Garrison Outpost Guide: Zone-Wide Perks, Quests, Followers

By Wowhead Updated: 2022/09/03

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Level 2 small blueprints require 96 or Talador Outpost quests.

Level 2 medium blueprints require 98 or Spires of Arak Outpost quests.

Level 2 large blueprints require 100 or Nagrand Outpost quests.

The cost to change your Garrison Outpost building in Gorgrond, Talador, and Spires of Arak is

The cost to change your Garrison Outpost building in Nagrand is

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Outpost Rewards

Completing the outpost quests in Gorgrond or Spires or Arak awards a Outpost Building Assembly Notes. This can be turned into Kinkade Jakobs or Torgg Flexington for any level 2 Small or Medium building blueprint. Normally, you need to spend gold to buy a blueprint.

Completing the outpost quests in Talador or Nagrand awards a Comprehensive Outpost Construction Guide. This can be turned into Kinkade Jakobs or Torgg Flexington for any level 2 Large building blueprint. Normally, you need to spend gold to buy a blueprint.

Gorgrond, Talador, and the Spires outpost chains reward followers, which vary based on what building you have selected in each zone. After December hotfixes, you can now tear down your building, construct a new one, and access the new building's questline and follower.

The Gorgrond Sparring Arena lets you complete Prove Your Strength.

Outpost hubs also have a mission table, so you do not need to return to your Garrison to manage missions.

Spires of ArakSpires Rewards

Outpost Building Assembly Notes for completing Outpost questlines, can be turned into Kinkade Jakobs or Torgg Flexington for any level 2 Small or Medium building blueprint.

Smuggling Run: Smuggling Run! summons vendors who sell, among other items, the following. Bloodmane Charm, Gronnskin Bag, Inactive Apexis Guardian for the follower Ziri'ak.

Brewery: Access to Home Away from Home which has increased XP gains in spires and a teleport to the Spires Inn. Follower Hulda Shadowblade or Dark Ranger Velonara from the quest Standing United.

Unlocking Your Outpost

News from Spires of Arak

Arakkoa Exodus

The Shadows of Skettis

Hidden in Plain Sight, Adherents of the Sun God

Orders From On High

The Crone, All Due Respect

A Charming Deception, Echo Hunters, Syth's Secret

A Gathering of Shadows

Alliance in Southport: One of Our Own, Inspecting the Troops, Orders, Commander?

Horde in Axefall: One of Our Own, Inspecting the Troops, Orders, Commander?

Return to Table of ContentsSmuggling RunSmuggling Run!Linny "The Skinny" LeadpocketsHonest Jim

Inactive Apexis Guardian: Teaches you Ziri'ak, a level 99 follower.

Bloodmane Charm: A toy that transforms you into a Bloodmane Saberon, the model used for .

Scavenger's Eyepiece: You can sense nearby treasure, making it appear on your minimap for 1 hour while in Spires of Arak.

Gronnskin Bag: 28 slot bag for

Pridehunter's Fang: All damage you deal also causes the target to bleed for 20% of damage over 4 sec. Lasts 1 hour.

Plume of Celerity: Increases haste by 10% and movement speed by 10% for 1 hour while in Spires of Arak.

Ravenlord's Talon: Reduces the Mana, Rage, Focus, Energy, and Runic Power cost of abilities by 30% for 1 hour while in Spires of Arak.

Ogreblood Potion: Increases damage and healing done by 20% for 1 hour while in Spires of Arak.

Orb of the Soulstealer: You gain 5% of all damage and healing you deal as healing for 1 hour while in Spires of Arak.

Outpost Building Assembly Notes

Peace Offering

A Lack of Wasps

The Tinkertoss Twins/Best Deals Anywhere

Sticky Situation, Safety Measures

Back on Track

All Natural, I See Dead Arakkoa

The Ebon Hunter

Return to Table of ContentsBreweryHome Away from HomeHulda Shadowblade / Dark Ranger VelonaraOutpost Building Assembly Notes

Attempted Murder

Assassin's Mark

The Power of Poison, Extrinsic Motivation

Gardul Venomshiv

We Have Him Now

No Time to Waste

Kolrigg StoktronCory StocktonMystery KegCleaning HouseNot In Your ArmyReturn to Table of ContentsGorgrondGorgrond Rewards

Outpost Building Assembly Notes for completing Outpost questlines, can be turned into Kinkade Jakobs or Torgg Flexington for any level 2 Small or Medium building blueprint.

