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Strategic Deployment (Alliance)

Strategic Deployment is an Alliance-only quest for level 50. It is step 5 of 8 in the Breaking the Cycle storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Durotar at 41.5, 56.0. It rewards 6,800 experience and money.

Description

Saurfang maintains that the key to taking Orgrimmar is to exploit its multiple points of entry. He led the city's defenses for years, and knows its vulnerabilities better than anyone. We are spread thin as it is, but I trust his judgment in this matter.

We must also fortify Thunder Bluff in case Sylvanas plans to assault it while our forces are committed here.

Deliver these deployment orders to our officers. We will assail all of Orgrimmar's gates at once while also defending Thunder Bluff.

Rewards

Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Durotar 41.5, 56.0 /way #1535 41.5 56.0

Known issues

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,800
MoneyGold23g 40s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDurotarTurn-in marker at 41.5, 56.0, 4 mapped points
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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.

Durotar Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Durotar map showing where to go for Strategic DeploymentTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1535 41.5 56.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDurotar 41.5, 56.0/way #1535 41.5 56.0
  • Objective areaDurotar 48.8, 55.6/way #1535 48.8 55.6
  • Objective areaDurotar 32.1, 82.7/way #1535 32.1 82.7
  • Objective areaDurotar 36.4, 64.1/way #1535 36.4 64.1

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 230 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Breaking the Cycle

Part 5 of 8.

With N'Zoth rising, King Wrynn requests you to set aside your differences with the Horde for the good of Azeroth, and stand with High Overlord Saurfang against Sylvanas Windrunner.

Previous: Already Among Us · Next: Before the Gates of Orgrimmar

  1. 1The Eve of Battle
  2. 2This Ain't Mine
  3. 3Saving the Siege
  4. 4Already Among Us
  5. 5Strategic Deployment
  6. 6Before the Gates of Orgrimmar
  7. 7The Price of Victory
  8. 8Old Soldier

Also part of: Breaking the Cycle (part 5 of 12).

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.

  • Already Among UsLevel 50

    While some of the Horde have joined forces with us, many within Orgrimmar remain loyal to Sylvanas. Her saboteurs have infiltrated our ranks and are posing as our technicians. Her assassins are lurking in the shadows. Stop any loyalists you encounter, before they can cause any harm.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Before the Gates of OrgrimmarWar Campaign - Alliance · Level 50

    We have prepared for this battle as best we can, <name>. I pray that we all survive what is to come.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Level 50.

The storyline at a glance

Breaking the Cycle has 8 steps, from The Eve of Battle to Old Soldier.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Durotar (4), Durotar (3), Boralus (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Strategic Deployment. They differ in the faction/category/zone shown here.

QuestFactionCategoryZoneID
Strategic Deployment (this page)AllianceAlliance War CampaignSame56981
Strategic DeploymentHordeSameWar Campaign - Horde57092
Related
Stranger on the Steps
Strangers in a Strange Land
Strategic Cuts
Strategic Cuts
Strategic Deployment
Strategic Edge
Strategic Executions
Strategic Strikes
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