War Campaign Conclusion Guide - Battle for Azeroth (8.2.5)

By Buuloki Updated: 2024/11/10

War Campaign Quick Information

Ensure you have completed the prior War Campaign quests - Up to Stay of Execution (Saving Baine Bloodhoof, progressed through Nazjatar). You can find more information in our previous guides - Alliance War Campaign in Battle for Azeroth or Horde War Campaign in Battle for Azeroth.

Rewards - Rewards for completing this part of the campaign are the achievement, The Fourth War / The Fourth War, and the title, .

War Campaign WalkthroughAlliance War CampaignMaster Mathias ShawThe Eve of Battle

Saurfang: Anduin, Sylvanas' actions have threatened us all. Day by day, her power grows. If our world is to survive, we must strike while we still can. Meet with me, and we will speak.
Anduin: So few.
Saurfang: How many can you provide?
Anduin: Enough for one final assault. If that fails...we're done. If we end her reign, what kind of warchief will you be?
Saurfang: The Horde are joined at birth to blood. Tainted by corruption. The road that led to the Dark Portal was long and wide. Paved with the bones of innocents. We called it the Path of Glory. That was the great lie upon which the Horde was founded. If anything we did was honorable--Thrall, Vol'jin--they were not the true heirs to Blackhand's bloody legacy. Sylvanas Windrunner IS.
Anduin: No, no, this is the Horde, led by you. Someone that has--
Saurfang: Honor...I've never known honor. They deserve more. The Horde is doomed to be shackled by the chains of the past.
Anduin: The Horde has no exclusive claim to regrets. Arthas, Daelin...The ghosts of the past haunt us as well.
Saurfang: We could not fill the chasm between the Horde and Alliance if we labored a thousand years. You know this.
Anduin: Then what are we fighting for?

Saurfang: Soldiers, on your feet!
Anduin: Start breaking camp, immediately.
Zek'han: Lord Saurfang?
Saurfang: Zek'han, where is our home?
Zek'han: Orgrimmar?
Saurfang: Not our city...our home.
Zek'han: Azeroth.
Anduin: And ours?
Jaina: Azeroth.
Anduin: Right now, there are only two forces in this world that matter. One bent on harming our world...
Saurfang: And one that will protect her!
Zek'han: So, what are we doing?
Saurfang: Breaking the cycle.

7th Legion Magus

/way Boralus 70.67, 27.20 Pick up quest - Master Mathias Shaw
/way Durotar 54.03, 42.50 Hand in Quest to Anduin - The Eve of Battle

This Ain't MineMine-Bot 5000

Use Boulder Annihilation to destroy boulders.

Use Z.A.P.S. to destroy land mines.

Run over enemies and use your abilities to defeat them.

Once you are at the end of the canyon and have completed the requirements, Self-Destruct becomes available. Use this button at the end of the canyon.

This Ain't Mine

/way Durotar 54.03, 42.50 Pick up quest from Anduin - This Ain't Mine
/way Durotar 52.72, 40.52 Mine-Bot 5000 Control Console
/way Durotar 52.16, 40.05 Wildhammer Gryphon

One you are in front of Orgrimmar, use these waypoints as the map is not considered Durotar.

/way 41.60, 55.93 Speak to Anduin to complete quest

Saving the Siege - Remove 8 Suspicious Crates.

Already Among Us - Slay 10 Loyalist Combatants.

Strategic Deployment - Deliver Anduins deployment orders to Jaina Proudmoore, Mayla Highmountain and Shandris Feathermoon.

/way 48.83, 55.67 Jaina Proudmoore
/way 36.44, 64.13 Shadris Feathermoon
/way 32.08, 82.79 Mayla Highmountain
/way 41.60, 55.93 Speak to Anduin to hand in all three quests

Before the Gates of OrgrimmarThe Price of VictoryOld Soldier

/way 36.27, 64.12 Accept quest from Jaina
/way Durotar 56.8, 43.40 Talk to Genn Greymane
/way 36.27, 64.12 Return to Jaina

Old SoldierOld SoldierThe Fourth War...And Following Seas

/way Boralus 69.40, 27.09 Jaina Proudmoore - Accept Quest
/way Stormsong Valley 30.97, 59.85 Calia Menthil

Horde War CampaignLor'themar TheronThe Eve of Battle

/way 50.15, 95.94 Get quest from Lor'themar
/way Durotar 54.06, 42.41 Hand in Quest to Varok Saurfang - The Eve of Battle

This Ain't MineMine-Bot 5000

Use Boulder Annihilation to destroy boulders.

Use Z.A.P.S. to destroy land mines.

Run over enemies and use your abilities to defeat them.

Once you are at the end of the canyon and have completed the requirements, Self-Destruct becomes available. Use this button at the end of the canyon.

This Ain't Mine

/way Durotar 54.06, 42.41 Hand in Quest to Varok Saurfang - This Ain't Mine
/way Durotar 52.72, 40.52 Mine-Bot 5000 Control Console
/way Durotar 52.16, 40.05 Armored Wyvern

One you are in front of Orgrimmar, use these waypoints as the map is not considered Durotar.

