Homecoming walkthrough: patrol, escape and final encounter
Quick answer
Keep Garek and Landen together for the palace entrance and alive throughout the mission. Complete the patrol, follow the palace escape and bridge objectives, then finish the final encounter. Open the sections below for the route.
Open marked sections to reveal solutions or story details.
Before you start
The Last Days of Lordaeron, Chapter 1: Homecoming.
A current save you can return to if you need another attempt.
This guide checks objective progression from launch-day footage; difficulty-specific tactics and all optional loot remain unconfirmed.
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Read this route alongside the October 7 tuning
Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 to live on October 19; its hotfix post that day lists build 24371. The 3.0.1 changes described here now apply to the live game. Kingy has not retested them in an installed client.
This guide follows the cited September recording. In 3.0.1, Blizzard increases health and damage for most prologue bosses and reduces Garek’s Sweeping Strike to 100/150/200. The recorded objectives remain the route evidence; combat pace, boss statistics and difficulty-specific tactics have not been retested on 3.0.1.
The opening Patrol the City objective asks you to bring roses to the terrace and keep both heroes alive. The recording also completes a cart-wheel errand during this phase. At 5:14 the game confirms that errand and explains that equipment is equipped through the Backpack.
Follow the patrol objective to the terrace with the roses. Check the quest list when a conversation adds a task so you do not leave an active patrol step behind.
On screen: Garek and Landen walk the flower-lined palace walkway as Garek calls it a hard day's work, then a MAIN QUEST UPDATE for Patrol the City marks Bring roses to the terrace completed, with Enter the Palace next, while the heroes stand on a terrace with domed braziers.
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Check newly acquired equipment in the Backpack when the tutorial prompts you. The evidence confirms the equipment interface, not a particular required item build.
On screen: Outside the palace gate a MAIN QUEST UPDATE for Patrol the City marks the cart errand completed and keeps Bring roses to the terrace open; then the HINT says the hero acquired a new equipment item and to open the Backpack in the inventory to equip it.
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After the patrol completes, bring Garek and Landen to the palace entrance together. The explicit entrance hint appears at 8:45. If one hero is still elsewhere, regroup them before trying the entrance again.
On screen: MAIN QUEST UPDATE lists Patrol the City with its errands completed and Enter the Palace still open; the heroes walk to the Circle of Power and the hint reads that Landen and Garek must enter the palace together.
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2. Fight through the palace and take the escape route
Reveal solution / story details
At 16:30 the active quest is The Death of Lordaeron. Its immediate requirement is to escape the palace while keeping Garek and Landen alive. The recording proceeds through the interior corridors before returning to the devastated city.
Finish the palace encounters and dialogue until the escape objective appears. Follow the opened corridor route rather than returning to completed patrol errands.
On screen: MAIN QUEST: The Death of Lordaeron appears with Escape the Palace and Garek and Landen must survive; Landen calls for the escape and a hint follows.
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Move the force through the palace together. Kingy recommends pulling a badly injured hero behind the guards before the next engagement; that is a conservative tactic, not a tested difficulty-specific build.
When the escape moves outside, follow the city route toward the bridge. The dialogue points toward the sewers, but the bridge and its final encounter still come first.
On screen: A cinematic pan over the burning city with Garek's line about getting to the sewers; back in play the MAIN QUEST UPDATE for The Death of Lordaeron marks Escape the Palace completed and adds Cross the bridge, with Garek and Landen must survive.
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3. Cross the bridge before looking for the next chapter
Reveal solution / story details
The recorded route reaches the bridge at 23:35. At 24:33 a Main Quest Update marks both the palace escape and the bridge crossing complete. This is a useful checkpoint if the city route has become confusing.
Bring the heroes and surviving force across the bridge, clearing enemies along the crossing. Keep checking the hero portraits rather than allowing a wounded hero to lead the group.
On screen: At night Garek, Landen and their soldiers fight ghouls at the near end of a long stone bridge between domed towers, push across it, and reach the far gatehouse.
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On screen: At the far end of the bridge, with the force fighting between two domed towers, MAIN QUEST UPDATE: The Death of Lordaeron lists Escape the palace (Completed), Cross the bridge (Completed) and Garek and Landen must survive.
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Regroup before advancing into the encounter beyond the crossing. Preserve a save before this fight if you want to retry it without repeating the whole route.
At 25:15 the quest explicitly adds the Abomination as the remaining target. Garek and Landen must still survive. A rune countdown is visible during the fight; the recording does not establish the effects or timing rules needed for a rune-based strategy.
Engage the Abomination with your surviving force and monitor both heroes. Use the abilities and consumables described by your current tooltips; no particular talent allocation is required by this guide.
On screen: The quest update shows Escape the Palace and Cross the bridge completed, with Defeat the Abomination and Garek and Landen must survive still open; the force fights the Abomination until MAIN QUEST COMPLETED: The Death of Lordaeron appears.
