Starting in Howling Fjord

Getting to Howling Fjord

Leaving the Undercity

Exit the Undercity from the main entrance up on ground level. Slightly to the left of the old zeppelin tower (to Orgrimmar or Grom'gol) is a new one. Go there, up the stairs, and onto the waiting platform. When the zeppelin arrives, get on it. Next stop: Vengeance Landing!

Arriving in Vengeance Landing

The town of Vengeance Landing faces slightly south of west, toward a questing area and, beyond, Vengeance Lift, which provides access to the rest of the zone. There are four buildings arranged in a rough semicircle around the east side of town.

• You come in on the top of the zeppelin tower [77,28], the tallest building in town. It's an Escheresque structure full of confusing, zigzagging ramps leading down to the ground.
• The large, busy building to the east is the Apothecary's building [78,28].
• The small building [79,29] southeast of the Apothecary's and north of the Inn belongs to the Inscriptionist.
• The Inn [79,30] is the big building south of the Inscriptionist's.

Vengeance Landing

The Leather Tent [78,28]

Tucked between the zep tower and the Apothecary's building is a small, open tent or pavillion sheltering two trainers:

• Roberta Jacks, Grand Master Skinning Trainer,
• Gunter Hansen, Grand Master Leatherworking Trainer.

The Apothecary's Building [78,28]

In front of the door is a single quest-giver:

• Apothecary Lysander.

Inside are five people in a semicircle arranged around a large contraption in the center of the room:

• Jessica Evans, Reagents and Poisons vendor,
• Marjory Kains, Grand Master Herbalism Trainer,
• Apothecary Celestine,
• Emil Autumn, Grand Master Enchanting Trainer,
• Wilhelmina Renel, Grand Master Alchemy Trainer.

The Forge [79,28]

Outside, just north of the Inscriptionist's, are a forge, anvil, and a cluster of people:

• Jonathan Lewis, Grand Master Mining Trainer,
• Alexis Walker, Armorsmith, who buys, sells, and repairs,
• Kristen Smythe, Grand Master Blacksmithing Trainer,
• Carter Tiffens, Grand Master Jewelcrafting Trainer.

The Inscriptionist's Building [79,29]

Inside the small building are only two people:

• Booker Kells, Grand Master Inscription Trainer (downstairs),
• A Lexicon of Power,
• Sally Tompkins, Grand Master First Aid Trainer (upstairs).

The Flight Point [79,29]

The flight point, between the Inscriptionist's and the Inn, is obvious and accessible:

• Bat Handler Adeline, the flight master,
• Bat Handler Camille, a quest assistant.

The Inn [79,30]

Inside:

• Barnabas Frye, Trade Goods vendor (in back, at the foot of the lefthand stairs),
• Patrick Hall, General Goods vendor (ditto),
• Alexandra McQueen, Grand Master Tailoring Trainer (opposite them, at the foot of the righthand stairs),
• Timothy Holland, Innkeeper (in a room at the bottom of the central stairs),
• Sebastian Crane, Horde Expedition Quartermaster (in a room upstairs).

Outside:

• Robert Clarke, Stable Master [79,30] (just around the corner to the right of the door)
• Pontius, a quest-giver (further around the inn, on the south side)

The Center of Town (around [78,30])

Near the cooking table [78,29], just south of the Apothecary's:

• Thomas Kolichio, Grand Master Cooking Trainer and quest-giver,
• Brock Olson, Butcher (a meat vendor).

Southwest and below the cooks:

• Jamesina Watterly [78,30], Grand Master Engineering Trainer.

Southwest of the Inn, near the south wall of the village:

• High Executor Anselm [78,31], a quest-giver.

The Pier [79,27]

On the north end of the pier just northeast of town is Angelina Soren, Grand Master Fishing Trainer.

South of the Village

• Deathstalker Razael [77,34] is roughly in the center of the northern edge of the battlefield south of the village.
• Dark Ranger Lyana [79,36 or 78,37] is south of Razael and sometimes a bit east.
• Captain Harker [84,36] is at the stern of the ship Windrunner, well south of the village and a short distance offshore from the Derelict Strand.
• Apothecary Hanes [83,43] spawns (sometimes) on the eastern edge of the Derelict Strand, near Lieutenant Celeyne's spawn point - but only if Celeyne is dead.

