Quest Log

Break An Arm

Break An Arm is a group quest for level 45 in Suramar. It is step 14 of 14 in the An Elven Problem storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Suramar at 40.5, 53.0. It rewards 1 reward item, 1 reputation reward, 6,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 2 achievements.

Description

The insurgents you marshaled gave me some bad news, <name>.

The arcanists loyal to Elisande have reactivated the Arm of the Magistrix. The most powerful construct ever attempted, it raged out of control and decimated an entire district before it was disabled. Truly they must be desperate to turn it against us.

The scouts have spotted it in the Crimson Thicket to the north. We cannot allow it to reach full power if we are to succeed.

Rewards

You will receive:

Charged Construct's Finger

Money20

Experience6,150 XP

ReputationThe Nightfallen +250

Top Comments

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violettaDec 28, 2016+134via Wowhead

despite handing the quest in to Thalyssra at the army camp, you have to go see her at Shal'Aran to pick up the next quest and nothing in game tells you this

AladriasDec 5, 2016+19via Wowhead

Only took about 20 seconds on my iLevel 853 BM hunter. I expected a little more of a fight, as the quest said it's recommended for 3 players. So don't stress about going solo, pop a few CDs and you should be sweet.

BoxofbeerNov 15, 2016+16via Wowhead

[npc=116068] it's an elite mechanical guard located at 47.6 49.4 point. Guard has 10+ mil hp and can cast desintegrate spell. If you can tank some damage well (or awesome burst damage) you can easy solo it, just avoid the beam.
TomTom:
/way Suramar 47.6 49.4 Arm of the Magistrix
Break An Arm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv2Fzb6I1bY
This quest is a part of An Elven Problem quest chain needed for Insurrection achievement. There are some bugged links, hope all of them will be fixed soon.
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An Elven Problem quest chain:
Eating Before the Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5s4n8KPbFs
Take Me To Your Leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIddwTbtmXE
A Better Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKoG9w3t4s
Taking a Promenade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owL2aEyoXdc
Down to Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHkHfHL_3ro&t=1s
Nullified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMa9mAz2uBM
Crystal Clearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxKUY1CG2_Y
Powering Down the Portal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K1xTpmq7Qs
Shield, Meet Spell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0T_lyzEK0
Break An Arm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv2Fzb6I1bY

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	6,150
Money	Gold	20g 22s
Reputation	The Nightfallen	+250

Reward details

Items you receive

Charged Construct's Finger

TypeConsumable

Item level1

BindingBinds when picked up

Sells to vendors for50 gold

“The Magistrix is getting reckless. The devastating power that thing has in its pinky alone could have leveled half the palace.”

Reputation: The Nightfallen +250

These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+250).

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Suramar	Turn-in marker at 40.5, 53.0, 3 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inSuramar 40.5, 53.0/way #680 40.5 53.0
Turn-inSuramar 41.6, 51.6/way #680 41.6 51.6
Objective areaSuramar 57.3, 49.1/way #680 57.3 49.1

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 Suramar map

Something's Not Quite Right... same spot
Liadrin's Command same spot
Trolling Them same spot
Ready for Battle about 60 yards
We Need Weapons about 70 yards
Citizens' Army about 80 yards
Arming the Rebels about 80 yards
Trial by Demonfire about 80 yards
Learning From the Dead about 80 yards
Tyrande's Command about 80 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Suramar:

Meredil, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 380 yards west
Western SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south
Irongrove Retreat, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 940 yards east
Objective areaabout 80 yards north-east

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

An Elven Problem

Part 14 of 14.

Previous: Shield, Meet Spell

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.

Shield, Meet SpellSuramar · Level 45
There you have it, one arcane nullifier! Using their weapon and magical signatures to cloak the spell, it should tear apart the shield as good as any spellbreaker would. Go teach that amateur spellslinger what it means to wage war against the sin'dorei!

Also counted by Insurrection

Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:

Also counted by Insurrection

Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

An Elven Problem has 14 steps, from Stabilizing Suramar to Break An Arm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (14).

Other storylines on the Suramar map

Blood and Wine17 steps, starts with Moths to a Flame
Balance of Power35 steps, starts with The Power Within
Crafting War17 steps, starts with Feeding the Rebellion
The Waning Crescent13 steps, starts with Lady Lunastre
Eminent Grow-main13 steps, starts with Feline Frantic
Breaking the Lightbreaker11 steps, starts with Lyana Darksorrow

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.

InsurrectionComplete the Suramar Storylines listed below with a Timerunner.+1 Infinite Knowledge InsurrectionComplete the Suramar storylines listed below.10

Insurrection: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included. +1 Infinite Knowledge.
Insurrection: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included.

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