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Breaking Down Barriers

Breaking Down Barriers is a quest for level 10-54 in Maldraxxus. It is step 12 of 15 in the House of Constructs storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Maldraxxus at 30.2, 23.8. It rewards 3,700 experience and money.

Description

As I suspected, Stitchflesh's assistants are carrying on his work. Whatever they're building, we need to destroy it.

They've secured the chamber with a soul barrier and several bile spewers. We must find a way through!

Thales said he may have a suggestion.

Rewards

Money12 gold16 silver80 copper
Experience3,700 XP
Top Comments

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1
Boxofbeer+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete this quest you need to find a way past the Soul Barrier.
First, you need to talk to Thales. Then talk to Salvaged Praetor. If you're on mount - dismount or nothing will happen.
After you got control of Salvaged Praetor just walk through the barrier and disable 4 [npc=170408]s.
Use [spell=117961] to safetly walk through the acid. In the end use [npc=170454] todisable the barrier.

Breaking Down Barriers - https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=1690

There is a table covered under the spoiler, you can check you progress through [storyline=1060] quest storyline.
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Spoiler
[storyline=1060] quest storyline / Blade of the Primus
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Quest Title
Video Time Link
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#1
Baron of the Chosen
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=7
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#2a
Lead By Example
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=82
x
#2b
First Time? You Have to Fight!
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=82
x
#2c
Take the High Ground
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=82
x
#3
Offensive Behavior
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=438
x
#4
Army of One
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=558
x
#5
Archon Save Us
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=642
x
#6
The Ones in Charge
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=785
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#7a
Give Them a Hand
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=985
x
#7b
A Deadly Distraction
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=985
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#7c
A Burden Worth Bearing
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=1445
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#8
Breaking Down Barriers
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=1690
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#9
Two of Them, Two of Us
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=1793
x
#10
In The Flesh
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=1865
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#11
Front and Center
https://youtu.be/s6DeVhIYDgw?t=2062
2
Sandwalker+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Apparently demon hunters can just blast through the barrier and turn off the taps -- this will bug the quest. Just abandon the quest and pick it up again, and do it the right way. This is from what a demon hunter just experienced, and he was trying to work out how to complete the quest.

Read all 13 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,700
MoneyGold12g 16s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapMaldraxxusTurn-in marker at 30.2, 23.8, 7 mapped points
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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.

Maldraxxus Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Maldraxxus map showing where to go for Breaking Down BarriersTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1536 30.2 23.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMaldraxxus 30.2, 23.8/way #1536 30.2 23.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Maldraxxus 29.6, 23.1/way #1536 29.6 23.1
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 30.1, 23.5/way #1536 30.1 23.5

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 Maldraxxus map

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

Getting there

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

  • Spider's Watch, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 530 yards south-east
  • The Spearhead, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-east
  • Keres' Rest, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 40 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 60 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

House of Constructs

Part 12 of 15.

Previous: A Deadly Distraction · Next: Two of Them, Two of Us

  1. 1Baron of the Chosen
  2. 2Lead By Example
  3. 3First Time? You Have to Fight!
  4. 4Take the High Ground
  5. 5Offensive Behavior
  6. 6Army of One
  7. 7Archon Save Us
  8. 8The Ones in Charge
  9. 9Give Them a Hand
  10. 10A Burden Worth Bearing
  11. 11A Deadly Distraction
  12. 12Breaking Down Barriers
  13. 13Two of Them, Two of Us
  14. 14In The Flesh
  15. 15Front and Center

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.

  • A Deadly DistractionMaldraxxus · Level 10-54

    Vyraz's assault on the House of Constructs may have failed, but we can still make them bleed now that we're inside. Slaughter as many as you can. I will hunt down the masterminds behind these new production efforts.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Two of Them, Two of UsMaldraxxus · Level 10-54

    A construct made entirely of kyrian flesh... This betrays everything Maldraxxus stands for! We are meant to defend the Shadowlands and all within it, not slaughter and exploit them! Come, <name>! We end this now!

The storyline at a glance

House of Constructs has 15 steps, from Baron of the Chosen to Front and Center.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Maldraxxus 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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