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Howling Fjord (Alliance Quest Guide)  

 

Howling Fjord is one of the two "starter zones" for Northrend. This zone contains a wide variety of questing hubs and an instance hub known as Utgarde Keep.

Howling Fjord will be a second stop for most Alliance players as the most obvious way of getting to Northrend will be by taking a boat from Stormwind directly to Borean Tundra. But if you want to take a trip to Howling Fjord first you just need to take the boat from Menethil Harbor which will take you to Valgarde, the Alliance Outpost there.

If you are looking for Horde information, you can head over to Wordaen's Horde Guide to Howling Fjord, 68-72 which cover the Howling Fjord for Horde players.

This guide is a work in progress and will be updated as we level into WotLK.






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Valgarde

  • Pick up Hell Has Frozen Over... on the docks and turn it into Vice Admiral Keller.
  • Accept If Valgarde Falls... from Vice Admiral Keller
  • Pick up the Flight Path and then head to the Inn, train any professions to Grand Master if you want.
  • If you have Cooking high enough pick up the Northern Cooking quest in the inn. You'll complete this one while you level
    • Go Slightly north now and kill invaders as they come torwards the town.
    • Turn in If Valgarde Falls... and accept Rescuing the Rescuers.
      • Now go slightly north of where you did the last quest across the tiny river and click on the sparkly harpoons to rescue the rescuers.
      • Go back and turn that quest in, a bunch of quests should have unlocked nearby.
      • Go around and pick up Prisoners of Wyrmskull, Into the World of Spirits, The Human League, The Path to Payback
        • Go even further north than last time and start killing Dragonflayers for their keys and release 3 prisoners from their cages.
        • Now let's take a quick dive into the lake east of Wyrmskull Village and pick up the reagant pouch, while you're down here pick up Daggercap Divin' and pick up the supply crates and turn it in.
        • Now let's take a quick stop first house on the right and turn in The Human League and pick up Zedd's Probably Dead
        • Head over to the bridge on the other side of the village and you'll find Zedd hanging from a hook, turn the quest in and pick up the next one.
        • Now take a quick u-turn and head to 56, 56 and pick up the quest Fresh Legs
        • Lets run to the northeast corner of the village and turn in Fresh Legs to get the quest Into Utgarde! (Only accept this if you plan on running Utgarde Keep) You can also pick up Disarmament if you want to run the instance also.
        • Now it's time to head into the Catacombs, head over to the bridge earlier and cross it to get to the Catacombs.
        • As you are entering the Catacombs you'll find Glorenfeld who you can turn in a quest to, pick up The Depths of Depravity. As you are questing in here you will find tablets on the ground, pick them up.
        • Go further into the Catacombs and take a left, pick up the quest The Shining Light. This is a timed quest where you will need to run to the bottom of the Catacomb where you can grab the Sacred Artifact.
        • Go turn it in before the timer runs out and pick the follow-up Guided by Honor.
        • Finish up The Depths of Depravity and turn it in and accept The Ring of Judgement.
        • Go back further into the Catacombs and take a right, go down the stairs and head into the circular room.
        • Turn in The Ring of Judgement and accept Stunning Defeat at the Ring.
        • Kill the named mobs in the ring until Oluf the Violent spawns and kill him, the cipher will fall to the ground. Pick it up and make way back to the dwarf.
        • Turn it in and accept Return to Valgarde.
        • Head back to Valgarde.
        • Turn in all the quests you have and pick up any follow ups you can find.
      • You should have the following quests: Dragonflayer Battle Plans, Locating the Mechanism, The Echo of Ymiron
      • First thing you should do is head back to Wyrmskull Village and goto 60, 52. Here use your Incense Burner and enter the building, wait a bit while the ghosts do scripted speech. For fun and only if you want to see something awesome after completing the quest go outside the house and you should see the Lich King if you go near him he'll instakill you but he has a great scripted event for you I really suggest doing it at least once. If you don't click of the Echos of Ymiron buff and let's continue!
      • Now just step outside and near the harpoon guns to the east should be Harpooners, kill them for their Harpoon Control Mechanism
      • Remember where we found Zedd earlier? Let's head over there and go into the cave, kill Yanis the Mystic and loot the Dragonflayer Battle Plans off the wall.
      • Head back to Valgarde, turn all the quests in and pick up any follows ups and quests.
    • You should now have the following quests in your log: To Westguard Keep!, Anguish of Nifflevar, Meet Lieutenant Icehammer..., The Explorers' League Outpost.
  • You now have several choices of where to go but you are finished with Valgarde (Well mostly but for a few returns we might make)! Hoorah!

