TheWoWDBHad this quest bug for me and the NPCs didn't spawn. I discovered that having a body guard with you when accepting the quest doesn't trigger them. Dismissing your bodyguard fixes the issue immediately.
Quest
Where There Is Smoke...
A World of Warcraft quest in Frostwall. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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During the garrison battle, I noticed that even my non-combat pets were fighting the Burning Blade! Way to GO, you lil' Searing Scorchling!
If for some reason the mobs don't spawn for you, abandoning the quest, waiting a few minutes for your garrison npcs to go back to their original spots, then accepting the quest again should spawn the NPCs properly.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 40
LocationFrostwall
CategoryGarrison Campaign
Quest ID36242
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(36242))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
You garrison is under attack by the Burning Blade! Kill the Burning Blade masters that are leading the assault and report back to Warmaster Zog.
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.
Nearby on the Frostwall map
- Garrison Campaign: War Council same spot
- Nothing Remains same spot
- Thunderlord Invasion! about 40 yards
- Putting Down the Packleader about 80 yards
- Plans of War about 80 yards
- Intercepting the Orders about 80 yards
- Establish Your Garrison about 90 yards
- Build Your Barracks about 90 yards
- What We Got about 90 yards
- What We Need about 90 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Frostwall, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostwall:
- Frostwall Garrison, Frostfire Ridge
- Stonefang Outpost, Frostfire Ridge
- Darkspear's Edge, Frostfire Ridge
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money16 gold98 silver
Experience1,350 XP
Storyline
Garrison Campaign
Part 1 of 3.
Next: A Stolen Heart
- 1Where There Is Smoke...
- 2A Stolen Heart
- 3Garrison Campaign: Missing Grunt
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Stolen Heart
This invasion is clearly an attempt to seize the Heart of Gorgorek. We need to fortify our guard before it's too late!
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Level 40.
The storyline at a glance
Garrison Campaign has 3 steps, from Where There Is Smoke... to Garrison Campaign: Missing Grunt.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostwall (3).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Frostwall map
- Foothold in a Savage Land
- Thunder's Fall
- The Battle of Thunder Pass
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.