TheWoWDBWith the 2.3 patch this quest now gives 15k XP! Also the quests still states that you need to kill Van. This is incorrect. You only need to win the AV. This makes completing this quest easy because with the 2.3 changes sometimes you will not even wind up at the end and you will win.
Hope it helps!
Quest
The Battle for Alterac
A World of Warcraft quest in Alterac Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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When this quest is completed, the quest Hero of the Frostwolf, http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=8272 which has you pick one of the pvp weapons, becomes available from Voggah.
If done at level 70, you receive 24 gold and 60 copper......Woot!!!
Quest facts
Quest ID7142
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(7142))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
The Stormpike dwarves and their allies have invaded Alterac Valley, and we must drive them out! To win the battle for Alterac, we must defeat their general, Vanndar Stormpike! You will find Vanndar in Dun Baldar, in the north of Alterac Valley. Destroy him, {name}, and then return to me.
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Reward details
Reputation: Frostwolf Clan +500
The Frostwolf Clan seeks to drive out the dwarves of the Stormpike Expedition from Alterac Valley.
Reputation group: Horde Forces.
Other quests in Alterac Valley that reward Frostwolf Clan reputation: Master Ryson's All Seeing Eye (+150), Zinfizzlex's Portable Shredder Unit (+25), Launch the Attack! (+10), The Graveyards of Alterac (+250), Towers and Bunkers (+250), Speak with our Quartermaster (+10).
Reputation: Orgrimmar +500
Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Alterac Valley that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Coldtooth Supplies (+25), More Booty! (+10), Lokholar the Ice Lord (+10), Call of Air - Guse's Fleet (+10), Call of Air - Jeztor's Fleet (+10), Call of Air - Mulverick's Fleet (+10).
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 this quest fits
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Alterac Valley · Level 1-90 · PvP.
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.