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Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof

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

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Niamh+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

An overview of all the quests needed to get to the blue rewards and all other gear you can earn on your way there:
(This is mostly Horde version of the quests, but Alliance version is pretty similar.)

0. Warchief's Command: Thousand Needles!
1. To the Summit
2. The Grimtotem are Coming
3. Two If By Boat: [item=63562] [item=63563] [item=63564] [item=63565]
4. Do Me a Favor?
5. Down in the Deeps: [item=63546] [item=63547] [item=63548] [item=63549]
... gives [spell=75627]
6. ... Bar Fight!
7. ... In the Outhouse
8. Pirate Accuracy Increasing
9. Circle the Wagons... er, Boats: [item=63554] [item=63555] [item=63556] [item=63557]
... gives [item=55121]
10. Quiet the Cannons
(side quest: A Little Payback: [item=63578] [item=63579] [item=63580] [item=63581])

11. Where's Synge? (pick it up to do together with Quiet the Cannons)
12. Sunken Treasure
13. Two-Tusk Takedown: [item=63628] [item=63629] [item=63630] [item=63631]

14. Haunted
15. With a Little Help...: [item=63617] [item=63618] [item=63619] [item=63620]
16. Carcass Collection
17. The Mad Magus: [item=63587] [item=63588] [item=63589] [item=63590] [item=63591]

18. Negotiations
19. Get Koalbeard!
20. Fool's Gold
(side quest: The Ancient Brazier: [item=63608] [item=63609] [item=63610])
21. Fake Gold for Black Gold
22. Back to Riznek: [item=63570] [item=63571] [item=63572] [item=63573]

23a. Eminent Domain
23b. Defend the Drill
24. Go Blow that Horn
25. Deliver the Goods: [item=63614] [item=63615] [item=63616]
26. Free Freewind Post
27. Grimtotem in the Post
(side quest: Horn of the Traitor: [item=63633])

28. The Brave and the Bold
29. Together Again

30. Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe
31. Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof: [item=63604] [item=63605] [item=63606] [item=63607]
32. Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
33a. The Writ of History
33b. The Drums of War
33c. Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs: [item=63637] [item=63638] [item=63639]
34. The Captive Bride
35. Invoking the Serpent: [item=63644] [item=63645] [item=63646] [item=63647]
36. Trouble at Highperch
(No Weapons For You!, What's that Rattle?, The Rattle of Bones & Darkcloud Grimtotem: [item=63596] [item=63597] [item=63598] [item=63599] are side quests during this chain)

37a. Free the Pridelings
37b. Death to all Trappers!: [item=63648] [item=63649] [item=63650] [item=63651]
38. Release Heartrazor
39. The Twilight Skymaster: [item=63652] [item=63653] [item=63654] [item=63655]
40. On to the Bulwark

41a. Something to Wear: [item=63656] [item=63657] [item=63658]
41b. Break Them Out
42a. Behind You!: [item=63659] [item=63660] [item=63661] [item=63662]
42b. Codemaster's Code
43. The Elder Crone
44. To the Withering

45a. Four Twilight Elements
45b. Unbound
46. The Doomstone: [item=63663] [item=63664] [item=63665] [item=63666]

47. Spread the Word: [item=63673] [item=63674] [item=63675] [item=63676] [item=63677] [item=63678]

(If I missed something, let me know)

(on a side note: I got Thousand Needles Quests while just going for the end quest by doing all it's pre-requisit quests and some side quests that were in the same area. (Also did a chain started with Special Delivery for Brivelthwerp but afaik this is not needed.))

Note: 07/11/2011, changed the 1st sentence, it was originally "An overview of all the quests needed to get there:" to avoid some confusion as to what this post is all about.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID27319

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27319))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThousand Needles, step 77 of 107
RewardsHands of the Chosen, Darkcloud Mask, Freewind Spaulders, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

Elder Stormhoof is a shaman chief of immense power. He was taught by Magatha Grimtotem, the Elder Crone, leader of the Grimtotem clan. We know that he is here and that he has been training their geomancers. We have to kill him, {class}.

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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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder StormhoofTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #64 38.9 41.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThousand Needles 38.9, 41.3/way #64 38.9 41.3
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 39.0, 41.1/way #64 39.0 41.1
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 42.1, 47.3/way #64 42.1 47.3

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 Thousand Needles map

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

Getting there

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

  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north-east
  • Westreach Summit, Thousand NeedlesHorde · about 1,500 yards north-west
  • Desolation Hold, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,900 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 230 yards south-east

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationThunder Bluff +350

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Hands
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +5 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for6 gold63 silver
TypeLeather Head
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for9 gold91 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for9 gold94 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor20
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +10 Dodge
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for13 gold33 silver

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +350

Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: To the Summit (+25), The Grimtotem are Coming (+250), Free Freewind Post (+25), Grimtotem in the Post (+250), The Brave and the Bold (+250), Horn of the Traitor (+350).

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

Thousand Needles

Part 77 of 107.

Previous: Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof · Next: The Writ of History

  1. 72Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe
  2. 73Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe
  3. 74The Rattle of Bones
  4. 75The Rattle of Bones
  5. 76Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof
  6. 77Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof
  7. 78The Writ of History
  8. 79The Writ of History
  9. 80Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
  10. 81Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
  11. 82The Drums of War
  12. 83The Drums of War

Showing steps 72 to 83 of 107.

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 Rattle of BonesThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    A tauren rattle lays here, exuding supernatural power. Its keepers slain, the artifact is undefended. Surely the brave will have some insight into its significance?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Writ of HistoryThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    In shu'halo myth, the Rattle of Bones is connected with the Writ of History and the Drums of War. They are supposed to be powerful tauren artifacts. We must keep our eyes peeled if we're to find the other two.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Thousand Needles 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.