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Ruins of Gilneas

Eastern Kingdoms - Level 5-30.

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LevelLevel 5-30
Landmarks1
Subzones17
Quests17
ExpansionClassic
Storyline (Horde)Silverpine Forest Quests
Quest hubs5

Counts are what the current game build's data holds for this zone.

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whitedragon254+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Gilneas is actually part of various battles. Long List Chronologically:

Levels 1-5: Gilneas Humans vs Worgen.
Result: Gilneas Humans defeated, Worgen Victorious, Humans evacuated.

Unshown battles:

Headlands Battles: Shortly after the beginning of the Cataclysm (Greymane wall is wrenched open.) Character still Feral.
Combatants: Gilnean Humans & Worgen (Somehow, Speculated they may not be allied at this point, rather just coincidentally fighting together.) VS Forsaken
Result: Duskhaven is invaded via sea, Men are either slain or fall back or become worgen. Greymane wall is taken, Headland farms are destroyed or occupied as makeshift command centers, Bridge to Keel Harbor is destroyed, likely by it's inhabitants.

Emberstone Village, Sometime during the process of your character still being feral.
Combatants: Forsaken VS Emberstone Villagers
Result: Forsaken take over and occupy the town, making it a major command post. Villagers are not slain, rather used as slaves for mining in the Town's mine.

Gilneas City, While you are still feral.
Combatants: Forsaken VS Worgen
Result: Worgen are ousted from the city, Forsaken occupy the city and begin to establish a command post in the area. Market Square is left heavily damaged, Cathedral District is still damaged from the Worgen attacks and has several posts set up about it, Greymane Court is relatively untouched, Military District is heavily damaged and Stoneward Prison is re-fitted as an apothecary and Abomination creation facility.

Batlles Seen:
Levels 6-12: Gilneans (Humans and Worgen) vs Forsaken
First Battle: Duskhaven
Result: Neither side victorious, Cataclysm strikes, sinking Duskhaven and destroying whatever remained of the Forsaken fleet, Prior to sinking, Gilneans were winning.

Second Battle: Briefly outside Stormglen
Result: Forsaken lost another commander to an Ettin who was manipulated to fight for the Gilneans.

Third Battle: Tempest's Reach (Minor Civil war, Tempest's reach humans under Godfrey vs Gilneans.)
Result: Gilnean Victory, Tempest's reach rejoins the Gilneans. Godfrey, Ashbury, and Walden are slain.

Fourth Battle: Emberstone Village (Second Battle)
Result: Gilnean Victory. Forsaken lose hold of Emberstone, Villagers freed, Two commanders are slain, Cannons are retrieved.

Fifth Battle: The Battle for Gilneas City
Combatants: Forsaken Elite Forces vs Unified Gilneans (All towns (Not including Keel Harbor) + Worgen.)
Commanders: Sylvanas Windrunner VS Genn Greymane, Liam Greymane, Lorna Crowley, Darius Crowley.
Result: Gilnean Tactical Victory over most of the City. Market Square, Military District, and Greymane Court are reclaimed, Cathedral District remains under Forsaken Occupation.
Casualties: Heavy Forsaken Casualties, Light-Moderate Gilnean Casualties. Liam Greymane is killed in the fighting while saving Genn's life.
Aftermath: Gilneans retreat to Keel Harbor, maintaining a light hold on the city to avoid the Plague. Night Elven support arrives as well as Orcish support.

Keel Harbor battles:
Combatants: The Forsaken, The Warchief's Fleet VS Gilnean forces and Darnassian support.
Result: Forsaken are bombed over the air as the Gilneans retreat to Keel Harbor. Following this, The orcish fleet finally arrives from the coast, only to be met by Darnassian support that has arrived as well. Alliance Tactical Victory.
Loses: One Orcish Gunship, Many Forsaken Troops, Many forsaken catapults.
Aftermath: Majority of the Warchief's fleet is destroyed and forced to dock in Silverpine Forest. Gilneans successfully evacuate. The Gilnean Liberation Front is formed under Darius Crowley.

Seen Battles (Horde):

This does not include Silverpine battles. Pyrewood is included due to it's status as a Gilnean town.

Battle for Pyrewood
Combatants: Bloodfang Worgen VS The Forsaken
Result: Many/All of the worgen are slain, Shadowfang Keep is cleared out, Pyrewood Village is taken over.

Headland Battles;
Combatants: Bloodfang Worgen & Gilnean Liberation Front VS The Forsaken
Result: Forsaken's Forward base is heavily assaulted and later destroyed. One forsaken commander is slain, Most of the Forsaken's plague equipment in Gilneas is destroyed and burned. Alliance tactical Victory, All forsaken outposts are taken out.

Emberstone Village
Combatants: Bloodfang Worgen & Gilnean Liberation Front vs The Forsaken
Result: Heavy casualties on both sides, Forsaken lose the town, Town is left unoccupied by both sides (Forward camp is destroyed as the battle ends here.)

