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The Bulk of the Guard

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

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Fixi+57via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Man I hate it when they do that - we already have all sorts of ways to move around, why make me go all the way back to talk to a stupid goblin when A) you did NOT tell me to and B) why can't I board the ship by now with all of my experience.

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todd1+28via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Get to the one of the ships by flying by talking to Hobart Grapplehammer outside the questgiver area (87,53).

You should do both The Bulk of the Guard and Old Colleagues at the same time. Just focus on the bosses for Old Colleagues and the guards for the other quest will come.

Helmsman Miria is at the top of smaller ship (92,51).

The other two are on the flagship. You can use the goblin at the back of each ship to teleport between them, or back.

Captain Gastrod (91.48) is on the northwest end of the main section of the flagship in the cabin at the ship's head.
Guard-Commander Trunksal (92,50) is on the southeast end of the flagship, go down two levels, then another half level to find him.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
LocationTiragarde Sound
CategoryHorde War Campaign
Quest ID52186

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52186))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

If all has gone according to plan, Proudmoore has sent her elite forces to recapture her son's body. Let's make sure they stay out of the way of our real mission, hmm?

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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.

Tiragarde Sound Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Tiragarde Sound map showing where to go for The Bulk of the GuardTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #895 86.9 53.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTiragarde Sound 86.9, 53.2/way #895 86.9 53.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tiragarde Sound 92.0, 50.1/way #895 92.0 50.1

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 Tiragarde Sound map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tiragarde Sound:

  • Plunder Harbor, Tiragarde SoundHorde · about 130 yards north
  • Timberfell Outpost, Tiragarde SoundHorde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Tol Dagor, Tiragarde SoundHorde · about 1,200 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 400 yards 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.

Related
Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP
ReputationThe Honorbound +150

Reward details

Reputation: The Honorbound +150

A special delegation of the Horde army, focused on disrupting Alliance operations in Kul Tiras.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

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.

Storyline

The Strike on Boralus

Part 2 of 13.

We now have the perfect bait to draw the Kul Tiran military away from their capital city of Boralus. This will buy us time to obtain our ultimate goal: the Abyssal Scepter.

Previous: When a Plan Comes Together · Next: Old Colleagues

  1. 1When a Plan Comes Together
  2. 2The Bulk of the Guard
  3. 3Old Colleagues
  4. 4A Well Placed Portal
  5. 5Relics of Ritual
  6. 6Tidesage Teachings
  7. 7Forfeit Souls
  8. 8Gaining the Upper Hand
  9. 9Return to the Harbor
  10. 10Life Held Hostage
  11. 11The Aid of the Tides
  12. 12Champion: Lilian Voss
  13. 13A Cycle of Hatred

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.

  • When a Plan Comes TogetherLevel 50

    Having Derek Proudmoore's body in our possession is a greater boon than we had planned for. Valentine is risen, but I think it best to allow Derek to lay dead for a bit longer. It's time to use our new allies to our advantage.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Old ColleaguesLevel 50

    The people in charge of those two ships are old colleagues of mine, <name>. They did not achieve their rank through hard work as I did, but rather through deception and blackmail. I think they deserve the hammer of karma. Or whatever weapon you prefer.

The storyline at a glance

The Strike on Boralus has 13 steps, from When a Plan Comes Together to A Cycle of Hatred.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tiragarde Sound (8), Boralus (2), Zuldazar (2), Orgrimmar (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Ready for War Complete the war campaign in Zandalar and Kul Tiras.

Other storylines on the Tiragarde Sound 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.