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Quest
Mastering the Runes
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Found them in the south. Random spawn under the tents.
The tools are located at 71.28 under a canopy in the Iron Dwarf pavilions near Giant's Run.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11349
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11349))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 145 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
I've got a set of picks, hammers, and chisels with me, but they won't work for carving these runes. The tools used by the Iron Dwarves are imbued with magic during their forging. When they're used to carve runes, the symbols form much more than mere words. These runes have the power to bind, compel, and twist. I believe I know how it works, but without a set of those tools, I can't be certain. Look for kits resembling mine near the Iron Dwarf pavilions at Giants' Run and bring them to me.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #117 62.3 17.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inHowling Fjord 62.3, 17.2
/way #117 62.3 17.2 - Objective areaHowling Fjord 66.8, 24.6
/way #117 66.8 24.6
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 Howling Fjord map
- Honor the Flame about 270 yards
- Hero's Call: Howling Fjord! about 1,830 yards
- To Northrend about 2,500 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: Explorers' League +250
This organization seeks to find the origin of the dwarven race by collecting Titan artifacts. Their most recent research has led them to various archeological sites in Northrend.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward Explorers' League reputation: My Daughter (+10), See to the Operations (+10), Danger! Explosives! (+250), Send Them Packing (+250), Leader of the Deranged (+250), The Book of Runes (+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 145 of 162.
Previous: The Book of Runes · Next: The Rune of Command
- 140Wild Vines
- 141Spawn of the Twisted Glade
- 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!
Showing steps 140 to 151 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 Book of Runes
The vast rocky area to the southeast, Giants' Run, has been overrun by Iron Dwarves. Scouts have reported seeing the dwarves coaxing stone giants from the ground, then carving runes on them. I can't fathom their motives, but I suspect they're somehow trying to turn the giants into weapons.
After 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.
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.