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Breaking Chains

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

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Boxofbeer+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[npc=117537] npcs located across the quest area, locked in cages.
As they help you to fight demons that walking across the village, free them asap.

Breaking Chains - www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY8geQyfYcw

This is a part of shaman quest chain for new class hall champion - [champion=992]. Full quest chain is under the spoiler.

Spoiler
[champion=992] quest chain
1
Maelstrom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FDOq_CV0Sw
2
Thousand Needles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOz1NloHvQc
3
Thousand Needles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmYYKjsDEc
4
Thousand Needles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY8geQyfYcw
5
Thousand Needles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KLC_5HWenA
6
Maelstrom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2xriof_Z8
7
Broken Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM9j0gTIx50
8
Broken Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMrSiujexes
9
Broken Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akQmsZqd6x0
10
Broken Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwDSS_gC__w
11
Broken Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak1ek7yXFnk
12
Broken Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k22xlPspt4Y
13
Maelstrom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOezTFw7fQ8
14
Maelstrom
[champion=992]

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
CategoryShaman Campaign
Quest ID45725

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(45725))

Requirements

ClassShaman

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

The Legion shall not make fools of the Grimtotem. Free my people, and we will grace you with our aid in the coming battle.

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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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for Breaking ChainsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #64 37.2 32.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThousand Needles 37.2, 32.3/way #64 37.2 32.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thousand Needles 38.1, 40.2/way #64 38.1 40.2
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 42.1, 45.1/way #64 42.1 45.1

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 Thousand Needles map

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

Getting there

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

  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east
  • Westreach Summit, Thousand NeedlesHorde · about 1,300 yards north-west
  • Desolation Hold, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 240 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 430 yards south-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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

The Elemental Lords IV

Part 5 of 14.

Previous: The Crone's Wrath · Next: Against Magatha's Will

  1. 1A "Humble" Request
  2. 2The Power of Thousands
  3. 3Snakes and Stones
  4. 4The Crone's Wrath
  5. 5Breaking Chains
  6. 6Against Magatha's Will
  7. 7Demonic Disruption
  8. 8Infernal Phenomena
  9. 9Elemental Cores
  10. 10Brothers and Sisters
  11. 11The Firelord's Offense
  12. 12Conflagration
  13. 13The Calm After the Storm
  14. 14Champion: Magatha Grimtotem

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.

  • The Crone's WrathLevel 45

    These demons come into my home, take my things, and capture my people? They will see my wrath. Destroy them, child. Surely you are capable of at least that.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The storyline at a glance

The Elemental Lords IV has 14 steps, from A "Humble" Request to Champion: Magatha Grimtotem.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Maelstrom (5), Broken Shore (5), Thousand Needles (4).

Other storylines on the Thousand Needles 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.