Nifflevar

  • Now to get out of Valgarde, head out of the northwest exit and go up and around Utgarde to get to the next little camp outside Nifflevar at 65, 47.
  • Here you can turn in Meet Lieutenant Icehammer... and pick up Drop It then Rock It!.
    • Head north to Baleheim and goto the center of town at 65, 40 where the fire pit is. Use the Alliance Banner and defend it against 3 mobs that will spawn one at a time.
    • Head back to Lieutenant Icehammer and turn the quest in.
    • Head south into Nifflevar and head to 65, 57.
      • Kill Harpoon Master Yavus for the quest
      • Now head to 69, 54 and use Burner to be transfered to the Spirit World again, just run torwards King Ymiron and follow what happens.
      • Head back to Lieutenant Icehammer and turn the quest Harpoon Master Yavus, Accept It Goes to 11....
      • Go back to Nifflevar and find a harpoon and use your Control Mechanism and fire arrows at the buildings down in Wyrmskull, when you hit certain buildings Defenders will spawn you take them out with your second attack.
    • Return to Lieutenant Icehammer and turn the quest in.
    • Pick up Let's Go Surfing Now
      • Head to 65, 57 pull the lever to go Harpoon Surfing! Cowabunga Dude!
    • Should have landed you in Valgarde again, Turn in both Let's Go Surfing Now
  • We are now done with Nifflevar, let's head off to Explorer's League Outpost.

Explorer's League Outpost

  • Head out of Valgarde the same way we did last time and head to Explorer's League Outpost which is loc 75, 65.
  • Turn in The Explorers' League Outpost and pick up the follow up Problems on the High Bluff.
  • Speak with Walt turn in the quest you just got, pick up the follow up Tools to Get the Job Done.
  • Also pick up Trust is Earned from Hidalgo.
    • Go find a Fjord Grub from under a loose rock and feed it to one of the Falcons in the cage.
    • Turn the quest in, and pick up the follow up The Ransacked Caravan
      • Go turn over some rocks to pick up some grubs, then head down and capture some turkeys by targeting them and using Rock Falcon. Ambushers will spawn and you'll have to kill them.
    • Turn in The Ransacked Caravan, and pick up Falcon Versus Hawk.
      • Go collect some Fjord Grubs again, and send your hawk at a falcon. They come in pairs of twos so you can send a hawk to one and kill the other yourself as you can't use the cage in combat.
    • Turn that in and pick up There Exists No Honor Among Birds.
      • Goto 76.6, 67.9 and use your Rock Falcon. Fly the falcon down to the eggs on the cliff and "scavange" the eggs.
    • Head back and turn it in, that ends that chain.
    • Now let's head north, goto 79, 49 and pick up Out of My Element?.
      • Now go into the little mining area and kill mobs as you work your way torwards 79 45.57 where you'll find a small bucket with the Building Tools.
      • Finish up killing the mobs for Out of My Element? and turn it in.
      • Head back to the Explorer's League Outpost and turn the quest into Walt.
    • Pick up We Can Rebuild It and We Have the Technology.
      • First let's pick up the Large Barrel, head to Nifflevar and you'll find barrels throughout the village.
      • Next go to Balehiem at 63 39 you should find the Strength Rope.
      • Don't leave, keep killing mobs until a Ribbing drops.
      • Time to make a quick trip to Valgarde, speak with McGoyver and get the Iron Ingots from him and ask for a ride back to the Outpost.
      • Head North and start killing shoveltusks until a Shoveltusk Hide drops.
    • Now turn in both quests and pick up Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping
      • Right click on the empty bench and get into the golem suit. Click on the first ability to launch yourself into the air and when you land dismiss the vehicle and turn the quest in.
      • Pick up the next quest, get back in the suit again. Walk over to the wagon with crystals and use the first ability. Once done dismiss and turn it in.
      • Pick up Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff, walk over to the rug and use first ability on Lebronski to complete the quest, dismiss and turn it in.
    • Grab Lightning Infused Relics and The Delicate Sound of Thunder from Walt now.
      • Start heading down to the Excavation Site by using the rocket launching pads and go torwards the cave at 73, 70 and goto the back to listen to the Titans to complete that quest.
      • Now continue running around gathering data from the crystals.
      • Once done, head back to Explorer's League Outpost.

