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The Need For Higher Velocities (The Waking Shores)

The Need For Higher Velocities is a quest for level 10-70 in The Waking Shores. It is step 7 of 18 in the In Defense of Life storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Waking Shores at 57.5, 59.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,750 experience and money.

Description

Sometimes you'll need to travel longer distances.

If you don't need to travel up and over any obstacles using Surge Forward is the easiest way to maintain a good forward speed to prevent yourself from plummeting out of the sky.

Follow the rings again to your destination and use Surge Forward when prompted to maintain your speed.

If you find yourself stuck, use the Bronze Timepiece and Celormu will reset you.

Rewards

Money14 gold4 silver50 copper
Experience4,750 XP
ReputationValdrakken Accord +50
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
johnnyp7289+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest doesn't seem to show up for my main who has progressed past this, however 2 of my later alts have completed it. I'm guessing this was added at some point past 10.1.5 and may be unobtainable if you've done the Waking Hope story. Lord Andestrasz is not there for me.

2
Pentarion+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest was added in 10.1.7 to the short chain that teaches you dragonriding (with the swoops and dives etc.). They must have thought that people needed an extra practice of using surge forward for straight flying.

If you've already done the questline, you cannot do this new quest, even if the ! is showing on the map.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,750
MoneyGold14g 4s
ReputationValdrakken Accord+50

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +50

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: How to Glide with Your Dragon (+50), How to Dive with Your Dragon (+50), How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon (+50), Punching Up (+100), A Cultist's Misgivings (+50), The Shadow of His Wings (+150).

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 mapThe Waking ShoresTurn-in marker at 57.5, 59.1, 14 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.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for The Need For Higher VelocitiesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 57.5 59.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 57.5, 59.1/way #2022 57.5 59.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Waking Shores 55.6, 62.5/way #2022 55.6 62.5
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 57.8, 67.0/way #2022 57.8 67.0

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 Waking Shores map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Ruby Life Pools, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 480 yards south
  • Life Vault Ruins, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 610 yards east
  • Ruby Lifeshrine, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 240 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 420 yards south

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

In Defense of Life

Part 7 of 18.

Previous: How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon · Next: The Skytop Observatory

  1. 2The Mandate of the Red
  2. 3Skyriding
  3. 4How to Glide with Your Dragon
  4. 5How to Dive with Your Dragon
  5. 6How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon
  6. 7The Need For Higher Velocities
  7. 8The Skytop Observatory
  8. 9Skyriding Talents and You
  9. 10Return to the Ruby Lifeshrine
  10. 11Training Wings
  11. 12Who Brought the Ruckus?
  12. 13The Primary Threat

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 18.

Also part of: The Waking Shores (part 19 of 52).

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.

  • How to Use Momentum with Your DragonThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Now what if there is an obstacle in your way? As long as you fly well, you can conserve your momentum and gain some height after a dive. When you dive this time you will find your flight path takes you below the landing area.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Skytop ObservatoryThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Those are the basics of riding a drake! You are doing quite well. Now, I would like to introduce you to some of the others involved in this adventure. We have made a home for ourselves over at the Skytop Observatory. Celormu will be able to help guide you there.

Other quests with this name

This one: The Waking Shores · Level 10-70.

The storyline at a glance

In Defense of Life has 18 steps, from For the Benefit of the Queen to Exeunt, Triumphant.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (18).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Waking Hope Complete the following storylines in the Waking Shores.

Other storylines on The Waking Shores 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 Need For Higher Velocities. They differ in the category/zone/rewards shown here.

QuestCategoryZoneRewardsID
The Need For Higher Velocities (this page)SameThe Waking Shores4,750 XP77345
The Need For Higher VelocitiesTimerunningSameSame80016
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