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Machinations of War

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

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Muszkax+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Also if you're confused after picking up the quest, where to turn in. You have to go back down, where most story quest chains start. Although the marker still shows that you should turn in on the roof, and the map downstairs doesn't show the questmarker either, once you start moving towards her, the guiding beacon shows up.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 60
LocationMaldraxxus
CategoryCovenant Sanctum
Quest ID61586

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(61586))

Description

With Bastion as our ally, we have the strength to crush Gharmal and the House of Constructs. We'll gather the supplies for the attack, but our soldiers need a great champion to follow into battle. Prove to them that you are the champion they seek.

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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.

Maldraxxus Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Maldraxxus map showing where to go for Machinations of WarTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1536 50.4 72.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMaldraxxus 50.4, 72.5/way #1536 50.4 72.5
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 50.4, 70.6/way #1536 50.4 70.6

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 Maldraxxus map

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

Getting there

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

  • Bleak Redoubt, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 250 yards north-east
  • Plague Watch, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 490 yards east
  • Theater of Pain, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 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.

Related
Money2 gold57 silver
Experience1,000 XP

Storyline

A Golden Dawn

Part 1 of 21.

Next: Take The Fight To Them

  1. 1Machinations of War
  2. 2Take The Fight To Them
  3. 3Fight and Flight
  4. 4The Butchers of Bastion
  5. 5Justice from Above
  6. 6Dark Developments
  7. 7Descended
  8. 8Burn Before Reading
  9. 9An Early End
  10. 10Trouble on the Western Front
  11. 11Charging The Blade
  12. 12Aerial Advantage

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 21.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Take The Fight To ThemMaldraxxus · Level 60

    Our scouts report that Margrave Gharmal gathers their forces at the House of Constructs. Our necropolis and our new kyrian allies have already begun an aerial assault. I need you to lead our forces on the ground. Meet me within Zerekriss. We will begin our attack immediately.

The storyline at a glance

A Golden Dawn has 21 steps, from Machinations of War to Pride of Place.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (21).

Other storylines on the Maldraxxus 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.