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Supporting the Troops (Horde)

Supporting the Troops is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Western Plaguelands. It is step 42 of 63 in the Western Plaguelands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Western Plaguelands at 47.8, 63.3. It rewards 6 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

While it is true that these farmers threaten to overrun us, we still cannot forget about the Alliance's main forces.

Travel west into Andorhal and slay the human soldiers that are fighting with our deathguards. We need all the help we can get.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationUndercity +350
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
PunterHunter+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To do this quest you'll have to do Scourge First... Alliance Later, Araj the Summoner, The Endless Flow, Brute Strength and Scholomancer. Victory, For Now will lead you to The Bulwark . Complete the Quests there and you should receive Strange New Faces, after that the quest giver will tell you to head to "the Mender's Stead" once there speak with [npc=45013] who will give you the quest The Battle Resumes!, once back in Andorhal Supporting the Troops and a couple other quests should be available :3

2
Sharkon+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is part of the second time you'll be operating out of Andorhal while questing in this zone. After completing the first series of quests to defeat the Scourge forces in the town and a temporary ceasefire with the Alliance is declared, you will need to travel to the Bulwark and complete quests at Felstone Field before you are sent back to Andorhal and this quest becomes available.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationUndercity+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Finger
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Strength, +5 Stamina, +7 Dodge
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for21 silver44 copper
TypeLeather Hands
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +10 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for3 gold7 silver
TypeLeather Waist
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for3 gold6 silver
TypeCloth Wrist
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +5 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for3 gold5 silver
TypeMail Waist
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for2 gold94 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +10 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for3 gold24 silver

Reputation: Undercity +350

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Undercity reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Alliance Later (+250), The Endless Flow (+250), War Machines (+350), Scholomancer (+500), Araj the Summoner (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapWestern PlaguelandsTurn-in marker at 47.8, 63.3, 9 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.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for Supporting the TroopsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 47.8 63.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 47.8, 63.3/way #22 47.8 63.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 44.6, 68.8/way #22 44.6 68.8
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 47.6, 62.0/way #22 47.6 62.0

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 Western Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsHorde · about 60 yards south-west
  • The Menders' Stead, Western PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 330 yards north
  • The Bulwark, TirisfalHorde · about 910 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards north

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

Western Plaguelands

Part 42 of 63.

Previous: The Farmers' Militia · Next: Ashes to Ashes

  1. 37Strange New Faces
  2. 38When Death is Not Enough
  3. 39Combat Training
  4. 40The Battle Resumes!
  5. 41The Farmers' Militia
  6. 42Supporting the Troops
  7. 43Ashes to Ashes
  8. 44Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed
  9. 45Ace in the Hole
  10. 46Andorhal, Once and For All
  11. 47The Reckoning
  12. 48Learning the Ropes

Showing steps 37 to 48 of 63.

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 Farmers' MilitiaWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    The battle started when they attacked us from the rear. I let my guard down, and a group of poorly-armed farmers and militiamen swung into our flank from the Writhing Haunt. They may be weak, but unchecked, they threaten to overwhelm us with their numbers.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Ashes to AshesWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    To the west, deep within Alliance-held Andorhal, you will find their commanders. They do not fight, but call out orders from horseback. Hunt down and slay these commanders, <name>. The humans won't stand a chance.

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Supporting the Troops. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

QuestFactionRewardsID
Supporting the Troops (this page)Horde5,150 XP, Deathguard Band, Gloves of the Able, Belt of the Unafraid, Bracers of Envy, Belt of Proficiency, Gloves of Approaching Victory27085
Supporting the TroopsAlliance5,150 XP, Gloves of the Able, Belt of the Unafraid, Bracers of Envy, Defender's Band, Belt of Proficiency, Gloves of Approaching Victory27198
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