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The Farmers' Militia

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

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jjanchan+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is a fairly straightforward quest. The item you get once you accept it, [item=60815] releases a gargoyle at the location you specify with the targeting reticle. Immediately south of where you picked up the quest is a field where seemingly infinite numbers of [npc=44944] are attacking the Opengut Behemoths. Simply use the item and target the ground in the general vicinity of one of the [npc=44944] six times to complete the quest.

You will not actually see any gargoyles until you release them with the item, so don't go looking for them!

This quest is part of a chain that culminates in a very neat cutscene, revealing some plot points for the Horde. As there are some spoilers, mouseover to read more!

Spoiler
Below is the quest progression you will follow:

  2. The Battle Resumes!

  4. The Farmers' Militia
    Ashes to Ashes

  6. Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed

  8. Ace in the Hole

  10. Andorhal, Once and For All

  12. The Reckoning


Read all 9 on Wowhead ↗

Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneWestern Plaguelands
Quest ID27084

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27084))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 41 of 63
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The battle started when they attacked us from the rear. I let my guard down, and a group of poorly-armed farmers and militiamen swung into our flank from the Writhing Haunt. They may be weak, but unchecked, they threaten to overwhelm us with their numbers. Lindsay's pet abominations can handle the melee combat. You take this collar, stay in the rear, and use it to release my ebon gargoyle upon these farmers.

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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.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for The Farmers' MilitiaTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 48.3 63.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 48.3, 63.1/way #22 48.3 63.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 49.0, 67.0/way #22 49.0 67.0
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 47.6, 61.8/way #22 47.6 61.8

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 Western Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsHorde · about 80 yards south-west
  • The Menders' Stead, Western PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 320 yards north
  • The Bulwark, TirisfalHorde · about 930 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 120 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 50 yards north-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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +250

Reward details

Reputation: Undercity +250

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 Western Plaguelands that reward Undercity reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Alliance Later (+250), The Endless Flow (+250), War Machines (+350), Scholomancer (+500), Araj the Summoner (+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.

Storyline

Western Plaguelands

Part 41 of 63.

Previous: The Battle Resumes! · Next: Supporting the Troops

  1. 36Lower the Boom
  2. 37Strange New Faces
  3. 38When Death is Not Enough
  4. 39Combat Training
  5. 40The Battle Resumes!
  6. 41The Farmers' Militia
  7. 42Supporting the Troops
  8. 43Ashes to Ashes
  9. 44Lindsay Ravensun, Revealed
  10. 45Ace in the Hole
  11. 46Andorhal, Once and For All
  12. 47The Reckoning

Showing steps 36 to 47 of 63.

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.

  • The Battle Resumes!Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    Word is in from Andorhal, <name>. The battle has resumed. It has become somewhat well-known among the Forsaken that you are a hero of the first battle of Andorhal. Koltira has requested your presence immediately.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Supporting the TroopsWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    While it is true that these farmers threaten to overrun us, we still cannot forget about the Alliance's main forces. Travel west into Andorhal and slay the human soldiers that are fighting with our deathguards. We need all the help we can get.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands 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.