TheWoWDBThe item will be in the back of the cell for whomever the second boss is, no matter who it is. Go click it.
Quest
Assault on Violet Hold: Cheating Death
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Here's a quick rundown of the dungeon portion of this quest. What you are aiming to get is [item=133946], a lootable item from [zone=7777].
[zone=7777] is an instance where 3 RANDOM bosses will be selected on each run (on Normal Mode) - so you will a different random selection every time. These bosses come out of specific cells around the room. The [item=133946] is found in the cell from one of these bosses - it could be the first or the second boss that is released during the instance - that is also random. You can only get into the cell after the boss has spawned.
The key is to grab the item at some point after the cell is opened - a good time to go and check is right after killing the first or second boss. The cells will stay open for much of the instance afterwards.
HOWEVER, if you wait until the very end of the dungeon (after the 3rd boss is dead), sometimes all cells will be sealed closed and you cannot loot the [item=133946]! As such, make sure you loot it during the instance at some point before the last boss, to avoid having to do the dungeon again.
You can collect the [item=133946] from the dungeon, and then you have to finish the dungeon. When you're done in the dungeon you can craft the two [item=132515].
Quest facts
Quest ID40878
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Description
Hobart was showing me a copy of a design you found, and it got me to thinking of a new module for Reaves. Unfortunately I didn't have the materials required to test it. Could you make me a couple Failure Detection Pylons? I'll also need a plasmatic laser bolt. You should be able to find one in the Violet Hold.
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #627 38.8 24.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inDalaran 38.8, 24.7
/way #627 38.8 24.7
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 Dalaran map
- Extraterrestrial Exploration same spot
- The Wrench Calls same spot
- A Harsh Mistress same spot
- Engineers: Not COMPLETELY Useless about 10 yards
- The Emerald Nightmare: The Pestilential Hide of Nythendra about 30 yards
- In One Piece about 30 yards
- Ske'rit's Leather Handbook about 30 yards
- The Core of the Stormscale about 30 yards
- Ske'rit's Scale-Skinning Suggestions about 30 yards
- Scavenger Hunting about 30 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Vengeance Point, Broken Shore
Inside the dungeon: Assault on Violet Hold
In the aftermath of the Northrend campaign and the Blue Dragonflight's attack on this Dalaran prison, the Violet Hold was repaired and its cells were repurposed to house some of the most dangerous servants of the Lich King.
Bosses in the Adventure Guide, in order: Festerface, Shivermaw, Blood-Princess Thal'ena, Mindflayer Kaahrj, Millificent Manastorm, Anub'esset, Sael'orn, Fel Lord Betrug.
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. Instance text, bosses and entrances are the client’s Adventure Guide data.
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Storyline
Legion Engineering
Part 25 of 31.
Previous: Halls of Valor: Trigger Happy · Next: It's On With Automatons
- 20Keep Yer Powder Dry
- 21I'd Do It Myself, But...
- 22Going to Waste
- 23Locke, Stock and Barrel
- 24Halls of Valor: Trigger Happy
- 25Assault on Violet Hold: Cheating Death
- 26It's On With Automatons
- 27Short Circuit
- 28Oil Rags to Riches
- 29Court of Stars: Revamping the Recoil
- 30Boon of the Builder
- 31Time for a Recharge
Showing steps 20 to 31 of 31.
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.
- Halls of Valor: Trigger Happy
In order to complete my latest invention, I need a special relic known as the Runestone of Vitality. Odyn, king of the Halls of Valor is known to use it to breathe life into his constructs. What I'm asking is no easy task, but I need to take the runestone from Odyn and bring it back to me.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
The storyline at a glance
Legion Engineering has 31 steps, from Aww Scrap! to Time for a Recharge.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (16), Azsuna (8), Val'sharah (3), Stormheim (3).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- Legion Alchemy
- Legion Tailoring
- Legion Leatherworking
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Blacksmithing
- Legion: Infinitely Different
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.