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Facing the Storm

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

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This is part of the Iron Colossus chain which begins and ends with Bouldercrag the Rockshaper.


  2. Rare Earth

  4. Relief for the Fallen
    Fighting Back

  6. Slaves of the Stormforged
    The Dark Ore

  8. The Gifts of Loken
    Facing the Storm

  10. While on Step 4, a Dark Armor Sample will drop off Stormforged War Golems which starts:

  12. The Armor of Darkness

  14. The Armor's Secrets

  16. Valduran the Stormborn

  18. Destroy the Forges!
    Hit Them Where it Hurts

  20. A Colossal Threat

  22. The Heart of the Storm

  24. The final part: The Iron Colossus

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneThe Storm Peaks
Quest ID12978

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12978))

What to do

StorylineThe Storm Peaks, step 42 of 113
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Like Bouldercrag, I once served the keepers as a craftsman in Ulduar, but with Loken's betrayal, I turned my hammer toward our new foes. When we could spare the men, I led raids on Nidavelir to relieve the pressure on our defenders, but our lines are near collapse. You've proven yourself a capable combatant and a staunch ally. Perhaps you'd be willing to take up our banner and take the fight to Nidavelir, the iron dwarf stronghold to the southwest, across the Snowdrift Plains.

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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.

The Storm Peaks Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
The Storm Peaks map showing where to go for Facing the StormTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #120 31.3 38.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Storm Peaks 31.3, 38.2/way #120 31.3 38.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Storm Peaks 27.8, 48.2/way #120 27.8 48.2
  • Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 31.5, 38.3/way #120 31.5 38.3

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 The Storm Peaks map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Storm Peaks:

  • Bouldercrag's Refuge, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards north-west
  • Grom'arsh Crash-Site, The Storm PeaksHorde · about 640 yards south-east
  • Ulduar, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 470 yards south-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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

Storyline

The Storm Peaks

Part 42 of 113.

Previous: The Gifts of Loken · Next: Armor of Darkness

  1. 37Fighting Back
  2. 38Relief for the Fallen
  3. 39Slaves of the Stormforged
  4. 40The Dark Ore
  5. 41The Gifts of Loken
  6. 42Facing the Storm
  7. 43Armor of Darkness
  8. 44The Armor's Secrets
  9. 45Valduran the Stormborn
  10. 46Destroy the Forges!
  11. 47Hit Them Where it Hurts
  12. 48A Colossal Threat

Showing steps 37 to 48 of 113.

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.

  • The Gifts of LokenThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    The one who commands the stormforged iron dwarves is called Runeseer Valduran. Although I have never seen them, it is said that his master, Keeper Loken, who took over Ulduar, has given Valduran powerful titan artifacts.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Armor of DarknessThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    This armor plate is thick and oversized compared to the rest of the golem's defenses. A quick examination of the golem's corpse reveals that this heavier plate seems to have been bolted on as an afterthought or a crude upgrade.

Also counted by The Summit of Storm Peaks

Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Storm Peaks has 113 steps, from Clean Up to The Reckoning.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (110), Zul'Drak (2), Crystalsong Forest (1).

Other storylines on The Storm Peaks 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.

The Summit of Storm PeaksComplete the Storm Peaks storylines listed below.10