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The Battle for Hillsbrad

The Battle for Hillsbrad is a Horde-only quest for level 7-30 in Hillsbrad Foothills. It is step 9 of 39 in the Hillsbrad Foothills storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hillsbrad Foothills at 36.2, 61.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 5,150 experience.

Description

The journal documents the last 62 days of Clerk Horrace Whitesteed's life. In it is written damning allegations against Warden Stillwater and his activities at the Sludge Fields.

You should show this to the warden. He will undoubtedly have an explanation for what is written in this journal.

Rewards

Experience5,150 XP
ReputationUndercity +350
Top Comments

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I think my only question is; WHY are we giving this journal to Stillwater, which it's pretty much damning? Shouldn't we give it to like....I dunno, someone who will call Syl? Seems like some bad stuff is going on here....Bad stuff even the Queen would get ticked off at.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
ReputationUndercity+350

Reward details

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 Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Undercity reputation: Empire of Dirt (+250), Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills! (+250), Welcome to the Machine (+250), Trouble at Azurelode (+10), Glorious Harvest (+250), Past Their Prime (+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 mapHillsbrad FoothillsTurn-in marker at 36.2, 61.1, 2 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.

Hillsbrad Foothills Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Hillsbrad Foothills map showing where to go for The Battle for HillsbradTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #25 36.2 61.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 36.2, 61.1/way #25 36.2 61.1
  • Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 37.0, 63.3/way #25 37.0 63.3

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 Hillsbrad Foothills map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hillsbrad Foothills:

  • Southpoint Gate, HillsbradHorde · about 360 yards west
  • 12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 510 yards north
  • Amani FootholdAlliance and Horde · about 510 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south-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

Hillsbrad Foothills

Part 9 of 39.

Previous: For Science! · Next: A Lost Lad

  1. 4Coastal Delicacies!
  2. 5Deep Mine Rescue
  3. 6No One Here Gets Out Alive
  4. 7Discretion is Key
  5. 8For Science!
  6. 9The Battle for Hillsbrad
  7. 10A Lost Lad
  8. 11Freedom for Lydon
  9. 12Protocol
  10. 13Do it for Twinkles
  11. 14Burnside Must Fall
  12. 15A Blight Upon the Land

Showing steps 4 to 15 of 39.

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.

  • For Science!Hillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    Samples... yes... must have samples! These, ah, experiments... I mean, these unfortunate laborers must be studied. Travel southeast to the first farm and kill the risen ghouls. From their decrepit corpses you must recover flesh samples. Bring them to me!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Lost LadHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    It was only yesterday that I sent him out to investigate the farm directly east of here, but it feels like an eternity has passed! True perfection. The way his blond locks framed his perfect blood elf face... Such strength. I didn't want to send him away, but he insisted! How could I refuse him?

The storyline at a glance

Hillsbrad Foothills has 39 steps, from Welcome to the Machine to Extinction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (39).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills 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.

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The Battle for Lordaeron
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