Let’s Go Surfing Now

Quest Giver: Lieutenant Icehammer northwest of Nifflevar

Objective: Use the large vrykul harpoon gun in Nifflevar to launch yourself into Valgarde. Report your victory to Guard Captain Zorek.

Quick Facts

• Type: Travel/transportation quest
• Faction: Alliance only
• Chain Position: 7 of 7 in the Harpoon Master chain (FINAL QUEST)
• Prerequisite: It Goes to 11…

Walkthrough

1. Accept the quest from Lieutenant Icehammer. You receive Icehammer’s Harpoon Controller.
2. Go to the large harpoon gun at [65, 57] in Nifflevar. Look for a sparkling lever next to the harpoon.
3. Interact with the lever to mount the harpoon and launch yourself across Daggercap Bay.
4. Enjoy the ride as you streak across the sky on a flaming harpoon!
5. Speak with Guard Captain Zorek in Valgarde to complete the quest.

Tips

• Distinguishing the Correct Harpoon: This is NOT the same harpoon used in “It Goes to 11…” Look for the lever with sparkle effects at [65, 57].
• Permanent Item: Icehammer’s Harpoon Controller is permanent and goes on your keyring. You can use it to travel from Nifflevar to Valgarde anytime afterward.
• Don’t Dismount Early

Story Context

Icehammer has combined vrykul technology with dwarven ingenuity to create an unconventional travel method:

“Navigating the steep bluffs of Howling Fjord can be nerve-racking! I’ve come up with a solution to ease that burden by utilizing vrykul technology and dwarven ingenuity. With just a few adjustments and some fine tuning I’ve created Icehammer’s harpoon controller! Of course it hasn’t been tested, but that’s what you’re here for!”

“Take the controller to the big gun in Nifflevar and use it to launch yourself into Valgarde. Report your victory to Zorek. Oh yea, you can keep the controller.”

Upon returning to Valgarde:

“You are insane, <name>! What kind of degenerate would actually launch themselves from a harpoon gun as a method of travel?”

“But I guess you need to be a little crazy to pull off what you did up there on the bluffs! Fantastic work! We’ve gotten word that the Dragonflayer leader, Ingvar, is furious! Maybe one day you’ll be ready to stomp his face into the dirt – in the name of our beloved Alliance.”

Easter Egg: Beach Boys Reference

The quest title “Let’s Go Surfing Now” references The Beach Boys‘ 1962 hit “Surfin’ Safari“. The opening line of the chorus is:

“Let’s go surfin’ now, everybody’s learning how, come on and safari with me…”

The visual of riding a flaming harpoon through the sky also evokes the iconic scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, in which Major Kong rides a nuclear bomb rodeo-style while whooping “Yeehaw!” as it plummets toward its target.

Some aspects of this quest reference the “you surf or you fight” scenes from Apocalypse Now (1979). Charlie don’t surf.

Chain Summary: Harpoon Master 

1. The Path to Payback — Recover the manual
2. Locating the Mechanism — Kill vrykul for a control mechanism
3. Meet Lieutenant Icehammer… — Coordinate with Alliance forces
4. Drop It then Rock It! — Deploy the mechanism
5. Harpoon Master Yavus — Eliminate the vrykul harpoon expert
6. It Goes to 11… — Commandeer a vrykul harpoon and rain destruction on Wyrmskull Village
7. Let’s Go Surfing Now — Harpoon yourself back to Valgarde in spectacular fashion (this quest)

Chain Payoff: The completion dialogue reveals that Ingvar the Plunderer, leader of the Dragonflayer clan, is furious about your assault. Zorek hints that you may face Ingvar directly someday, foreshadowing the climactic battle against him in Utgarde Keep.

Explore Howling Fjord’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Howling Fjord Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.