TheWoWDBDo not turn in [url=[A Deal With a Dragon][A Deal With a Dragon] without John J. Keeshan present. If you do that you will not be able to turn in the other two quests until someone else comes along and has Keeshan following them around. I made the mistake of leaving the Burning Steppes, logging off for a while and then came back and completed this quest without help from the NPC. If you leave the zone abandon this quest and pick this up again before proceeding. This triggers Keeshan to follow you around, without him you are stuck.
Quest
Draconic Vanguard
A World of Warcraft quest in Burning Steppes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If you run into the problem where Akumi and Terromath are friendly, check your buffs. I still had my ogre disguise on which was causing this. After removing the disguise, I was able to attack and kill them.
Guide to Burning Steppes quests:
Optional breadcrumbs:
Hero's Call: Burning Steppes or Mouton FlamestarDo anytime before leaving to Chiselgrip:
Done Nothing WrongKeeshan is back with either:
Burning Vengeance if you did the Redridge chain or Burning Vengeance if you did not.These three at once:
Stocking Up
A Future Project
Mud HunterThen:
The Sand, the Cider, and the OrbThese two at once: Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff and Shadow Boxing
Then:
Return to Keeshan
Chiselgrip, the Heart of the SteppesEnables these quests, which must be completed before General Thor'izog in the main chain:
Prove Yer Allegiance
Scrapped Golems (leads to Golem Training)Main chain continues:
A Needle in a Hellhole
A Perfect Costume (4 versions) Read the quest carefully. What creature disguise do you need?
---> Orc (given to Humans and Dwarves): 2 Hides, 4 muds, 2 thread
---> Goblin (given to Gnomes): 1 hide, 3 mud, 4 thread
---> Troll (given to Night Elves): 3 Hides, 2 mud, 1 thread
---> Ogre (given to Draenei and Worgen): 4 Hide, 1 Mud, 3 threadThen:
Into the Black Tooth Hovel
Grunt Work
Look in your quest log -- Strategic Cuts has silently appeared
The Kodocaller's Horn
Taking the Horn for Ourselves
Until Blizzard fixes it, when you turn in this quest, you will get a failed quest sound
with "You don't meet the requirements for that quest". Don't panic.You must by this time have finished Stebben's quests, listed above.
General Thorg'izog
Trial by Magma
I Am the Law and I am the Lash [I think this completing this one is optional]
When you accept the above, look for Abuse of Power in your quest logThen:
Enough Damage for One Day
Morgan's VigilCompleting that quest allows for these four together:
SEVEN! YUP! [rewards Tiny Flamefly]
Blackened Ashes
A Heap of Delicious Worg
Latent Demons of the LandThen these three together:
Blood Tour
Draconic Vanguard
A Deal with a DragonGiven when third one above is completed: Placing the Pawns
Then these three:
A Delivery for Thorg'izog
A Delivery for Neeralak
A Delivery for Zi'lunAuto-accepted when above three are done:
Locked and LoadedAnd the epic conclusion:
Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
Glory Amidst Chaos
The Spoils of War
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBurning Steppes
Quest ID28315
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28315))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Requires all ofBlackened Ashes, Latent Demons of the Land, A Heap of Delicious Worg
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBurning Steppes, step 63 of 82
Rewards5,150 XP
Description
The Blackrock orcs don't come alone. You've already seen that they've got the Firegut ogres and Smolderthorn trolls on their side. Unfortunately for us, they're also teamed up with the black dragonflight. The orcs and the dragons have already sent some of their champions to stand guard at rally points, which are marked by a dragon skull on a pike. You and I are going to find these rally points and take out this vanguard before the battle starts. Ready?
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.
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #36 64.9 59.8
Coordinates
- Objective areaBurning Steppes 64.9, 59.8
/way #36 64.9 59.8 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 72.3, 27.5
/way #36 72.3 27.5 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 79.8, 50.9
/way #36 79.8 50.9 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 75.7, 37.1
/way #36 75.7 37.1 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 73.6, 67.2
/way #36 73.6 67.2
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 Burning Steppes map
- Honor the Flame about 110 yards
- Rotten Old Memories about 270 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 770 yards
- A Landmark Moment about 900 yards
- Unstoppable Force about 910 yards
- The Dark Horde about 1,020 yards
- None Left Standing about 1,020 yards
- Faithful Servant, Faithless Cause about 1,020 yards
- One Final Relic about 1,020 yards
- Not Just a Troll's Bane about 1,150 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Burning Steppes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Burning Steppes:
- Morgan's Vigil, Burning Steppes
- Chiselgrip, Burning Steppes
- Dragon's Mouth, Badlands
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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Experience5,150 XP
Storyline
Burning Steppes
Part 63 of 82.
Previous: Blood Tour · Next: Draconic Vanguard
- 58Latent Demons of the Land
- 59A Heap of Delicious Worg
- 60A Heap of Delicious Worg
- 61Blood Tour
- 62Blood Tour
- 63Draconic Vanguard
- 64Draconic Vanguard
- 65A Deal With a Dragon
- 66A Deal With a Dragon
- 67Placing the Pawns
- 68Placing the Pawns
- 69A Delivery for Thorg'izog
Showing steps 58 to 69 of 82.
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.
- Blood Tour
My legs are getting a little restless again. You interested in taking a little tour, <name>? We're going to take a trip around Dreadmaul Rock. I'd like to investigate some of the Blackrock army before we make our move, and I figure we might as well kill some of them while we're on the way.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Deal With a Dragon
While we are circling around Dreadmaul Rock, there's one more stop that we need to make. You remember the hatchlings that you freed from the Whelping Downs? Troteman's been hanging onto them, and we're going to deliver them to someone who will take care of them better than we can.
Quests that require this one
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Burning Steppes · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Burning Steppes has 82 steps, from Done Nothing Wrong to The Spoils of War.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Burning Steppes (82).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Burning Steppes map
- Regrets of the Past
- On the Trail of the Black Prince
- Some Wicked Things
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.