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Frostmourne Cavern

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

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euebi+102via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For lorefreaks, the conversation that takes place during the cut-scene:

The walls of Frostmourne Cavern shudder and shake.
Prince Arthas says: Behold, Muradin, our salvation, Frostmourne.
Muradin says: Hold, lad. There's an inscription on the dais. It's a warning. It says, "Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit." Oh, I should've known. The blade is cursed! Let's get the hell out of here!
Prince Arthas says: I would gladly bear any curse to save my homeland.
Muradin says: Leave it be, Arthas. Forget this business and lead your men home.
Prince Arthas says: Damn the men! Nothing shall prevent me from having my revenge, old friend. Not even you.
Prince Arthas says: Now, I call out to the spirits of this place. I will give anything or pay any price, if only you will help me save my people.
<a shard of ice falls down and hits Muradin. It looks like he died>

<seconds later after Arthas ran out of the cave>
Muradin says: O' my head... Wh... Where am I?
Muradin says: Who... Who am I?

Looks like Muradin survived after all!

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86033+83via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Arthas runs away from the quest location at the end of the speech and my instinct was to follow him. If you do that you won't get quest credit. Stay where you are. Arthas just de-spawns before he gets out of the cave.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID12478

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12478))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

Description

They have labeled the cave as Frostmourne Cavern. Why the Scarlet Onslaught is interested in such things is unknown, but by the look of things, the area surrounding the cave is heavily guarded. Nonetheless, we must proceed! Take this scrying orb and travel north out of town and then northwest toward Scarlet Point. Make your way into the cave and battle your way to the bottom. Once there, use the orb. Return here with what you discover.

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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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dragonblight map showing where to go for Frostmourne CavernTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #115 79.2 47.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 79.2, 47.2/way #115 79.2 47.2
  • Objective areaDragonblight 75.1, 20.2/way #115 75.1 20.2

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 Dragonblight map

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

Getting there

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

  • Wintergarde Keep, DragonblightAlliance · about 150 yards south-west
  • Wyrmrest Temple, DragonblightAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong ForestAlliance · about 1,300 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,000 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.

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Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Waist
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for29 gold51 silver
TypeMail Waist
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Haste, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for29 gold29 silver
TypeLeather Waist
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for29 gold40 silver
TypeCloth Waist
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for29 gold19 silver

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +350

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: A Letter for Home (+250), Strengthen the Ancients (+250), Pest Control (+250), Canyon Chase (+250), The Lost Courier (+25), The Liquid Fire of Elune (+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.

Storyline

Dragonblight

Part 119 of 149.

Previous: What Secrets Men Hide · Next: Return To Angrathar

  1. 114The Murkweed Elixir
  2. 115The Forgotten Tale
  3. 116The Truth Shall Set Us Free
  4. 117Parting Thoughts
  5. 118What Secrets Men Hide
  6. 119Frostmourne Cavern
  7. 120Return To Angrathar
  8. 121WANTED: The Scarlet Onslaught
  9. 122Blighted Last Rites
  10. 123Let Them Not Rise!
  11. 124Stealing from the Siegesmiths
  12. 125Need to Know

Showing steps 114 to 125 of 149.

Also part of: Lorewalking: Arthas (part 6 of 9).

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.

  • What Secrets Men HideDragonblight · Level 15-30

    After the betrayal at the Forgotten Shore, Prince Arthas - with Muradin in tow - began his quest for Frostmourne. Could the location of the cavern where Frostmourne was found be near? What secrets could it hold? While the orb has no answers for these questions, it does show me something.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Return To AngratharDragonblight · Level 15-30

    With Antiok slain and the scythe in our possession, the frost wyrm assaults upon your forces at Angrathar will halt. The wyrms that remain in the Dragonblight will be hunted and destroyed, their bones returning to the earth. The time to make your final stand is now, <name>.

Also counted by Might of Dragonblight

Its criteria name 12 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.