this is most likely a once a week item, Blizzard prolly intends for this to be time gated as it rewards a mythic track item. They did the something similar with the pvp quests over 4 weeks that awarded the heroic track item at the start of the expansion.
Quest
Knocking Off the Top (Heroic)
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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What were the playtesters doing. Do they even exist at blizzard?
Hi all
On This Quest You need to slay [npc=260875] 4 times to get 4 [item=277554]. [npc=260875] is weekly boss then you need 4 weeks to finish that Quest.
See Final all 4 [item=277554] Video - https://youtu.be/g382fWQHFsE
See My Video if need it Naigtal - https://youtu.be/L6B9cLQ0lCMUp Date Include Val:
Quest Imperator Pertinax to Slay [npc=261072] - Use portal go down in middle of map, [npc=261072] is drop [item=277554] You can do for this Quest. You can start Imperator Pertinax when finish Surveying the Frozen Wastes.
See My Video if need it Val - https://youtu.be/RpUFSpiayaU
When You finish Quest You can take 1 from 3 items 272 ilvl Mythis Item that You can pick up to 289 ilvl. I had: [item=276788], [item=276799] or [item=276794].
Hope that help You :).
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(97256))
What to do
Description
Even the most ruthless of creatures falter when they see their greatest champions crumble to ash. Remind our enemies here just how quickly their leaders fall! Let them know just how unrelenting and vicious you monsters of Azeroth really are! Bring me the Void Commander's Emblems and I will reward you accordingly.
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
- Objective areaVal 59.7, 22.4
/way #2599 59.7 22.4 - Objective areaNaigtal 48.5, 81.9
/way #2600 48.5 81.9
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 Val map
- Umbral Title Bout same spot
- A Shot at the Dark same spot
- Victory Within Hindsight same spot
- The Road Not Taken Twice same spot
- Spatial Reasoning same spot
- A Frigid Welcome to Val same spot
- Through the Cold Rift about 20 yards
- Vanquish the Warmonger about 20 yards
- Depose the Deranged about 20 yards
- A Place to Negotiate about 290 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Val, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Val:
- Umbral Base Camp
- Steam Ravine
- Void Acropolis
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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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Val map
- Assault and Strike Back
- Assault and Strike Back: Val
- A Dance with Domanaar
- Umbral Blitz
- Considering an Alternative
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.