Quests

There are questing areas on three sides of town.

• North of town along the coast is a small questing and fishing area containing lots of unaggressive crabs (giant tidecrawlers) and a cave.
• Roughly west is a second questing area full of corpses, crows, and wargs.
• The large questing area south of town includes a battlefield, a fortified camp beyond, and a number of ships.

General quest information:

• All quests in the starting area are level 71.
• All quests in the starting area seem to require a minimum character level of 68.
• Many of the quests yield reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, a subfaction of the Horde Expedition, but so far this is of limited utility except for the portion (reportedly half) that increases your reputation with the Horde Expedition.

The Cooking Quest

• Northern Cooking
  Collection quest from Thomas Kolichio [78,29], Grand Master Cooking Trainer (in the center of town), to get four pieces of Chilled Meat from any of the beasts in Northrend.
  Rewards: 75 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 6250 experience, 2g20s, recipe for Northern Stew.
  • Cooking skill of 350 or higher is required.
  • This is identical to the cooking quest in Warsong Hold, but they are not the same quest. You can't get the quest in one zone and turn it in elsewhere; nor can you do both.
  • You do not need to have the quest to collect Chilled Meat, but the drop rate is low in any case.
  • This appears to be a stand-alone quest; there is no follow-up.
  • Do this quest along with War Is Hell, Let Them Eat Crow, or Spiking the Mix.

The Plaguehound Questline

Starts with Pontius [79,31], just south of the Inn (around the side).

1. Let Them Eat Crow
   Basically a collection quest for five pieces of crow meat.
   1. Get the meat by killing five crows west of town. (For a change, the drop rate seems to be 100%.)
   2. Before or after killing the crows, summon your plaguehound by right-clicking the provided Plaguehound Cage.
   3. While in the quest area, use (right-click) the meat to feed your plaguehound(s).
   Rewards: 250 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 20100 experience, 4g70s.
   • Do this quest along with War Is Hell and, if you qualify, Northern Cooking.
   • Your plaguehound acts like a temporary combat pet (and displaces your usual pet if you are a Hunter or Warlock).
   • Credit is shared with others in the group. A total of five pieces of meat is required - not five pieces per player.

2. Sniff Out the Enemy
   Basically an easy escort quest from the kennels to a cave north of town.
   1. Use the provided Plaguehound Leash near Pontius and the dog cages.
   2. Follow the dog north, out of town and along the shore, to a cave [75,19].
   3. Kill the two inhabitants, if they are there.
   4. Complete the quest by picking up the Dragonskin Scroll.
   Rewards: 150 Horde Expedition reputation, 15100 experience.
   • Do this quest along with Spiking the Mix.

3. The Dragonskin Map
   Travel quest from the Dragonskin Scroll (called the Dragonskin Map once you pick it up) to High Executor Anselm back in town.
   Rewards: 75 Horde Expedition reputation, 10050 experience.

4. The Offensive Begins
   Travel quest from Anselm to Sergeant Gorth [71,39], just west of the top of Vengeance Lift [73,35] (west of town).
   Rewards: 10 Horde Expedition reputation, 2000 experience.

The Apothecary's Quests

Starts with Apothecary Lysander [78,29] in front of the Apothecary's.

1. The New Plague
   Collection quest to collect 10 Intact Plague Containers on or around the wrecked ship on the coast just south of town.
   Rewards: 250 Horde Expedition reputation, 20100 experience, 4g70s, choice of four items:
   • Blauvelt's Special Occasion Gloves
   • Nimblefinger Scaled Gloves
   • Antique Reinforced Legguards
   • Imperious Worghide Cap.
   • Credit is not shared with others in the group. Each person must collect 10 quest items.

2. Spiking the Mix
   Collection quest to get 3 Giant Toxin Glands from Giant Tidecrawlers.
   Rewards: 10050 experience, 2g40s.
   • Do this quest along with Sniff Out the Enemy and, if you qualify, Northern Cooking.
   • Credit is not shared with others in the group. Each person must collect three quest items.