Lumber Yard: Access to Summon Mechashredder 5000 who has several DPS abilities and can shred vines to unearth Garrison Resources. Also followers Glirin and Rangari Kaalya for the Alliance and Penny Clobberbottom and Kaz the Shrieker for the Horde.

Sparring Arena: Access to Champion's Honor which summons an arena champion to fight and buff your DPS, who can also smash stones for Garrison Resources. Also followers Pitfighter Vaandaam and Rangari Erdanii for the Alliance and Bruto and Spirit of Bony Xuk for the Horde. Finally, when you have an active champion out, the items required for Prove Your Strength drop.

Unlocking Your Outpost

Alliance

Horde

Return to Table of ContentsSparring ArenaChampion's HonorCalesta's comment

The champions and their enhancements are listed below. There are enhancement 'levels' so I simply included a link that show all of them.

Beatface(*) - Beatface's Bloodthirst
Bruto - Bruto's Bonfire
Gladiator Akaani(*) - Akaani's Annulment
Kash'drakor - Kash'drakor's Killshot
Limbflayer - Limbflayer's Lunacy
Pitfighter Vaandaam - Vaandaam's Vengeance
Prowler Sasha(*) - Sasha's Swiftness
Rangari Jonaa(*) - Jonaa's Justice
Warmouth - Warmouth's Way
Y'kish(*) - Y'kish's Yllusion

I'm not 100% certain, but I think that some champions are faction-specific. As Alliance, I had the champions listed with an asterisk above at my Sparring Arena and they were used in the random selection. If anyone has a different experience, please share them here and I'll update as appropriate; otherwise, I'll just have to test on multiple characters.

Pitfighter Vaandaam / Bruto

A Rediscovered Legend (H)

Getting Gladiators, Slave Hunters, Krav'ogra

The Axe of Kor'gall

The Sparring Arena (H)

Outpost Building Assembly NotesRangari Erdanii / Spirit of Bony Xuk

Alliance

Horde

Return to Table of ContentsLumber YardSummon Mechashredder 5000Garrison ResourcesLaunch SawbladesFlame ThrowerRocket BoostGlirin / Penny Clobberbottom

Tangleheart

Growing Wood, Lost Lumberjack

Chapter I: Plant Food, Chapter II: The Harvest, Chapter III: Ritual of the Charred

Lumber, I Hardly Knew 'Er/Penny For Your Thoughts

Outpost Building Assembly NotesRangari Kaalya / Kaz the ShriekerService of Rangari Kaalya

Alliance

Horde

Return to Table of ContentsTaladorTalador Rewards

Comprehensive Outpost Construction Guide for completing Outpost questlines, can be turned into Kinkade Jakobs or Torgg Flexington for any level 2 Large building blueprint.

Arcane Sanctum: Access to Guardian Orb that electrocutes enemies in Talador. Also follower Magister Serena for the Alliance and Magister Krelas for the Horde. Portal back to Garrison when Outpost quests are complete.

Arsenal: Access to Artillery Strike which causes explosions. Also follower Miall for the Alliance and Morketh Bladehowl for the Horde.

Unlocking Your Outpost

The Critical Path

At Your Command

It's a Matter of Strategy

At Your Command

Return to Table of ContentsArcane SanctumComprehensive Outpost Construction Guide

An Audience With The Archmage

Making Acquaintances

Creating the Ink, Forming the Scroll, Gathering the Spark

Next Steps

The Foot of the Fortress

Dropping In

While We're in the Neighborhood, Orbs of Power

The Final Step

Due Cause to Celebrate

Magister Serena / Magister KrelasGuardian OrbReturn to Table of ContentsArsenalArtillery StrikeComprehensive Outpost Construction GuideMiall / Morketh Bladehowl

The Quarry Quandary

In Ared's Memory/Unleashed Steel

Out of Jovite

Iridium Recovery

Gas Guzzlers

Going to the Gordunni

Dropping Bombs

Supply Recovery, Prized Repossessions, Punching Through

The Lord of the Gordunni

The Only Way to Travel

Return to Table of ContentsNagrandNagrand Rewards

Comprehensive Outpost Construction Guide for completing Outpost questlines, can be turned into Kinkade Jakobs or Torgg Flexington for any level 2 Large building blueprint.

