TheWoWDBInstead of bothering with the DoT on the Runed Stone Giants, I found it much easier to just camp Megalith at 68,10 and use the pick on his body. As a 70 DK, he was much easier to solo. His respawn seems anywhere from a minute to 5 minutes (dont quote me for accuracy) the point is, I didn't wait long.
Got all 4 of my picks on him in 15 minutes or so. Happy hunting.
Quest
March of the Giants
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Some basic information about this quest:
- Get to The Rune of Command quest. It will give you a pet which gonna help alot.
- Mobs you have to kill are Runed Stone Giant and not Stone Giant, which are yellow.
- You need to kill them AFTER they have stepped on the giant runes on the ground and get the Bind Stone Giant buff (it look likes the anti-magic shield effect, last 30 secs but you can kill them after it wears off).
- It is also this "binding" that give them their Rune Fist ability which can put on you the nasty Dark Rune debuff which stack up to 5, doing 3000 damage per 2 seconds.
- If you kill them before they get this "binding", you wont be able to examine them and will get the Invalid target error message.
- Best place to kill them to be sure they got the "binding" is around 72,16.The Dark Rune is very deadly and going into melee with these mobs is very unhealty. Here is a guide for every class of how to solo them.
- Death Knight: Kite them with Chains of Ice > Icy Touch > Blood Boil > Blood Boil > Death Coil. Repeat.
- Druid: Root them and nuke them.
- Hunter: Kite them.
- Mage: Kite them and/or spell steal the Dark Fist buff and melee them for heavy damage :)
- Paladin: You can remove the DoT on yourself.
- Priest: You can remove the DoT on yourself and the buff on the giant.
- Rogue: Stun lock them. Cloak of Shadow if you get the DoT on you. Evasion to prevent to get hit.
- Shaman: Frost Shock kite them and/or purge the buff on the giant.
- Warlock: Felhunter out and eat the buff on the giant. You cant drain their hp and they are immune to fear.
- Warrior: Equip a shield and Shield Slam them to remove the buff. You can also spell reflect the DoT.
If you kill a runed giant and fail to analyse him at once, someone else can ninja analyse them. Be fast to analyse your kills
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11355
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11355))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Requires one ofDown to the Wire, The Yeti Next Door, I'll Try Anything!
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 147 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
To the east, at Giants' Run, rune-inscribed stone giants have started to migrate north toward Frostblade Peak. What their ultimate destination is, I do not know. The glowing runes inscribed in the stone flesh of the giants guide them on their journey. Use this pick to deactivate the runes on the giants' corpses and return with your findings.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 62.6 16.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 62.6, 16.5
/way #117 62.6 16.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 70.0, 26.1
/way #117 70.0 26.1
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
- Honor the Flame about 290 yards
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 1,860 yards
- To Northrend about 2,530 yards
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:
- Fort Wildervar, Howling Fjord
- Valgarde Port, Howling Fjord
- Westguard Keep, Howling Fjord
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
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.
Storyline
Howling Fjord
Part 147 of 162.
Previous: The Rune of Command · Next: The Lodestone
- 142Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers
- 143Keeper Witherleaf
- 144The Book of Runes
- 145Mastering the Runes
- 146The Rune of Command
- 147March of the Giants
- 148The Lodestone
- 149Demolishing Megalith
- 150See to the Operations
- 151I've Got a Flying Machine!
- 152Gjalerbron Attack Plans
- 153The Frost Wyrm and its Master
Showing steps 142 to 153 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.
- The Rune of Command
Can you feel the power emanating from the runes I've carved on this tablet? They're smaller versions of the runes that the Iron Dwarves are using. We'll use it to shut down their operation. Take it to Giants' Run and use it on a stone giant that the dwarves have not altered.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Lodestone
If we can locate what's luring the giants northwest, we might be able to stop them before they reach their destination. Although I was able to decipher many of the runes on the samples you brought me, the ones I don't know concern me the most.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.
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
- Truthguard
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.