/way 41.60, 55.93 Speak to Varok Saurfang to complete quest

Saving the Siege - Remove 8 Suspicious Crates.

Already Among Us - Slay 10 Loyalist Combatants.

Strategic Deployment - Deliver Varok Saurfang's deployment orders to First Arcanist Thalyssra, Mayla Highmountain and Lor'themar Theron.

/way 48.83, 55.67 First Arcanist Thalyssra
/way 36.44, 64.13 Lor'themar Theron
/way 32.08, 82.79 Mayla Highmountain
/way 41.60, 55.93 Speak to Varok Saurfang to hand in all three quests

Before the Gates of OrgrimmarThe Price of VictoryOld Soldier

/way 58.39, 45.30 Accept quest from Lor'themar Theron
/way Thunder Bluff 76.30, 29.26 Inform Baine
/way 58.39, 45.30 Return to Lor'themar Theron

Old SoldierOld SoldierThe Fourth WarSense of ObligationLilian Voss

/way Stormsong Valley 30.95, 60.40 Eavesdrop

Horde War Campaign - Sylvanas LoyalistNathanos BlightcallerThey Move Against UsLady Sylvanas WindrunnerDark Ranger Lenara

Leaders of the Horde

Overlord Geya'rah

Trade Prince Gallywix

Eitrigg

EitriggEitriggTraitors In Our Midst

Siegebreakers - Set 8 bombs (while in disguise).

Propaganda Takedown - Burn 6 propaganda.

Militia - Rally 30 citizens of Orgrimmar.

A Line in the SandMost LoyalCracked Hearthstone

Sylvanas has struck a bargain with Azshara as part of her plan to master death. It appears that Sylvanas wants us to fight N'Zoth, racking up countless casualties, but she's also not exactly on N'Zoth's side. She wants him to serve Death as well.

Sylvanas: Ah champion, I wasn't certain you made it out of Orgrimmar. If the traitors know of your service to me, they'd have put you in irons...or worse. Saurfang's ill-considered challenge may have ended the war prematurely, but it doesn't matter now. Countless souls h ave been fed to the hungering darkness. Though I cared nothing for the living, I did pity the Forsaken. For the great injustice that made them what they are. I understand the cruelty of fate better than anyone.

But despite all I taught them, they stubbornly clung to hope. To life. They will learn the truth, along with all the rest.

My bargain with Azshara will yet bear fruit. The armies of Azeroth will fight her master, and he will line their streets with corpses. In the end, he too will serve Death.

Enough reflection. There are preparations to be made. Nothing lasts. When next you see me, you will understand.

Most LoyalThe Fourth WarWar Campaign - Extra Information and Aftermath

Where is Tyrande?
She... hasn't responded to my missives since departing for Darkshore. I fear vengeance has consumed her.

You can read more in our speculation post!You can read all discovered dialogue in our news post.Orgrimmar Grunt and Forsaken Refugee

Orgrimmar Grunt: You must be saddened to see Sylvanas leave.

Forsaken Refugee: Why? Because I'm Forsaken? Did you shed tears for Garrosh because you're an orc?

Orgrimmar Grunt: No... I shed tears because he brought shame to us all.

Forsaken Refugees

Forsaken Refugee: How could Sylvanas abandon us like this?

Forsaken Refugee: She's never been loyal to the Horde.

Forsaken Refugee: No, not the Horde. Us. The forsaken. We're her people.

Forsaken Refugee: Not anymore

Lor'themar

A part of me will always wonder if this would have happened had I acted sooner. If I had confronted Sylvanas in the early days of the war. If Teldrassil hadn't burned.

It is not an easy thing to watch a dear friend tread a dark path, to recognize when they have gone astray. I thought I knew her, and Saurfang has paid the price for my error in judgment.

I have tasked the Farstriders with tracking down both Sylvanas and Nathanos... though I am unsure we can find them at all. They were Farstriders themselves, once.
But I cannot simply stand idle while they are out there. Not anymore.

Horde Orphan: Tell us another story about Saurfang!
Horde Orphan: Wasn't he the strongest orc ever? Nothing could stop him!
Horde Orphan: I heard he was made of iron! Nobody could hurt him!
Zekhan: Okay, okay! Calm down... I be tellin' ya sometin about Saurfang.
Zekhan: Bein' tough an' strong not what makin' him a hero...
Zekhan: ...even if he be da strongest!
Horde Orphan: Hehe!
Zekhan: Saurfang... he be fightin' da good fight, doin' what be right... even when i be easy.
Zekhan: And even when it mean admittin' he been wrong about someting.
Horde Orphan: I'm never wrong about anything!
Zekhan: Hah! I not be sure of dat. But dis be someting ya best remember about Saurfang....
Zekhan: It never be too late ta stand up for what ya believe in. Sometimes da world don't be needin' a perfect hero.
Zekhan: Sometimes we just be needin' an old soldier wit' a good heart.
Zekhan: So, what ya tink about dat?
Horde Orphan: Tell us a story about the monster skeleton demons!
Horde Orphan: YEAH!
Horde Orphan: YEAH!
Horde Orphan: YEAH!
Zekhan: Ah, ya kids...

