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They've Wised Up...

They've Wised Up... is an Alliance-only quest for level 7-30 in Redridge Mountains. It is step 4 of 31 in the Redridge Mountains storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Redridge Mountains at 28.9, 41.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

<The gnomecorder crackles and pops.>

It would appear that the Blackrock orcs have finally wised up. I'm getting reports that they're joining forces with the gnolls and planning an attack. I want details, <name>!

I need you to check out Rethban Caverns, located in the western region of Redridge Canyons. Look for orcs with dark skin. Kill any that you encounter and search their corpses for information.

Solomon, out.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationStormwind +250
Top Comments

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wharris+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Guide to Redridge Quests:

Do these at any time:
Nida's Necklace
An Unwelcome Guest
Lake Everstill Cleanup
Wanted: Redridge Gnolls
Franks and Beans
Threat to the Kingdom (from Westfall chain)

Optional prequest: Hero's Call: Redridge or Hero's Call: Redridge
Then a long chain:
Still Assessing the Threat
Parker's Report
We Must Prepare! (available earlier)
Completing the above enables: Like a Fart in the Wind
Tuning the Gnomecoder
Canyon Romp
A gnoll drops dirt-stained scroll which allows for He Who Controls the Ettins and Saving Foreman Oslow
They've Wised Up
Yowler Must Die!
John J Keeshan
This Ain't My War
Weapons of War
Accepting this enables Render's Army and Surveying Equipment
His Heart Must Be In It
In Search of Bravo Company (I'm not sure what the exact prerequisties are)
Breaking out is hard to do
Jorgensen
Krakauer
And Last but not Least...Danforth
Return of the Bravo Company
They Drew First Blood
It's Never over

Then do these together:
Bravo Company Field Kit: Camouflage
Bravo Company Field Kit: Chloroform
Hunting the Hinters
Point of Contact: Brubaker and Unspeakable Atrocities

(Main chain Continues)
Prisoners of War
To Win a War, You Gotta Become War
Detonation
(Shadowhide Extinction now available)
The Dark Tower
The Grand Magus Doane
AHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Showdown at Stonewatch
Darkblaze, Bood of the Worldbreaker
Triumphant Return

A truly epic chain!

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485320+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Shortly before this quest, one of the questgivers in this room comments that these gnolls must be allied with the (I've forgotten their name) forces to the East. Does that comment say "Shadowhide"? Or was it something else?

If they are Shadowhide auxiliaries, so to speak, AND allied with the blackrock orcs, then why are all the orcs at the edge of the Shadowhide area proper dead?

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationStormwind+250

Reward details

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 Redridge Mountains that reward Stormwind reputation: Hero's Call: Redridge Mountains! (+250), Still Assessing the Threat (+350), WANTED: Redridge Gnolls (+250), Parker's Report (+75), Franks and Beans (+250), Nida's Necklace (+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 mapRedridge MountainsTurn-in marker at 28.9, 41.1, 10 mapped points
World Map

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.

Redridge Mountains Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #49 28.9 41.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inRedridge Mountains 28.9, 41.1/way #49 28.9 41.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Redridge Mountains 20.1, 19.4/way #49 20.1 19.4

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 Redridge Mountains map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Redridge Mountains:

  • Lakeshire, RedridgeAlliance · about 210 yards south
  • Camp Everstill, RedridgeAlliance · about 660 yards east
  • Eastvale Logging Camp, ElwynnAlliance · about 950 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 440 yards north-west

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

Redridge Mountains

Part 4 of 31.

Previous: Canyon Romp · Next: Yowler Must Die!

  1. 1We Must Prepare!
  2. 2Tuning the Gnomecorder
  3. 3Canyon Romp
  4. 4They've Wised Up...
  5. 5Yowler Must Die!
  6. 6John J. Keeshan
  7. 7This Ain't My War
  8. 8Weapons of War
  9. 9His Heart Must Be In It
  10. 10In Search of Bravo Company
  11. 11Breaking Out is Hard to Do
  12. 12Jorgensen

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 31.

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.

  • Canyon RompRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    <The gnomecorder hums.> The first order of business is a romp through the Redridge Canyons, directly north of Lakeshire. Kill every gnome that you see... woops, did I say gnome? I meant gnoll. Kill every GNOLL that you see and take their collars as proof of deed.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Yowler Must Die!Redridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    <The gnomecorder hums.> You need to find Yowler, <name>. He'll be located somewhere in the northern region of Redridge Canyons. Kill that mongrel and search his corpse for the Blackrock invasion plans. Should you succeed, bring the plans to me over at the town hall in Lakeshire. Solomon, out.

The storyline at a glance

Redridge Mountains has 31 steps, from We Must Prepare! to Triumphant Return.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Redridge Mountains (31).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Redridge Mountains 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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