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Quest
The Guns of Northwatch
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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more likely guns of Navarone.
likely reference to the Clash - "The Guns Of Brixton" or the movie/novel The Guns Of Navarone.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID24938
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24938))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 5 of 89
Rewards7g 87s 50c, 2,050 XP
Description
Captain Fisher signaled us from below. The Horde fleet is landing shore parties? We can't let them flank us from the beach. I've already sent two of my best gunners down there to defend the beach head. Talk to Cannoneer Smythe down on the shore. You'll have to fight your way through the courtyard to get there. See if you can help the others secure the hold on your way down!
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 #199 68.6 44.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 68.6, 44.5
/way #199 68.6 44.5 - Objective areaSouthern Barrens 69.3, 49.1
/way #199 69.3 49.1
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 Southern Barrens map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,510 yards
- Honor the Flame about 2,040 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Northwatch Hold, Southern Barrens
- Ratchet, Northern Barrens
- Fort Triumph, Southern Barrens
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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Other quests on the Southern Barrens map
Reward details
Reputation: Stormwind +75
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Stormwind reputation: Running the Gauntlet (+250), Breaking the Siege (+250), Report to Aubrey (+75), Repel Boarders! (+250), Run Out the Guns (+250), Langridge Shot (+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
Southern Barrens
Part 5 of 89.
Previous: Repel Boarders! · Next: Run Out the Guns
- 1Running the Gauntlet
- 2Breaking the Siege
- 3Futile Resistance
- 4Repel Boarders!
- 5The Guns of Northwatch
- 6Run Out the Guns
- 7Langridge Shot
- 8Re-Take the Courtyard
- 9Back in the Fight
- 10Lifting the Siege
- 11Silencing Rageroar
- 12Teegan's People
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 89.
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.
- Repel Boarders!
<name>, the sea is our only lifeline, and right now most of my fleet is either steaming back to Theramore for repairs or rusting at the bottom of this bay. Only the Blackpool remains afloat to defend our harbor. But she's just signaled that she's being boarded!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Run Out the Guns
We've got the hardware but not the manpower, <name>. Man one of the carronades on the shore here and take out those incoming boats!
The storyline at a glance
Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.