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Blightbeasts be Damned!

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

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sunsmoon+44via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Part of the Horde questline for the Wrath Gate event. This quest line is very long and spans the entire length of Dragonblight. Quite honestly, I consider this one of the most important quest lines (thus far) in Wrath. A must-do for any hordeling. :)

In quite a few of these chains there are optional prequests. I will not list these, despite them being in the quest series list, because they are just that: Optional. I will list the LATEST quest available that will start the chain, or the one most likely to pick up while completing other parts of this chain.

Additionally, these quests are Horde Only. I, unfortunately, do not have an Alliance character on the Beta, so I do not have access to any alliance quests. Sorry!

Step names are purely flavor. They generalize what that part of the chain leads up to/is about.

I highly urge everyone to read the quest text. This quest line is quite possibly one of the most epic in Warcraft history and is highly worth the time. Lore lovers and haters alike should enjoy them.

Step 1: Recruiting the Taunka

1.) Into the Fold
2.) Blood Oath of the Horde
3.) Agmar's Hammer

Step 2: Destroy the Nerubians

1.) Victory Nears...
2.) From the Depths of Azjol-Nerub
3.) The Might of the Horde
4.) Attack by Air!
5.) Blightbeasts be Damned

Step 3: Annexing the Taunka

1.) Strength of Icemist
2.) Chains of the Anub'ar
3.) Return of the High Chief
4.) All Hail Roanauk!

Step 4: The Forsakens New Plague

1.) Imbeciles Abound!
2.) The Forsaken Blight and You: How Not to Die
3.) Emerald Dragon Tears
4.) Spread the Good Word
5.) The Forsaken Blight

Step 5: The Red Dragonflight

1.) The Kor'kron Vanguard!
2.) Audience With The Dragon Queen
3.) Galakrond and the Scourge
4.) On Ruby Wings

Step 6: Victory Over the Scourge?

1.) Return to Angrathar
BONUS! Wrath Gate In-Game Cinematic/Machinima outside link to view it
BONUS! Achievement: Veteran of the Wrath Gate!

Step 7: The Betrayal

1.) Darkness Stirs
2.) Herald of War
3.) A Life Without Regret
4.) The Battle for the Undercity

Experience and Reputation totals will be filled in when more information is available.

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EightBitBus+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I'm just gonna copy this from my other post on the Dalaran page. :)

Getting to Dalaran before level 74 with no help from a mage/warlock:

There is a quest in Dragonblight called Blightbeasts be Damned! that you can get at 72. This quest provides you with a flying mount to kill a few mobs. The area you kill them in (Icemist Village) is close enough to fly into Wintergrasp (or log out while on the flying mount and it will put you at a Wintergrasp graveyard). If your faction controls Wintergrasp Fortress you can run to it and use the portal to The Violet Hold.

Tada, Dalaran at 72 with no help from anyone.

Read all 73 on Wowhead ↗

Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID12072

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12072))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDragonblight, step 106 of 149

Description

You've no doubt seen the army of Anub'ar blightbeasts that are being constructed at Icemist Village. The Anub'ar have plans to send those monsters against our soldiers at the Wrathgate. This cannot happen! Venture west to Icemist Village with this flare gun and use it to call down one of my war riders. Climb on its back and command it to destroy the blightbeasts that are out of reach from the ground! Once you have decimated their aerial forces, return to me for your reward!

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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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 21 mapped points
Dragonblight map showing where to go for Blightbeasts be Damned!Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #115 37.2 45.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 37.2, 45.7/way #115 37.2 45.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 25.4, 47.3/way #115 25.4 47.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 25.1, 38.5/way #115 25.1 38.5

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 Dragonblight map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dragonblight, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:

  • Agmar's Hammer, DragonblightHorde · at the same spot
  • Kor'kron Vanguard, DragonblightHorde · about 1,100 yards north
  • Moa'ki, DragonblightAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 670 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 730 yards west

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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Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Wrist
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for22 gold97 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for23 gold78 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility or Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for47 silver63 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor25
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for49 gold25 silver

Reputation: Warsong Offensive +250

Garrosh Hellscream commands the Horde's main expeditionary forces as they make their way into Northrend to face Arthas and the armies of the Scourge.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Warsong Offensive reputation: A Tauren Among Taunka (+10), Into the Fold (+250), The Taunka and the Tauren (+10), Pride of the Horde (+250), Blood Oath of the Horde (+150), Agmar's Hammer (+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.

Storyline

Dragonblight

Part 106 of 149.

Previous: Attack by Air! · Next: The Kor'kron Vanguard!

  1. 101Chains of the Anub'ar
  2. 102Return of the High Chief
  3. 103All Hail Roanauk!
  4. 104The Might of the Horde
  5. 105Attack by Air!
  6. 106Blightbeasts be Damned!
  7. 107The Kor'kron Vanguard!
  8. 108Audience With The Dragon Queen
  9. 109Galakrond and the Scourge
  10. 110On Ruby Wings
  11. 111Return To Angrathar
  12. 112Imprints on the Past

Showing steps 101 to 112 of 149.

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.

  • Attack by Air!Dragonblight · Level 15-30

    They have seen the might of the Horde by land, now they must feel it from the air! I want you to report to Valnok Windrager at once! You will find him here, in Agmar's Hammer. Valnok has already been briefed on your mission and is expecting you.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Kor'kron Vanguard!Dragonblight · Level 15-30

    You have done well, brother. All that you have faced, you have done as a champion of the Horde. The Scourged Anub'ar of Azjol-Nerub, crushed under your foot! The taunka, brave and powerful new members of the Horde, because of you! Our super-weapon against the Scourge, tested and perfected by you!

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.