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Forced Grounding

Forced Grounding is a Horde-only quest for level 30-60 in Vol'dun. It is step 8 of 8 in the Sethrak Fortress storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Vol'dun at 47.2, 39.3. It rewards 2 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 10,200 experience and money.

Description

<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.>

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money51 gold48 silver
Experience10,200 XP
ReputationVoldunai +150
Top Comments

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1
Zenphong+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The 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.

2
varenne+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

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 inside

ID
#
Quest
Quest Chain
Questgiver
Subzone
Video
62
The Missing Key
Storming the Spire
[npc=128694]
Sanctuary of the Devoted
https://youtu.be/vuPfsZbCxes
63
Infiltrating the Empire
Storming the Spire
[npc=137970]
Bwoljin's Fall
https://youtu.be/y7l9Q46oiUU
64
1
Allies in Anarchy
Storming the Spire
[npc=135172]
Vorrik's Sanctum
https://youtu.be/jNueTCpWBl8
65
2
The Little Ones
Optional
[npc=135355]
Vorrik's Sanctum
https://youtu.be/p-Z4hN-ILlc
66
1
Ready to Riot
Storming the Spire [currency=1560]
[npc=135090]
Crater of Conquerors
https://youtu.be/Y7YRZOqnj-U
67
2
Make Them Fear Us
Storming the Spire
[npc=135090]
Crater of Conquerors
https://youtu.be/qBeq0PffjC0
68
2
Crater Conquered
Storming the Spire
[npc=135090]
Crater of Conquerors
https://youtu.be/MHEpbqAcPok
69
1
Diplomacy and Dominance
Storming the Spire
[npc=135172]
Vorrik's Sanctum
https://youtu.be/_NSeh5DuCVI
70
2
Don't Drop It... Yet
Storming the Spire
[npc=135172]
Vorrik's Sanctum
https://youtu.be/i2WYYWulL-s
71
1
Forced Grounding
Storming the Spire
[object=278447]
Rakjan's Peak
https://youtu.be/_HmJofmVc6o
72
2
Vengeance From Above
Storming the Spire
[npc=135110]
Rakjan's Peak
https://youtu.be/hVoReBu3Ies
73
1
Infuriating the Emperor
Storming the Spire
[npc=135111]
Skycallers' Spire
https://youtu.be/ZWkIC2RiLKE
74
2
Relics of Sethraliss
Storming the Spire
[npc=135111]
Skycallers' Spire
https://youtu.be/RHvVA05KME0
75
The Fall of Emperor Korthek
Storming the Spire
[npc=138411]
Skycallers' Spire
https://youtu.be/BUl6DBsODTY

Id 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

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP10,200
MoneyGold51g 48s
ReputationVoldunai+150

Reward details

Pick one of these

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapVol'dunTurn-in marker at 47.2, 39.3, 3 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.

Vol'dun Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Vol'dun map showing where to go for Forced GroundingTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-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

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'dunHorde · about 190 yards north
  • Vulpera Hideaway, Vol'dunHorde · about 810 yards south-east
  • Goldtusk Inn, Vol'dunHorde · about 1,000 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 30 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

Sethrak Fortress

Part 8 of 8.

Previous: Beaten But Not Broken

  1. 1Light Up the Gulch
  2. 2Tattered Note
  3. 3Untame Slaughter
  4. 4Unleash the Beasts
  5. 5Free Ride
  6. 6The Little Ones
  7. 7Beaten But Not Broken
  8. 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 BrokenVol'dun · Level 30-60

    <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

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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