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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.









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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 Dragonflayer Invader x12 as they come towards 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 reagent pouch, while you're down here pick up Daggercap Divin' and pick up Valgarde Supply Crate x10 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.
Valgarde
        • 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 Wyrmskull Tablet on the ground, pick up 10 of them.
        • 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.
          • Run down the stairs and through the pit of undead and pick up the Sacred Artifact.

Nifflevar

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 Trained 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 Trained 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 Industrial Strength Rope.
      • Don't leave, keep killing mobs until a Steel Ribbing drops.
      • Time to make a quick trip to Valgarde, speak with McGoyver and get the Dark Iron Ingots from him and ask for a ride back to the Outpost.
      • Head North and start killing shoveltusks until a Pristine 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 37.8 84.5
      • Amani Vase is lcoated at 36.9 85.4
      • Turn the quest in and pick up the follow up The Fragrance of Money.
    • Pick up Gambling Debt from Taluk.
      • Head over to "Silvermoon" Harry talk to him and fight him to get the debt. Go turn it in.
      • Pick up Jack Likes His Drink
      • Go inside the big building and speak with Olga and follow what happens, get the debt and go turn it in!
      • Pick up the follow up Dead Man's Debt.
      • Head to the graveyard @ 32.6 60.1 and click on the Dirt Mound to spawn Black Conrad's ghost.
      • Head back torwards Scalawag Point but when you see bears start killing them for musks.
      • Get 4 and then go back and turn in the quests and pick up the follow up A Traitor Among Us.
      • Turn in A Traitor Among Us, pick up Zeh'gehn Sez, turn it in, pick up A Carver and a Croaker.
      • Goto "Silvermoon" Harry and buy a shiny knife. Find a Scalawag frog and right click on it.
      • Turn the quest in and pick up "Crowleg" Dan.
      • Head over to the boat @ 36, 84 and talk to Dan, kill him!
      • Go turn the quest in and pick up Meet Number Two.
      • Head inside the building and upstairs and talk to Annie Bonn to turn in the quest, and pick up the quest The Jig is Up.
      • Remember the cave with the mad guy and the bear earlier if you go there now you can fight him for this quest, problem is it's a group quest so either group up for it. Some classes can solo this but it's safer in groups. It has a real nice trinket reward.
      • Go back to Scalawag Point and turn it in.
  • 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.
  • Head to 37, 75 and wait for the boat, head to the top of the boat and turn in The Lost Shield of the Aesirites.
    • Pick up Mutiny on Mercy
      • Head down to the bottom of the ship and kill 5 zombies for their barrels of gun powder and go up top and turn in the quest.
      • Pick up the follow up Sorlof's Booty
      • Head to the back of the ship and once you have Sorlof in sight click the cannon as much as you can and fire cannon balls until he dies, jump off the ship and pick up the booty he dropped!
      • Go back to the place where you waited for the ship and get back on and turn in the quest.
      • Pick up the quest The Shield of the Aesirites
  • Let's head back and turn in all the quests we have from the artifacts. Head to 40, 60.
    • Turn the 4 quests in and pick up the follow up A Return to Resting.
    • Time to head back to Shield Hill, use the Bundle of Vrykul Artifacts to return the artifacts to their respective graves.
      • Fengir is located at 57,77
      • Rodin is located at 59,76
      • Isuldof is located at 59,79
      • Wodin is at 62,80
    • Head back to 40, 60 and turn the quest in. Pick up the follow up Return to Atuik.
    • Head down to Kamagua and turn it in and get yer sexy sexy trinkets!

