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Crumbling Defenses

Crumbling Defenses is a quest for level 30-35 in Deepholm. It is step 2 of 44 in the Deepholm, The Stone Throne storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Deepholm at 46.1, 45.6. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

When da attack started, we pushed out to take da field as quickly as we could. Dere forces were deep and endless... we underestimated dem. Now some of our best shaman be stranded out dere, exhausted, far from our defenses.

Make your way out and take da pressure off of our stranded brothas. Even a small break in battle be a chance to get much needed room ta breathe.

Be swift, <class>.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
124958+33via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

A quick suggestion for this quest. Along with this quest you also get On Even Ground, in which you recieve an Elementium Grapple Line.

When you assist Tawn Winterbluff, she is already fighting a Servant of Therazane. If you use the grapple line on this add, it will significantly weaken the Servant and lets you kill two birds with one stone.

3
toastrecon+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Likewise, if you turn in "On Even Ground" before you go about relieving the members of the Earthen Ring, you will have an extremely hard time relieving the last two members due to the immense amount of health the elites have. Don't make that mistake. Keep the grapple quest until you've relieved all three.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+250

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +250

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Deepholm that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: The World Pillar (+75), The Earth Claims All (+250), Gunship Down (+250), Captain's Log (+75), Diplomacy First (+75), All Our Friends Are Dead (+250).

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 mapDeepholmTurn-in marker at 46.1, 45.6, 4 mapped points
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.

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

In-game waypoint: /way #207 46.1 45.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDeepholm 46.1, 45.6/way #207 46.1 45.6
  • Objective areaDeepholm 44.5, 41.3/way #207 44.5 41.3
  • Objective areaDeepholm 44.2, 43.8/way #207 44.2 43.8
  • Objective areaDeepholm 47.6, 42.8/way #207 47.6 42.8

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 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 170 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 110 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 120 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Deepholm, The Stone Throne

Part 2 of 44.

Previous: The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet · Next: Core of Our Troubles

  1. 1The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet
  2. 2Crumbling Defenses
  3. 3Core of Our Troubles
  4. 4On Even Ground
  5. 5Imposing Confrontation
  6. 6Rocky Relations
  7. 7Hatred Runs Deep
  8. 8Unsolid Ground
  9. 9Loose Stones
  10. 10Violent Gale
  11. 11Depth of the Depths
  12. 12A Rock Amongst Many

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 44.

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 Very Earth Beneath Our FeetDeepholm · Level 30-35

    Only one piece of the World Pillar remains, and it is in the hands of the Stonemother herself. Worse, the temple has come under siege by elementals and giants. It's not a terrible leap of logic to assume they're acting by her will. Go out and meet the elementals in battle to the northwest.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Core of Our TroublesDeepholm · Level 30-35

    Elementals are chaotic by nature, but dis kind of organized aggression is out of character. More so down here where dere deaths be a bit more permanent. I suspect dis is Therazane the Stonemother's doin', but I have to be sure. Destroy da Irestone Rumblers and bring me their cores.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Deepholm, The Stone Throne has 44 steps, from The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet to The Binding.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Deepholm (44).

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.

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Crumble and Tumble
Crumbling Apart
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Crush 'Em All
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