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Quest
On Ruby Wings
A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You must kill Thiassi the Lightning Bringer in order to summon Grand Necrolord Antiok.
The only way to kill Thiassi on your own is to use Flame Fury until it runs out, then Engulfing Flame until Flame Fury is off CD. Right after he dies Antiok will spawn and you must dismount and kill him without the dragon or you will just make him despawn.
You can even help ally complete the quest if you wish, when Antiok dies he drops his scythe on the ground and anyone may loot it.
Part of the Horde questline for the Wrath Gate event. This quest line is very long and spans the entire length of Dragonblight. Quite honestly, I consider this one of the most important quest lines (thus far) in Wrath. A must-do for any hordeling. :)
In quite a few of these chains there are optional prequests. I will not list these, despite them being in the quest series list, because they are just that: Optional. I will list the LATEST quest available that will start the chain, or the one most likely to pick up while completing other parts of this chain.
Additionally, these quests are Horde Only. I, unfortunately, do not have an Alliance character on the Beta, so I do not have access to any alliance quests. Sorry!
Step names are purely flavor. They generalize what that part of the chain leads up to/is about.
I highly urge everyone to read the quest text. This quest line is quite possibly one of the most epic in Warcraft history and is highly worth the time. Lore lovers and haters alike should enjoy them.
Step 1: Recruiting the Taunka
1.) Into the Fold
2.) Blood Oath of the Horde
3.) Agmar's HammerStep 2: Destroy the Nerubians
1.) Victory Nears...
2.) From the Depths of Azjol-Nerub
3.) The Might of the Horde
4.) Attack by Air!
5.) Blightbeasts be DamnedStep 3: Annexing the Taunka
1.) Strength of Icemist
2.) Chains of the Anub'ar
3.) Return of the High Chief
4.) All Hail Roanauk!Step 4: The Forsakens New Plague
1.) Imbeciles Abound!
2.) The Forsaken Blight and You: How Not to Die
3.) Emerald Dragon Tears
4.) Spread the Good Word
5.) The Forsaken BlightStep 5: The Red Dragonflight
1.) The Kor'kron Vanguard!
2.) Audience With The Dragon Queen
3.) Galakrond and the Scourge
4.) On Ruby WingsStep 6: Victory Over the Scourge?
1.) Return to Angrathar
BONUS! Wrath Gate In-Game Cinematic/Machinima outside link to view it
BONUS! Achievement: Veteran of the Wrath Gate!Step 7: The Betrayal
1.) Darkness Stirs
2.) Herald of War
3.) A Life Without Regret
4.) The Battle for the UndercityExperience and Reputation totals will be filled in when more information is available.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDragonblight
Quest ID12498
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12498))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12498 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Description
Use this beacon to signal a Wyrmrest vanquisher. Climb upon its back and fly north to Galakrond's Rest. Once there, command the dragon to destroy the Scourge scavengers that work to unearth Galakrond. Once the area has been cleansed, fly to the Wicked Coil, overlooking Galakrond's Rest, to destroy Grand Necrolord Antiok and recover the scythe that he uses to control the wyrms. Do this and return to Queen Alexstrasza for a hero's reward! {name}, beware the rotting storm giants that wander the area!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #115 59.8 54.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inDragonblight 59.8, 54.7
/way #115 59.8 54.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 56.0, 34.4
/way #115 56.0 34.4 - Objective areaDragonblight 54.6, 31.4
/way #115 54.6 31.4 - Objective areaDragonblight 59.5, 53.3
/way #115 59.5 53.3
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 Dragonblight map
- The Touch of an Aspect same spot
- Dahlia's Tears same spot
- The Day That Chromie Dies about 10 yards
- Rewind about 10 yards
- Preserve the True Future about 10 yards
- The Deaths of Chromie about 10 yards
- Draconic Secrets about 30 yards
- A New Threat about 570 yards
- A Forgotten Enemy about 570 yards
- Galakrond's Unrest about 610 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dragonblight, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:
- Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight
- Moa'ki, Dragonblight
- Venomspite, Dragonblight
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Choose one of these rewards:
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationThe Wyrmrest Accord +350
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeArmor Trinket
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+9 Intellect
UseArcane Energy
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for92 silver9 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor25
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +9 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for47 gold65 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for46 gold22 silver
TypeLeather Head
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for36 gold86 silver
Reputation: The Wyrmrest Accord +350
With the Blue Dragonflight's violent upheaval against all mortal users of magic, the remaining dragonflights have banded under the leadership of the Red Dragonflight to combat their wayward kin.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Dragonblight that reward The Wyrmrest Accord reputation: Gaining an Audience (+25), Informing the Queen (+10), Disturbing Implications (+250), One of a Kind (+250), Mighty Magnataur (+250), Reclusive Runemaster (+350).
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
Dragonblight
Part 110 of 149.
Previous: Galakrond and the Scourge · Next: Return To Angrathar
- 105Attack by Air!
- 106Blightbeasts be Damned!
- 107The Kor'kron Vanguard!
- 108Audience With The Dragon Queen
- 109Galakrond and the Scourge
- 110On Ruby Wings
- 111Return To Angrathar
- 112Imprints on the Past
- 113Orik Trueheart and the Forgotten Shore
- 114The Murkweed Elixir
- 115The Forgotten Tale
- 116The Truth Shall Set Us Free
Showing steps 105 to 116 of 149.
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.
- Galakrond and the Scourge
Atop the Wicked Coil, the Grand Necrolord of the Scourge, Antiok, sits upon the shoulders of the reconstructed storm giant lord, Thiassi. From there he commands the armies of undead to work day and night to unearth Galakrond's massive bones.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Return To Angrathar
With Antiok slain and the scythe in our possession, the frost wyrm assaults upon your forces at Angrathar will halt. The wyrms that remain in the Dragonblight will be hunted and destroyed, their bones returning to the earth. The time to make your final stand is now, <name>.
The storyline at a glance
Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dragonblight map
- Lorewalking: Arthas
- The Deaths of Chromie
- Fulfilling the Prophecy II
- Icecrown
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
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.