Stupidly hard quest for casters at the level it becomes available at, Died 15 times before giving up, typically packs of 3 x level 16 mobs, 2 x melee that silences with shield slam almost continuously, and a caster that can heal to full, and then they run off and get friends at low hit points. Don't bother unless you are a melee class.

To top it off NPCs at the bottom of the tower can aggro you while you are at the top and hit you from 20 yards away.

Soloed at 21 with a Tauren Druid. Basically cat form and prowl to each tower, and kill what is at the top. For Captain Fairmount, there are 3 extra marines at the top so they had to die first. The captain and each of her cannoneers in the other towers also have a healer linked to them so it is a good idea to kill the healers first, then the boss. Came away with 9 medallions just asassinating the leaders and their guards. One more random marine and prowl off into the night.

60, 57 is the location of the tower / castle

Ok, i'm not gonna bash anyone here, but i'm lvl 18 rogue, i solo'd this quest, didn't die once. Anyone who says it cannot be done has no concept of crowd control or has never been to northwatch and doesn't know where the mobs are. Simple quest takes patience, took me about 30 minutes to do this cause i was stealthed the whole time. I'm not a pro, hell i'm barely new to the game and have never played a rogue, but i'm not stupid either, for those of you complaining and shouting Lies! LIES! just because you can't do it, doesn't mean it can't be done. I've seen some whacky stuff that i NEVER would have thought possible so don't say that anything is impossible just because its difficult.

Stealthed in sap'd the cloth wearers, killed the cannoneers then owned the cloth wearers.

Stealthed in, saped one gaurd, sleeped the other with slumber dust, killed the captain, turned on evasion and speed and ran out.

Escaped with 30% health.

Just a quick note, Captain Fairmount is at the top of the first tower you will come to in Northwatch Hold. The good captain is sometimes hiding next to a box (I think she heard I was coming) and is difficult to see. Just look for the only healer, Captain Fairmount will be close behind.

I read the comments by the poster claiming this could not be solo'ed and he certainly seemed sincere, but if you are like me then when someone says something cannot be done the first thing you want to do is try it.&nbsp Well I can report that all three towers can certainly be soloed with some patience and decent pulling for almost any class with healing, stealth or good crowd control (or any combination of the three).

I just soloed it with my LVL 20 Priest and had few problems.&nbsp This is not to say that it was not challenging at moments and that it was risk free, but with the judicious use of sooth mind, planning my battlefield carefully by quickly clearing areas mobs would have been likely to reach while running if untended, using mind flay to control runners when possible I was able to do it.&nbsp Without dying... (though running and jumping off cliffs happened a couple of times after aggroing too many marines).

It is not that I don't believe you when you say not one of your friends did it solo ... it is just that perhaps you group of friends needs expansion.&nbsp I hate to say this, but most players out there do not fully appreciate the abilities of any class, though many have played more than a few.

Well more power to the doubter skepticism has a fine tradition behind it. )

Very easy! Did it at like lvl 20 with one other person. For some reason it's REALLY REALLY fun with just one other person. Kinda has a Robin Hood feel to it&nbsp ^^

Solo'd as a 19 shaman, I also solo'd this quest on my main (not sure what lvl, it was so long ago)

Just soloed this as a level 18 warrior, easy as pie.

Well, I messed up and didn't get the quest till late, but soloed it very easy with a 21 warrior. Didn't even really have to watch aggro that much, i just stayed in defensive. Didn't use any potions, but did use some food.

I did this quest solo as level 17 tauren druid. All I did was bear form and I could swipe through 2 guards at a time. 3 if one is a healer. It took patience and I died once in the westernmost tower because I wasn't paying attention to my health, but just smash and heal and it takes no time at all. EZ. RAWR

solo'd as a 18 warrior no problem. just take out the healers first and the rest is easy

Did this with my lvl 20 mage solo. I suggest a healer or 2+ people. I managed it, but died a lot. Captain Fairmount was probably the toughest out of the lot. Just take your time and watch for respawns and pulls.

