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A New Master... But Who?

A New Master... But Who? is a quest for level 15-30 in Searing Gorge. It is step 1 of 23 in the Searing Gorge storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Searing Gorge at 68.6, 53.4. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

You've arrived just in time.

Here's the skinny: the Dark Iron dwarves in the gorge have been acting strangely, and the Thorium Brotherhood intends to find out why. Overseer Oilfist doesn't like surprises.

We suspect that they're following orders from some new leader. I have reason to believe that Gravius Grimesilt, just south of here, knows who it is.

Even here in Searing Gorge, we've begun to hear tales of your exploits, <name>. You should have no problem with Grimesilt.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThorium Brotherhood +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
gajackson+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

putting this here, since hopefully both Alliance & Horde can/will see it:

If you are just here for for a 'fast' Thorium rep run, DO NOT SKIP LUNK'S TASKS!

Seriously, he will change many of the upcoming questlines (for Thorium Brotherhood), and they're all humorous. If you had ever done the 'old' rep grind for TB, give Lunk's version a go. :)

wtb: spider mount. XD

3
297668+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is somewhat annoying for groups, as the Dark Iron Memo only drops for one in the group, in contrast to all other similar quests I've done so far. Usually these (named) mobs drop the item for all party members. I suspect this quest is bugged in this regard. Being in a 5-man party, we had to kill this mob 5 times.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationThorium Brotherhood+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Head
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for21 gold75 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +12 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold81 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for19 silver52 copper

Reputation: Thorium Brotherhood +250

The dwarves of the Thorium Brotherhood epitomize excellence in craftsmanship and are bent on unlocking the secrets of Blackrock Mountain.

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Searing Gorge that reward Thorium Brotherhood reputation: Gaining Even More Acceptance (+375), Gaining Acceptance (+15), A Proper Antivenom (+250), The Fewer, the Better (+250), Out of Place (+250), A Lumbering Relic (+250).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSearing GorgeTurn-in marker at 68.6, 53.4, 2 mapped points
World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Searing Gorge Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Searing Gorge map showing where to go for A New Master... But Who?Turn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #32 68.6 53.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSearing Gorge 68.6, 53.4/way #32 68.6 53.4
  • Objective areaSearing Gorge 61.9, 61.8/way #32 61.9 61.8

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Searing Gorge:

  • New Kargath, BadlandsHorde · about 620 yards east
  • Iron Summit, Searing GorgeAlliance and Horde · about 660 yards west
  • Flame Crest, Burning SteppesHorde · about 700 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards south-west

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Searing Gorge

Part 1 of 23.

Next: Dig-Boss Dinwhisker

  1. 1A New Master... But Who?
  2. 2Dig-Boss Dinwhisker
  3. 3Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood
  4. 4Heat That Just Don't Quit
  5. 5Curse These Fat Fingers
  6. 6Rasha'krak
  7. 7Recon Essentials
  8. 8Dark Ministry
  9. 9In the Hall of the Mountain-Lord
  10. 10Siege!
  11. 11Set Them Ablaze!
  12. 12They Build a Better Bullet

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 23.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Dig-Boss DinwhiskerSearing Gorge · Level 15-30

    Grimesilt wasn't as high up on the chain as I thought. We'll have to take out his superior and find out what he knows. Dig-Boss Dinwhisker's his name, and he runs the Dark Iron digging operations within the Cauldron, just northwest of here.

The storyline at a glance

Searing Gorge has 23 steps, from A New Master... But Who? to Welcome to the Brotherhood.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Searing Gorge (23).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Related
A New Hope
A New Lead
A New Life for Undeath
A New Master
A New Mystery
A New Order
A New Path
A New Threat
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