I couldn't get the banner to plant until I realized after watching the video that I was standing too far inside. You only need to be on the lip of the cave entrance before you plant the banner to fight the dragon.
Quest
Challenge to the Black Flight
A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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1. go to the entrance to Onyxia's Lair, you need to stand in the mouth itself for it to work
2. place the banner
3. Smolderwing spawns
4. kill it
5. go to Brogg
pretty easy to solo
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Quest facts
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What to do
Description
Brogg relishes the thought of taking his revenge on the black dragonkin of the marsh. {name}, you have been very helpful in preparing for this moment. Will you help? Take Brogg's clan banner and travel east until you see a cave like a dragon's mouth. At the entrance to that cave, plant Stonemaul banner and issue Brogg's challenge to Onyxia. Brogg and the Stonemaul will have their lands back!
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #70 41.8 74.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 41.8, 74.0
/way #70 41.8 74.0 - Objective areaDustwallow Marsh 52.4, 76.4
/way #70 52.4 76.4
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 Dustwallow Marsh map
- The Sullied Banner about 1,400 yards
- Creative Solutions about 1,460 yards
- Aftershocks about 1,490 yards
- Breaking the Cycle about 1,490 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,570 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,580 yards
- A Bitter Reunion about 2,120 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dustwallow Marsh, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
- Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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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
Dustwallow Marsh
Part 83 of 83.
Previous: Spirits of Stonemaul Hold
- 72Seek Out Tabetha
- 73Raze Direhorn Post!
- 74The Brood of Onyxia
- 75The Brood of Onyxia
- 76Justice Dispensed
- 77The Brood of Onyxia
- 78Challenge Overlord Mok'Morokk
- 79Bloodfen Feathers
- 80Banner of the Stonemaul
- 81The Essence of Enmity
- 82Spirits of Stonemaul Hold
- 83Challenge to the Black Flight
Showing steps 72 to 83 of 83.
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.
- Spirits of Stonemaul Hold
Brogg has completed the totem that will put the spirits of his friends to rest. When the dragonkin came, they killed all Stonemaul who did not flee. Brogg fled with Overlord Mok'Morokk, hoping to lead a counterattack with other Stonemaul survivors.
Also counted by Dustwallow Marsh Quests
Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:
- Army of the Black Dragon
- The Theramore Docks
- Twilight of the Dawn Runner
- Darkmist Extermination
- A Shambling Threat
- Jarl Needs a Blade
- Cleansing Witch Hill
- Hungry as an Ogre!
Also counted by Dustwallow Marsh Quests
Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:
- Jarl Needs a Blade
- Cleansing Witch Hill
- Hungry as an Ogre!
- The End of the Deserters
- Take Down Tethyr!
- Return to Jaina
- Unleash the Raptors
- Prisoners of the Grimtotems
The storyline at a glance
Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).
Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh map
- The Blue Dragons
- Testing Loyalties
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.
- Dustwallow Marsh Quests: its criteria name 14 quests, this one included.
- Dustwallow Marsh Quests: its criteria name 11 quests, this one included.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.