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Quest
The Rear is Clear
A World of Warcraft quest in Northshire. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 1-10
ZoneNorthshire
Quest ID28817
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28817))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Excellent work, {name}! The rear is now officially clear. We'll take care of the stragglers. I want you to go back to Marshal McBride, standing in front of Northshire Abbey, south of here, and let him know that the goblin situation is under control. Farewell, {class}.
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.
Nearby on the Northshire map
- Will to Survive about 30 yards
- The Clessington Will about 40 yards
- What's Their Problem? about 100 yards
- To Northshire about 100 yards
- Knock It Off! about 100 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Northshire, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northshire:
- Goldshire, Elwynn
- Stormwind, Elwynn
- Flamestar Post, Burning Steppes
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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The Rear is Clear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fu6ISPwpE0
Reward details
Reputation: Stormwind +10
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Northshire that reward Stormwind reputation: Report to Goldshire (+75), Blackrock Invasion (+250), Ending the Invasion! (+350), Extinguishing Hope (+250), Beating Them Back! (+250), Lions for Lambs (+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
Northshire
Part 37 of 49.
Previous: They Sent Assassins · Next: The Rear is Clear
- 32They Sent Assassins
- 33They Sent Assassins
- 34They Sent Assassins
- 35They Sent Assassins
- 36They Sent Assassins
- 37The Rear is Clear
- 38The Rear is Clear
- 39The Rear is Clear
- 40The Rear is Clear
- 41The Rear is Clear
- 42The Rear is Clear
- 43The Rear is Clear
Showing steps 32 to 43 of 49.
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.
- They Sent Assassins
Have you ever seen a goblin, <name>? They're wretched little monsters that love only two things: gold and themselves. The Blackrock orcs have enlisted the aid of goblin assassins to kill our soldiers.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Blackrock Invasion
The orcs have begun burning down the forest, <name>! They have taken over the vineyard to the east and are planning their final assault against us! They must be stopped! Head east, across the river, and kill the rampaging Blackrock orcs.
Other quests with this name
This one: Hunter · Human, Kul Tiran · Northshire · Level 1-10.
- The Rear is Clear
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The storyline at a glance
Northshire has 49 steps, from Beating Them Back! to Report to Goldshire.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northshire (48), Elwynn Forest (1).
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.