TheWoWDBI had a hard time finding the entrance of the catacombs even with the coords mentioned. In wyrmskull village there is a little bridge at 57, 53. cross that little bridge, take a right, and there u see the entrance of the catacombs.
Quest
The Path to Payback
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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At 57, 49 you will find the entrance to the catacombs. From there you venture into the cave to find this quest item. Once you come to a T intersection hang a left.
The book can be found on the ground in the catacombs. Head to the T intersection and take a left, it's at the feet of another quest giver.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11420
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11420))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 7 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
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!
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 #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
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 60 yards
- To Northrend about 680 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,870 yards
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 Fjord
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
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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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.
Storyline
Howling Fjord
Part 7 of 162.
Previous: The Human League · Next: The Echo of Ymiron
- 2If Valgarde Falls...
- 3Rescuing the Rescuers
- 4Prisoners of Wyrmskull
- 5Into the World of Spirits
- 6The Human League
- 7The Path to Payback
- 8The Echo of Ymiron
- 9Zedd's Probably Dead
- 10And Then There Were Two...
- 11The Depths of Depravity
- 12The Ring of Judgment
- 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 League
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 Ymiron
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
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.