TheWoWDBThe beginning of this quest is confusing at first glance if you climb up to the mountain to see this spear stick out of the ground. When you hover your mouse cursor over it, it gives a quest marker for you to right click. If you were to come up here without doing any of the quest chains around the area first like I did, the spear is not interactable. Doing the quests prior to getting up here made it open up for me to acquire this quest.
Quest
Forced Grounding
A World of Warcraft quest in Vol'dun. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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So you picked up [object=278447] and now find [npc=129856] flying in front of you in the sky.
No need to move or run anywhere. Just target the flying mob and pull him with the [item=154893] quest item.If you cant find him, someone else could kill him, so just wait the respawn.
Or maybe someone else is already fighting him on the ground./way 47.19 38.89 Hrillik's Pterrordax
Forced Grounding quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HmJofmVc6o
This quest is part of the Vol'dun Storming the Spire questchain. All Vol'dun quests: Secrets in the Sands <= more info insideID#QuestQuest ChainQuestgiverSubzoneVideo62Storming the Spire[npc=128694]Sanctuary of the Devotedhttps://youtu.be/vuPfsZbCxes63Storming the Spire[npc=137970]Bwoljin's Fallhttps://youtu.be/y7l9Q46oiUU661Storming the Spire [currency=1560][npc=135090]Crater of Conquerorshttps://youtu.be/Y7YRZOqnj-U672Storming the Spire[npc=135090]Crater of Conquerorshttps://youtu.be/qBeq0PffjC0682Storming the Spire[npc=135090]Crater of Conquerorshttps://youtu.be/MHEpbqAcPok691Storming the Spire[npc=135172]Vorrik's Sanctumhttps://youtu.be/_NSeh5DuCVI702Storming the Spire[npc=135172]Vorrik's Sanctumhttps://youtu.be/i2WYYWulL-s731Storming the Spire[npc=135111]Skycallers' Spirehttps://youtu.be/ZWkIC2RiLKE742Storming the Spire[npc=135111]Skycallers' Spirehttps://youtu.be/RHvVA05KME075Storming the Spire[npc=138411]Skycallers' Spirehttps://youtu.be/BUl6DBsODTYId column is approximate quest № In Vol'dun storyline Secrets in the Sands <= more info
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see a number there
Tried this at 60, pulled the Pterrordax down and killed it, then Fangcaller Hrillik immediately despawned. Engage him quickly.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-60
ZoneVol'dun
Quest ID49002
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(49002))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSethrak Fortress, step 8 of 8
RewardsFaithless Skyrider's Focus, 
Faithless Skyrider's Shield, 51g 48s, 10,200 XP
Faithless Skyrider's Focus, Faithless Skyrider's Shield, 51g 48s, 10,200 XPDescription
<This is one of the spears that Faithless trappers use to pull pterrordaxes to the ground. It has a long chain attached to its base. With good aim, you could use it to pull a Faithless pterrordax rider to the ground so you could fight them.>
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #864 47.2 39.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inVol'dun 47.2, 39.3
/way #864 47.2 39.3 - Objective areaVol'dun 48.4, 37.2
/way #864 48.4 37.2 - Objective areaVol'dun 47.1, 38.7
/way #864 47.1 38.7
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 Vol'dun map
- Diplomacy and Dominance same spot
- Don't Drop It... Yet about 10 yards
- Infiltrating the Empire about 140 yards
- Crater Conquered about 140 yards
- Sun-Speckled Dunes about 210 yards
- The Shrine of the Sands about 210 yards
- Allies in Anarchy about 290 yards
- Ready to Riot about 290 yards
- Make Them Fear Us about 290 yards
- Siphoning Souls about 330 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Vol'dun, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vol'dun:
- Vorrik's Sanctum, Vol'dun
- Vulpera Hideaway, Vol'dun
- Goldtusk Inn, Vol'dun
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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.
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TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level50
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+9 Stamina, +6 Mastery, +6 Critical Strike, +18 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for32 gold35 silver
TypeShield Shield
Item level50
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor100
Stats+6 Strength, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +5 Critical Strike, +18 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for31 gold33 silver
Reputation: Voldunai +150
Comprised of exiles and scavengers, the Voldunai use their knowledge of the sands to thrive where others would wither and die.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Vol'dun that reward Voldunai reputation: Into the Dunes (+75), Secrets in the Sand (+75), Searching for Survivors (+75), Restorative Venom (+75), A Balm to Calm (+10), Knickknack Takeback (+75).
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.
Storyline
Sethrak Fortress
Part 8 of 8.
Previous: Beaten But Not Broken
- 1Light Up the Gulch
- 2Tattered Note
- 3Untame Slaughter
- 4Unleash the Beasts
- 5Free Ride
- 6The Little Ones
- 7Beaten But Not Broken
- 8Forced Grounding
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.
- Beaten But Not Broken
<Beastbreaker Hakid's crystal-encrusted key looks like it will open the large cage nearby. The pterrordax inside that cage, Scion of Rakjan, is stronger than the other hatchlings you've seen in the Crackling Ridge.
The storyline at a glance
Sethrak Fortress has 8 steps, from Light Up the Gulch to Forced Grounding.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vol'dun (8).
Other storylines on the Vol'dun map
- Dunes of Vol'dun
- Champion of the Arena
- The Warguard's Fate
- Blood on the Sand
- Port of Zem'lan
- Goldtusk Inn
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.