies · Next: Brothers in Battle
- 31Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again
- 32Hollowstone Mine
- 33The Damaged Journal
- 34The Runic Keystone
- 35The Runic Prophecies
- 36Softening the Blow
- 37Brothers in Battle
- 38Uncovering the Tunnels
- 39The Fate of Orlond
- 40Steady as a Rock?
- 41Check Up on Raegar
- 42The Perfect Plan
Showing steps 31 to 42 of 115.
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 Runic Prophecies
We've no time to lose! Now that we've reassembled the runic keystone -- well, most of it -- we can decipher the contents of those very same runic plates Brann was working on before he fled.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Brothers in Battle
I hope Gryan knows I withdrew my men from Thor Modan when the battle began. There's no way we can excavate anything until that place settles down. You seem like a brave sort, though, and you have Stoutmantle's trust.
The storyline at a glance
Grizzly Hills has 115 steps, from Local Support to Loken's Orders.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Grizzly Hills (115).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills map
- Howling Fjord
- 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.