Westguard Keep & Steel Gate

  • 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 The 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.
    • Head over to 41, 53 and kill Skeld Drakeson in the house there.
    • Go back to one of the Ember Clutch Ancient and turn in Root Causes.
    • Now head back to Westguard Keep but instead of going inside start heading east and picking up cannon balls until you have enough. This is also a great time to kill Shoveltusk's for their meat.
    • Now actually go back to Westguard Keep and turn in all your quests and pick up any new ones or follow ups.
    • Make sure to pick up Mage-Lieutenant Malister and turn it right in to get Two Wrongs...
      • Time to head back to Ember Clutch
      • You should see Proto-Drakes flying in the air, take the wand that was given to you and fire it at them to bring them down. Then kill them, do this 3 times!
      • Head back to Westguard Keep and turn the quest in.
    • Pick up the quest Report to Scout Knowles also pick up the quest outside Danger! Explosives! and Send Them Packing.
      • Now head to 33 35 for the entrance to the Whisper Gulch. (Which is on the north side of the gulch.)
      • Enter the gulch, what you will be wanting to do is throw the Steelring's Foolproof Dynamite at the ore nodes and pick up the gems and ore fragments. And then do /raise emote at the pack mules throughout the gulch. Keep doing this until you complete those two quests.
    • Head back to Westguard Keep and turn those quests in and pick up Leader of the Deranged which is a follow-up to Danger! Explosives!.
      • Go back to the Whisper Gulch and take an immediate right at head for the cave in that direction.
      • Kill Squeeg Idolhunter and head back to Westguard Keep to turn the quest in.
    • Turn around and head torwards the gates, pick up My Daughter from Old Man Stonemantle.
      • Head to the Steel Grate (Loc: 30, 28) and turn in the quest and pick up the quests here.
      • You should have gotten: Scare the Guano Out of Them!, See to the Operations, The Cleansing.
      • Run down and turn in See to the Operations to get I've Got a Flying Machine!.
        • Let's do I've Got a Flying Machine! first.
          • Walk over to one of the flying machines and hop in!
          • Fly around and pick up one sack at a time and fly to the flashing red arrow at the top of the area to deliver them. Do this 3 times.
          • Turn the quest in! Ignore the follow-up.
      • Head north to Rivenwood which starts at 32, 21.
        • Start tossing Feknut's Firecrackers onto the ground near the bats flying in the air and they'll drop some guano and be in range for attacks. Pick up the guano and kill the bats, keep doing this until you have 15 guano.
      • Now it is time to cleanse your Inner Turmoil, head to 53, 8 and begin to climb the path to the top of the mountain. Right click on the altar and wait a few moments and your inner turtmoil will spawn, kill it.
    • Float your way back down the mountain and head back to the Steel Gate and turn in the quests you have and pick up the follow-ups.
    • You should have been able to pick up In Worg's Clothing, it's time to head back to Rivenwood. Goto 28, 9 and use your Worg Disguise and go speak with the Worg named Ulfang to turn in the quest. Pick up the follow up Brother Betrayers.
      • Kill Bjomolf @ 28, 22
      • Kill Varg @ 33, 30
      • Go back and turn the quest in, don't forget to use the worg costume!
    • Pick up Eyes of the Eagle
      • Head to 41.4, 37.7 at the base of the waterfall.
      • Right click on one of the eggs and Talonshrike will fly down, kill him and get his eyes.
      • Head back and turn the quest in.
    • Pick up Alpha Worg
      • Head to 26, 8 and look for Garwal. Kill him too.
      • Head to Steel Gate and turn the quest in.
    • Head to 44.5 57.5 and turn in Report to Scout Knowles, pick up the follow up Mission: Eternal Flame.
    • Head east and chuck torches at the tanks.
      • Southwest Plague Tank: 48, 56
      • Northwest Plague Tank: 48, 53
      • Northeast Plague Tank: 51, 50
      • Southeast Plague Tank: 52, 58
      • Head back and turn the quest in.
    • Pick up Mission: Package Retrieval.
      • Head east into Halgrind and go to 51, 54 and pick up the package.
      • Go back and turn it in.
    • Pick up Mission: Forsaken Intel and go back to Westguard Keep to turn it in. (In the Inn)
    • Pick up the follow up Absholutely... Thish Will Work!.
      • Go into the keep and into the jail and use Peppy's Special Mix on the Vrykul and watch the fun that happens.
      • Go back and turn it in.
    • Get the follow up You Tell Him ...Hic! and go into the keep and give Captain Adams the bad news.
    • Grab Mission: Plague This! and head out to the courtyard.
    • Head back to the keep and turn the quest in.
  • Pick up Operation: Skornful Wrath
  • Go outside the keep and pick up Everything Must Be Ready
  • Now let's finish up the last quests for this area. Head to 24, 32 on the Chillmere Coast and turn in Where is Explorer Jaren?.
  • Grab And You Thought Murlocs Smelled Bad!
    • Head up and down the coast and kill 15 undead of any type.
    • Head down and visit Old Icefin @ 19.7, 22.2 and pick up Trident of the Son.
    • Go down the coast to the south end near the broken down boat and wait for Rotgill to spawn and kill him.
    • Go over to the dwarf and turn in the quest.
    • As you where killing undead a Scourge Device use it and get the quest It's a Scourge Device. Turn it in.
    • Pick up the follow up Bring Down Those Shields
    • Head up the coast and use the Scourging Crystal Controller on the scourge crystals to take down the shield and kill it.
    • Go visit Old Icefin and turn the quest in.
    • Head back to Jaren and turn the quest in.
  • Now it is time to visit Skorn!
  • Head to 44, 26 and use your Westguard Command Insignia and turn in the quest.
  • Pick up the quests Burn Skorn, Burn!, Gruesome, But Necessary, and Towers of Certain Doom.
  • Now head up to Gjalerbron, Location 36, 19.
    • Start killing all the locals for one of the quests and unlocking the cages with the keys you gathered while killing.
    • If you're able to solo or find a group to kill the big elite roaming around do it, and use the Gjalerbron Attack Plans to get a quest.
    • Head back to Westguard Keep and turn in the quests, pick up any follow ups there. In Service to the Light, Sleeping Giants, Necro Overlord Mezhen, and The Frost Wyrm and its Master.
    • Head back to Gjalerbron.
      • Go into the Waking Halls underneath Gjalerbron and kill Necrolords and Fearsome Horrors.
      • The Necrolords will drop Awakening Rods use them on the Vrykul to make them die.
    • There are several platforms in Gjalerbron each one has the Deathless Watchers and Putrid Wrights you need. Go and kill them.
    • Head to the platform at 38, 12 and kill Mezhen.
    • If you did the group quest earlier go over to the platform at 37, 7
      • Kill Wyrmcaller the Vile and get the horn from his corpse.
      • If you think you can solo it summon the Frost Wyrm with the horn and kill it, otherwise have a group ready to tackle it.
    • Now head into the big building built into the side of the mountain and kill Queen Angerboda, stick around to see the Lich King!
  • Head back to Westguard Keep and turn these quests in.
  • You are now done with Westguard Keep!

