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Lightning Rod

Lightning Rod is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-45 in Stormheim. It is step 5 of 9 in the Wreck of the Skyfire storyline. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

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!

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
Top Comments

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

1
Mzbehavin+57via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

if 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

3
752459+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

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).

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
Where it comes from
Objective areaStormheim7 mapped points
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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.

Stormheim Objective area 7 mapped points
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In-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

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, StormheimAlliance · about 350 yards north-east
  • Ironhorn Enclave, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 370 yards west
  • Lorna's Watch, StormheimAlliance · about 510 yards south-east

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

Wreck of the Skyfire

Part 5 of 9.

Previous: See Ya Later, Oscillator · Next: The Lost Legion

  1. 1Supplies From the Skies
  2. 2Boarded!
  3. 3Assault and Battery
  4. 4See Ya Later, Oscillator
  5. 5Lightning Rod
  6. 6The Lost Legion
  7. 7Pins and Needles
  8. 8Signal Boost
  9. 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, OscillatorStormheim · Level 10-45

    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 LegionStormheim · Level 10-45

    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

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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Lightning in a Bottle
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Lightning Strikes
Lights Out
Like a Knife Through Aether
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