Quest

I Have an Idea, But First...

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

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Nevermind2008-10-05T07:43:39-05:00+57via Wowhead

Cultist Rod drop from Shadow Cultist.

Abomination Hook drop from Morbid Carcass.

Geist Rope drop from Vault Geist.

Scourge Essence drop from undead mobs around.

2233752008-12-09T19:16:15-06:00+31via Wowhead

Here is the sequence of quests that lead to the Final Challenge.
(A for Alliance, H for Horde)
1A It's All Fun and Games
1H It's All Fun and Games
2 I Have an Idea, But First...
3 Free Your Mind
4A If He Cannot Be Turned
4H If He Cannot Be Turned
5A The Shadow Vault
5H The Shadow Vault
6 The Duke
7 Eliminate the Competition
8 The Bone Witch
9 Deep in the Bowels of The Underhalls
NOTE: You do not need to complete step 9, but you must be on the quest in order to loot Dr. Terrible's "Building a Better Flesh Giant", which starts step 10. I never handed in step 9, even after the Final Challenge, just to be sure.
10 The Sum is Greater than the Parts
11 The Art of Being a Water Terror
12 Through the Eye
13 Find the Ancient Hero
14 Not-So-Honorable Combat
15 Banshee's Revenge
16 Battle at Valhalas
17 Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes
18 Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master
19 Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn
20 Battle at Valhalas: Carnage!
21 Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow
22 Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge
Enjoy! :D

2894282010-05-21T17:41:59-05:00+15via Wowhead

The rod, the hook, and the rope are all very self-evident in their usage when combined.
He's making a fishing pole?

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30

ZoneIcecrown

Quest ID12891

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12891))

What to do

StorylineIcecrown, step 68 of 167

Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

When I was in the - ahem - employ of the Lich King, we would often use a device known as a sovereign rod to keep some of the more intelligent Scourge in line. I require that you assist me in the construction of a new one. Luckily for you, all of the necessary components are at hand: a cultist rod, an abomination hook, a geist rope, and a handful of Scourge essences. This should not be difficult, {class}.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inIcecrown 44.2, 24.7/way #118 44.2 24.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 43.8, 22.7/way #118 43.8 22.7
Objective areaIcecrown 42.4, 28.5/way #118 42.4 28.5
Objective areaIcecrown 41.9, 26.5/way #118 41.9 26.5

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 Icecrown map

Cleaning Out the Vault about 230 yards
Defending the Rampart about 840 yards
Research Ruination about 840 yards
Scourge War Machines about 840 yards
Frozen Solid about 840 yards
A New Foothold about 840 yards
Cult Couture about 840 yards
Secrets in Shadows about 840 yards
A Message from Above about 840 yards
Only Shadows Remain about 840 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 30 yards north-west
Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards east
Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 80 yards north
Objective areaabout 80 yards north
Objective areaabout 100 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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Money10 gold50 silver

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationKnights of the Ebon Blade +250

Other quests on the Icecrown map

Reward details

Reputation: Knights of the Ebon Blade +250

Freed from the grasp of the Lich King, his former Death Knights have regrouped against him under the banner of Highlord Darion Mograine.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Icecrown that reward Knights of the Ebon Blade reputation: To the Rise with all Due Haste! (+10), The Story Thus Far... (+10), Blood in the Water (+250), From Their Corpses, Rise! (+250), You'll Need a Gryphon (+250), No Fly Zone (+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

Icecrown

Part 68 of 167.

Previous: It's All Fun and Games · Next: Free Your Mind

Showing steps 63 to 74 of 167.

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.

It's All Fun and GamesIcecrown · Level 25-30
The Knights of the Ebon Blade want to take the Scourge base known as The Shadow Vault to the northwest. I have a contact in their group who has asked for help. The first step is to blind the Lich King. He's using a device known as The Ocular to watch the area, which floats above the vault's spires.

After this quest