TheWoWDBSkirmish at Echo Ridge: WoW Forever Quest
Skirmish at Echo Ridge is a level 5 Northshire Valley quest in World of Warcraft: Forever (Classic Plus).
From the WoW Forever beta server, cached by the game client at build 1.60.1.70124. Quest text and rewards can change in any beta build before launch on November 4, 2026.
| Level | 5 |
|---|---|
| Requires level | 1 |
| Zone | Northshire Valley (Elwynn Forest) |
| Experience | 450 XP |
| Quest id | 21 |
Objectives
Kill 12 Kobold Laborers, then return to Marshal McBride at Northshire Abbey.
Description
Your previous investigations are proof that the Echo Ridge Mine needs purging. Return to the mine and help clear it of kobolds.
Waste no time, <name>. The longer the kobolds are left unmolested in the mine, the deeper a foothold they gain in Northshire.
Quest chain
Before this quest: Investigate Echo Ridge
Rewards
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
Elwynn Forest map
NPCs in this quest
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Skirmish at Echo Ridge: what the quest data says
A character needs to be level 1 to pick up Skirmish at Echo Ridge, 4 levels below the quest's own level of 5. Handing it in pays 450 experience. The quest log files it under Northshire Valley.
The log sends you to Marshal McBride.
It follows Investigate Echo Ridge in the cached quest chain.
You pick one of 3 rewards: Outfitter Belt (common), Outfitter Boots (common) or Outfitter Gloves (common).
Classic Era has this quest with the same title, text, level, XP tier and money. The beta cache first recorded it in build 70124.
Next to it by level among the quests filed under Northshire Valley: Report to Goldshire (level 5).
11 other quests in the cache are also level 5, among them Bounty on Garrick Padfoot, Bring Back the Mug, Gordo's Task and Report to Goldshire. The 18 quests filed under Northshire Valley run from level 1 to level 5, and 6 of them are new compared with Classic Era. Experience for level 5 quests in the cache ranges from 110 to 560; this one pays 450.
The quest text names Echo Ridge Mine, Northshire and Northshire Abbey; this is what the game client holds on each. Echo Ridge Mine lies inside Northshire, part of Elwynn Forest, in Eastern Kingdoms. Northshire is an area of Elwynn Forest, in Eastern Kingdoms. Northshire Abbey lies inside Northshire, part of Elwynn Forest, in Eastern Kingdoms.
Images from this quest
Reward icons and the zone art the game client ships for this quest's zone.
Download the Outfitter Belt icon56px PNG64px PNG128px PNG256px PNGfull-size JPGEvery size and the file name
Sounds for Skirmish at Echo Ridge
Audio files from the game client: the quest's zone and the characters it names.
- Westfall Gu 01mus_westfall_gu01.mp3Zone music and ambience: Northshire ValleyDownload MP3OGG
- Marshalmcbride Aggromarshalmcbride_aggro_4992364.oggMarshal McBride, named in this questDownload MP3OGG
- Marshalmcbride Aggromarshalmcbride_aggro_4992366.oggMarshal McBride, named in this questDownload MP3OGG
- Marshalmcbride Aggromarshalmcbride_aggro_4992368.oggMarshal McBride, named in this questDownload MP3OGG
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