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They Sent Assassins

A World of Warcraft quest in Northshire. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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glassleo+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There is a bug with this quest if you are not a Human. If you abandon it, then you might not be able to pick it up again. If you are stuck in this situation you'll have to Party Sync with someone below level 50 who have not completed the Northshire quests yet, and then redo the prerequisites. You'll get this quest automatically after turning in Join the Battle!.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 1-10
ZoneNorthshire
Quest ID28796

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28796))

Requirements

ClassWarlock
RacesHuman and Kul Tiran

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

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. If you look to the field in the north you can barely make out their silhouettes, sneaking about in the grass. I need you to head out there and kill every goblin that you see. They need to learn that nobody messes with the Alliance!

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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:

  • Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 650 yards west
  • Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 650 yards south
  • Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money20 silver
Experience1,400 XP
ReputationStormwind +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Feet
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Suited toHoly, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost, Unholy
Sells to vendors for12 copper
TypeCloth Hands
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor1
Suited toArcane, Fire, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Sells to vendors for8 copper
TypeMail Waist
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Suited toBeast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration
Sells to vendors for8 copper
TypeLeather Hands
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Suited toBalance, Feral, Guardian, Restoration, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Brewmaster, Windwalker, Mistweaver, Havoc, Vengeance
Sells to vendors for8 copper

Reputation: Stormwind +250

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 35 of 49.

Previous: They Sent Assassins · Next: They Sent Assassins

  1. 30They Sent Assassins
  2. 31They Sent Assassins
  3. 32They Sent Assassins
  4. 33They Sent Assassins
  5. 34They Sent Assassins
  6. 35They Sent Assassins
  7. 36They Sent Assassins
  8. 37The Rear is Clear
  9. 38The Rear is Clear
  10. 39The Rear is Clear
  11. 40The Rear is Clear
  12. 41The Rear is Clear

Showing steps 30 to 41 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.

  • Join the Battle!Northshire · Level 1-10

    I received an urgent message from Sergeant Willem. Turns out that the Blackrock orcs have hired goblin assassins. They ambushed our battalion behind the abbey. Willem has asked me to send him a hero. You have to go help them, <name>! Find Sergeant Willem north of the abbey at the command tent. Go!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Rear is ClearNorthshire · Level 1-10

    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>.

Other quests with this name

This one: Warlock · 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.