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Establishing Superiority

Establishing Superiority is a Horde-only quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It is step 80 of 167 in the Icecrown storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 54.9, 84.2. It rewards 4 reward items, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

We've one shot at dealing some damage to this place -- let's make sure we get it right.

We've acquired potent, Scourge-made, saronite bombs. But we must secure this area before we can set them off.

We're going to need to get the Scourge defenses under control quickly, before reinforcements arrive.

Help my men out and come back when you're ready for some fireworks.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
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CITADEL FOOTSTEPS Quest Tree From Whiterock

N)Blackwatch<--The Shadow Vault{H}*-->The Duke*
 | The Skybreaker(A)* |         | Orgrim's Hammer(H)*
 |                 |  |         | |
 | 2)Exploiting an Opening(A)  2)Opportunity(H)
 | 2)Securing the Perimeter(A) 2)Establishing Superiority(H)
 | 2)Set it Off!(A)            2)Blow it Up!(H)
 |  |__________________________/
 |  |
 | 2)A Short Fuse{H}--------->1)Parting Gifts
 | 2)A Voice in the Dark{H}    |->6)An Undead's Best Friend
 | 2)Time to Hide{H}           |->6)Honor is for the Weak /
 | 1)Return to the Surface{H} 6)From Whence They Came /  /
 | 3)Field Repairs{H}          \_____________________/__/
 | 3)Do your Worst{H}           |                |
 | 3)Army of the Damned{H}     6)Seeds of Chaos 6)Amidst the Confusion
 | 2)Futility{H}                     \          /
 |  |->4)Sindragosa's Fall(A)        5)Vereth the Cunning
 |  |->4)Cradle of the Frostbrood(H) 5)New Recruit
 |  |                                7)The Vile Hold
 | 4)Where Dragons Fell{H}            |->7)Generosity Abounds
 | 5)Time for Answers{H}              |->7)Stunning View /
 | 5)The Hunter and the Prince{H}    7)Matchmaker /     /
 | 1)Knowledge is a Terrible Burden{H} \_________/_____/
 |  |                 \                 |->7)The Rider of the Unholy
 | 1)Tirion's Help(A) 1)Argent Aid(H)   |->7)The Rider of Blood /
 |  |                 /                7)The Rider of Frost /  /
 | 5)Tirion's Gambit{H}                 \                  /  /
 |                                      2)The Fate of Bloodbane
8)Where Are They Coming From?
 |              |
8)Death's Gaze 8)Destroying the Altars
 |______________|
 |->8)I'm Not Dead Yet!{H}
 |---------------->8)Spill Their Blood 
8)Jagged Shards                    /
 |->7)The Runesmiths of Malykriss /
7)I'm Smelting... Smelting! /    /
 \_________________________/____/
  |                   |
 8)By Fire Be Purged 8)A Visit to the Doctor
 /                   /
8)Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton-->8)Let's Get Out of Here{H}
8)He's Gone to Pieces         
8)Putting Olakin Back Together Again
8)The Flesh Giant Champion
Quest zones:
1)Unique zones_2)Icecrown Citadel_3)Valley of Lost Hope_4)Sindragosa's Fall_5)Icecrown Citadel(outside)_6)Weeping Quarry_7)Malykriss_8)Fleshwerks
N)Not-needed
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Head
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+8 Intellect, +12 Stamina, +10 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for36 gold78 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for47 gold86 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold52 silver
TypePlate Feet
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for37 gold58 silver

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 mapIcecrownTurn-in marker at 54.9, 84.2, 13 mapped points
World Map

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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for Establishing SuperiorityTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 54.9 84.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 54.9, 84.2/way #118 54.9 84.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 54.1, 87.8/way #118 54.1 87.8

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

  • Kor'kron Vanguard, DragonblightHorde · about 1,300 yards south-east
  • DalaranAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards east
  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 160 yards south

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

Icecrown

Part 80 of 167.

Previous: Opportunity · Next: Blow it Up!

  1. 75Exploiting an Opening
  2. 76Securing the Perimeter
  3. 77Set it Off!
  4. 78A Short Fuse
  5. 79Opportunity
  6. 80Establishing Superiority
  7. 81Blow it Up!
  8. 82A Short Fuse
  9. 83Parting Gifts
  10. 84An Undead's Best Friend
  11. 85Honor is for the Weak
  12. 86From Whence They Came

Showing steps 75 to 86 of 167.

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.

  • OpportunityIcecrown · Level 25-30

    We recently came upon schematics that indicate a weakness in Icecrown Citadel. An opening in its defenses, both figuratively and literally. The captured diagrams show an orifice leading several hundred feet into the ground.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Blow it Up!Icecrown · Level 25-30

    This is probably as under-control as this situation is going to get. Let's do this, <name>. I need someone to light the fuse on those bombs and it looks like you're the one to do it.

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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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