Basalt Assault is a quest for level 10-70 in The Waking Shores. It is step 14 of 18 in the In Defense of Life storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Waking Shores at 59.4, 75.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 9,500 experience and money.
Raszageth and her Primalists have summoned towering earth elementals to break our walls. They must be stopped!
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The Enraged Cliffs you need to kill are the huge elementals that are on the mountains' edges throwing rocks. Be careful cause they throw you up and let you fall and when they die they spawn 2 smaller mobs.
A strong tip for those doing this quest. This has got to be the most respawn heavy quest areas with hard hitting mobs and a lot of them attacking you at the same time. Strongly advise using your dragon to fly to where the 4 Enraged Cliffs are at otherwise you're going to get overwhelmed by the smally flayers in the area leading up to them. They respawn rather fast (literally will spawn while you're fighting the next group) and they hit fairly hard too. The Enraged Cliffs themselves have a good chunk of HP (at lvl 61 doing the quest they had roughly 120k HP each) along with both stuns and spells that toss you up in the air BOTH with relatively short CDs too.
If you don't have a class that has a slow fall ability (i.e.: Mage, Priest), invest in Goblin Glider Kit; they've saved my bacon a time or two.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 9,500 |
| Money | Gold | 28g 9s |
| Reputation | Valdrakken Accord | +100 |
Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.
Reputation group: Dragonflight.
Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: How to Glide with Your Dragon (+50), How to Dive with Your Dragon (+50), How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon (+50), Punching Up (+100), A Cultist's Misgivings (+50), The Shadow of His Wings (+150).
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.
| Turn-in map | The Waking Shores | Turn-in marker at 59.4, 75.9, 7 mapped points |
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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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2022 59.4 75.9
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/way #2022 59.4 75.9/way #2022 59.6 78.4Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Waking Shores, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 14 of 18.
Previous: The Primary Threat · Next: Egg Evac
Showing steps 7 to 18 of 18.
Also part of: The Waking Shores (part 27 of 52).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
There are far too many vulnerable eggs to secure. If the enemy breaks through, all is lost! I am sure our guards are mustering on the field to push them back. Speak to Commander Lethanak, and he will use your strength where it will be most helpful.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
The Primalists have stolen our eggs for their perverse rituals! They must be stopped. Help us recover our eggs before it is too late. Mark each egg as you find them, <name>. I will ensure they are safely extracted from the area.
In Defense of Life has 18 steps, from For the Benefit of the Queen to Exeunt, Triumphant.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (18).
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.
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