TheWoWDBTo clarify, you need to speak to McGoyver - An NPC who is located at 60.7, 61.4. It's the gnome standing in the ocean with the flying machine.
Quest
The Explorers' League Outpost
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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No one mentioned this so I think I will.
McGoyver is obviously based on the main character from the MacGyver TV show.
74.65 the camp
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11448
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11448))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 15 of 162
Rewards525 XP
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.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-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
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 840 yards
- To Northrend about 1,220 yards
- Honor the Flame about 2,240 yards
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 Fjord
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Experience525 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +10
Other quests on the Howling Fjord map
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.
Storyline
Howling Fjord
Part 15 of 162.
Previous: Return to Valgarde · Next: Locating the Mechanism
- 10And Then There Were Two...
- 11The Depths of Depravity
- 12The Ring of Judgment
- 13Stunning Defeat at the Ring
- 14Return to Valgarde
- 15The Explorers' League Outpost
- 16Locating the Mechanism
- 17Anguish of Nifflevar
- 18Dragonflayer Battle Plans
- 19To Westguard Keep!
- 20Meet Lieutenant Icehammer...
- 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 Valgarde
'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 Mechanism
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
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.