TheWoWDBif like me you ran all the way round the mountain and realized you couldn't get there then dont, from where the quest giver is, at 33/52 there is a pathway. take the path up to the right where you will find another ship, go on the ship and run to the top of the ship where you will find a cave entrance hidden behind it at 31,57. enter the cave where you will find lighting bolts whirl winds and dragons and lightning static on the ground. Stand in the static and whirlwinds to charge the capacitor, also killing dragins will help drop lightening to charge it up to
Quest
Lightning Rod
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormheim. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Scaling fudged this quest for low levels in Chromie time.
I'm getting quasi one-shot by lightning puddles at level 15 :/
Run up the mountain starting at 33.1, 51.8. Find the ramp that leads up the broken airship at 31.7, 54.7. Cave entrance is at 31.4, 57.2 (Stormscale Cavern). To charge up:
The mobs used to charge up are the storm drakes and whelps.
If you are on quest Pins and Needles, releasing 7th Legion Dragoons from the electric patches also charge up (about 1% each release.)
Running into the electric patches on the ground that stun you and deal a little damage also charge up (this seems to be the fastest way, about 4 % each patch).
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneStormheim
Quest ID38058
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38058))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Requires all ofAssault and Battery, See Ya Later, Oscillator, Boarded!
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineWreck of the Skyfire, step 5 of 9
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP
Description
<Overspark's tiny hands move like lightning, affixing coils and tubes to the device before cramming it into a parachute pack.> Put this on. Just up the hill you'll find the front half of the Skyfire - and the big nest of storm drakes it crashed into! We can use the energy from those drakes to charge the transponder. You'll have to incite them, of course, but the device should draw most of the power. The probability of you being electrocuted is well within acceptable parameters!
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.
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #634 31.9 60.1
Coordinates
- Objective area (centre of the marked area)Stormheim 29.8, 57.5
/way #634 29.8 57.5 - Objective areaStormheim 33.6, 50.8
/way #634 33.6 50.8
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 Stormheim map
- Greymane's Gambit about 340 yards
- Will of the Thorignir about 500 yards
- Honor the Flame about 620 yards
- Calling Hilaire Home about 680 yards
- Bite of the Beast about 680 yards
- Champion: Beastmaster Hilaire about 680 yards
- A Grapple a Day about 730 yards
- An Enchanting Home about 800 yards
- Halls of Valor: Revenge of the Enchantress about 800 yards
- A Touch of Magic about 800 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormheim, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Stormheim:
- Skyfire Triage Camp, Stormheim
- Ironhorn Enclave, Highmountain
- Lorna's Watch, Stormheim
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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Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
Other quests on the Stormheim map
Storyline
Wreck of the Skyfire
Part 5 of 9.
Previous: See Ya Later, Oscillator · Next: The Lost Legion
- 1Supplies From the Skies
- 2Boarded!
- 3Assault and Battery
- 4See Ya Later, Oscillator
- 5Lightning Rod
- 6The Lost Legion
- 7Pins and Needles
- 8Signal Boost
- 9The Ancient Trials
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.
- See Ya Later, Oscillator
Those jawless mooks are actually trying to salvage parts from our ship! They can't possibly appreciate superior gnomish technology... Perhaps its shiny nature is appealing to their simple inclinations. In any case, I need a crystal oscillator for our new transponder.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Lost Legion
The heroic men and women of the 7th Legion stayed at the front of the ship to fight off storm drakes while the crew evacuated. None of them have returned. Please find them, <name>!
The storyline at a glance
Wreck of the Skyfire has 9 steps, from Supplies From the Skies to The Ancient Trials.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormheim (9).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Stormheim map
- The Trial of Valor
- The Trial of Will
- The Secret of the Shieldmaidens
- The Trial of Might
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Goblins
- Legion Skinning
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.