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The Explorers' League Outpost

The Explorers' League Outpost is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 15 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 74.9, 65.3. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 525 experience.

Description

It's all a bunch of cryptic nonsense! Even with this cipher I can't make heads or tails of these tablets. Admittedly, cryptography is not my strong point.

You'll need to take the cipher and tablets to our cryptographer, Stanwad. Unfortunately, I haven't heard from Stanwad in two weeks. He took a team of twenty scientists to the dig sites on the southeastern bluffs of the fjord and hasn't been heard from since. The best I can do is have McGoyver over there give you a lift with his flying machine.

Rewards

Experience525 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +10
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP525
ReputationValiance Expedition+10

Reward details

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +10

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+250).

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 mapHowling FjordTurn-in marker at 74.9, 65.3, 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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for The Explorers' League OutpostTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 74.9 65.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 74.9, 65.3/way #117 74.9 65.3
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 60.2, 61.0/way #117 60.2 61.0

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 Howling Fjord map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:

  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 920 yards west
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,200 yards north-west
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,800 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 910 yards west

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

Howling Fjord

Part 15 of 162.

Previous: Return to Valgarde · Next: Locating the Mechanism

  1. 10And Then There Were Two...
  2. 11The Depths of Depravity
  3. 12The Ring of Judgment
  4. 13Stunning Defeat at the Ring
  5. 14Return to Valgarde
  6. 15The Explorers' League Outpost
  7. 16Locating the Mechanism
  8. 17Anguish of Nifflevar
  9. 18Dragonflayer Battle Plans
  10. 19To Westguard Keep!
  11. 20Meet Lieutenant Icehammer...
  12. 21Drop It then Rock It!

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 162.

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.

  • Return to ValgardeHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    'Tis a shame we lost two of our best dwarves while uncovering these relics. They sacrificed their lives to keep this information safe. <Glorenfeld wraps the cipher and tablets in a tattered cloth.> Take these back to Valgarde. McSorf will know what to do with the find. As for me?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Locating the MechanismHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Don't worry, <name>; this is all going to lead to something big! HUGE! You're just going to have to trust me for now and do as I ask of you. We need to get the mechanism mentioned in the manual for the next step of the plan.

The storyline at a glance

Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord 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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