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Breaking the Chain

Breaking the Chain is a Horde-only quest for level 1-30 in Durotar. It is step 3 of 33 in the Durotar storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Durotar at 56.0, 74.7. It rewards 2 reputation rewards, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Aw man, this ain't good. Not one bit, mon.

Thrall's off to sea, Vol'jin's taking care of business in Echo Isles, and old Master Gadrin is left behind to take care of Sen'jin. And then what happens? Those humans come outta Northwatch Hold and set up camp in our backyard!

Lucky for us, they just got here, and they're still setting up their base. You can help out old Gadrin by destroying those big supply crates they carry, and by killing the laborers carryin' them. You'll find'm to the southwest.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250, Darkspear Trolls +350
Top Comments

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TrooperOfDrenden+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

On servers with lots of lowbies, this one takes quite a while to complete. Earlier I had witnessed 7 or 8 people crowded around these spawns with the mobs pretty much instantly dying.

My recommendation is to go for the crates first (if you're ranged), and then go for the humans, though it may take a bit. If you're melee, I dunno what to tell you, camp one of the particular spawns, as they spawn from two places, and try to get the crates first, though it may be a little more tricky.

Good luck if you're on one of the New Player servers! You will need it...

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250
ReputationDarkspear Trolls+350

Reward details

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Durotar that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Winds in the Desert (+250), Securing the Lines (+250), Meats to Orgrimmar (+25), Ride to Orgrimmar (+75), Doras the Wind Rider Master (+25), Return to Razor Hill (+350).

Reputation: Darkspear Trolls +350

This tribe of exiled trolls has joined forces with Thrall and the Horde. They now call Durotar their home, which they share with their orc allies.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Durotar that reward Darkspear Trolls reputation: Winds in the Desert (+250), Securing the Lines (+250), Meats to Orgrimmar (+25), Ride to Orgrimmar (+75), Doras the Wind Rider Master (+25), Return to Razor Hill (+350).

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 mapDurotarTurn-in marker at 56.0, 74.7, 25 mapped points
Objective areaEcho Isles
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.

Durotar Quest turn-in 25 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #1 56.0 74.7

Echo Isles Objective area

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDurotar 56.0, 74.7/way #1 56.0 74.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Durotar 52.8, 79.8/way #1 52.8 79.8

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 Durotar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Sen'jin Village, DurotarHorde · about 60 yards north-west
  • Razor Hill, DurotarHorde · about 1,100 yards north
  • Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 240 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 260 yards south-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

Durotar

Part 3 of 33.

Previous: Never Trust a Big Barb and a Smile · Next: Purge the Valley

  1. 1Cleaning Up the Coastline
  2. 2Never Trust a Big Barb and a Smile
  3. 3Breaking the Chain
  4. 4Purge the Valley
  5. 5The War of Northwatch Aggression
  6. 6Riding On
  7. 7From Bad to Worse
  8. 8Exploiting the Situation
  9. 9Storming the Beaches
  10. 10Shipwreck Searching
  11. 11Lost in the Floods
  12. 12Watershed Patrol

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 33.

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.

  • Never Trust a Big Barb and a SmileDurotar · Level 1-30

    Next, we gonna get some poison from the scorpions that be runnin' around here. But don't you worry, Bom'bay's not gonna let you get hurt! Bom'bay's got a big totem that you gonna stick in the ground when the scorpion strikes.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Purge the ValleyDurotar · Level 1-30

    Northwatch is a highly-defended stronghold southwest of here, across the harbor. It's a strategically-located stronghold that the Horde still struggles to overtake. We don't need the humans setting up another Northwatch here in Durotar.

The storyline at a glance

Durotar has 33 steps, from Cleaning Up the Coastline to Loss Reduction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Durotar (32), Orgrimmar (1).

Other storylines on the Durotar 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.

Related
Breaking the Barrier
Breaking the Blade
Breaking the Bonds
Breaking the Bonespeakers
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Cycle
Breaking the Emperor's Shield
Breaking the Faith

Guides and routes on this site that cover Durotar.

Database

Quest Location and Connections

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