Much has changed for the Horde while I was away. But I will do my part to ensure its survival.

Overlord Geya'rah: Keep an eye out for any who still obey Sylvanas!
Overlord Geya'rah: And remember the lesson to be learned from her.
Overlord Geya'rah: She was a strong warchief. She did whatever it took to achieve victory.
Overlord Geya'rah: But she fought only for herself, not for the Horde!
Overlord Geya'rah: We were nothing to her! She abandoned her own people!
Overlord Geya'rah: A great leader must have more than strength.
Overlord Geya'rah: They must be true to their people. They must live and die for them!
Overlord Geya'rah: Do not forget this. We will not repeat Sylvanas's mistakes!

Overlord Geya'rah: Go'el.
Thrall: Geya'rah.

You can read all discovered dialogue in our news post.Members of the Alliance - Saurfangs Escape

Honor Hold Mage: My cousin just came back from Durotar. Said that Saurfang challenged Sylvanas to single combat.

Vanguard Battlemage: How he ever escaped from the Stockades is beyond me. The guards keep that place under close watch.

Kirin Tor Emissary: I heard a rumor that King Anduin himself released Saurfang from his cell.

Treasonous Talk

Displaced Gilnean Refugee: That's the second home we lost.

Therum Deepforge: King Anduin's too soft. Answerin' the summons of an orc. Grievin' at a Horde funeral.

Kaita Deepforge: Careful. That kind o' talk borders on treasonous.

Therum Deepforge: And what'll he do about it? Clap me in irons? He'd never.

Kaita Deepforge: He wouldn't. Because he's a good king.

On Tyrande

Night Elf Sentinel (1): I fear for Tyrande. The Night Warrior is fierce, but... can a mortal control such power indefinitely?

Night Elf Sentinel (2): She is the High Priestess of Elune. If anyone can wield the goddess's strength, it is her.

Night Elf Sentinel (1): Perhaps you are right...

Comments

Comment by Campfreddie

Can't see the parts of the Horde campaign if you were a Sylvanas loyalist. Capturing Eitrigg etc.

Comment by dreamsunderstars

Anduin thinks Tyrande is too vengeful after only a few months. *eyerolls so hard* OH I'm sorry, was she supposed to throw a huge party and pick flowers and stuff after her home was razed and thousands of her people butchered by an insane zombie? ffs.

Comment by Ayett

Will I be able to get the title in the next patch as well, or is this a temporary achievement reward?

Comment by Kundzia

So it means if by mistake I agreed to help Saurfang, I betrayed horde and Sylvanas?

Comment by KnirpsLyn

Dangit. I told myself I wouldn't cry the third time I saw the conclusion but I did it again! The ting-ting opens more than just the gates of the city, it also opens the floodgates on my eeeyyyeeesssss...wahhh.

Comment by Scisto

For the Lillian Voss epilogue, there is a follow up quest. She sends you to Tirasfall Glades to meet with Caila Menithil and Derek Proudmore. There they discuss Lillian's involvement in Derek's raising and helping the Night Elves that Sylvannas raised to fight the Battle of Darkshore.

Comment by InfnityC

hi
why i cant see They Move Against Us?

Comment by 1709489

So it seems that as of no, when you get to rescuing baine, you're automatically forced to be on the side of Saurfang from there because all Loyalist quests have vanished entirely from game. Tried a ticket but got politely told to 'deal with it' so I assume it's intended.

Comment by CodeNameVinster

Okay SO, I had finished the "tide of vengeance", "ready for war" achievements, I had done the Heart of Azeroth stuff, finished the Nazjatar quests and was still missing "Payment in Kind", Now, Im sure you dont need this answer after all these years, but in case any one else needs it, what I was missing was the quest chain that ends with the "Shaws Shank Redemption" quest, You work with a little pink haired gnome and Mathias Shaw, you watch the cutscene where Baine gets arrested by Sylvanis. This will lead right into the Old Soldier Quest chain. You go before Orgrimmar, then Saurfang challenges Sylvanis to Mak'Gora. The start quest for the Shaw Shank Redemption chain is in Boralus for allies. Not sure for Horde.

Chains and Achievements required

1. Tides of Vengeance
2. Ready for War
3. Heart of Azeroth
4. Nazjatar up to, "A Brief Respite" and no this does not need to be complete nor do you need to finish,"Clear the Cache", as I have witnessed someone in person, have the quest,"Payment in Kind", available from Jaina, while they were still working on,"A Brief Respite".
5. The,"Shaws Shank Redemption" chain, start with a quest called,"Spy Versus Spy" Which starts in Boralus at Halford Wyrmbane for alliance, I am unsure what the equivalent mission is for horde. Finishing this chain will lead directly into the,"Old Soldier", Quest Chain allowing you to complete this and gain the Title,"Veteran of the Fourth War".

War Campaign Conclusion Guide - Battle for Azeroth (8.2.5)

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