This guy is a 43 elite that hits hard, but the adds he spawns are the real problem. If you focus just on him, he will spawn 9 adds that will kill you. In this quest you get a tauren warrior to help you fight. Let him fight chief while you take out the adds. When there are no adds, pound on him, but always make the adds a priority. Easy quest if you do this. Will kill you many times if you don't.
Have a great day, and happy hunting.
Quest
Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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So, based on that video, the key to the fight is... be level 80?
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 Again30. 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 Bulwark41a. 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 Withering45a. 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.
Quest facts
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in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27328))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
The time has come to deal with the leader of the Darkcloud Pinnacle Grimtotem: Arnak Grimtotem. He is the disgraced nephew of Magatha Grimtotem, the Elder Crone and matriarch of the Grimtotem clan. His indiscretions have left him in a state of disfavor with her. None of that matters now. All that matters is that we deal with him. Once and for all.
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 #64 37.7 26.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 37.7, 26.8
/way #64 37.7 26.8 - Objective areaThousand Needles 37.8, 26.6
/way #64 37.8 26.6 - 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
- The Crone's Wrath about 160 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 160 yards
- Breaking Chains about 160 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 310 yards
- The Power of Thousands about 570 yards
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 Marsh
- Westreach Summit, Thousand Needles
- Desolation Hold, Southern Barrens
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Reward details
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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 85 of 107.
Previous: Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs · Next: The Captive Bride
- 80Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
- 81Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
- 82The Drums of War
- 83The Drums of War
- 84Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- 85Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- 86The Captive Bride
- 87The Captive Bride
- 88Invoking the Serpent
- 89Invoking the Serpent
- 90Trouble at Highperch
- 91Free the Pridelings
Showing steps 80 to 91 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 Drums of War
Whatever it is that the Grimtotem are doing with the Drums of War, we do not want them to keep them. Do not worry, <name>, we will figure out what is going on here. But first, we need to gather all of the artifacts.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Captive Bride
Of course! Lakota Windsong! Why didn't I think of this before? Arnak kidnapped Lakota years ago and tried to force her into being his bride. She managed to escape, but in the chaos of the recent attack on Freewind Post, he took her again. She has to be around here somewhere.
Quests that require this one
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
Also counted by Thousand Needles Quests
Its criteria name 8 quests; others include:
- Two-Tusk Takedown
- Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- That Smart One's Gotta Go
- The Twilight Skymaster
- Spread the Word
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).
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
- Thousand Needles Quests: its criteria name 8 quests, this one included.