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Blackrock Depths

Blackrock Depths is an Alliance-only quest for level 40-90. It is step 1 of 6 in the Allies of the Alliance: Dark Iron Dwarf storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormwind City at 52.0, 13.7. It rewards 9,500 experience and money.

Description

Have you heard how the Dark Iron dwarves joined the Alliance? It was a most unusual turn of events.

Brave heroes of the Alliance had been fighting the Dark Iron dwarves for years until a schism happened in their ranks.

Moira Thaurissian, estranged daughter of the former dwarven king Magni Bronzebeard, was leading a faction of the Dark Iron dwarves.

Moira wished to aid the Alliance. This began with an offer to help research Azerite and its potential uses within Blackrock Depths...

Rewards

Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

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Known issues

Blizzard staff posts that mention this quest:

Top Comments

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2
Ellinda+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There's a funny little Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone reference after the dwarves finish hammering the Azerite.

Drukan the Dwarf will run into the room yelling

"Goblins! In the tunnels!" "Thought you oughta know."


after which he colapses.

This is a refence to the scene in Harry Potter where Quirinus Quirrell (Dude with turban who has Voldemort on the back of his head) runs into the main hall shouting

"Troll! In the dungeon! Thought you oughta know."


and then colapses.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(51813))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

2
Ellinda+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There's a funny little Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone reference after the dwarves finish hammering the Azerite.

Drukan the Dwarf will run into the room yelling

"Goblins! In the tunnels!" "Thought you oughta know."


after which he colapses.

This is a refence to the scene in Harry Potter where Quirinus Quirrell (Dude with turban who has Voldemort on the back of his head) runs into the main hall shouting

"Troll! In the dungeon! Thought you oughta know."


and then colapses.

3
Kasstarix+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I feel like nobody has laid this out quite the way I was looking for when I came here to try to figure it out, so just to lay it out plain and simple:

There are technically THREE requirements to unlock Dark Iron Dwarves.

1. Reach Exalted reputation with the 7th Legion.
2. Complete the Ready for War achievement.
3. Complete the Blackrock Depths QUEST Blackrock Depths - NOT the dungeon.

The last part is where I got confused and so did others. To pick up this quest, go to Stormwind City. Moira is located in the Stormwind Embassy building with the other Allied Race emissaries. It is right at the northernmost point of SW, a bit to the left of the banner if you're looking at the map. For TomTom users, the coordinates are 52, 13.8. You'll pick it up from Moira Thaurissan there. Then you can do the quest line to unlock Dark Iron Dwarves!

TomTom waypoint for easy c/p:

/way Stormwind City 52, 13.8 Moira Thaurissan

Cheers!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP9,500
MoneyGold28g 9s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapStormwind CityTurn-in marker at 52.0, 13.7, 1 mapped point
Turn-in mapBlackrock Depths
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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.

Stormwind City Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Stormwind City map showing where to go for Blackrock DepthsTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #84 52.0 13.7

Blackrock Depths Quest turn-in

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormwind City 52.0, 13.7/way #84 52.0 13.7

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 Stormwind City map

Other quests whose map markers the client places on Stormwind City.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormwind City:

  • Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 760 yards south-east
  • Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 1,500 yards south-east
  • Furlbrow's Pumpkin Farm, WestfallAlliance · about 1,700 yards south

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Allies of the Alliance: Dark Iron Dwarf

Part 1 of 6.

Next: Molten Core

  1. 1Blackrock Depths
  2. 2Molten Core
  3. 3The MOTHERLODE!!: Ironfoe
  4. 4Firelands
  5. 5Forged in Fire an' Flame
  6. 6Dark Iron Dwarves

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Molten CoreLevel 40-90

    We'll need a fragment o' the core tae repair the Black Anvil an' who knows how much dark iron tae achieve the necessary purity. Thaelin can figure that part out. In fact, I think he oughta go with ye tae get yerself a Fragment o' the Molten Core.

The storyline at a glance

Allies of the Alliance: Dark Iron Dwarf has 6 steps, from Blackrock Depths to Dark Iron Dwarves.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormwind City (4), Blackrock Depths (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stormwind City map

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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Blackened Ashes
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Blackout
Blackout
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Blacktalon Intel
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