Tankworks: Summons a Telaari Siege Engine/Wor'var Demolisher which is great for soloing elites when you have bad gear.

Corral: Summons a Telaari Talbuk/Frostwolf War Wolf which can be ridden in combat.

Unlocking Your OutpostComprehensive Outpost Construction Guide

Alliance

Horde

Return to Table of ContentsTankworksTelaari Siege EngineWor'var Demolisher

Launch Rocket/Hurl Boulder

Flame Vents

High Gear

Rain of Death

Return to Table of ContentsCorralTelaari TalbukFrostwolf War WolfReturn to Table of Contents

Comments

Comment by ejlejl

Are the perks from Spires just what you can get from the summoned vendor?

Comment by wowaltoholic

My garrison ability got unbound when i first received it in shadowmoon and I haven't been abile to find it in my spell book to add back to my bar any ideas?

Edit: Mystery solved, I was using an action bar addon Bartender and the "garrison ability" was bound to one of the original bars hidden/changed by the addon and thus did not appear so i could add it to my bar.

Comment by DaltonImperial

I understand not wanting a single character to choose one outpost and then immediately switch to the other, but having to wait until Level 100 AND costing a whopping 10k gold? If I'm looking at this guide (Guide to Garrisons in Warlords of Draenor) correctly, Level 3 large blueprints cost 1000 gold, so why does the switch cost 9000 more gold (since you have to be level 100 anyway, it's not like you're using it to level) for only level 2 blueprints?

Wouldn't it make more sense to build an outpost immediately upon entering a zone so that you can get the perks immediately, as opposed to, say having to complete half a dozen quests before I can get the 20% EXP boost?

I'll be leveling multiple toons, so it's not much of a problem, but that is going to be quite expensive for completionists on a single toon.

Comment by oboshto

Very useful guide. Thanks!

Comment by Jemiide

Changing your outpost is way too expensive. I need to pay 10k because i didn't google which one should i pick.

Comment by toranky

Nice guide, but I was confused about whether or not there was a follower that you gain from the inn (Brewery) in Spires of Arak; I couldn't tell if that information was just left out or if the author didn't know. A little note about why it was missing would've been helpful because it looks like there just isn't a follower there and that would surely influence some people's decisions about which building to get.

Since I really wanted to know before I selected a building, I looked around a bit and, according to this follower guide, there is one. The quest to unlock Hulda Shadowblade / Dark Ranger Velonara is only available if you built the Brewery.

Edit: After questing in Nagrand and referring to the follower guide I linked above, I just wanted to add that there are no followers associated with the buildings in the Telaari Station outpost. The three followers you get in Nagrand are from other quests.

Edit: 11/22/2014 - Looks like Blizzard fixed the quest to unlock Hulda Shadowblade in a hotfix on 11/17/2014. My friend told me he just got her (and epic, too!) and I wondered if it was fixed. I hearthed to my inn and she was standing outside of it with the quest to get her as a follower. I completed it before, but I guess it was reset for those who had done it, but did not receive her.

Comment by 378760

Another perk to go along with the Nagrand corrals that it applies the mounted speed perk to cat and bear forms for druids (who can't normally be on mounts in those forms).

Comment by OridanIX

Does anyone know how long the siege tank from Nagrand lasts? Forever (until killed)?

Comment by Seradi

I switched one of my outposts over 24 hours ago and it still hasn't changed. Also, the zone buff says "Smuggling Run!" but when I click on it it's still the hearth from the inn. Anyone have any info on how long it's supposed to take to switch over?

Comment by Falcii

In gorgrond, there are also boulders that only the sparring arena can break, they seem to be about equal in terms of number and drop rate, but I have not found them all to be sure.