Kamagua & Scalawag Point

  • We have some running around to do before we actually goto Kamagua.
  • Head to the Ancient Lift on the west side of the zone and pick up the quest The Dead Rise! @ 40, 60
  • Now goto Shield Hill and collect the clues on the ground in the graves.
    • Fengir's Clue 57,77 (Mound of Dirt)
    • Rodin's Clue 59,76 (Unlocked Chest)
    • Isuldof's Clue 59,79 (Look for a Shield)
    • Windan's Clue 61,80 (Under a Cannonball)
  • Now head back and turn the quest in @ 40, 60, pick up the follow up Elder Atuik and Kamagua.
  • Hop onto the Ancient Lift and take a ride down and go into Kamagua and turn in the quest you just picked up.
  • Pick up the follow-up Grezzix Spindlesnap and the quest Feeding the Survivors.
  • Don't forget to pickup the flightpath!
    • Head outside the village and start killing shoveltusks until you have enough meat.
    • Head back and turn it in.
    • Pick up the follow-up Arming Kamagua.
    • Head back outside the village and you should see chimeras flying around the snowier areas of the island. Kill them for their horns.
    • Now head back and turn in the quest, you should get the follow up Avenge Iskaal.
    • Head down to 33, 63 and you'll see a boat and slavers all over, kill them until you complete the quest.
    • That's right, run back and turn it in!
  • Now go outside and pick up Travel to Moa'ki Harbor.
  • It is time to go visit Grezzix Spindlesnap, head off the shore of Kamagua and you'll see him on his little boat @ 23, 63
  • Turn the quest in and pick up the follow up and then speak to Lou the Cabin Boy for a ride down to Scalawag Point.
  • Head to the little tent and turn in Street "Cred" to "Silvermoon" Harry.
  • Grab the follow up "Scoodles" and dive into the water, we are goin' whale huntin'. Head south and you should see him swimming around in the water, kill him and bring the crystal back to Harry.
  • Now you should be able to pick up 4 follow ups from Harry, get them all. The Ancient Armor of the Kvaldir, The Frozen Heart of Isuldof, The Lost Shield of the Aesirites, The Staff of Storm's Fury.
  • Go outside of the tent and over by the fire and pick up Forgotten Treasure.
    • Dive off into the water again and go pick up the two treasures.
      • Eagle Figurine is located at 38,85
      • As of this writing the Amani Vase is not spawning. (11-13-2008)
  • Now head over to the boat and talk to Scuttle Frostpaw @ 37, 79 and pick up Swabbin' Soap
    • Now head up to 31, 78 and kill Big Roy for his blubber and then head back to Scuttle Frostpaw and turn it in, make sure to stay by to watch a funny scripted event.
  • Next goto the cave @ 33, 75 and go all the way to the back, behind the big bar and get the The Frozen Heart of Isuldof.
  • Now goto the boat @ 35, 64 and wait for Abdul to go to the top floor of the boat and sneak into the cargo hold, make your way to the bottom and get The Staff of Storm's Fury.
  • Head back to Scalawag Point and speak with Alanya @ 36, 82 and take a ride on Harry's Bomber.
  • Once the bomber lands make your way to the bottom of the boat and ninja your The Ancient Armor of the Kvaldir.
  • Hop back on the bomber and it'll take you back to Scalawag Point.
  • This section will be continued as soon as several quests are unbugged.

Westguard Keep

  • Now it's time to head to Westguard Keep, which is located at 34, 43.
  • On your way in pick up any quests you can find.
  • Don't forget to pick up the flightpath!
  • Head into the Keep and find Captain Adams on the second floor, turn in To Westguard Keep!, News From the East.
  • Pick up Clutches of Evil from Captain Adams
  • So if you picked up the one outside, the one in the inn, and the one quest from Captain Adams you should have 3 quests now. One Size Does Not Fit All, Shoveltusk Soup Again?, The Clutches of Evil.
    • Now head down to Ember Clutch and visit the Ember Clutch Ancient and pick up Root Causes.
    • Now go around and kill enough Proto-Drake Eggs, Proto-Whelps and Dragonflayer Handlers to fill those portions of the quests.

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