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Dark Iron Machinations

Dark Iron Machinations is an Alliance-only quest for level 50. It is step 4 of 12 in the Fog of War storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Nazmir at 33.4, 45.9. It rewards 6,800 experience and money.

Description

We have some additional support for our plan to deceive the Horde and assault the Blood Gates, but we need your help.

The Dark Iron dwarves have several mole machines waiting to erupt and supply fresh troops.

I've determined several spots within Zalamar that would be perfect for them to use.

Take this device and plant it in the following areas. It will send a message to the Dark Iron dwarves to erupt from there.

They will stay safely in their machines until our army arrives.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money23 gold40 silver
Experience6,800 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Nazmir 33.4, 45.9 /way #863 33.4 45.9

Known issues

Top Comments

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Haqin+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is one of two quests that form the third part of He Who Walks in the Light, the 4th and final chapter of the achievement Tides of Vengeance.
The other quest in this part is Repurposing Their Village.
The full quest chain, listed below, unlocked with the release of the Battle of Dazar'alor Raid on 22nd January 2019.
You will also need to have completed the three previous chapters before you can do this, all detailed in the achievement link.

1. The Fall of Zuldazar
2. The March to Nazmir
3. Repurposing Their Village and Dark Iron Machinations
4. Fog of War
5. Lurking in the Swamp
6. Zul'jan Deluge
7. Showing Our Might, Taming their Beasts and The Mech of Death
8. Taking the Blood Gate
9. He Who Walks in the Light
That completes the quest chain and awards the achievement.
It also unlocks the quest that takes you into the raid, Battle of Dazar'alor

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(54404))

Top Comments

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

2
Haqin+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is one of two quests that form the third part of He Who Walks in the Light, the 4th and final chapter of the achievement Tides of Vengeance.
The other quest in this part is Repurposing Their Village.
The full quest chain, listed below, unlocked with the release of the Battle of Dazar'alor Raid on 22nd January 2019.
You will also need to have completed the three previous chapters before you can do this, all detailed in the achievement link.

1. The Fall of Zuldazar
2. The March to Nazmir
3. Repurposing Their Village and Dark Iron Machinations
4. Fog of War
5. Lurking in the Swamp
6. Zul'jan Deluge
7. Showing Our Might, Taming their Beasts and The Mech of Death
8. Taking the Blood Gate
9. He Who Walks in the Light
That completes the quest chain and awards the achievement.
It also unlocks the quest that takes you into the raid, Battle of Dazar'alor

Read all 4 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyAzerite250
ExperienceXP6,800
MoneyGold23g 40s

Reward details

Currency: Azerite x 250

The blood of Azeroth crystalizes into chunks of Azerite, an extremely potent and powerful material.

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 mapNazmirTurn-in marker at 33.4, 45.9, 6 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.

Nazmir Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Nazmir map showing where to go for Dark Iron MachinationsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #863 33.4 45.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNazmir 33.4, 45.9/way #863 33.4 45.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Nazmir 32.1, 47.1/way #863 32.1 47.1
  • Objective areaNazmir 31.0, 29.6/way #863 31.0 29.6

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 Nazmir map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Nazmir:

  • Grimwatt's Crash, NazmirAlliance · about 610 yards south
  • Redfield's Watch, NazmirAlliance · about 1,300 yards north-east
  • Vulture's Nest, Vol'dunAlliance · about 1,500 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 580 yards north

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

Fog of War

Part 4 of 12.

The Kul Tiran fleet is preparing to attack Zuldazar. To guarantee victory, the Alliance must create a distraction in Nazmir to lure away the armies of the Horde and Zandalari.

Previous: Repurposing Their Village · Next: Fog of War

  1. 1The Fall of Zuldazar
  2. 2The March to Nazmir
  3. 3Repurposing Their Village
  4. 4Dark Iron Machinations
  5. 5Fog of War
  6. 6Lurking in the Swamp
  7. 7Zul'jan Deluge
  8. 8Showing Our Might
  9. 9The Mech of Death
  10. 10Taming their Beasts
  11. 11Taking the Blood Gate
  12. 12He Who Walks in the Light

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.

  • Repurposing Their VillageLevel 50

    Myself and Shaw will provide support for Telaamon's army until our distraction is set up. First, we need to clear the blood trolls out of their nearby village, Zalamar, in order to move our army forward. That's where you come in.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Fog of WarLevel 50

    Do not mind this, I am finishing off this insect. You have bigger matters to handle. Our army is moving within Zalamar as we speak. But the Horde will know our army's true size without aid.

The storyline at a glance

Fog of War has 12 steps, from The Fall of Zuldazar to He Who Walks in the Light.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazmir (10), Boralus (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Nazmir 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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Dark Infusion
Dark Iron Down
Dark Iron Dwarves
Dark Iron from Above
Dark Iron Scheming
Dark Iron Trappers
Dark Machinations
Dark Mending
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