Comment by yodadoe

I would appreciate some more detail about how you can switch outpost buildings. "Talking to the NPC that originally gave you the choice" doesn't help me at all. I didn't catch his/her name at the time. I've been all over Axefall in Spires, looking for a way to change buildings but there is no one. (Yes, I'm level 100). Do I have to do some quests first? Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Comment by 280826

The potions that the Smuggler gives you in Spires of Arak all stack. With a little bit of RNG luck, you can have all five buffs after an hour in the zone. It effectively doubled my DPS.

Comment by Sounder

It is intended for players to be able to change outposts if they want the other perk. It is not intended for players to be able to get the follower tied to each perk. And in fact, once you have one follower, you won't be able to get the other.

Comment by 164284

ERROR IN GUIDE:

One point was missed on opening up Smuggling Run in Spires of Arak... you MUST complete A Lack of Wasps immediately after Peace Offering, in order to open up The Tinkertoss Twins.

Comment by edwallols

I didn't see it in the guide, but Smuggler's Den features a command table like the one in your Garrison from which you can send your followers on missions.

Comment by snarkie

For the Nagrand Corral:

I figured the Talbuk/Frostwolf being "ridden while in combat" meant you could mount while being attacked and/or wouldn't get knocked off as easily - things like that. I did not at all realise you can actually cast spells and fight while mounted. In other words, all those extra seconds mounting up (that add up over time) to move to your next destination after combat are no longer required. You stay on the mount pretty much all the time and it's the greatest thing ever.

This is mentioned on each of the spell pages for the Talbuk and the Frostwolf but I hadn't clicked through to those before making my choice, so I thought I would mention it outright here in case it matters to anyone else.

Comment by Uuneya

Be forewarned that the Frostwolf War Wolf does the worgen sniffing sound pretty much all the time, just like a worgen does.

I only made it about halfway through Nagrand before I stopped using the mount altogether. So annoying!

Comment by Roothroo

Does anyone know if the Talbuk from the Nagrand Outpost will allow a hunter's pet to attack? Normally, hunter pets are automatically set passive and cannot attack while the player is mounted.

Comment by mbensasi

To all Rogues out there, the mount perk in Nagrand allows you to be mounted and maintain the speed boost while using stealth.

However, if you have a bodyguard accompanying you, they will not be stealthed like they normally are if you choose to use the mount perk.

Edit: bodyguards aren't covered by stealth while using mount perk.

Comment by 1113347

In the Hearthfire Tavern (Brewery equivalent) in Spires of Arak, there's a "Feast of the Spires" table that gives you 75 in an important secondary stat for an hour.

Comment by Casn

Since we don't have separate pages for Outpost buidlings, I suppose this is best place to include such info.

Gorgrond Sparring Arena has another one, slightly hidden feature: while you have champion at your side, certain enemies can drop items starting one of 11 "Proof of Strength" quests, providing slight experience boost. Not sure if there is any extra reward for completing them all.

Comment by Nyctalops

A neat trick with the Nagrand corral: you can mount the talbuk/wolf, then mount your Azure Water Strider. You'll stay mounted on the corral mount, but now it will water walk (until you're struck in combat, anyway).

Comment by Syndic

Demonology Warlock beware when choosing the Nagrand Corral option as Metamorphosis will still dismount you. So if you thought to get this to save having to remount all the time, you will certainly remount less but it will not be gone.

Comment by perculia

Updated the guide to reflect recent hotfixes to make swapping buildings cheaper and all followers accessible.

Comment by nydgirl

There seem to be two quests missing from the Gorgrond quest line for the Sparing Arena. Slave Hunters & Nazgrel.

Comment by marlinespike

Several mandatory quests for the Gorgrond Horde side Lumber Yard quest line were not listed. I've inserted quest links for the quests which are also required:

The Razorbloom
Mossy Fate, The Voice of Iyu, The Infested
Super Seeds
Cutter
We Burn the Dead, A Green Ogron?
Pollen Power, Bushwhacker
Secrets of the Botani
The Life Spring, Cut Them Down
Thieving Dwarves

(...and all the rest...)

Also, please note that the Tangleheart quest line mentioned above the table of Horde and Alliance quests is also required.

If you got confused while doing these quests, I hope this helps you out.

Comment by Tarika

I've been thinking of potential reasons to swap outposts. And here's my list.

