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Dropping the Hammer

Dropping the Hammer is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Twilight Highlands. It is step 36 of 236 in the Twilight Highlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Twilight Highlands at 60.2, 58.0. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,000 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Thanks to you and Iain, we've got enough riders together that we can take the fight back to the Twilight.

We're trained to fight while ridin', but a second rider to handle the Stormhammer tends to be more efficient. I thought you might enjoy the honor.

Pick your gryphon and join the fight. Best be quick about it though - we're aimin' to clear every last one of those Twilight off of those floatin' rocks before the hour's out.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money27 gold48 silver
Experience6,000 XP
ReputationWildhammer Clan +250
Top Comments

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1
lillicat+58via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I had a bit of difficulty with this quest.

Spam #1 while targeting a mob (each mob needs to be hit twice). Watch for a stream of lightning "attached" to you and use your #2 button to "absorb" the damage. "Absorbing" 3 charges will cause larger amounts of damage with #1.

After killing the 12 Stormbenders, your gryphon will fly higher where the final mob is located. Stormbenders may continue to attack you with the lightning, so keep aware and use #2 as needed.

Use same tactics with Servias Windterror. When Windterror has about 135k health left, you will be dismounted from your gryphon and have to kill him using your class abilities. He will cast his static flux, at which time you will have to move to the edge of the platform until he's done casting it or you will take massive amounts of damage (I died -- twice..). When you've finished him off, you will be mounted on a gryphon and flown to safety.

If at any point your gryphon dies, you will fall to the ground to your death unless you have slowfall etc. You will automatically be resurrected at the graveyard located near the quest giver.

2
Tinkerbolt+54via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I tried doing this quest as a 120. I flew up, killed the 12 I needed, then went to the boss, killed it, and... spent the next 10 mins circling the boss as the gryphon didn't stop or take me back.
The quest was registered as completed, however I have no method of ending this flight or dismounting.

The solution I found to this is logging out while riding the gryphon. One you log back on you spawn where you started.

3
730693+30via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Another hint: don't hit the static absorb button as soon as the bolt hits you. When the static charge spell she casts hits the end if your absorb shield has worn off you get a good sized hit to your health. You want your absorb shield to be UP when the static charge spell wears off.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,000
MoneyGold27g 48s
ReputationWildhammer Clan+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Chest
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for48 gold37 silver
TypeMail Head
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Versatility, +6 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for36 gold7 silver
TypePlate Hands
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Versatility, +6 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold14 silver

Reputation: Wildhammer Clan +250

The Wildhammer dwarves are known for their near-reckless courage as well as their unsurpassed gryphon-riding skills. After losing their home of Grim Batol to a Dark Iron Curse, they've spread their dwellings around the Twilight Highlands.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Twilight Highlands that reward Wildhammer Clan reputation: Bird Down! Bird Down! (+25), Roots'll Do 'Er (+250), Wings Over Highbank (+25), Firebeard's Patrol (+25), Dunwalds Don't Die (+25), While Meeting The Family (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTwilight HighlandsTurn-in marker at 60.2, 58.0, 10 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.

Twilight Highlands Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Twilight Highlands map showing where to go for Dropping the HammerTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #241 60.2 58.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTwilight Highlands 60.2, 58.0/way #241 60.2 58.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Twilight Highlands 59.3, 52.1/way #241 59.3 52.1
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 58.6, 51.7/way #241 58.6 51.7

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 Twilight Highlands map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Twilight Highlands:

  • Firebeard's Patrol, Twilight HighlandsAlliance · about 20 yards north-east
  • Victor's Point, Twilight HighlandsAlliance · about 860 yards west
  • Thundermar, Twilight HighlandsAlliance · about 1,200 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 240 yards north

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

Twilight Highlands

Part 36 of 236.

Previous: Personal Request · Next: The Lost Brother

  1. 31The Loyalty of Clan Mullan
  2. 32Death Worthy of a Dragonmaw
  3. 33Anything We Can Get
  4. 34Somethin' for the Boys
  5. 35Personal Request
  6. 36Dropping the Hammer
  7. 37The Lost Brother
  8. 38They Took Me Pants!
  9. 39Dunwalds Don't Die
  10. 40While Meeting The Family
  11. 41Sifting Through The Wreckage
  12. 42Donnelly Dunwald

Showing steps 31 to 42 of 236.

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.

  • Personal RequestTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    Shame about the Doyles. It's a fair miracle that as many of us made it out as is though, so can't count it as much of a surprise. Those louts at Thundermar are cowards. Even after tellin' them it was Keegan askin', they won't set foot outside of their town.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Lost BrotherTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    Me brother Bahrum has gone missing! He was one of the first scouts in the area. All the others have returned safely, but there be no sign of him. Da says he's just dawdlin' somewhere, but he's me only brother, and I promised me mum that I would keep him safe. Will you please find him?

Also counted by Fading into Twilight

Its criteria name 17 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Twilight Highlands has 236 steps, from Twilight Shores to Skullcrusher the Mountain.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Twilight Highlands (222), Azshara (9), Orgrimmar (4), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Twilight Highlands 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Fading into TwilightComplete the Twilight Highlands storylines listed below.10
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