If you are going to die, run back to a place where you can pickup and carry on with the q. For the more than 1 person pulls, polymorph really came in handy. Just keep a level head, focus, and be patient. In all, I had a lot of fun playing it. All humans should die.

The below info really helped.

Edited, Fri Jun 17 11:38:16 2005

This has to be my favorite quest of all time. I've run it almost every way possible. I've solo'd it at a high level, I've gone with a group of lower levels, I've run people through it... This quest is great fun, and shame on anyone who skips it.

Soloed at lvl 21 shaman.

you can also run up northern ridge,just before entrance to raptor grounds,all the way to the top

There's a back door to Northwatch that allows you to approach the top two towers first, then the lower tower, without going through the bazillions of bad guys at the main entrance.

The same back door can be used to get to the Stolen Silver at the Raptor Nest, which is located just behind Northwatch.

To get to the back door you have too climb the mountain that overlooks the Raptor Nest. The only way up is to climb up the southern slope.
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At lvl 23 whit Orc Shaman i got 1550Xp and +250 reputation. I also got a lot of things in loot so I went to sell them and hopefully I`ll get some more $$

Done this as a lvl 18 Tauren hunter , just make sure u got somebody with u to take all the damage on him, like a pet or a warrior :)
hunter and pet can Solo without dieing once

Edited, Fri Aug 26 07:48:51 2005

Solo'd, level 19 orc rogue.

Killed a few guards to get my ten medals, which was easy. Then I stealthed into the towers.
The Captain and two Cannoneers have a guard with them, so I sapped the guard, killed the named guy and then killed his guard.
At one point I thought I was gunna die, so I used evasion and a healing potion. Other than that it went fine :)

I got 3 bars rested XP from killing things, and 1550 XP for handing the quest in.

Oh, and I found a Small Lustrous Pearl on Cannoneer Whessan.

CF 61.54
CS 63.56
CW 60.54

Soloed this quest as a 22 orc hunter w/ 21 wolf pet. Not a hard quest, the healers can be anoying but are nothing short of a small prayer for the marines they attempt to heal.

did with lvl 18 tauren warrior.. make sure you after u get all three .. get back to the 1st tower for another quest.. )

were are all of them?

Solo'd it as a 19 Pally. Was fairly easy, never died, did have to bubble heal a couple times when I had 3 on me....green or not, they *do* hit hard. The two most bothersome things were that pesky disarm and the lady healers - always kill them first. All in all, one of my favorite solo challenges - have solo'd it as a priest, pally, hunter, mage, and warlock so far....

gotta love the RL reference here..

The Clash - Guns of Brighton

Still haven't managed to complete this, though I think I last tried at 19 (halfway to 22 now). I can handle the paladins pretty easily, even 2 or 3 at the same time, but when there are like 2 paladins and 1 healer, they take me out. Maybe I should go for the healers first.

I even found a back door that I think someone already mentioned. Walked all the way along the coast from ratchet to the SE corner of the Hold, even accidentally stumbled into Dustwallow Marsh for the first time. Found a gap in the wall, took out the first few paladins I ran into, but got slaughtered when I went into (what I assume was) the last tower.

Quote from above : " suggest a healer or 2+ people. I managed it, but died a lot."
It's easy, soloed at 20 with 19 pet, maybe caus eit was that rare spawn raptor it helped. I could easily kill 3 at a time, using multi shot, and pet to distract one. Got Ring of Strength off Fairmount. +4 to it. Disenchanted and got 3 Strange Dust. Easy quest, medals mostly easy. Ive seen 18s and lower solo, and two 15s do it fine.

Done (17 priest and warrior)

Priest kept screaming and massive AoE Agroing =(

To the best of my knowledge, this is the only quest in Ratchet that can't be done by an Alliance character.

Cannoneer Smythe - respawn time about 6min 30s.
It should be similar for the rest.

Soloed 18 mage with 2 rare items and +44 firedmg lols. :D