What to do
Gorka wants you to accompany her to Mor'shan Ramparts and report to Kadrak.
Speak to her when you are ready to depart.
The quest giver's words
There will be no help coming from Splintertree.
The elves have launched a major assault on our stronghold there and they have the place surrounded!
We must inform Kadrak or die trying!
Your kodo has been loaded up with the wood you collected. Let me know when you're ready and we'll charge the enemy lines.
Progress
What's all this about, <class>?
Completion
Gorka...
We must always be prepared for losses. Her honorable service to the Horde will not be forgotten.
And her sacrifice shall not be in vain!
Category: Ashenvale.
What you need
Nothing: no quest item is handed out and none is required to start.
The reward
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Leggings of Loss
item #56640 · Uncommon · item level 21 · sells for 13s 97c
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Burden of Sacrifice
item #56641 · Uncommon · item level 21 · sells for 10s 78c
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Mourner's Stole
item #56639 · Uncommon · item level 21 · sells for 10s 42c
- Money
- 10s
- and 7s 80c more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
- Experience
- 1,250
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at level 26 or lower; less above
By character level
Level Experience Share 19–26 1,250 100% 27 1,000 80% 28 750 60% 29 500 40% 30 250 20% 31–89 130 10% 90 none 7s 80c more money The game pays the full figure up to five levels above the quest, then 20 % less for each level more, down to a tenth, and none at the level cap. A bonus of your own (a guild perk, a holiday) comes on top.
The listed figures and the players here disagree, so both are shown rather than one picked.
- Experience: players were paid 10% more than the 1,250 listed. An experience bonus (heirlooms, a guild perk) pays more; a character well above the quest's level earns less.
Reputation
- Orgrimmar +150
Who it is for
- Faction
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- Race
- any race
- Class
- any class
- Level
- quest level 21, requires level 19
- Profession
- none
- Repeats
- once only
The chain
Before this
- Needs a Little Lubrication #13651 · any one of these
After this
- To the Rescue! #13712
Where it starts and ends
- pick up
These two markers are the quest giver's and the hand-in's own positions – not where anybody was standing. The recorded positions are further down, under the community data.
Relevant locations
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Ashenvale
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Gorka
Starts the quest · 72.9, 80.4
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Gorka
Quest objective · 72.8, 80.4
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The Barrens
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Kadrak
Hand the quest in · 42.4, 15.2
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The pins are the game's own map markers; the coordinates are the game's 0–100, as
/way takes them.
What players recorded
Everything below this line is a different kind of knowledge from everything above it. Above: what the quest is, the same on every realm. Below: what actually happened when people played it, uploaded by them, with the number of runs printed against every figure. It is an observation, not a fact about the quest.
This guide rests on 1 completed run. That is enough to show where people went and not enough to trust the timings – treat them as one player's evening.
How precise this guide is
Early guide Built from 2 runs by 2 players – low confidence. Every upload of this quest sharpens it: the hotspots tighten, the order and the timings settle, and the parts below unlock as the sample grows.
- Where to go – pick-up, objectives and hand-in available
- Typical time and objective order – median and middle half needs 3 completed runs (now 1) not yet
- Tips – what most players do needs 5 runs (now 2) not yet
- Where players die – death hotspots on the map needs 5 characters from at least 2 different people (now 2 from 2) not yet
Timings
Based on 1 completed run. Published by the analyser – low confidence.
Same 1 run; mean 1 min 33 s.
Counting every recorded attempt, finished or not.
0 tracked kills, typically 1,375 XP, done around level 23.
The route
An early route: drawn from the first runs and sharper with every upload. Pick-up, hand-in and the objective hotspots are where the quest is, so they are shown from the first run.
Map coordinates are the addon's own 0–1 zone coordinates (The Barrens), origin top-left, x to the right and y downward. Drag the zone map to pan, ctrl/⌘ + scroll or the buttons to zoom; the grid lines are tenths of the zone.
- hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
- where players were
- pick up
- turn in
- Pick up
- 0.730, 0.800 median of 1 recorded accept on Ashenvale
- Turn in
- 0.430, 0.150 median of 2 recorded turn-ins on The Barrens
- Deaths during this quest
- None recorded – nobody died doing this.
Objectives, in the order players do them
Order published by the analyser from 2 runs.
Objective 1 — needs 1
Players finish it about 1 min 18 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet
Go to (published hotspots):
- 0.430, 0.150 weight 1.00, 2 points
2 recorded positions in The Barrens.
- hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
- where players were
- pick up
- turn in
Tips
No tips yet – they need a handful of runs before they say anything true.
Recorded runs
| Character | Time | Deaths | Level | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bananaroot-Hoptallus |
– | 0 | 23 | 10s |
Community notes
Nobody has added a note to this quest yet.