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The New Plague

The New Plague is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 55 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 78.6, 29.0. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Not long after Arthas condemned us to this wretched existence, we in the Royal Apothecary Society endeavored to create a plague of our own. A plague that would devour all flesh: living, dead or undead.

We've succeeded in creating this plague and we're here to hand deliver it to the Scourge's doorstep.

The Alliance intercepted the ship carrying the latest strain engineered in our Undercity laboratories. Head to the wreckage southeast of here and salvage whatever containers you can.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationHorde Expedition +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationHorde Expedition+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +15 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for34 gold36 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor22
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +5 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for46 gold24 silver
TypeCloth Hands
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +11 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for22 gold99 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold16 silver

Reputation: Horde Expedition +250

The combined forces of the Horde in Northrend, spearheaded by the Warsong Offensive.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Horde Expedition reputation: The Windrunner Fleet (+25), Ambushed! (+150), Trail of Fire (+350), Sniff Out the Enemy (+150), The Dragonskin Map (+75), A Lesson in Fear (+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 78.6, 29.0, 10 mapped points
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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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for The New PlagueTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 78.6 29.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 78.6, 29.0/way #117 78.6 29.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 80.8, 35.5/way #117 80.8 35.5

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

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:

  • Vengeance Landing, Howling FjordHorde · about 40 yards south-east
  • Camp Winterhoof, Howling FjordHorde · about 1,900 yards west
  • New Agamand, Howling FjordHorde · about 2,200 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 yards south-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 55 of 162.

Previous: Adding Injury to Insult · Next: Spiking the Mix

  1. 50A Lesson in Fear
  2. 51Baleheim Bodycount
  3. 52Baleheim Must Burn!
  4. 53The Ambush
  5. 54Adding Injury to Insult
  6. 55The New Plague
  7. 56Spiking the Mix
  8. 57Test at Sea
  9. 58New Agamand
  10. 59The Dead Rise!
  11. 60Elder Atuik and Kamagua
  12. 61Grezzix Spindlesnap

Showing steps 50 to 61 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.

  • Adding Injury to InsultHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    The vrykul are being clever about this. Fortunately I've a trick up my sleeve. This leader of theirs, Bjorn, is a real hothead. We've pieced together enough of their language to fashion what we think is a good insult. Something involving his mother and large barnyard animals... we're not quite sure.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Spiking the MixHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    I've a feeling the long trip across the sea is affecting the effectiveness of our plague. What is needed is a potent toxin to boost the potency of the strain. The crabs near this beach are a distant relative of the much smaller brown-shelled tidecrawler.

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.

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