TheWoWDBThis is a really fun quest. I was a bit confused at first since the gryphoneer wouldn't let me fly to Abyssal Shelf, but then I realized that I was talking to the wrong NPC. The right one is the gryphoneer behind the one you talk to when you first arrive.
Quest
Mission: The Abyssal Shelf
A World of Warcraft quest in Hellfire Peninsula. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Find the bomb in your inventory and put it on your hotbar. Click it and use like any aoe spell once you are over the Abyssal shelf. You can do as many runs as needed untill the timer runs out.
This is a part of a 12 quest chain which you can start by talking to Force Commander Danath Trollbane in Honor Hold. Here is the whole chain.
¤ The Legion Reborn
¤ The Path of Anguish
¤ Expedition Point
¤ Disrupt Their Reinforcements
¤ Mission: The Murketh and Shaadraz Gateways
¤ Shatter Point
¤ Wing Commander Gryphongar
» Mission: The Abyssal Shelf
¤ Go to the Front
¤ Disruption - Forge Camp: Mageddon
¤ Enemy of my Enemy...
¤ Invasion Point: Annihilator
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID10163
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10163))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereHellfire Peninsula, around 79.3, 33.9
StorylineHellfire Peninsula, step 34 of 103
RewardsWhispering Tunic, 
Veteran's Skullcap, 
Arcane Ringed Greaves, 4,100 XP
Whispering Tunic, Veteran's Skullcap, Arcane Ringed Greaves, 4,100 XPDescription
Now that you've got your wings, perhaps you'd be interested in running another bombing mission? This time we've isolated the Legion's main production area, behind the forge camps to the north. I need you to get on a gryphon and destroy the whole damned thing! Here are your bombs - now, talk to Gryphoneer Windbellow when you're ready for takeoff.
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #100 79.3 33.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inHellfire Peninsula 79.3, 33.9
/way #100 79.3 33.9
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 Hellfire Peninsula map
- Between Worlds about 640 yards
- Hero's Call: Outland! about 710 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Outland about 940 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,180 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,220 yards
- Warning the Cenarion Circle about 3,330 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Hellfire Peninsula, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hellfire Peninsula:
- Shatter Point, Hellfire Peninsula
- Hellfire Peninsula, The Dark Portal
- Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationHonor Hold +250
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeCloth Chest
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+7 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for44 gold87 silver
TypeLeather Head
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for32 gold88 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for42 gold82 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor21
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for43 gold29 silver
Reputation: Honor Hold +250
Vestiges of the Sons of Lothar, veterans of the Alliance that first came into Draenor, have steadfastly held on to this Hellfire outpost. They are now joined by the armies from Stormwind and Ironforge.
Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.
Other quests in Hellfire Peninsula that reward Honor Hold reputation: A Job for an Intelligent Man (+250), Rampaging Ravagers (+250), Forgotten Heroes (+10), The Arakkoa Threat (+250), The Finest Down (+250), Gaining Mirren's Trust (+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
Hellfire Peninsula
Part 34 of 103.
Previous: Wing Commander Gryphongar · Next: Go to the Front
- 29Expedition Point
- 30Disrupt Their Reinforcements
- 31Mission: The Murketh and Shaadraz Gateways
- 32Shatter Point
- 33Wing Commander Gryphongar
- 34Mission: The Abyssal Shelf
- 35Go to the Front
- 36Disruption - Forge Camp: Mageddon
- 37Enemy of my Enemy...
- 38Invasion Point: Annihilator
- 39The Dark Missive
- 40The Heart of Darkness
Showing steps 29 to 40 of 103.
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.
- Wing Commander Gryphongar
Wing Commander Gryphongar runs this outfit of Wildhammers. If this is your first time to Shatter Point, then you should report to him. You'll find him inside what's left of that tower over yonder.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Go to the Front
Well, <name>, I hope you're prepared for the next phase of our operation. The Legion never rests - and neither shall we! Take a gryphon and fly over to Honor Point - it's a small post near the Legion Front. Speak with Field Marshal Brock. He'll have instructions for you when you arrive.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Hellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30.
The storyline at a glance
Hellfire Peninsula has 103 steps, from Eradicate the Burning Legion to Natural Remedies.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hellfire Peninsula (103).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Hellfire Peninsula map
- Zangarmarsh
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Highlord's Return
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.