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Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data

Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Howling Fjord. It is step 30 of 162 in the Howling Fjord storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Howling Fjord at 75.0, 65.5. It rewards 2 reputation rewards and 525 experience.

Description

The most important part of your job while controlling the construct is the collection of data. I've placed an iron dwarf relic in the cart over yonder. It's the floating, lightning infused crystal.

Get on the work bench and I'll put you back in the construct. Once you're back in the driver's seat, use the construct's data collection ability to pick up the test data.

Rewards

Experience525 XP
ReputationExplorers' League +10, Valiance Expedition +10
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Once you have the quest, click on the table beside the quest giver to get into the 'golem' suit. Once in your golem suit, walk over to where Gwendolyn is, she's standing in a cart nearby. Beside the cart is a floating blue crystal. Some people above have been saying to press #1 however unless your key bindings are set to default, that might not work for some people who have set them to something else (like, Map). So if pressing #1 doesn't do anything then just press the actual 'Collect Data' button in your action bar. When that's done, click the red arrow in your action bar to 'Leave Vehicle'. Turn in the quest.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP525
ReputationExplorers' League+10
ReputationValiance Expedition+10

Reward details

Reputation: Explorers' League +10

This organization seeks to find the origin of the dwarven race by collecting Titan artifacts. Their most recent research has led them to various archeological sites in Northrend.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Explorers' League reputation: My Daughter (+10), See to the Operations (+10), Danger! Explosives! (+250), Send Them Packing (+250), Leader of the Deranged (+250), The Book of Runes (+250).

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +10

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 Howling Fjord that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: Break the Blockade (+250), Scare the Guano Out of Them! (+250), Shoveltusk Soup Again? (+250), The Clutches of Evil (+250), Mage-Lieutenant Malister (+10), Two Wrongs... (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHowling FjordTurn-in marker at 75.0, 65.5, 2 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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting DataTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 75.0 65.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 75.0, 65.5/way #117 75.0 65.5
  • Objective areaHowling Fjord 74.8, 65.7/way #117 74.8 65.7

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 Howling Fjord map

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

Getting there

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

  • Valgarde Port, Howling FjordAlliance · about 930 yards west
  • Fort Wildervar, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,200 yards north-west
  • Westguard Keep, Howling FjordAlliance · about 2,800 yards west

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

Howling Fjord

Part 30 of 162.

Previous: Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping · Next: Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff

  1. 25Tools to Get the Job Done
  2. 26Out of My Element?
  3. 27We Can Rebuild It
  4. 28We Have the Technology
  5. 29Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping
  6. 30Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data
  7. 31Iron Rune Constructs and You: The Bluff
  8. 32Lightning Infused Relics
  9. 33The Delicate Sound of Thunder
  10. 34News From the East
  11. 35The Clutches of Evil
  12. 36Mage-Lieutenant Malister

Showing steps 25 to 36 of 162.

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.

  • Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket JumpingHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Alright, <name>; the time has come for you to climb inside this thing and learn how to use its basic abilities. When you're ready, get on the work bench and I'll get you situated inside the construct. Your first lesson is going to be using the construct's transportation system.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Iron Rune Constructs and You: The BluffHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    You always gotta have a contingency plan in case your main plan backfires! That's why I've built in some anti-intelligence systems into the construct. Your shiny new ride might rouse some suspicion while you're at Baelgun's excavation site. That's what your bluff ability is for!

The storyline at a glance

Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord 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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