With the launch of Wrath of the Lich King (which I am thoroughly enoying, incidentally), there are a whole bunch of unfamiliar instances to play in. Of course, one can dive right in and just go for the sights and the bosses and the loot, but in the drive to hit 80 some quest XP is always nice.
Edit: Galadria has posted a horde-side quest guide on her blog.
Utgarde Keep is the first and easiest dungeon in Wrath of the Lich King. It’s inhabited by half-giant vrykul, and is a quick and easy run (until you get to the last boss, who is disproportionately difficult).
Quests
These are the quests you should have when entering Utgarde Keep:
- Quest level 71, requires 70 to get.
- Given by Defender Mordun in Howling Fjord to loot items from within the dungeon.
- No pre-requisites.
- Quest level 71, requires 70 to get.
- Given by Defender Mordun in Howling Fjord to loot the head of Ingvar, the final boss.
- Precursor chain:
- Go to Scout Valory in Wyrmskull Village; he sends you to investigate the sounds of battle coming from the northeast of the village. (This step seems to be optional.)
- That sends you to Defender Mordun, who gives you this quest.
Quick and easy, just like the instance!
AFAIK you don’t need to do the precursor. Someone managed to share both quests with me before summoning me with the meeting stone; I hadn’t set foot in Howling Fjord yet.
Both intro instances — Utgarde and Nexus — are largely easy up to the last boss, though the fact that it’s so unfamiliar keeps me on edge. I wonder how easy it would be if we weren’t all mostly T4/badge gear?
I did actually get a pair of boots out of Nexus that are a borderline upgrade for my badge boots (that was a surprise), and then found another Nexus quest that I missed that has a reward that are even better than those!
Having a blast so far!
Psst — the second quest link leads to “Into The Temple of Atal’Hakkar,” which is an awesome dungeon, but probably not the one you want. ;)
yep quest boots not to shabby
@Jeffo – I’m pretty sure that the dungeons are tuned for ungeared people, level 70s who’ve hit Northrend in quest reward gear and a few instance drops. That’s the only fair way they could do it, or else alts would be in real trouble.
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@Brandon – thanks for the headsup!