3. Test at Sea
   Bombing run via Bat Handler Camille at the flight point.
   Infect 16 sailors by dropping provided Plague Vials on Alliance ships.
   Rewards: 250 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 20100 experience, 4g70s, choice of four items:
   • Frost-Trimmed Gauntlets
   • Azure Chain Hauberk
   • Ramshorn-Inlaid Shoulders
   • Runed Clamshell Choker.

4. New Agamand
   Travel quest to Chief Plaguebringer Harris [53,66] in New Agamand, a town and fp in southern Howling Fjord, halfway across the zone from Vengeance Landing.
   Rewards: 10 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 2000 experience.

Starts with Apothecary Hanes [83,43], who spawns (sometimes) on the Derelict Strand near Lieutenant Celeyne's spawn point after Celeyne is killed.

• Trail of Fire
  Escort quest:
  1. Protect Apothecary Hanes while he sets fires throughout the enemy camp.
  2. Turn in quest to Apothecary Lysander.
  Rewards: 350 Horde Expedition reputation, 25150 experience, 9g40s, choice of six weapons:
  • Coldspike Longbow
  • Regal Sceptre
  • Worn Vrykul Smasher
  • Whelpling-Skull Zapper
  • Ice-Rimed Dagger
  • Stoneblade Slicer.
  • Do this quest along with Landing the Killing Blow.

The Main Questline

Starts with High Executor Anselm [78,31], southwest of the Inn (near the south wall of the village).

1. War is Hell
   Destruction quest: Use the provided Burning Torch to burn 10 corpses west of town.
   Rewards: 250 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 20100 experience.
   • Do this quest along with Let Them Eat Crow and, if you qualify, Northern Cooking.

2. Reports from the Field
   Roundtrip tag quest:
   • Talk to Deathstalker Razael [77,34] (roughly in the center of the northern edge of the battlefield).
   • Talk to Dark Ranger Lyana [79,36 or sometimes 78,37] (south of Razael and often a bit east).
   Rewards (from Anselm): 150 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 15100 experience.

3. The Windrunner Fleet
   Travel quest (by bat via Bat Handler Camille at the flight point) to Captain Harker [84,36] on the ship Windrunner.
   Rewards: 25 Horde Expedition reputation, 5050 experience.

4. Ambushed!
   Killing quest from Captain Harker to kill 15 North Fleet Marines on or around the ships.
   Rewards: 150 Horde Expedition reputation, 20100 experience, 4g70s, choice of three items:
   • Bone-Threaded Harness
   • Benevolent Hood
   • Nerubian Inner Husk.

5. Guide Our Sights
   Tag quest from Captain Harker:
   1. Use the provided Cannoneer's Smoke Flare to mark two Alliance cannons at the top of the fortification wall on the northern edge of the Derelict strand:
      • Eastern cannon [80,38] (near the coast)
      • Western cannon [79,40] (southwest of the eastern cannon, on the other side of the opening in the wall).
   2. Turn in quest to Dark Ranger Lyana, north of the wall.
   Rewards: 250 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 20100 experience.

6. Landing the Killing Blow
   Killing quest from Dark Ranger Lyana to the Derelict Strand:
   • Kill Sergeant Lorric [82,40] (in the camp, past the wall, on the left - i.e., east).
   • Kill Lieutenant Celeyne [83,43] (south of Lorric).
   • Kill Captain Olster [81,43] (on a small hill on the west side of the camp).
   Rewards: 350 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 25150 experience, 9g40s, choice of six weapons:
   • Bramblethorn Greatstaff
   • Coldstone Cutlass
   • Cragthumper
   • Earthspike
   • Elekk-Horn Crossbow
   • Pacifying Pummeler.
   • When you kill Celeyne, wait for Apothecary Lysander to spawn, and pick up Trail of Fire. (You may have to kill her more than once if he's already out setting fires.)

7. Report to Anselm.
   Travel quest from Lyana on the battlefield back to High Executor Anselm in the village.
   Rewards: 75 reputation with The Hand of Vengeance, 10050 experience.

8. A Score to Settle
   Instance quest to Utgarde Keep to kill Prince Keleseth.
   Rewards: 500 Horde Expedition reputation, 30150 experience, choice of four rare bracers:
   • Wraps of the San'layn
   • Vendetta Bindings
   • Runecaster's Bracers
   • Vambraces of the Vengeance Bringer.