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The Path to Payback

The Path to Payback is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 7 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 60.1, 62.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Two weeks ago our chief engineer got his hands on a vrykul harpoon gun - the same type of gun that the vrykul use to take down our ships. By studying that gun he managed to put together a comprehensive operation manual.

Unfortunately he was abducted and taken north of here to Wyrmskull Village. We eventually did find him, but near death and without the manual. His dying words indicated that the manual was lost in the Utgarde Catacombs, located at the northwest end of Wyrmskull. Get me that manual!

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
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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 60.1, 62.4, 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 Path to PaybackTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 60.1 62.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 60.1, 62.4/way #117 60.1 62.4
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 59.3, 55.4/way #117 59.3 55.4

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:

  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 40 yards south-west
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards north
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 1,900 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 290 yards north

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 7 of 162.

Previous: The Human League · Next: The Echo of Ymiron

  1. 2If Valgarde Falls...
  2. 3Rescuing the Rescuers
  3. 4Prisoners of Wyrmskull
  4. 5Into the World of Spirits
  5. 6The Human League
  6. 7The Path to Payback
  7. 8The Echo of Ymiron
  8. 9Zedd's Probably Dead
  9. 10And Then There Were Two...
  10. 11The Depths of Depravity
  11. 12The Ring of Judgment
  12. 13Stunning Defeat at the Ring

Showing steps 2 to 13 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.

  • The Human LeagueHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    We were on the brink of an archaeological breakthrough when those monsters attacked! Sadly, I was the only one to make it back to Valgarde. Now I don't know if my crew is dead or alive, but the artifacts we uncovered on that dig must be found!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Echo of YmironHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    The spirit world has fallen under the sway of the Lich King. Fearsome creatures made of pure nightmare now stand watch over the realm of the elements. I sense that these val'kyr are guarding a terrible secret. I am too old and weak to survive another journey. You must go in my place, <name>.

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.

Related
The Path Provides
The Path Taken
The Path to Bastion
The Path to Glory
The Path to Salvation
The Path to Suramar City
The Path Will Reveal Itself
The Patience of Princes
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