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The Lodestone (Alliance)

The Lodestone is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 148 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 62.6, 16.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

If we can locate what's luring the giants northwest, we might be able to stop them before they reach their destination.

Although I was able to decipher many of the runes on the samples you brought me, the ones I don't know concern me the most. When I visited Giants' Run, I noticed a large broken tablet jutting from the ground where the northeastern part of the area met the snow at the foot of Frostblade Peak. Take this sample, compare the runes with the tablet, and see what you can learn.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
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For those without Co-ords, Go straight east along the top of the lake, then follow the edge of the snow. When you get a dwarf camp on your right stop, the tablet is in a clump of rocks just to the west of the dwarf camp.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationValiance Expedition+250

Reward details

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250

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 62.6, 16.5, 2 mapped points
World Map

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 LodestoneTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 62.6 16.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 62.6, 16.5/way #117 62.6 16.5
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 71.8, 17.6/way #117 71.8 17.6

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:

  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 150 yards west
  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards south
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,200 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 560 yards east

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 148 of 162.

Previous: March of the Giants · Next: Demolishing Megalith

  1. 143Keeper Witherleaf
  2. 144The Book of Runes
  3. 145Mastering the Runes
  4. 146The Rune of Command
  5. 147March of the Giants
  6. 148The Lodestone
  7. 149Demolishing Megalith
  8. 150See to the Operations
  9. 151I've Got a Flying Machine!
  10. 152Gjalerbron Attack Plans
  11. 153The Frost Wyrm and its Master
  12. 154The Cleansing

Showing steps 143 to 154 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.

  • March of the GiantsHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    To the east, at Giants' Run, rune-inscribed stone giants have started to migrate north toward Frostblade Peak. What their ultimate destination is, I do not know. The glowing runes inscribed in the stone flesh of the giants guide them on their journey.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Demolishing MegalithHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Binder Murdis created Megalith to be the most powerful of the runed giants and to lead them in their mission. Defeating Megalith will leave them lost and without direction.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name The Lodestone. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
The Lodestone (this page)Alliance11358
The LodestoneHorde11366
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