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The Great Escape (Horde)

The Great Escape is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Silverpine Forest. It is step 40 of 57 in the Silverpine Forest storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Silverpine Forest at 51.8, 66.1. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 8,250 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

With our mission objective secured, the time has come for us to make our escape. Though Gilneas is lost, with the aid of Godfrey and his lieutenants we will have it back in no time at all.

Go now, <name>. Fly back with Arthura to the Forsaken Front in southern Silverpine Forest. The Banshee Queen awaits your arrival.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money42 gold
Experience8,250 XP
ReputationUndercity +1,000
Top Comments

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Schnoodledorfer+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Resistance is Futile is a prerequisite for this one, but can be missed if you don't pass through a certain area. First, follow the zone's quest chain until Fall Back! leads you to [npc=45312]. Pick up A Man Named Godfrey (the other prereq) from Belmont and follow the road that goes from the Emberstone Mine area past the east side of Gilneas City. Resistance is Futile will be automatically offered to you after you go down the road a little way. If you aren't offered The Great Escape because you didn't get Resistance is Futile, go back to where you started and make sure you stay on or at least close to the road.

If you loose Belmont and Arthura, try dismounting.

(EDIT: Reworded)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,250
MoneyGold42g
ReputationUndercity+1,000

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Waist
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for3 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+1 Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for4 silver33 copper
TypeLeather Waist
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for2 silver92 copper
TypePlate Feet
Item level9
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+2 Strength or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for4 silver37 copper

Reputation: Undercity +1,000

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 Silverpine Forest that reward Undercity reputation: Warchief's Command: Silverpine Forest! (+250), The Warchief Cometh (+150), The Gilneas Liberation Front (+250), Agony Abounds (+250), Guts and Gore (+250), Iterating Upon Success (+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 mapSilverpine ForestTurn-in marker at 51.8, 66.1, 2 mapped points
Objective areaRuins of Gilneas1 mapped point
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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.

Silverpine Forest Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Silverpine Forest map showing where to go for The Great EscapeTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #21 51.8 66.1

Ruins of Gilneas Objective area 1 mapped point
Ruins of Gilneas map showing where to go for The Great EscapeObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #217 79.7 75.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSilverpine Forest 51.8, 66.1/way #21 51.8 66.1
  • Objective areaSilverpine Forest 51.5, 66.2/way #21 51.5 66.2
  • Objective areaRuins of Gilneas 79.7, 75.7/way #217 79.7 75.7

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 Silverpine Forest map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silverpine Forest:

  • The Forsaken Front, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 80 yards north-west
  • The Sepulcher, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 710 yards north
  • Forsaken Forward Command, GilneasHorde · about 810 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 2,000 yards south (on the Ruins of Gilneas map)

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

Silverpine Forest

Part 40 of 57.

Previous: Resistance is Futile · Next: Rise, Godfrey

  1. 35On Whose Orders?
  2. 36What Tomorrow Brings
  3. 37Fall Back!
  4. 38A Man Named Godfrey
  5. 39Resistance is Futile
  6. 40The Great Escape
  7. 41Rise, Godfrey
  8. 42Breaking the Barrier
  9. 43Unyielding Servitors
  10. 44Dalar Dawnweaver
  11. 45Relios the Relic Keeper
  12. 46Only One May Enter

Showing steps 35 to 46 of 57.

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.

  • Resistance is FutileRuins of Gilneas · Level 5-30

    <The F.C.D. buzzes.> This is Commander Lorna Crowley of the Gilneas Liberation Front. If you are hearing this message then you know that the Alliance once again controls Gilneas. Lay down your weapons and surrender. Failure to comply will result in your death.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Rise, GodfreySilverpine Forest · Level 5-30

    You are unwavering in your loyalty to the Forsaken, <name>. Know that what you have done for us - for the Horde - will not go unnoticed. With Lord Godfrey and his men recovered, we will have a great advantage over the Gilneas Liberation Front and the rest of the Alliance dogs.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Silverpine Forest · Level 5-30.

Also counted by Silverpine Forest Quests

Its criteria name 6 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Silverpine Forest has 57 steps, from The Warchief Cometh to Cities in Dust.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Silverpine Forest (46), Ruins of Gilneas (11).

Other storylines on the Silverpine Forest 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Silverpine Forest QuestsComplete the Silverpine Forest storylines listed below.20
Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name The Great Escape. They differ in the faction/level/zone shown here.

QuestFactionLevelZoneID
The Great Escape (this page)HordeLevel 5-30Silverpine Forest27438
The Great EscapeSameLevel 30-35Uldum28194
Related
The Great Banquet
The Great Collapse
The Great Cranium Caper
The Great Detective
The Great Escape
The Great Fissure
The Great Gnomeregan Run
The Great Hunter's Challenge
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