World of Warcraft Escort Quest Guide

Escort missions are typically some of the hardest non-elite or non-instance quests in World of Warcraft. Although most of these quests are best handled with at least two players, there are ways to complete them on your own. Here are some tips for successfully completing escort quests in World of Warcraft that you won’t be able to find in any World of Warcraft guides.

  • If you are adventuring in Azeroth and come across an NPC who needs to be escorted back to the safety of a nearby town, do not accept the quest immediately. Most escort quests will begin as soon as you click accept, often making it extremely difficult to complete.
  • Before you start an escort quest, ensure the surrounding area is free of enemies. If there are any nearby enemies, kill them before you begin the quest. This should typically be done as quickly as possible, as you do not want the mobs to respawn in the middle of the quest.
  • Make sure to refresh any buffs, such as Mark of the Wild, Ice Shield or Windfury Weapon.
  • If you have any scrolls or portions that can be used to give yourself additional buffs, use them.
  • Before accepting the quest ensure that your character’s health and mana are fully recharged. Likewise, if you have any abilities or spells with cooldown timers that are close to refreshing, wait until those abilities become available.
  • Once you begin the quest, make sure to stay near the NPC; if you fall too far behind or get too far ahead, you will more than likely automatically fail the quest. Most World of Warcraft guides will tell you that you need to stay as close as possible to the NPC; this is not true. A slight margin of error is built into the quests and works in your favor.
  • Escort Quests typically work in stages; at predetermined points along the path that the NPC walks you will be attacked by a group of enemies. This is something the World of Warcraft guides simply don’t tell you.
  • If and when you are attacked, make sure to watch and see what the NPC is doing: if the NPC is attacking an enemy, try and focus your efforts on that enemy. If the NPC you need to escort is not fighting back, make sure to focus your attacks on any enemies who are striking the NPC.
  • Don’t worry about needing to guide the NPC.In World of Warcraft the NPCs will more often than not find their way to wherever it is they need to get to.
  • After you kill a group of enemies, try and heal yourself as quickly as possible. If you can, eat food and drink water while the NPC continues on his path. Don’t let them get too far away, as you’ll fail the quest; but give yourself enough time to get your health and mana back to at least 80%. The World of Warcraft guides make it seem as though staying directly on top of the NPC is paramount; this is simply not the case.
  • Continue this method for each group you encounter. The groups of enemies do typically get harder as you progress along the escort path. You should save any potions or special abilities with long cooldowns for the last group of enemies. A boss type character will sometimes be in the final group and will be harder to kill than most.
  • You will fail an Escort quest if you die, if the NPC dies or if you get very far away from the NPC. If this happens, and the quest is marked as “failed” in your log, you’ll need to abandon the quest and go back to where you first found the NPC to try again. If this happens, be sure to remember where the quest began, following maps that can be found in World of Warcraft guides or using a third-party mod that allows you to denote the map.