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The Ruins Fought Back

The Ruins Fought Back is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-60 in Tiragarde Sound. It is step 1 of 8 in the Cave Diving storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tiragarde Sound at 62.7, 30.0. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.

Description

Something set off a trap in the cave, and then the ruins themselves came tae life. I expect that most of our lads still in that cave aren't in fightin' form.

Could ye clear out some of the livin' ruins tae help them escape?

Rewards

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationProudmoore Admiralty +75
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Kill 6 [npc=128285] inside the cave north of Thovas Base-Camp.
/way Tiragarde Sound 62.89 27.43 Cave Entrance

The Ruins Fought Back quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMhb83t4oE
This quest is a part of Gol Thovas sidequests in Tiragarde Sound.

ID
Quest
Sidequest Chain
Questgiver
Subzone
Video
137
A Letter to the League
Gol Thovas
[npc=129956]
Southwind Ferry Dock
https://youtu.be/7EogG6d_C_s
138
Chasing the Leader
Gol Thovas
[npc=128381]
Thovas Base-Cam
https://youtu.be/HpGr6Ssmt_Y
139
Backup While I Pack Up
Gol Thovas
[npc=128349]
Gol Thovas
https://youtu.be/rBOWXdHIhAw
140
I'm a Druid, Not a Priest
Gol Thovas
[npc=128354]
Gol Thovas
https://youtu.be/U-yVIKywmGY
141
Salvaging a Disaster
Gol Thovas
[npc=128353]
Gol Thovas
https://youtu.be/ybWL78X7s1M
142
A Marine Out of Water
Gol Thovas
[npc=130101]
Thovas Base-Camp
https://youtu.be/HIT7Z396Xbo
143<
The Ruins Fought Back
Gol Thovas
[npc=128381]
Thovas Base-Camp
https://youtu.be/rQMhb83t4oE


Id column is approximate quest № In Tiragarde Sound storyline (A Sound Plan <= for more info)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
ReputationProudmoore Admiralty+75

Reward details

Reputation: Proudmoore Admiralty +75

Masters of the sea and commanders of Azeroth's finest navy, the distinguished Proudmoore family has led Kul Tiras for decades from their seat of power in Boralus.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Tiragarde Sound that reward Proudmoore Admiralty reputation: The Old Knight (+75), Out Like Flynn (+500), Get Your Bearings (+75), The Smoking Gun (+25), Sanctum of the Sages (+75), Suspicious Shipments (+150).

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 mapTiragarde SoundTurn-in marker at 62.7, 30.0, 8 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.

Tiragarde Sound Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Tiragarde Sound map showing where to go for The Ruins Fought BackTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #895 62.7 30.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTiragarde Sound 62.7, 30.0/way #895 62.7 30.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tiragarde Sound 63.0, 25.8/way #895 63.0 25.8

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 Tiragarde Sound map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Tiragarde Sound, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tiragarde Sound:

  • Firebreaker Expedition, Tiragarde SoundAlliance · about 90 yards east
  • Hatherford, Tiragarde SoundAlliance · about 460 yards north-east
  • Proudmoore Keep, Tiragarde SoundAlliance · about 540 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 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

Cave Diving

Part 1 of 8.

Next: Chasing the Leader

  1. 1The Ruins Fought Back
  2. 2Chasing the Leader
  3. 4Backup While I Pack Up
  4. 5Salvaging a Disaster
  5. 7I'm a Druid, Not a Priest
  6. 8A Marine Out of Water

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Chasing the LeaderTiragarde Sound · Level 10-60

    The locals and the league have been working together tae reclaim relics in this here cave up the hill. But it seems that we've angered the previous residents. I think the marines can keep the expedition safe fer now, but I dinna how long they can keep it up. We need yer help before things go south!

The storyline at a glance

Cave Diving has 8 steps, from The Ruins Fought Back to A Marine Out of Water.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tiragarde Sound (7).

Other storylines on the Tiragarde Sound 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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