Fort Wildervar

  • Head to Fort Wildervar, it starts at about 59, 17
  • Don't forget to grab the flightpath!
  • Walk around and turn in Everything Must Be Ready and pick up any quests you can find.
    • You should have I'll Try Anything!, Preying Upon the Weak, Down to the Wire, and The Yeti Next Door.
    • Hop into the water and open up the Water Plants down there, keep doing it until you have the 7 barbfish.
      • As you are roaming around the area keep an eye out for traps, open them up and get your trapped prey.
      • Also while going around pick up Spotted Hippogryph Down which are feathers lying on the ground.
    • Head to 65, 12 and kill the rams to get 4 ram meats.
    • Go over to 59, 14 and head into the mines.
    • At the end there is Shatterhorn, combine your 4 meats into a Giant Yeti Meal and lay it down in front of him and kill him.
    • Run outside and turn in the 2 quests you just did.
  • Pick up any follow ups and there should be some new quests open to you now get them. The Enigmatic Frost Nymphs, The Book of Runes, The One That Got Away, and March of the Giants.
  • Go to 61, 23 and turn in the quest The Enigmatic Frost Nymphs. Pick up the follow up Spirits of the Ice.
  • If you haven't finished Preying Upon the Weak and Down to the Wire go around and finish them up.
  • Go back to Fort Wildervar and turn them in. Pick up We Call Him Steelfeather.
    • Head over to the mines from earlier and look at the sky for Steelfeather target her and use your Feathered Charm to learn her secret.
    • Go back and turn it in.
  • Head to 66, 23 and head east. Kill Stonecallers and Binders and collect the chapters from the corpses. Then combine 3 of them to form The Book of Runes.
  • Jump back into Caldemere Lake and goto the sunken boat at 64, 19.
    • Use the Fresh Barbfish Bait to get Frostfin to spawn, kill him and go back to Wildervar to turn in the quests.
    • If you've followed this guide so far you should have just gotten the achievement "I've Toured the Fjord".
  • Pick up Mastering the Runes.
  • Get the follow up of The Rune of Command.
    • Go back to Giant's Run again and find a yellow stone giant and use Rune of Command
    • Head to 72, 25 and kill Binder Murdis.
    • Head back and turn it in.
  • Congratulations! You are now done with Howling Fjord.

Where next?

Now to decide where to go next, if this is your first zone in my opinion you should do Borean Tundra (You can use Borean Tundra). Or you can head to Dragonblight or even Grizzly Hills.

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