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Drilling Down

A World of Warcraft quest in Undermine. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Level 25 rare teams:

Humanoid:
1st Pet: [npc=68846]: Use [pet-ability=416] + [pet-ability=481] + [pet-ability=221] combo once. Runt dies after.
2nd Pet: [npc=73741]: Use [pet-ability=624] once. (This should go off right after enemy's repair heals him.) Spam [pet-ability=206] > [pet-ability=413] until Rotten helper dies.
3rd Pet: [npc=15698]: Finish Powerdrill with [pet-ability=206] > [pet-ability=413] spam.

Dragonkin:
1st Pet: [npc=97205]: Use [pet-ability=779] first and follow with [pet-ability=204]. Stormborne dies next turn.
2nd Pet: [npc=97207]: Use [pet-ability=624]. (This should go off right after enemy's repair heals him.) Use [pet-ability=592] and swap to 3rd Pet.
3rd Pet: [npc=40624]: Spam [pet-ability=860] until Celestial Dragon dies.
2nd Pet again: Use [pet-ability=624] and spam [pet-ability=429] until Powerdrill dies. (Claw procs mech racial and Ice Tomb kills the drill right after.)

Flying:
1st Pet: [npc=222614]: Use [pet-ability=270] once and spam [pet-ability=581].
2nd Pet: [npc=143564]: Use [pet-ability=919] once and spam [pet-ability=581].
3rd Pet: [npc=86447]: Use [pet-ability=919] once and spam [pet-ability=581].

Undead:
1st Pet: [npc=115146]: Use [pet-ability=786] when possible and [pet-ability=943] as filler.
2nd Pet: [npc=53232]: Use [pet-ability=592] once and spam [pet-ability=501] until powerdrill dies.
3rd Pet: Any undead, I had [npc=71163], but didn't need it.

Critter:
1st Pet: [npc=189099]: Get [pet-ability=2495] and [pet-ability=167] up and running and buff them with [pet-ability=592] after.
2nd Pet: [npc=59358]: Spam [pet-ability=163].
3rd Pet: [npc=98077]: Use [pet-ability=503] once and finish powerdrill with [pet-ability=113].
Note: Any rabbit works, but rabbit with >338 speed works even better.

Magic:
1st Pet: [npc=71021] (#3 B/B): Use [pet-ability=212] first and [pet-ability=218] after. Use anything 3rd turn, Voidcaller dies.
2nd Pet: [npc=96405]: Use [pet-ability=1068] and swap to 3rd pet.
3rd Pet: [npc=220420]: Spam [pet-ability=163] until Remember Riverpaw dies.
2nd Pet again: [npc=96405]: Use [pet-ability=1068] and spam [pet-ability=184] until Powerdrill dies.
Note: Slight Quill rng. You cast Quills four times and one of those needs to hit an extra time. If your Voidcaller is not one of the +dmg breeds, you might need better Quills rng.
Note 2: [npc=212267] and [npc=212273] should be fine alternatives for Riverpaw.

Elemental:
1st Pet: [npc=23909]: Start with: [pet-ability=745] first, [pet-ability=113] second and [pet-ability=402] third. (Drill will be stunned when repair ends and gets no healing from it.) After that [pet-ability=745] when available and [pet-ability=113] as filler.
2nd Pet: Any Elemental with Elemental damage, I had [npc=47944]: Use [pet-ability=178] once for dot and finish Drill with [pet-ability=179] and/or [pet-ability=113].
3rd Pet: Any Elemental, I had [npc=15710], but didn't use it.

Beast:
1st Pet: [npc=62184] (#5 S/S): Use [pet-ability=159] followed by [pet-ability=152] and [pet-ability=155] after. Swap to 2nd Pet.
2nd Pet: [npc=115135]: Use [pet-ability=1559] to stop repair heal and toss [pet-ability=270] up. Cast anything, Dreadmaw dies.
1st Pet again: [npc=62184] (#5 S/S): Use [pet-ability=159] and [pet-ability=155]. Rock Viper dies.
3rd Pet: [npc=115135]: Start with [pet-ability=501], use [pet-ability=1407] once. Next interrupt enemy healing with [pet-ability=1559]. Use [pet-ability=1407] a second time. Powerdrill dies.
Note: It's very close and sometimes Burrow's don't quite deal enough damage and powerdrill doesn't die. Go agane.
Note 2: First Dreadmaw has interrupt and glowing toxin. Second Dreadmaw has interrupt and fire stuff.

Aquatic:
1st Pet: [npc=86879]: Start with [pet-ability=513] and [pet-ability=204] after. Hydraling dies next turn.
2nd Pet: [npc=154706]: Combo [pet-ability=919] with [pet-ability=706]. ChittySkitty dies next turn.
3rd Pet: Any Aquatic pet with high hp or elemental damage. I.e. [npc=113136] spam [pet-ability=118] or [npc=29726] spam [pet-ability=528].

Mechanical:
1st Pet: [npc=48609]: Use [pet-ability=712] once and follow with [pet-ability=710]. Clockwork dies next turn.
2nd Pet: [npc=68841]: Get [pet-ability=305] up first, then [pet-ability=357]. Use [pet-ability=455] twice. Refresh [pet-ability=305] and [pet-ability=357].
3rd Pet: [npc=73011]: Start with [pet-ability=985] and kill the drill with [pet-ability=1002].

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 80
LocationUndermine
SideBoth
SharableNo
Added inThe War Within
Quest ID86943

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86943))

Requirements

Quest typeBattle Pet World Quest

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

  • Defeat the Precision Powerdrill in a Pet Battle

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.

Undermine Objective area 1 mapped point
Undermine map showing where to go for Drilling DownObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2346 55.1 69.7

Coordinates

  • Defeat the Precision Powerdrill in a Pet BattleUndermine 55.1, 69.7/way #2346 55.1 69.7

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 Undermine map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Undermine:

  • The HeapsAlliance and Horde · about 270 yards south-west
  • The GallagioAlliance and Horde · about 320 yards north-east
  • The Incontinental HotelAlliance and Horde · about 410 yards north-west

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.

Objective targets

Precision Powerdrill

KindBattle pet
FamilyMechanical
How to get itPet Battle: Undermine

Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.

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Where this quest fits

Other storylines on the Undermine 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.