Gorgrond (5kg):
- 2 other followers
- 2 more quest chains
- free medium plans from final quest
- to Sparring Arena: achievement
- other set of hidden garrison resources

Talador (5kg):
- other follower
- quest chain from other building
- free large plans from final quest

Spires of Arak (5kg):
- other follower
- quest chain from other building
- free medium plans from final quest
- to Smuggling Run: toy
- to Brewery: teleport

Nagrand (500g):
- different ability (speed buff vs dps cd)
- no other reason (?)

Correct me if I forgot something important.

Comment by 1109396

One mistake in the Gorgrond outpost quest line: if you choose the Sparring Arena, Horde side, The Infested is not required to finish the outpost. In fact I don't think it's even available, at least I searched for it for a while and couldn't find it.
Awesome guide btw, perfect for my alts :)

Comment by BrightBrown

I am curious about a few things. I HAVE read that once one switches and outpost, one can not "switch back." True?

I ask because I have also read conflicting statements about specific benefits, one saying you can another saying you can not. The Guide above doesn't have much to say about the Corral in Nagrand. I read about a "speed boost" yet I see posts saying it's 210% (they were all concerned about stacking with druid abilities)... uh I do that normally, so what speed boost? It says "ride in combat" above but that means nothing... elsewhere it is said one can not cast while mounted... so what is it good for? Mount up and run away when you are "stuck in combat" as seems to happen a lot these days?

I'd spring for the 500, but if it's a one way street, bad way to find the info I need to decide IF I want to spend the coin! The fact THIS one is so cheap kinda leads me to think there really is no speed boost and the in-combat is not useful either...

Comment by iameternity

So.. I'm trying to change my Talador garrison outpost but there's a problem.. while Foreman Grobash is in fact there, he doesn't give me the option to change the outpost over? However, I was able to change the one in Gorgrond. Is there a way to fix this? Why is this happening?

Comment by Hairband

Sigh. When will Wowhead guide be as good as the previous versions of Wowhead wherein there would be very specific tabs for each item and quest, saying who gave it, and what it was a criteria of and where it was on the quest chain.

Just like every other guide, it seems like it's well researched at first glance, but compared to these user-authored guide, the previous Wowhead versions of each Item/Quest/NPC had much more detail and was extremely investigative, instead of relinquishing all its information to users. It's like the writers try, but are so cursory and lacking the detail that clicking a few items (or quests) would give. It's a flaw in the new Wowhead.

After following the guide to get my Blueprints, I can't buy the Blueprints and there is really no reason to have a Spires outpost for any reason at all except to get your lvl 98 Blueprints. Where's that stated, like, oh you won't get the Blueprints for which the 98 Outpost is required, so here is what you do? I bet you there are a thousand clickers on this guide who can't get a lvl 98 upgrade and are looking for help.

Comment by ikoala

Just finished the Power of the Genesaur quest. Did not get the last (Strike While the Iron is Hot) one.
Finished the "additional" chain then. It is mandatory, not additional.

Comment by ScottAllen11

There is a huge reason some may prefer the Tabluk (Corral) over the Tankworks in Nagrand, and I wish I had realized it before setting up outposts on 11 characters and having to change a few of them. You can set traps for the barn while riding your talbuk, but cannot while in your tank. This is important if you are going to regularly set traps, as you cannot mount for several seconds after trapping an animal because it keeps you in combat. But when using the talbuk you stay mounted during the fight, and you can dash off to tag another creature once you see the cage go into your inventory. This saves you time and helps you keep up with a group, rather than falling behind because you are running on foot until you can mount. Summoning a tank is really great for fighting tough quest mobs and rares, but choose the Corral if you plan on trapping creatures for fur, leather, meat, or savage blood.

Comment by marlinespike

On the Alliance side just after building the Brewery, you must do the following three quests before Attempted Murder becomes available:

Befriending the Locals
A Lack of Wasps
Not Here. Not Now.

Two things worth noting -- First, there are quests with the same names on the Horde side which are probably also required. Second, this line of quests seems to have four iterations which means it may be required for both buildings on both sides. I'm just guessing on both of these issues. I'll update this if I find out more.

