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The Vile Hold

The Vile Hold is a quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It is step 91 of 167 in the Icecrown storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 54.2, 71.2. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

We need to know what we're up against.

Use the eye of dominion to assume control of a lithe stalker and scout out the area. There are a few spots in particular I saw when flying in that I want you to get a closer look at: the overlook in the northeast, the work area in the southeast, the large forge near the center, and the ritual area in the southwest.

The stalker can leap far and won't be hurt by large falls - use that to your advantage to get up and down from those ramparts.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationKnights of the Ebon Blade +250
Top Comments

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Luria+34via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For those without coords: The Blood forge and Runeworks are on ground level inside Malykriss. For the other two locations you need to leap up the walls (bit by bit) until you're up on the walls surrounding Malykriss. Altar of Sacrifice is at the southern end and Icy Lookout is at the eastern end of the two walls visible on the map.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationKnights of the Ebon Blade+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for23 gold91 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor23
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +11 Parry
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for50 gold95 silver
TypeMail Wrist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for25 gold26 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +11 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for47 gold54 silver

Reputation: Knights of the Ebon Blade +250

Freed from the grasp of the Lich King, his former Death Knights have regrouped against him under the banner of Highlord Darion Mograine.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Icecrown that reward Knights of the Ebon Blade reputation: To the Rise with all Due Haste! (+10), The Story Thus Far... (+10), Blood in the Water (+250), From Their Corpses, Rise! (+250), You'll Need a Gryphon (+250), No Fly Zone (+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 mapIcecrownTurn-in marker at 54.2, 71.2, 5 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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for The Vile HoldTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 54.2 71.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 54.2, 71.2/way #118 54.2 71.2
  • Objective areaIcecrown 56.2, 79.6/way #118 56.2 79.6
  • Objective areaIcecrown 58.1, 70.9/way #118 58.1 70.9
  • Objective areaIcecrown 60.6, 68.8/way #118 60.6 68.8
  • Objective areaIcecrown 59.0, 74.5/way #118 59.0 74.5

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

  • Valiance Landing Camp, WintergraspAlliance · about 1,400 yards south
  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards east
  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 380 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 250 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 420 yards east

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

Icecrown

Part 91 of 167.

Previous: New Recruit · Next: Generosity Abounds

  1. 86From Whence They Came
  2. 87Seeds of Chaos
  3. 88Amidst the Confusion
  4. 89Vereth the Cunning
  5. 90New Recruit
  6. 91The Vile Hold
  7. 92Generosity Abounds
  8. 93Matchmaker
  9. 94Stunning View
  10. 95The Rider of the Unholy
  11. 96The Rider of Frost
  12. 97The Rider of Blood

Showing steps 86 to 97 of 167.

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.

  • New RecruitIcecrown · Level 25-30

    First things first. I saw some Lithe Stalkers on the ramparts just east of us. They used to serve us before we broke with Arthas, and they're about as perfect a scout as you can get... with a little prodding from an eye of dominion.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Generosity AboundsIcecrown · Level 25-30

    We need to cause some disruption to bring those death knights away from their leaders. If we lay waste to their minions below, I suspect they'll have to devote more attention to keeping a close eye on operations. Abominations are easy prey - slow, predictable, and most importantly, stupid.

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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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