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

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778141+30via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

OK just did this and used a few tips from the comments here:

1) Get on flying mount and hover DIRECTLY ABOVE the catapult, it won't stop at the mobs to shoot them and will go almost until the end;

2) when/if the catapult stops JUST /POKE THE DRIVER, IT WORKS!

Cheers hope this works for you as well!

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Whiterock+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Middle World Pillar Fragment Quest Tree From Whiterock

          a)Where's Goldmine?
          /            \
a)Something that Burns a)Explosive Bonding Compound
          \            /
          a)Apply and Flash Dry
          a)Take Him to the Earthcaller
          b)To Stonehearth's Aid
          b)The Quaking Fields
          /            \
b)Elemental Ore        b)The Axe of Earthly Sundering
          \            /
          b)One With the Ground
          b)Bring Down the Avalanche(2nd version)
          /            \
c)We're Surrounded     c)Stonefather's Boon
c)Thunder Stones       c)Sealing the Way
 |            \        /            |
d)Fixer Upper d)Battlefront Triage d)Shatter Them!
          \    |                   /
          d)Troggzor the Earthinator
          d)Rush Delivery
          d)Close Escort
          e)Keep Them off the Front
          /            \
e)Mystic Masters       e)Reactivate the Constructs
          \            /
          f)Down Into the Chasm
          /            \
f)Sprout No More       f)Fungal Monstrosities
          \            /
          f)A Slight Problem
          g)Rescue the Stonefather... and Flint
          g)The Hero Returns
          g)The Middle Fragment   The World Pillar Fragment*
           |                            /
          The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet*

Legend:
* means another Quest Tree.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDeepholm
Quest ID26632

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26632))

What to do

StorylineDeepholm, War & Gunships, step 22 of 57
RewardsEarthen Embrace, Catapult Loader's Gloves, Broken Emergency Brake, 27g 48s, 6,000 XP

Description

Alright, I think I've got it working again. You've got to get the catapult to the stone trogg town, Needlerock Slag, just to the north of the front. The driver will go with you. I'll head back and let Gravel know. There's no doubt that the stone troggs will try to stop you. You just keep them off of the catapult. It packs a big punch. Let me know when you're ready, {name}.

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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.

Deepholm Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Deepholm map showing where to go for Close EscortTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #207 22.7 52.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDeepholm 22.7, 52.0/way #207 22.7 52.0
  • Objective areaDeepholm 21.1, 51.7/way #207 21.1 51.7
  • Objective areaDeepholm 20.7, 61.3/way #207 20.7 61.3

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 Deepholm map

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

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 330 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 340 yards south

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money27 gold48 silver
Experience6,000 XP

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Chest
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor18
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for48 gold22 silver
TypePlate Hands
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold16 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +4 Haste, +14 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for41 gold49 silver

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

Deepholm, War & Gunships

Part 22 of 57.

Previous: Rush Delivery · Next: Keep Them off the Front

  1. 17Shatter Them!
  2. 18Fixer Upper
  3. 19Battlefront Triage
  4. 20Troggzor the Earthinator
  5. 21Rush Delivery
  6. 22Close Escort
  7. 23Keep Them off the Front
  8. 24Reactivate the Constructs
  9. 25Mystic Masters
  10. 26Down Into the Chasm
  11. 27Sprout No More
  12. 28Fungal Monstrosities

Showing steps 17 to 28 of 57.

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.

  • Rush DeliveryDeepholm · Level 30-35

    Peak Grindstone's team broke down somewhere out there to the west. Think you can make yourself useful for a change and rush some parts out to them, <race>?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Keep Them off the FrontDeepholm · Level 30-35

    Oh good, you brought another catapult with you! Clay might be older than dirt, but he makes a mean war machine. Well, you didn't bring it all the way out here for your health, flesh bag. Get in one of those things and bombard the fungal terrors and reinforcements streaming out of Needlerock Slag.

The storyline at a glance

Deepholm, War & Gunships has 57 steps, from Where's Goldmine? to The World Pillar Fragment.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Deepholm (57).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Deepholm 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.