Comment by Cellaxise

So who do I talk to if I am interested in changing my Gorgrond outpost from the Lumber Yard to the Sparring Arena? I am lvl 100 already. :( Thanks

Comment by HalloranElder

I just followed the Gorgrond Alliance Lumber Yard quest list, and it wouldn't give me the Strike While The Iron Is Hot quest until I had finished the quest chain that starts with Tandleheart (Tangleheart).

Looks like they may have changed things.

Thanks for the guide though, much appreciated.

Enjoy

Comment by Winfried

Im actually somewhat confused about the Gorgrond Choices, the ingame window on choosing states that for choosing the Lumberyard one gets "daily materials and reduces the cost of other garrison buildings and specializations" while the Savage Fightclub "provide training Missions to improve existing Followers" ....

I got both on different toons, but i didnt find out where those additional Missions(and if, where could one see em)or Daily Materials are at. I didnt check on the building costs though ...

Comment by SpakyTwo

Last I knew I couldn't eat my conjured mana cakes. It's the only way mages heal now. So while every other class can heal while on this mount mages have to dismount to heal.

Comment by lessiem

someone tell me how do I change my building in talari staion to the stable new to playing the game need help

Comment by ladyofthemasque

For those wishing to swap out their current outpost building for the other one...

You have to complete ALL quests in that zone on THAT character/toon. So if you have the achievement for completing Talador on another toon...that won't count. Your construction dude (Eksos in Fort Wrynn, Talador, Allyside) won't talk to you until you've done everything in the zone on the toon you want to make the swap with. *groans...slogs off to do all the bleeping quests AGAIN...*

Comment by efhunter31

There is one thing that every single outpost guide is missing. I would like to know what the vague references to followers actually means. What does it mean that the Savage fight club will provide training missions to improve followers etc...? How about someone put into plain english exactly what each of the buildings does for my garrison and followers rather than what zone ability it gives me. Is that the building that makes the follower armor and weapon upgrade missions available?

Comment by Wowzir

SUGGESTION

For players working on catching up ALTS, especially from NEWER expansions, there is a simple way to bypass some or all of the Zone Outpost questlines to get to the ZONE of your choice.

For example, say you want to obtain Lantresor of the Blade for his Mining Ability, you can get to Nagrand and your outpost there to more quickly obtain him.

You do need to FINISH your starting zone questlines for your faction, including fighting The Battle of Thunder Pass or Strike While the Iron is Hot.

After that is completed, when you go to Gorgrond to meet Durotan (Horde) or Vindicator Maraad (Alliance), instead of completing the quest with the NPC with the yellow "?", look for another NPC nearby offering a quest (yellow !) which sends you BACK to your GARRISON. That quest will be News from Talador OR News from Talador.

Go back, complete THAT quest and take the flight from flight master to the next zone. Repeat the process of taking the quest sending you BACK to your garrison INSTEAD of actually starting the Outpost Questline for the zone.

CAUTION: the process is a bit more complicated for Spires of Arak. In THAT case, you will need to go (preferrably fly) to the location where your OUTPOST would have eventually been found after a long tedious questline. Skip the questline and go to
/way Spires of Arak 40.2, 43.5 Axefall (HORDE)
or
/way Spires of Arak 40, 61 Southport (ALLIANCE) Alliance waypoint location is ONLY approximate... my Horde alt did not get that close!
Pick up the "News From... " quest and return to your garrison.

Once you have done it for all the zones leading up to Nagrand, you will be able to simply fly back to the zone of your choice and work on the outpost in that zone.

Since Nagrand is the final zone with an Outpost Quesline, you will not be looking for a "News From... " quest.

Complete the lead-in quest depending on your faction:
Taking the Fight to Nagrand or Taking the Fight to Nagrand for Alliance -OR- Taking the Fight to Nagrand or Taking the Fight to Nagrand for Horde and accept the next quest from that NPC.

That will be either The Might of the Warsong -OR- The Might of the Warsong and the respective turnin locations are
/way Nagrand:Draenor 63.4, 61.8 Rangari D'kaan (Alliance)
and
/way Nagrand:Draenor 82.8, 45.0 Thrall (Horde)

Note that you are NOT required to complete the Outpost in Nagrand before you can obtain the Lantresor of the Blade Follower.
;)

Garrison Outpost Guide: Zone-Wide Perks, Quests, Followers

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