TheWoWDBCommon reactions to this world quest:
-"Come on, I just wanted to turn in my emissary!"
-"Why can't I loot the last enemy I kill when I'm done with this?"
-"It's not the first time you tauren guys mention your forces are badly spread, maybe you should figure it out instead of relying on me at all times"
Quest
Assault on Thunder Totem
A World of Warcraft quest in Highmountain. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The Highmountain emissary turn-in seems to be gated behind this quest. :( I couldn't find the questgiver and all of the city lifts were broken.
This world quest is why you don't afk on a flight to thunder totem.
Quest facts
Quest ID41705
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(41705))
Requirements
Quest typeWorld Quest
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Defeat 24 targets in Highmountain
- Wounded Highmountain Protector healed x 8
- Defend Thunder Totem.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #650 46.7 61.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaHighmountain 46.7, 61.5
/way #650 46.7 61.5
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 Highmountain map
- Ceremonial Drums about 20 yards
- Dropping by the Base about 20 yards
- Return to Highmountain about 20 yards
- Keepers of the Hammer about 20 yards
- Get to High Ground about 20 yards
- The Skies of Highmountain about 20 yards
- The High Chieftain about 20 yards
- Unexpected Allies about 20 yards
- How Fares Ebonhorn? about 40 yards
- Thunder Struck about 50 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Highmountain, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Highmountain:
- Thunder Totem, Highmountain
- Nesingwary's Retreat, Highmountain
- Eastern Highmountain
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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Other quests on the Highmountain map
Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Highmountain map
- Legion Blacksmithing
- The Bloodtotem Tribe
- Rivermane Tribe
- Allies of the Horde: Highmountain
- Legion Leatherworking
- Snowblind Mesa
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.