Quest

Westward Bound

A World of Warcraft quest in Exile's Reach. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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TegoZanduba2020-10-14T16:27:09-05:00+12via Wowhead

Note -- don't jump down into the pit following your friends -- you must wait for Lana to catch up and you talk to her before jumping in.
You can get back up again, but it takes some tricky climbing of narrow ledges.

Cimegs50882023-03-29T02:10:04-05:00+1via Wowhead

To get back up, simply stick to the wall, especially when you see vine tendrils, because the way up is split from the other path by vine.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 6-9

ZoneExile's Reach

Quest ID59948

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59948))

What to do

StorylineThe Missing Expedition, step 23 of 68

Rewards8s 60c, 650 XP

Description

Thrall wants us to search west of here for the site of the next ritual. We could use your help. I've already died once. It's not an experience I'd care to repeat.

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.

Exile's Reach Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the Exile's Reach map

Westward Bound same spot
Hunting the Stalker about 80 yards
A Hunter's Trap about 80 yards
A Mage's Knowledge about 80 yards
The Best Way to Use Sheep about 80 yards
Message to Base about 90 yards
Hjalmar's Final Execution about 90 yards
The Deadliest of Poisons about 90 yards
Stocking Up on Supplies about 90 yards
Repair Yourself about 90 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Exile's Reach:

Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach OutpostAlliance · about 110 yards north-east
Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach IslandAlliance · about 1,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 100 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.

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solitha2022-11-21T10:47:14-06:00+0via Wowhead

Trickier climbing than I could manage. On the other hand, you can pull a couple of spiders and let them kill you. The graveyard is just above, and you'll incur no penalty if you're still below level 10.

Money8 silver60 copper

Experience650 XP

Other quests on the Exile's Reach map

Storyline

The Missing Expedition

Part 23 of 68.

Previous: Message to Base · Next: Who Lurks in the Pit

Showing steps 18 to 29 of 68.

Also part of: A Dark Ritual (part 6 of 33).

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.

Message to BaseExile's Reach · Level 6-9
Let us return to camp with Herbert in tow. We're one step closer towards thwarting the ogres and their plans.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Who Lurks in the PitExile's Reach · Level 6-9
There's a whole lot of shadow energy coming from this pit. I'm guessing a ritual is being performed down there. And that means a sacrifice. Do you hear that? I've got the best hearing around, ever since I got this new ear sewn onto me.

The storyline at a glance

The Missing Expedition has 68 steps, from Warming Up to Home Is Where the Hearth Is.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Exile's Reach (47), Orgrimmar (14), The Waking Shores (3), The North Sea (2).

Other storylines on the Exile's Reach map

To Darkmaul7 steps, starts with To Darkmaul Citadel
The Harpy Problem5 steps, starts with The Harpy Problem
What Lurks Below4 steps, starts with Stocking Up on Supplies
Classical Learning4 steps, starts with Taming the Wilds

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.