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Swagvault WotLK 70-80 Alliance Leveling Guide: 72-74

November 7, 2008 – 6:40 am
Posted by: swagvault

Swagvault WotLK Leveling Guide (72-74) in Howling Fjord
The Howling Fjord sits high above the Great Sea on the southeastern tip of Northrend. It is said that in ancient times the vrykul, a race of half-giant warriors, inhabited the land, founding a vast and prosperous civilization.

Howling Fjord is not a very good place for leveling, the caves, cliffs and valleys will waste you lots of time doing quests without a flying mount.

Kamagua

Kamagua is another tuskarr village, you can take a turtle boat from Kaskala in Borean Tundra to Moa’ki Harbor in Dragonblight then change a turtle boat to here.
You can get 3 single quests from Elder Atuik here, Feeding the Survivors wants you to obtain 6 pieces of Island Shoveltusk Meat from Island Shoveltusk in the Isle of Spears, Avenge Iskaal wants you to go to Iskaal and slay 8 Northsea Slavers and Arming Kamagua wants you to obain 3 Chimaera Horns.
Anuniaq here have a daily named The Way to His Heart…, use Anuniaq’s Net lead a Reef Cow find his love.

Scalawag Point

Taruk will give you a 3 step quest, Gambling Debt wants you to collect “Silvermoon” Harry’s Debt, Jack Likes His Drink wants you to collect Jack Adams’ Debt, then Dead Man’s Debt wants you to search for Black Conrad’s Treasure on the plateau in the northeastern end of the Isle of Spears, just north of Iskaal.
Zeh’gehn has a 3 step quest too, “Crowleg” Dan wants you to slain “Crowleg” Dan at the aft part of the southernmost ship, Meet Number Two wants you speak to Annie Bonn at Scalawag Point then The Jig is Up, wants you to bring her Jonah Sterling’s Spyglass, this is a group quest with blue quality trinket rewards, the NPC is located in the cave on the island the quest hub is located on.
“Silvermoon” Harry here has a series quests after you get the chain from Lunk-tusk at the south of Westguard Keep gate, along the cliff wall, I’ll give you some introduction first, it includes 4 parts, The Ancient Armor of the Kvaldir, The Frozen Heart of Isuldof, The Staff of Storm’s Fury and The Lost Shield of the Aesirites , find 4 relics from 4 different places.
Captain Ellis will give you the further part after you done the quests The Lost Shield of the Aesirites from “Silvermoon” Harry, Mutiny on the Mercy ask that you recover 5 Barrels of Blasting Powder from the ship’s hold, Sorlof’s Booty wants you to slay Sorlof using the Big Gun and recover Sorlof’s Booty. Then you get the shield from the final quest The Shield of the Aesirites.

Valgarde

A quest from Macalroy on the harbor is Hell Has Frozen Over…, speak with Vice Admiral Keller at Valgarde Port, this is also the main quest chain here and finally will lead you to Westguard Keep. When you get Vice Admiral Keller, you’ll take If Valgarde Falls… slay 12 Dragonflayer Invaders or Dragonflayer Worgs, very simple work, then Rescuing the Rescuers wants you to rescue 8 Valgarde Scouts that have been impaled and left for dead, Prisoners of Wyrmskull, rescue 3 Captured Valgarde Prisoners, then Dragonflayer Battle Plans, bring Vice Admiral Keller the Dragonflayer Battle Plans inside the cave, and final step To Westguard Keep! wants you send the plan to Westguard Keep.
There is also a chain quest about Verkul siege weapon harpoon in Valgarde. The Path to Payback from Guard Captain Zorek wants you to recover the Harpoon Operation Manual, then Locating the Mechanism, bring Zorek a Harpoon Control Mechanism, then you get Meet Lieutenant Icehammer… take the Harpoon Control Mechanism to Lieutenant Icehammer stationed outside of Nifflevar, it is a simple flight and I marked the position where Icehammer is on the map. Drop It then Rock It! wants you to place the Alliance Banner in Baleheim and then defend the banner against attackers, and Harpoon Master Yavus which wants you to slay Harpoon Master Yavus at Nifflevar
Thoralius the Wise will give you a chain quest about the ancient Verkul, first step is Into the World of Spirits, wants you to find his Reagent Pouch. 2nd step is The Echo of Ymiron, search Wyrmskull Village while you are in the spirit world and discover secrets of Wyrmskull, then you get Anguish of Nifflevar, search Nifflevar while you are in the spirit world and discover the secrets of Nifflevar. It Goes to 11… is a mini game quest which wants you using the harpoon destroy the Dragonflayer Longhouse, Dragonflayer Dockhouse, Dragonflayer Storage Facility and 8 Dragonflayer Defender. Final step is Let’s Go Surfing Now, use the large Vrykul Harpoon Gun in Nifflevar to launch yourself into Valgarde, cool adventure really.
A quest you’ll get from a agonal man named Ares the Oathbound inside Utgarde Catacombs, the one is The Shining Light, recover the Sacred Artifact in 10 minutes. Then you get Guided by Honor, Return the Sacred Artifact to Lord Irulon Trueblade at Valgarde.
The last chain quest in Valgarde from Beltrand McSorf is long and will lead you to the next place Explorer’s League Outpost. First one is The Human League, Search Wyrmskull Village for Pulroy; 2nd step is Zedd’s Probably Dead, Search Wyrmskull Village for Zedd; then And Then There Were Two…, search the Utgarde Catacombs for Glorenfeld; After you find Glorenfeld, he will give you The Depths of Depravity collect 10 Wyrmskull Tablets inside the catacombs then The Ring of Judgement, Find Daegarn in the Ring of Judgement located inside the Utgarde Catacombs, Daegarn in the cage will give you the quest Stunning Defeat at the Ring, defeat Oluf  the gladiators at the Ring of Judgment and recover the Ancient Cipher, and then you can back with the quest Return to Valgarde, the left part The Explorers’ League Outpost wants you to deliver McSorf’s Bundle to Stanwad at the Explorers’ League Outpost, then Problems on the High Bluff, speak with Walt and Tools to Get the Job Done, recover Walt’s Building Tools. You can only get the further quests from Walt once this chain is done.

