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Detonation

Detonation is an Alliance-only quest for level 7-30 in Redridge Mountains. It is step 25 of 31 in the Redridge Mountains storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Redridge Mountains at 77.7, 65.5. It rewards 6 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,200 experience and money.

Description

Those explosives you planted were high yield, <name>. When I push this button on the Bravo Company field kit, that whole valley is gonna be consumed by a massive fireball of death.

You know, I think you should do the honors. You did all the hard work, after all.

Ready?

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
ReputationStormwind +500
Top Comments

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1
wharris+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Guide to Redridge Quests:

Do these at any time:
Nida's Necklace
An Unwelcome Guest
Lake Everstill Cleanup
Wanted: Redridge Gnolls
Franks and Beans
Threat to the Kingdom (from Westfall chain)

Optional prequest: Hero's Call: Redridge or Hero's Call: Redridge
Then a long chain:
Still Assessing the Threat
Parker's Report
We Must Prepare! (available earlier)
Completing the above enables: Like a Fart in the Wind
Tuning the Gnomecoder
Canyon Romp
A gnoll drops dirt-stained scroll which allows for He Who Controls the Ettins and Saving Foreman Oslow
They've Wised Up
Yowler Must Die!
John J Keeshan
This Ain't My War
Weapons of War
Accepting this enables Render's Army and Surveying Equipment
His Heart Must Be In It
In Search of Bravo Company (I'm not sure what the exact prerequisties are)
Breaking out is hard to do
Jorgensen
Krakauer
And Last but not Least...Danforth
Return of the Bravo Company
They Drew First Blood
It's Never over

Then do these together:
Bravo Company Field Kit: Camouflage
Bravo Company Field Kit: Chloroform
Hunting the Hinters
Point of Contact: Brubaker and Unspeakable Atrocities

(Main chain Continues)
Prisoners of War
To Win a War, You Gotta Become War
Detonation
(Shadowhide Extinction now available)
The Dark Tower
The Grand Magus Doane
AHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Showdown at Stonewatch
Darkblaze, Bood of the Worldbreaker
Triumphant Return

A truly epic chain!

2
326398+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is just a cut film of an aerial view of the orc complex blowing up. Afterwords there is a large crater where the tower used to be. When I did this it was bugged a little and the guards kept appearing at the former ground level and falling to the bottom fo the pit where they would disappear. Unable to engage any of them in combat.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
MoneyGold31g 50s
ReputationStormwind+500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Wrist
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+2 Intellect, +2 Stamina, +2 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for4 silver53 copper
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for4 silver54 copper
TypePlate Legs
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+3 Strength or Intellect, +4 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for9 silver7 copper
TypeGun Ranged
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon4 - 8 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+3 Agility, +4 Stamina
Suited toMarksmanship, Beast Mastery
Sells to vendors for14 silver70 copper
TypeTwo-Handed Axe Two-Hand
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon5 - 10 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+3 Strength, +4 Stamina, +5 Haste
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for16 silver23 copper
TypeMail Wrist
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for4 silver44 copper

Reputation: Stormwind +500

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Redridge Mountains that reward Stormwind reputation: Hero's Call: Redridge Mountains! (+250), Still Assessing the Threat (+350), WANTED: Redridge Gnolls (+250), Parker's Report (+75), Franks and Beans (+250), Nida's Necklace (+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.

3D Model

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

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapRedridge MountainsTurn-in marker at 77.7, 65.5, 2 mapped points
Objective areaSwamp of Sorrows1 mapped point
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.

Redridge Mountains Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Redridge Mountains map showing where to go for DetonationTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #49 77.7 65.5

Swamp of Sorrows Objective area 1 mapped point
Swamp of Sorrows map showing where to go for DetonationObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #51 55.6 6.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inRedridge Mountains 77.7, 65.5/way #49 77.7 65.5
  • Objective areaRedridge Mountains 77.4, 65.5/way #49 77.4 65.5
  • Objective areaSwamp of Sorrows 55.6, 6.0/way #51 55.6 6.0

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 Redridge Mountains map

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

Getting there

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

  • Shalewind Canyon, RedridgeAlliance · at the same spot
  • Bogpaddle, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance and Horde · about 430 yards east
  • Marshtide Watch, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 650 yards south-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

Redridge Mountains

Part 25 of 31.

Previous: To Win a War, You Gotta Become War · Next: The Dark Tower

  1. 20Hunting the Hunters
  2. 21Point of Contact: Brubaker
  3. 22Unspeakable Atrocities
  4. 23Prisoners of War
  5. 24To Win a War, You Gotta Become War
  6. 25Detonation
  7. 26The Dark Tower
  8. 27The Grand Magus Doane
  9. 28AHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
  10. 29Showdown at Stonewatch
  11. 30Darkblaze, Brood of the Worldbreaker
  12. 31Triumphant Return

Showing steps 20 to 31 of 31.

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.

  • To Win a War, You Gotta Become WarRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    <The Bravo Company radio beeps.> Do you understand yet, <name>? Do you now see what we gotta do to win a war against these monsters? YOU GOTTA BECOME WAR! NO MERCY! With the P.O.W.s freed you're clear to plant the seaforium.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Dark TowerRedridge Mountains · Level 7-30

    We got lucky with some vital intelligence from the locals of this valley. Those two behind us, the Ranthals, have informed me that the gnolls in Galardell Valley are being controlled by a powerful magus in the tower of Ilgalar. The problem is that the tower is sealed by a magical force field.

The storyline at a glance

Redridge Mountains has 31 steps, from We Must Prepare! to Triumphant Return.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Redridge Mountains (31).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Redridge Mountains 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
Deteriorating Knowledge
Deteriorating Knowledge
Determination
Deterrent
Devastating Effects
Devastation
Devastation Below
Devil's in the Details
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