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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 ID28820

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28820))

Requirements

ClassPriest
RacesHuman and Kul Tiran

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}.

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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.

Northshire Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the Northshire map

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, ElwynnAlliance · about 570 yards south-west
  • Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 630 yards west
  • Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 90 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.

Related
Money2 silver
Experience180 XP
ReputationStormwind +10

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 42 of 49.

Previous: The Rear is Clear · Next: The Rear is Clear

  1. 37The Rear is Clear
  2. 38The Rear is Clear
  3. 39The Rear is Clear
  4. 40The Rear is Clear
  5. 41The Rear is Clear
  6. 42The Rear is Clear
  7. 43The Rear is Clear
  8. 44The Rear is Clear
  9. 45The Rear is Clear
  10. 46Blackrock Invasion
  11. 47Extinguishing Hope
  12. 48Ending the Invasion!

Showing steps 37 to 48 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 AssassinsNorthshire · Level 1-10

    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 InvasionNorthshire · Level 1-10

    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: Priest · Human, Kul Tiran · Northshire · Level 1-10.

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.