TheWoWDBJust kill Dark Iron Excavators and Dark Iron Footman until he spawns.
He will yell when he spawns:What in hell's name is going on out here?
Quest
Dig-Boss Dinwhisker
A World of Warcraft quest in Searing Gorge. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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He spawns after about 11-12 kills of the dwarfs in the cauldron area. He emotes when he spawns, and he comes riding in on a black Ram. The amber needed for the quest is lootable from the ground, not from his corpse. I killed him on my 80 Belf priest, and then a lower level Alliance warlock came by and was able to loot the item without having killed Dinwhisker himself.
After you kill him for the quest, look carefully on the ground next to him and a tiny little red gem will spawn. Easy to overlook and kill these dwarves over and over for an hour if you don't realize it.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneSearing Gorge
Quest ID27964
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27964))
What to do
StorylineSearing Gorge, step 2 of 23
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Grimesilt wasn't as high up on the chain as I thought. We'll have to take out his superior and find out what he knows. Dig-Boss Dinwhisker's his name, and he runs the Dark Iron digging operations within the Cauldron, just northwest of here. His excavators and footmen patrol the eastern side of the Cauldron, digging downward, day and night. He's not known to show his face out in the field very often, but if you slay enough of his men, he'll be forced to come out and deal with you.
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 #32 68.6 53.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inSearing Gorge 68.6, 53.4
/way #32 68.6 53.4 - Objective areaSearing Gorge 52.4, 44.9
/way #32 52.4 44.9
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Searing Gorge:
- New Kargath, Badlands
- Iron Summit, Searing Gorge
- Flame Crest, Burning Steppes
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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Reward details
Reputation: Thorium Brotherhood +250
The dwarves of the Thorium Brotherhood epitomize excellence in craftsmanship and are bent on unlocking the secrets of Blackrock Mountain.
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in Searing Gorge that reward Thorium Brotherhood reputation: Gaining Even More Acceptance (+375), Gaining Acceptance (+15), A Proper Antivenom (+250), The Fewer, the Better (+250), Out of Place (+250), A Lumbering Relic (+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.
Storyline
Searing Gorge
Part 2 of 23.
Previous: A New Master... But Who? · Next: Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood
- 1A New Master... But Who?
- 2Dig-Boss Dinwhisker
- 3Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood
- 4Heat That Just Don't Quit
- 5Curse These Fat Fingers
- 6Rasha'krak
- 7Recon Essentials
- 8Dark Ministry
- 9In the Hall of the Mountain-Lord
- 10Siege!
- 11Set Them Ablaze!
- 12They Build a Better Bullet
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 23.
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.
- A New Master... But Who?
You've arrived just in time. Here's the skinny: the Dark Iron dwarves in the gorge have been acting strangely, and the Thorium Brotherhood intends to find out why. Overseer Oilfist doesn't like surprises. We suspect that they're following orders from some new leader.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood
Did... did you see that? This is the missing piece we've been looking for! We have to take this information back to someone at Thorium Point. The Dark Irons have been known to consort with the firelord in the past, but never before have they brought their kind this far out into Searing Gorge.
Also counted by Searing Gorge Quests
Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
Searing Gorge has 23 steps, from A New Master... But Who? to Welcome to the Brotherhood.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Searing Gorge (23).
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 this achievement.
- Searing Gorge Quests: its criteria name 5 quests, this one included.