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Drive Back The Flame

Drive Back The Flame is a quest for level 30-35 in Timeless Isle. It is step 10 of 11 in The Siege of Orgrimmar storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Timeless Isle at 42.7, 55.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

The pandaren once existed in harmony with the Ordon yaungol. When the island suddenly disappeared, the Ordon faced certain death. In their desperation, the chief shaman called out for aid to the Fire Lords, and was answered.

Ordos was his name. Now, he is a creature of anger and violence. Though his people were saved, he burns endlessly in molten agony.

There is harmony no longer. The Ordon seek to take the Celestial Court, and sacrifice us all to Ordos. Drive them back, and restore balance.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationEmperor Shaohao +250
Top Comments

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1
Breotan+44via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You start out at 0 - Neutral and have to grind 9000 rep to hit Honored. Non-elites give 5 or 6 rep each. Elites 12 or so. They take longer to kill than they really need to so this is going to take forever if you try to solo it. It's reminiscent of the old rep grinds back in Vanilla. For those of you unlucky enough to have done the Timbermaw Hold rep grind, this will feel about the same.

If you are in a party, you might want to stay farther South. The first area by Firewalker Ruins is easy enough to farm but it is honestly over-farmed because for some reason everyone wants to do this solo. Seriously, do not do this solo.

I recommend you fill a raid and camp up by The Blazing Way. There's a section to the North where a bunch of elites spawn and if you are organized you can farm them pretty effectively. The drawback appears that you don't appear to get Timeless Coins or freebee purples while in a raid, except for the rare spawns. Still, those drop off everything and anything so you shouldn't miss them here.

Edit: Just verified that these mobs do keep giving rep after you reach Honored.

3
Carotte+27via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ordon Candlekeeper - 5 or 6 rep
Ordon Oathguard - 11 rep
Ordon Fire-Watcher - 11 rep
Burning Berserker - 16 or 17 rep
Eternal Kilnmaster - 22 rep
Blazebound Chanter - 22 rep

These are the reputation gains assuming you are in a level 25 guild.

All the mobs are pretty though and have abilities that can easily
kill you if you don't pay enough attention (except the Candlekeepers which are non-elite).

Like Breotan said, you should group up in order to make this grind less of a pain but also to deter people from killing you for Bloody Coins
Classes with lots of stuns make life a lot easier, especially against the Kilnmasters.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyTimeless Coin2,000
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationEmperor Shaohao+250

Reward details

Reputation: Emperor Shaohao +250

Shaohao, the long lost Emperor of the Pandaren people, is a personage worthy of deep respect.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Timeless Isle that reward Emperor Shaohao reputation: The Last Emperor (+250), Timeless Nutriment (+250), Wayshrines Of The Celestials (+250), The Archiereus Of Flame (+250), Path of the Mistwalker (+250).

Currency: Timeless Coin x 2,000

You feel the shadowy fingers of previous and future owners of this coin playing across your hand, as if time itself blurs. Spend upon the Timeless Isle to earn powerful and fluid rewards.

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 mapTimeless IsleTurn-in marker at 42.7, 55.2, 13 mapped points
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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.

Timeless Isle Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #554 42.7 55.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTimeless Isle 42.7, 55.2/way #554 42.7 55.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Timeless Isle 54.5, 78.8/way #554 54.5 78.8

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 Timeless Isle map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Timeless Isle:

  • Tushui Landing, Timeless IsleAlliance · about 530 yards south-west
  • Huojin Landing, Timeless IsleHorde · about 560 yards north-west
  • Pearlfin Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 2,600 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 470 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

The Siege of Orgrimmar

Part 10 of 11.

Previous: Wayshrines Of The Celestials · Next: The Archiereus Of Flame

  1. 1Journey to the Timeless Isle
  2. 2Time Keeper Kairoz
  3. 3A Timeless Tour
  4. 4Time In Your Hands
  5. 5Hints From The Past
  6. 6Timeless Treasures
  7. 7The Last Emperor
  8. 8Timeless Nutriment
  9. 9Wayshrines Of The Celestials
  10. 10Drive Back The Flame
  11. 11The Archiereus Of Flame

Also part of: The Siege of Orgrimmar (part 10 of 11).

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.

  • Wayshrines Of The CelestialsTimeless Isle · Level 30-35

    Many years ago, these grounds were a place where my people would come in pilgrimage. Here, they would listen to the words of the celestials, and meditate for many days. In their meditations, they found the fear, anger, despair, doubt, and violence that plagued their spirits.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Archiereus Of FlameTimeless Isle · Level 30-35

    Your efforts have driven back the Ordon and brought peace to the Celestial Court, but it will not last. It is time to silence the great emissary of Ordos - the Archiereus of Flame. Speak with Mistweaver Ku and purchase a scroll of challenge, then travel to Three-Breeze Terrace to the north.

The storyline at a glance

The Siege of Orgrimmar has 11 steps, from Journey to the Timeless Isle to The Archiereus Of Flame.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Timeless Isle (11).

Other storylines on the Timeless Isle 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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