Gilneas City
Combatants: 7th Legion & Gilnean Liberation Front & Bloodfang Worgen vs The Forsaken
Result: Extremely heavy forsaken casualties, Light Alliance casualties. Forsaken lose control of the city completely. All forsaken land bases are destroyed or recaptured.
Aftermath: Forsaken insertion to retrieve the body of Lord Godfrey for Reanimation. Forsaken lose control of Gilneas. Alliance is victorious and reclaims Gilneas.

Battle for Pyrewood Part 2
Combatants: Bloodfang Worgen, Gilnean Liberation Front, 7th Legion vs The Forsaken
Result: Extremely heavy Forsaken casualties. Shadowfang is lost, neither side occupies it, Pyrewood is reclaimed by the Alliance briefly.
Aftermath: Godfrey and the adventurer destroy the 7th legion and most of the town.

The Battlefront
Combatants: Hillsbrad Worgen, 7th Legion, Gilneas Liberation Front, Bloodfang Worgen VS The Forsaken, Recently Raised Ambermill Mages, Remnants of the Warchief's Fleet.
Result: Heavy Casualties on both sides, Most of the hillsbrad worgen are killed, Lorna Crowley is captured.
Aftermath: Alliance are winning, Lorna is presented to Crowley with the threat that she will be raised as an undead if he does not retreat into Gilneas. Alliance Forces retreat into Gilneas suffering heavy casualties. Horde Tactical Victory.

Aftermath of the Battles:
Sylvanas is assassinated by Lord Godfrey who later takes over Shadowfang Keep independently. Sylvanas is revived at the cost of 3 Val'kyr. Horde is unable to continue into Gilneas after the assassination due to Sylvanas being too weak to lead the assault yet.

Result:
Silverpine Forest: Remaining alliance forces mostly routed out. Horde Victory.
Gilneas: Horde forces completely destroyed and all Forsaken land bases are taken. Alliance tactical Victory.
Overall: Stalemate, Gilneas is not taken by the horde, continued sieges in Gilneas via sea. Silverpine is not lost to the Alliance.

The Battle For Gilneas (BG)
Description: Along the coast, The Horde is attempting to invade Gilneas via Sea and establish a new land base while the Alliance attempts to repel the invasions. Currently, The Horde is unsuccessful in their invasions, Gilnean Liberation Front and Alliance forces continue to repel the attacks while the Gilneans rebuild their holdings on the mainland.

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1118478+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Best zone in the game:
1. Good for wedding RP (Light's Dawn Cathedral)
2. Sad place if you wanna be alone
3. Historical Setting (Based on the 19th British Century)
4. Again,Good for RP (Example:The Phantasm of the Opera at Greymane Manor).
Everytime I have nothing to do, I come here.
About the creepy ghost guy....after he disappears the windows automatically open. I won't sleep tonight!

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Map

Ruins of Gilneas mapGilneas GambitQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubQuest hubEmberstone MineGilneas CityNorthern HeadlandsTempest's Reach

The in-game map of Ruins of Gilneas with 1 landmark, 5 quest hubs and 4 subzones placed from the game data. Coordinates are the in-game map's own (0 to 100, left to right and top to bottom); subzone marks sit at the centre of each area's explored-map overlay.

LandmarkQuest hubSubzone
MarkerNameCoordinatesDetail
Gilneas Gambit58.6, 11.6Join the Eastern Kingdoms Cup.
Quest hub57.5, 18.48 quests turned in here
Quest hub57.0, 54.34 quests turned in here
Quest hub59.1, 48.24 quests turned in here
Quest hub49.6, 57.12 quests turned in here
Quest hub79.3, 76.02 quests turned in here
Emberstone Mine50.0, 50.0Subzone
Gilneas City50.0, 50.0Subzone
Northern Headlands50.0, 50.0Subzone
Tempest's Reach50.0, 50.0Subzone
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Quest Hubs in Ruins of Gilneas

The game marks 29 quests on the Ruins of Gilneas map, 25 of them with a turn-in point. Turn-in points that cluster together make a hub; a hub is named after the flight point or landmark it sits beside when one is that close.

Storylines in Ruins of Gilneas

Quest lines from the game data that run through Ruins of Gilneas, in the order the client lists them.

Zone storyline achievement (Horde): Silverpine Forest QuestsComplete the Silverpine Forest storylines listed below.

Maps Inside Ruins of Gilneas

Caves, buildings and instances the game gives their own map, each opening from the Ruins of Gilneas map.

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Collectibles from Ruins of Gilneas

Mounts, toys and battle pets the game data says you can obtain in Ruins of Gilneas.

Toys (1)

Pets (4)

Landmarks

Named points of interest in Ruins of Gilneas, straight from the game data.

  • Gilneas GambitJoin the Eastern Kingdoms Cup.

Quest Rewards in Ruins of Gilneas

Blizzard's quest data places 17 quests in Ruins of Gilneas. Together they award 70,350 experience and 116g 3s in coin. They are open to characters of level 1 to 70. 1 of them is limited to Worgen characters.

Totals are summed from the Blizzard game data API quest records for this area; a quest that offers a choice counts every option once.