Quest Log

The Ascent

The Ascent is a Horde-only quest for level 40. It is step 4 of 7 in the Garrison Campaign storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Frostfire Ridge at 69.7, 37.6. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 1,350 experience and money.

Description

I can feel the voice of the Fury at the top of the ascent. Come, let us climb these stairs together.

Be on your guard. The goren of this area are likely to be drawn by the smell of a shaman.

If we get separated, fall back to the base of the stairs and regroup.

Rewards

Money16

Experience1,350 XP

ReputationFrostwolf Orcs +250

Stuck on this quest?

Turn in at Frostfire Ridge 69.7, 37.6 /way #525 69.7 37.6
Named in the quest text: Fury.

Known issues

Top Comments

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SpalthufJun 17, 2015+22via Wowhead

Contrary to the above poster, If the quest bugs for you, DO NOT ABANDON IT AND GO BACK DOWN! When you are at the top, right-click your "buff" : "Drek'thar and Draka are following you" They should despawn and be in the correct state to finish your quest. Hope this helps you guys.

SockPuppetDec 30, 2014+9via Wowhead

Warning: do NOT try to fight your way up. The NPCs do help, but you can get swarmed by a dozen goren at once. Got my bodyguard and myself killed. I went back to the base of the ascent to pick up Drek'thar again per the quest text, but this time I mounted up and rode to the side -- I had better luck on the left than the right -- avoiding as much aggro as possible (you will get some, just keep going up). Once I got to the level with Exurotus, I got out of combat with the goren.

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Top Comments

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

SpalthufJun 17, 2015+22via Wowhead

Contrary to the above poster, If the quest bugs for you, DO NOT ABANDON IT AND GO BACK DOWN! When you are at the top, right-click your "buff" : "Drek'thar and Draka are following you" They should despawn and be in the correct state to finish your quest. Hope this helps you guys.

SockPuppetDec 30, 2014+9via Wowhead

Warning: do NOT try to fight your way up. The NPCs do help, but you can get swarmed by a dozen goren at once. Got my bodyguard and myself killed. I went back to the base of the ascent to pick up Drek'thar again per the quest text, but this time I mounted up and rode to the side -- I had better luck on the left than the right -- avoiding as much aggro as possible (you will get some, just keep going up). Once I got to the level with Exurotus, I got out of combat with the goren.

zyberoDec 20, 2014+5via Wowhead

If your quest bugs at the top of the hill and you can't turn in the quest abandon it and return to Drek'Thar at the bottom of the hill to do it over.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	1,350
Money	Gold	16g 98s
Reputation	Frostwolf Orcs	+250

Reward details

Reputation: Frostwolf Orcs +250

The Frostwolf orcs of Frostfire Ridge are a tight-knit family of brutal warriors, well equipped to deal with the savage realities of Draenor.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

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 map	Frostfire Ridge	Turn-in marker at 69.7, 37.6, 14 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inFrostfire Ridge 69.7, 37.6/way #525 69.7 37.6
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Frostfire Ridge 70.1, 38.7/way #525 70.1 38.7
Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 73.9, 29.6/way #525 73.9 29.6

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 Frostfire Ridge map

The Battle of Thunder Pass about 800 yards
Garrison Campaign: Grinding Gears about 880 yards
To Thunder Pass about 890 yards
I Know The Drill! about 980 yards
The Strength of Our Bonds about 1,000 yards
Where's My Wolf?! about 1,010 yards
WANTED: Overlord Blackhammer about 1,130 yards
Honor the Flame about 1,130 yards
The Iron Wolf about 1,170 yards
Moving Target about 1,170 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostfire Ridge:

Wolf's Stand, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 940 yards south
Darkspear's Edge, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 1,100 yards west
Thunder Pass, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 1,300 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 50 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 420 yards north-east

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

Garrison Campaign

Part 4 of 7.

Previous: In the Shadow of Giants · Next: Fury of Frostfire

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.

In the Shadow of GiantsLevel 40
The goren and the magnaron are ravaging the element spirits and smelting their essence as one would smelt steel. Commander, take my totem, travel east to Magnarok. Please, find them, and free them. Draka and I will make our way to the Ascent of Frostfire. Meet us there if you are successful.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Fury of FrostfireLevel 40
The moment I begin the ritual to free Exurotus you can expect Kron to be drawn to us. It would normally take an army of seasoned warriors to defeat a magnaron. We have only the three of us. Look for my fire totem upon the battlefield. I will try to gain what boons I can from Exurotus.

The storyline at a glance

Garrison Campaign has 7 steps, from Garrison Campaign: Farseer's Rock to Eatercology.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostfire Ridge (6), Frostwall (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

The Garrison Campaign Complete the Garrison Campaign chapters listed below.

Other storylines on the Frostfire Ridge map

Thunder's Fall10 steps, starts with Securing the South
Foothold in a Savage Land14 steps, starts with A Song of Frost and Fire
On the Shadow's Trail8 steps, starts with Vouchsafe Our Arrival
Ga'nar's Vengeance6 steps, starts with Ga'nar's Vengeance
Defense of Wor'gol4 steps, starts with Save Wolf Home
The Battle of Thunder Pass4 steps, starts with Thunderlord Invasion!

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.

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