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Strategic Deployment

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

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  2. The Eve of Battle - speak to [npc=155789] (cinematic) and accept teleport at [npc=156119]

  4. This Ain't Mine - click the bot outside: use 1) [spell=303497] and 2) [spell=306808] to clear the way, 3) [spell=307856] to destroy the boulders at the end. Click the wyvern on your left. Speak to [npc=155786]

  6. Saving the Siege - click 8 crates
    Already Among Us - kill 10 [npc=156126]s and [npc=156125]s
    Strategic Deployment - talk to [npc=156119], [npc=155789] and [npc=156120]

  8. Before the Gates of Orgrimmar - speak to [npc=155786] to watch the battle (cinematic)

  10. The Price of Victory - meet [npc=156181] in Thunder Bluff. Return to the gates of Orgrimmar

  12. Old Soldier - speak to [npc=155789] (cinematic)
    You get The Fourth War and the matching title after turn in the quest.

Took ca. 20-25 minutes, incl. cinematics and flight.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
ZoneWar Campaign - Horde
LocationDurotar
Quest ID57092

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(57092))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineBreaking the Cycle, step 14 of 17
Rewards23g 40s, 6,800 XP

Description

For years, I guarded the gates of Orgrimmar. The city's greatest weakness has always been its multiple entrances. We should strike at all of them to seize victory. Wrynn and I have drawn up orders for deployment. The mages will cover our flank. Greymane will close in from the west, and the elves will take the north. We will send Mayla to reinforce Thunder Bluff's defenses in case Sylvanas launches a counterattack. Bring the orders to our commanders.

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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 41.6 55.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDurotar 41.6, 55.8/way #1535 41.6 55.8
  • Objective areaDurotar 49.0, 55.6/way #1535 49.0 55.6
  • Objective areaDurotar 32.1, 82.7/way #1535 32.1 82.7
  • Objective areaDurotar 36.1, 64.1/way #1535 36.1 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 90 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.

Related
Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

Storyline

Breaking the Cycle

Part 14 of 17.

The Horde faces a time of trial. While the shadow of N'Zoth rises, Warchief Sylvanas Windrunner recalls all those loyal to her vision of the Horde while High Overlord Saurfang does the same.

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

  1. 6Militia
  2. 7A Line in the Sand
  3. 8Most Loyal
  4. 9Not My Warchief
  5. 10The Eve of Battle
  6. 11This Ain't Mine
  7. 12Saving the Siege
  8. 13Already Among Us
  9. 14Strategic Deployment
  10. 15Before the Gates of Orgrimmar
  11. 16The Price of Victory
  12. 17Old Soldier

Showing steps 6 to 17 of 17.

Also part of: Breaking the Cycle (part 14 of 21).

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 UsWar Campaign - Horde · Level 50

    Sylvanas still commands the loyalty of many within the Horde. The war she started has blinded them with rage and hatred. She exploits that to maintain her support. <Saurfang scowls.> They do not yet see she will lead us to ruin, that her so-called victories are all hollow.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

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

    It is time. We have done all that we can to prepare. All that remains is the battle itself. I am not one for speeches. So I will say only this. Lok-tar ogar, <name>. Victory. Or death.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · War Campaign - Horde · Level 50.

The storyline at a glance

Breaking the Cycle has 17 steps, from They Move Against Us to Old Soldier.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Orgrimmar (7), Durotar (5), Durotar (3), Ghostlands (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.