Explorers’s League Outpost

Walt at Explorers’s League Outpost wants to rebuild a Iron Rune Construct and you can help him with it. First part include 2 quests: We Have the Technology which wants you to bring him a Pristine Shoveltusk Hide and Steel Ribbing and We Can Rebuild It bring him a Large Barrel, Industrial Strength Rope and Dark Iron Ingots from north rune iron camp. Then you’ll get a 3 step chain quest to test the constructs, Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping, Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data then Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff. they all very easy to do. After the tests are done , you’ll get Lightning Infused Relics, collect 15 sets of Iron Rune Data then The Delicate Sound of Thunder, explore the thundering cave at Baelgun’s Excavation Site. Now everything with Walt is finished, he will give you the quest News From the East and send you to Westguard Keep.
Hidalgo the Master Falconer here will give you a 4 step chain quest about domesticating falcon, first part is Trust is Earned, find a Fjord Grub and feed it to one of the falcons in the cage by his feet. Then The Ransacked Caravan, use the Trained Rock Falcon to recover 5 Fjord Turkeys. Falcon Versus Hawk, use your Trained Rock Falcon to capture 10 Fjord Hawks. Finally There Exists No Honor Among Birds, use your Trained Rock Falcon to capture 8 Fjord Hawk Eggs around the cliff.

Fort Wildervar

Prospector Belvar at Fort Wildervar give you the quest The Book of Runes wants you to bring him The Book of Runes, then you get Mastering the Runes, bring a set of Iron Rune Carving Tools back, then The Rune of Command, test the Rune of Command and defeat Binder Murdis, it’s a easy work with your assistant controlled by rune of command.
March of the Giants from Researcher Aderan is another series about rune Dwarven’s plan which wants you to use the Runeseeking Pick on the corpses of 4 Runed Stone Giants, the giants are elite with 600~800 per hit but can be stunned and slowed. Then The Lodestone, compare the Rune Sample with the Broken Tablet at 72, 17. And finally is Demolishing Megalith, Defeat Megalith, it has a knock back skill and hard melee hit too, if you can’s solo it, try to find another guy.
Down to the Wire is the quest from Gil Grisert who wants you to bring him 10 clumps of Spotted Hippogryph Down, then We Call Him Steelfeather, learn Steelfeather’s Secret, the Steelfeather just fly in the sky of Fort Wildervar, so justput up you head and use the Feathered Charm.
Preying Upon the Weak is a single quest from Trapper Jethan who wants you to bring him 8 pieces of Trapped Prey, this quest is like the one above and you can do these two at the same time.
I’ll Try Anything! from the fisherman named Christopher Sloan wants you to bring him 7 Northern Barbfish, you can find them in the lake. Then The One That Got Away, use Fresh Barbfish Bait in the center of the lake and slain Frostfin.
The Yeti Next Door from Foreman Colbey wants you to defeat Shatterhorn, you should get 4 meats around 65,12 from the rams, then enter the cave to kill the yeti Shatterhorn.