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If a hero is close to dying, move that hero out of immediate danger and recover before committing again. For another attempt, review equipment and health before changing difficulty or discarding progress.
After the target falls, allow the ending sequence to finish and continue to Treachery when the game offers it. The source shows the post-fight cinematic at 25:55.
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In-game frames inspected at 2:37 (roses and survival objective), 4:30–5:14 (cart-wheel task and equipment hint), and 8:45 (patrol completed; both heroes must enter the palace together). Launch-day recording; difficulty and exact client build were not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. In-game frames inspected at 16:30 (escape the palace; both heroes survive), 18:21 (palace combat), 20:58–21:30 (sewer destination dialogue and city evacuation), 23:35–24:38 (bridge route and completed crossing). Selected objective checkpoints, not a catalogue of every encounter or pickup. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. 25:15 shows the Abomination objective after palace and bridge completion, with Garek and Landen required to survive. The post-fight cinematic was inspected at 25:55. The rune timer is visible, but rune effects, boss statistics and difficulty scaling were not verified. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.
The source links open the patrol at 2:37, palace escape at 16:30 and final encounter at 25:15. Additional checkpoints were inspected at 5:14, 8:45, 20:58, 24:33 and 25:55. Video timestamps are reference points, not target completion times.
The route and objective transitions are supported by the footage. All optional tasks, exact loot locations, boss values, rune effects and difficulty differences remain outside this guide.
Reveal video · quest objectives and campaign progress
Open the recorded objective checkpoint, then follow the steps in this section.
In-game frames inspected at 2:37 (roses and survival objective), 4:30–5:14 (cart-wheel task and equipment hint), and 8:45 (patrol completed; both heroes must enter the palace together). Launch-day recording; difficulty and exact client build were not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. In-game frames inspected at 16:30 (escape the palace; both heroes survive), 18:21 (palace combat), 20:58–21:30 (sewer destination dialogue and city evacuation), 23:35–24:38 (bridge route and completed crossing). Selected objective checkpoints, not a catalogue of every encounter or pickup. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest. 25:15 shows the Abomination objective after palace and bridge completion, with Garek and Landen required to survive. The post-fight cinematic was inspected at 25:55. The rune timer is visible, but rune effects, boss statistics and difficulty scaling were not verified. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.
Sources · 6Walkthrough · Official · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Research checked 20 Oct 2026
Homecoming: patrol and palace entrance ↗In-game frames inspected at 2:37 (roses and survival objective), 4:30–5:14 (cart-wheel task and equipment hint), and 8:45 (patrol completed; both heroes must enter the palace together). Launch-day recording; difficulty and exact client build were not established. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Homecoming: leave the palace and cross the bridge ↗In-game frames inspected at 16:30 (escape the palace; both heroes survive), 18:21 (palace combat), 20:58–21:30 (sewer destination dialogue and city evacuation), 23:35–24:38 (bridge route and completed crossing). Selected objective checkpoints, not a catalogue of every encounter or pickup. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Homecoming: final Abomination objective ↗25:15 shows the Abomination objective after palace and bridge completion, with Garek and Landen required to survive. The post-fight cinematic was inspected at 25:55. The rune timer is visible, but rune effects, boss statistics and difficulty scaling were not verified. Source page fetched October 8 for availability; gameplay-frame inspection and recorded values remain from the earlier dated review, with no 3.0.1 retest.Walkthrough ·
Version 3.0.1 · build 24342 patch notes ↗October 7 release post for 3.0.1 build 24342, re-read October 31 UTC. Lists the older-save incompatibility warning with chapter/act progress retained, campaign/equipment balance, talent-reset tomes, graphics, multiplayer Paladin and editor fixes. Live was rolled back to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 re-deployed on October 19 (hotfix post: build 24371); Blizzard has not posted separate notes for the re-deployed build. No installed-client test, complete stat audit or named Apothecarium Supplies repair.Official ·
Warcraft III: Reforged hotfixes · 3.0.1 build 24371 (October 19) ↗Staff post 28 in Blizzard’s live hotfix thread, read October 31 UTC. Says a hotfix has been deployed for version 3.0.1 build 24371 and lists one fix: a crash when transferring resources to other players in the Korean locale. It does not restate the October 7 notes, mention saves or say what else differs from build 24342. No installed-client test.Official ·
Version 3.0.0 Restored — October 8 ↗Staff post 1 by Kaivax was re-read October 31 UTC. It states that live Warcraft III was restored to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 remains on PTR pending re-deployment in the coming weeks, allowing players additional time to finish Acts before the save-compatibility change. This inspected staff post gives no exact return date, rollback build number or guaranteed save recovery. No installed-client test. Superseded on October 19, when Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 (see the October 19 hotfix post).Official ·
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