TheWoWDBAfter you fall down into the hole, the Crystal you need to talk to is under water (it is very small). This then leads to talking with the human boy down there to get the next quest.
If you leave without talking to the crystal under water, I recommend dropping "A Short Fuse" and picking it up again, as flying down here is fairly hard to do without dieing.
Quest
A Short Fuse
A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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path of frost = bad idea for this one...... trust me.
You can actually just fly down with your flying mount. You will be dismounted at some point, but the fall doesn't kill you.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneIcecrown
Quest ID13263
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13263))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineIcecrown, step 82 of 167
Rewards1g 5s, 525 XP
Description
As you light the fuse, you notice that it is consumed by fire far quicker than you would expect. The bombs are about to go off and your best chance at surviving is to lean towards the pit and hope the fall doesn't kill you.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #118 54.0 87.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inIcecrown 54.0, 87.3
/way #118 54.0 87.3 - Objective areaIcecrown 54.4, 86.3
/way #118 54.4 86.3
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Icecrown map
- Careful Creations about 1,460 yards
- Werk In Progress about 1,460 yards
- Research Ruination about 1,860 yards
- Scourge War Machines about 1,860 yards
- Frozen Solid about 1,860 yards
- A New Foothold about 1,860 yards
- Cult Couture about 1,860 yards
- Secrets in Shadows about 1,860 yards
- A Message from Above about 1,860 yards
- Only Shadows Remain about 1,860 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Icecrown, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:
- Kor'kron Vanguard, Dragonblight
- Dalaran
- Crusaders' Pinnacle, Icecrown
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Money1 gold5 silver
Experience525 XP
Storyline
Icecrown
Part 82 of 167.
Previous: Blow it Up! · Next: Parting Gifts
- 77Set it Off!
- 78A Short Fuse
- 79Opportunity
- 80Establishing Superiority
- 81Blow it Up!
- 82A Short Fuse
- 83Parting Gifts
- 84An Undead's Best Friend
- 85Honor is for the Weak
- 86From Whence They Came
- 87Seeds of Chaos
- 88Amidst the Confusion
Showing steps 77 to 88 of 167.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Blow it Up!
This is probably as under-control as this situation is going to get. Let's do this, <name>. I need someone to light the fuse on those bombs and it looks like you're the one to do it.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Parting Gifts
Look what we have here... eyes of dominion. The Cult normally goes to great lengths to keep these things safe, but I suppose their options for retreat are few when we're slaughtering them in their own home. The eyes allow a being of any relative power to control an undead minion's actions precisely.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Icecrown · Level 25-30.
The storyline at a glance
Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Icecrown map
- Return of the Scourge
- Class Mount: Death Knight
- An Uncertain Fate
- Lorewalking: Arthas
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.