The Frozen Glade

The quest The Enigmatic Frost Nymphs from Lieutenant Maeve in Fort Widevar will lead you to Lurielle, she wants you to bring her 15 Icy Cores from the earth elements around with Spirits of the Ice, then you’ll get Spawn of the Twisted Glade (10 Thornvine Creepers) and Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers (freeze 8 Spores with Enchanted Ice Core), then Keeper Witherleaf wants you to kill Keeper Witherleaf at the same place, after this you get 2 quests again, The Fallen Sisters wants you to use Lurielle’s Pendant on 7 Chill Nymphs and Wild Vines which wants you to kill 8 Scarlet Ivy.

Steel Gate

See to the Operations from Overseer Irena Stonemantle wants you to speak with a Steel Gate Chief Archaeologist, then you get I’ve Got a Flying Machine!, a mini game quest, transport 3 Sacks of Relics from the bottom of the site and take them to the platform, and final is Steel Gate Patrol, take the flying machine and slain Gjalerbron Gargoyle with its weapon. Once you done this, I will become a daily quest.
Scare the Guano Out of Them! from Engineer Feknut wants you to collect 15 Darkclaw Guano, it starts at about 34.20, 20.84, look up in the trees and use the firecracker below the bats.
Steel Gate Chief Archaeologist

Westguard Keep

Peppy Wrongnozzle in the tavern of Westguard Keep is the first person you should meet in Wstguard Keep, and get Absholutely… Thish Will Work! which wants you to take Peppy’s Special Mix and administer it to the Dragonflayer Vrykul Prisoner to witness its results. Then You Tell Him …Hic! send you to Captain Adams, now you have 3 completed quests end by Captain Adams, finish them and get Mission: Plague This!, get 5 bomb hits on the Plague Tanks at New Agamand, and final step is Operation: Skornful Wrath, use the Westguard Command Insignia at Skorn, and then to speak with the Westguard Sergeant, then return to Adams with Westguard Command Insignia by the quest All Hail the Conqueror of Skorn!
You’ll get another quests The Clutches of Evil, destroy 15 Proto-Drake Eggs and 15 Proto-Whelps from Captain Adams at half you are doing the quests above. And it will lead to Mage-Lieutenant Malister, speak with his advisor, Mage-Lieutenant Malister, then Two Wrongs…, use Malister’s Frost Wand provided to slain 3 Proto-Drake. After these, get back to Captain Adams, you’ll get Report to Scout Knowles which wants you to report to Scout Knowles at the Ember Spear Tower and get 3 missions, first is Mission: Eternal Flame, use the Ever-burning Torches to destroy the four Plague Tanks surrounding Halgrind, then Mission: Package Retrieval retrieve the Apothecary’s Package from inside Halgrind and final one is Mission: Forsaken Intel deliver the Apothecary’s Package to Peppy Wrongnozzle at Westguard Keep.
A tuskarr named Lunk-tusk at 32, 46 will give you quest Orfus of Kamagua, find Orfus of Kamagua at the Ancient Lift which I marked on the map with red circle, in fact it is belong to Kamagua quest chain but started at Westguard Keep. When you find Orfus of Kamagua, you’ll get The Dead Rise! which wants you to find Fengir’s Clue, Rodin’s Clue, Isuldof’s Clue and Windan’s Clue in Shield Hill. Then Elder Atuik and Kamagua, back to Kamagua and meet the Elder Atuik. Elder Atuik give you the quest Grezzix Spindlesnap which send you to Grezzix Spindlesnap who is on a small boat south of Kamagua.  Then you’ll get Street “Cred” to “Silvermoon” Harry at Scalawag Point, you will get the quest “Scoodles” from Harry who wants you to recover his Sin’dorei Scrying Crystal from the orca named Scoodles. you can check the Scalawag Point part of the guide for the details, After you get 4 relics, you can return to Orfus of Kamagua and get the quest A Return to Resting, return all relics back in Shield Hills and finally it will end with Return to Atuik, talk to Elder Atuik at Kamagua for rewards, a blue quality tinket.

Quest Rewards of Return to Atuik
There also a daily here from Bombardier Petrov, Break the Blockade which wants you to take Petrov’s Cluster Bombs and drop them on enough pirates to kill or destroy 25 Blockade Pirates and 10 Blockade Cannons.

If you can’t reach 74 after you completed all the quests in howling hjord, find some ppl doing a simple Utgarde Keep (70-72 instance) run will help you get to 74 easily. After you reach 74, you’ll get a quest from Dalaran Mages in any major tavern in Outland which will teleport you to Dalaran.

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