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Having a Blast

Having a Blast is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-60 in Stormsong Valley. It is step 1 of 7 in the Cycle of Hatred storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormsong Valley at 46.9, 47.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.

Description

We're going to really hit 'em where it hurts, <name>.

They're carting tons of black powder right out of that mine. This could end very badly for all of us if we don't do something.

The mines are relatively undefended, I bet you can get in and wipe out their workers before they realize what's happening.

Keep an eye out for some explosives, if we can use their own tools against them, even better!

Rewards

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationStorm's Wake +25
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Belief82+101via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I hit 120 pretty early in the Stormsong Valley quest line and in trying to skip straight to the Cycle of Hatred chain I ended up getting really frustrated.

If you skipped the quests at Brennadam and the Eckhart Lodge and Felicia doesn't offer you "Having A Blast," make your life easier by going directly to Sergeant Calvin on the bridge leading north out of Brennadam (57.6, 66.4) and do the quests until you get “Survivors." That will lead you to Patrick Eckhart at the Eckhart Lodge (57.8, 55.4), who will eventually give you “Worse Than It Looks,” which will lead you to Felicia Gladstone at Beacon Hill (46.4, 37), who will finally give you “Having A Blast.”

If you do what I did and finish the quests at Eckhart Lodge before figuring out that you need to start with Sergeant Calvin you will not get “Survivors” at all but Calvin will run out of quests and if you look at your map you will notice that “Having A Blast” is now available at Beacon Hill.

2
varenne+17via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Take the dynamite near the mine entrance, then use it to kill 16 Warfang Miners and 4 Mine Technicians in Saltstone Mine .
/way Stormsong Valley 47.64 38.38 Dynamite
/way Stormsong Valley 46.62 36.30 Saltstone mine entrance

Having a Blast quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMjJyQzIFEk
This quest is a part of Cycle of Hatred quest chain of the Stormsong and Dance achievement.

ID
Quest
Stormsong and Dance
Questgiver
Zone
Video
64<
Having a Blast
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138735]
Beacon Hill
https://youtu.be/wMjJyQzIFEk
65
Saw Dusted
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138735]
Saltstone Mine
https://youtu.be/pdtC-Czp65M
66
Grizzled
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138735]
The Clearcut
https://youtu.be/tv8oeDYQQaQ
67
Get Shredded
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138735]
The Clearcut
https://youtu.be/Vo2h35ziWAQ
68
Get Out of Here
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138924]
Saltstone Mine
https://youtu.be/0Jigp-VZd8E
69
The Mine Sweeper
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138521]
Saltstone Mine
https://youtu.be/HPXc1ORDStc
70
Burn It All Down
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138735]
The Clearcut
https://youtu.be/Mp3ddwfuhIo
71
Eye for an Eye
Cycle of Hatred
[npc=138735]
The Clearcut
https://youtu.be/lvoVa47rJG8


Id column is approximate quest № In Stormsong Valley storyline (Stormsong and Dance <= for more info)

3
PvtDeth+13via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is pretty straightforward, so I doubt many people will check wowhead before doing it, but the quest gives you a huge cheat. The dynamite you're given does a pretty good knockback, but if you use it next to a blackpowder ore interactable (do the devs really think that's where black powder comes from? they could have just called it explodicite or something) it will instakill the miners and technicians and do about 70% damage to the big guys.

Read all 35 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
ReputationStorm's Wake+25

Reward details

Reputation: Storm's Wake +25

Home to farmers, craftsmen, soldiers, and the mysterious tidesages, the Storm's Wake seeks to reclaim Stormsong Valley and affirm their place in Kul Tiras.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Stormsong Valley that reward Storm's Wake reputation: The Missing Fleet (+25), House Stormsong (+75), Haywire Harvesters (+150), Unnecessary Duress (+150), Proclamation Investigation (+150), A Risky Ploy (+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 mapStormsong ValleyTurn-in marker at 46.9, 47.7, 22 mapped points
World Map

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.

Stormsong Valley Quest turn-in 22 mapped points
Stormsong Valley map showing where to go for Having a BlastTurn-inTurn-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #942 46.9 47.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 46.9, 47.7/way #942 46.9 47.7
  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 46.4, 37.0/way #942 46.4 37.0
  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 51.3, 37.0/way #942 51.3 37.0
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 47.6, 38.4/way #942 47.6 38.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Stormsong Valley 44.4, 37.4/way #942 44.4 37.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Stormsong Valley 44.1, 35.7/way #942 44.1 35.7

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 Stormsong Valley map

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

Getting there

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

  • Deadwash, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 440 yards south-west
  • Seekers Vista, Stormsong ValleyAlliance and Horde · about 550 yards north-west
  • Fort Daelin, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 720 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 360 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 410 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 480 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

Cycle of Hatred

Part 1 of 7.

Next: Grizzled

  1. 1Having a Blast
  2. 2Grizzled
  3. 3The Mine Sweeper
  4. 4Burn It All Down
  5. 5Get Shredded
  6. 6Saw Dusted
  7. 7Eye for an Eye

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • GrizzledStormsong Valley · Level 30-60

    I saw a particularly ugly and quite agitated goblin barking orders at the rest of the miners. I'm willing to bet he's crucial to their entire operation. If you can get into the mine and eliminate him, hopefully it will throw things into disarray.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Cycle of Hatred has 7 steps, from Having a Blast to Eye for an Eye.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormsong Valley (7).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stormsong Valley 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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Hazardous Horticulture
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