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Blackhand's Command

A World of Warcraft quest in Blackrock Spire. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Rocknight+233via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete this quest:
1. Enter Blackrock Spire instance
2. In first room you come to, go up the left set of stairs and turn left up a shorter flight of stairs into Dragonspire Hall
3. You must kill everything in this hall - mobs are in groups in small rooms on the sides.
4. When everything is dead, a door opens at the north end of the hall. Go through it and follow the stairs up and around.
5. Now you enter the Hall of Binding and another locked door blocks your path.
6. Click on the Blackrock Altar on the left side, kill all adds.
7. Wait until the elemental on the platform in the middle reaches full power and he then becomes attackable. Kill him and the door at the Southern end of the room will open.
8. Go through the door into The Rookery (this is the room where you get the Jenkins achievement, incidentally)
9. Go right and double back on yourself up a slope. Take the first set of steps up, into the Hall of Blackhand.
10. Turn right, go through the hall and up one of the sets of stairs at the East end. You're now at Blackrock Stadium. Jump down into the pit to start the boss encounter here.
11. Kill waves of adds and finally kill a boss (Warchief Rend).
12. A small gate on the South Side of the pit opens up when Rend dies. Go through it.
13. Left. Up a slope. Right. Down a slope. Right again. Over a bridge.
14. Enter a room called Spire Throne. You'll find General Drakkisath in this room. Kill him and loot the orb that appears behind him.

Quest complete.

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4602+99via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

All you need to do is get the letter from the quartermaster who is near the UBRS/LBRS entrance.

Once you have the letter you start the quest and you need to go through UBRS and kill General Drakkisath and touch the orb to finish the quest.

You will then be attuned to BWL and able to use the outside orb to enter BWL.

Good Luck

-SolarFusion

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
TypeDungeon
Quest ID7761

The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(7761))

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

Description

Imbecile, I hold very little faith in your ability to prevent outsiders from accessing the master's lair. In the very likely event of your death, this orb has its own failsafe built in to prevent outsiders from teleporting directly into Blackwing. Only those with the Mark of Drakkisath branded upon their hand may make use of this orb. Thankfully, Drakkisath is not nearly as incompetent as you, Quartermaster. He guards the brand himself! -Warchief Rend Blackhand P.S. Destroy this letter, idiot.

Getting there

Inside the dungeon: Lower Blackrock Spire

This imposing fortress, carved into the fiery core of Blackrock Mountain, represented the might of the Dark Iron clan for centuries. More recently, the black dragon Nefarian and his spawn seized the keep's upper spire and ignited a brutal war against the dwarves.

Bosses in the Adventure Guide, in order: Highlord Omokk, Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin, War Master Voone, Mother Smolderweb, Urok Doomhowl, Quartermaster Zigris, Halycon, Gizrul the Slavener, Overlord Wyrmthalak.

Entrance: Blackrock Stronghold, Burning Steppes at 27.7, 25.8.

Instance text, bosses and entrances are the client’s Adventure Guide data.

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Experience6,200 XP