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Quest
Thinning the Ranks
A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You must do the quest Local Support chain in order to get the quest.
The two mobs in this area share spawns, so if you're running short on one type and need another. Kill everything! It's all XP anyway.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneGrizzly Hills
Quest ID12223
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12223))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineGrizzly Hills, step 29 of 115
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
There's a flurry of activity down in Voldrune village to the south. Thane Torvald Eriksson and his huscarls are preparing for war. With most of our men in the field dealing with the Horde's treachery, Amberpine will be vulnerable. Travel to Voldrune, which is near the southern coast, and show those Dragonflayers we're no soft target. Slay as many of the huscarls as you can find. Make them think twice about taking advantage of our conflict with the Horde.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #116 32.4 59.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inGrizzly Hills 32.4, 59.9
/way #116 32.4 59.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 25.6, 78.5
/way #116 25.6 78.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Grizzly Hills 30.0, 75.5
/way #116 30.0 75.5
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 Grizzly Hills map
- Hero's Call: Grizzly Hills! about 30 yards
- Honor the Flame about 80 yards
- In Worg's Clothing about 650 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 700 yards
- The Second Trial of Ursol about 1,230 yards
- The Third Trial of Ursol about 1,230 yards
- The First Trial of Ursol about 1,240 yards
- To The Hills about 1,280 yards
- When Dreams Become Nightmares about 1,280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Grizzly Hills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:
- Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly Hills
- Westfall Brigade, Grizzly Hills
- Light's Breach, Zul'Drak
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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.
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Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Grizzly Hills that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Descent into Darkness (+75), Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again (+25), Replenishing the Storehouse (+250), Them or Us! (+150), Take Their Rear! (+250), Eagle Eyes (+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
Grizzly Hills
Part 29 of 115.
Previous: Secrets of the Flamebinders · Next: Descent into Darkness
- 24Test of Mettle
- 25Words of Warning
- 26Escape from Silverbrook
- 27A Swift Response
- 28Secrets of the Flamebinders
- 29Thinning the Ranks
- 30Descent into Darkness
- 31Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again
- 32Hollowstone Mine
- 33The Damaged Journal
- 34The Runic Keystone
- 35The Runic Prophecies
Showing steps 24 to 35 of 115.
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.
- Secrets of the Flamebinders
Even as we attempt to fight off the Horde, the Dragonflayer tribe musters in their village of Voldrune, near the coast to the south. The most powerful warriors in the village are granted flame-imbued talismans that give them the ability to control powerful, savage proto-drakes.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Descent into Darkness
The journal was written by a denizen of Silverbrook named Mikhail. It details the arrival of a shadow-worshipping group called the "wolfcult." The villagers were reluctant to embrace the cult at first, but sympathizers sprung up gradually among town residents.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Grizzly Hills · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Grizzly Hills has 115 steps, from Local Support to Loken's Orders.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Grizzly Hills (115).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills map
- Howling Fjord
- The Claws of Ursoc
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.