Quest Log

Poke and Prod (Alliance)

Poke and Prod is an Alliance-only quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It is step 26 of 167 in the Icecrown storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 63.1, 44.7. It rewards 3 reward items, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

As someone of your experience must surely know, there's no better way to familiarize one's self with their enemy than by confronting them in combat.

While you no doubt lust for the glory of taking Icecrown Citadel, that cannot happen without taking each of the Lich King's gates first. For now, you must focus your efforts on the first of these...

Return to the Broken Front. Engage the enemy in battle. Search for a weakness we might exploit and return to me with a detailed report.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10

Experience4,100 XP

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WhiterockMar 31, 2009+13via Wowhead

THE SKYBREAKER Quest Tree From Whiterock

The Crusaders' Pinnacle*                      1)Preparations for War
 |->Orgrim's Hammer(H)* The Shadow Vault*
 |                        |
1)The Skybreaker------->Exploiting an Opening*
 |__________________________________________
 |                 |->2)Mind Tricks        |->D)Blood of the Chosen
3)The Broken Front |->D)Slaves to Saronite |->2)Joining the Assault
 |   +3)Finish Me! |->2)Get to Ymirheim!       |->D)Assault by Air
 |->D)No Mercy!       D)King of the Mountain   |->D)Assault by Ground
 |
 |--------------------------->1)Your Attention, Please
1)...All the Help We Can Get. 3)Borrowed Technology-->D)The Solution Solution
3)Poke and Prod               5)Killohertz
 |_________________________   6)Leading the Charge
 |                        |    |->D)Static Shock Troops: the Bombardment
3)That's Abominable!      |    |->D)Putting the Hertz: The Valley of Lost Hope
 |->D)That's Abominable!  |
 |                       4)Against the Giants
5)Sneak Preview           |->4)Coprous the Defiled
 |->5)Chain of Command    |->4)Basic Chemistry-->D)Neutralizing the Plague
 |->5)Cannot Reproduce
 |  5)Retest Now-->D)Retest Now
 |
5)Drag and Drop-->D)Drag and Drop
 |->5)Not a Bug-->D)Not a Bug
 |
5)Need More Info------------>5)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                            |->D)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                            |
7)Raise the Barricades------>8)The Ironwall Rampart 
 |->8)Get the Message         |
 |  D)Capture More Dispatches |
 |                            |
8)Bloodspattered Banners      |
 |____________________________|  
 |
9)Before the Gate of Horror
 |                   \
9)Shatter the Shards 9)The Guardians of Corp'rethar

Watts My Target(doesn't work/exist)
Quest Zones:
1)Scybreaker_____2)Ymirheim_____3)Broken Front_____4)Mord'Rethar_____5)Aldur'thar_____6)The Bombardment_____7)Valley of Lost Hope_____8)Valley of Fallen Heroes_____9)Corp'rethar
D)Daily
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
The Icecrown is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Icecrown zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

ramajukoOct 5, 2008+7via Wowhead

Broken Front is just east of Mord'rethar
The adepts are found around the smoky, glowing craters a bit further south. They are not just mixed in with all the other trash.

305821Feb 16, 2009+5via Wowhead

Malefic Necromancer 67,67
Hulking Abominations 67,67
Shadow Adept 69,65
That should Help.

Read all 6 on Wowhead ↗

Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Money	Gold	10g 50s

Reward details

Pick one of these

Ring of the Fallen Shadow Adept

TypeArmor Finger

Item level34

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Versatility

Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation

Sells to vendors for75 silver33 copper

Hulking Abomination Hide Cloak

TypeCloth Back

Item level34

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor3

Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina

Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster

Sells to vendors for35 gold99 silver

Amulet of the Malefic Necromancer

TypeArmor Neck

Item level34

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike

Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation

Sells to vendors for51 silver56 copper

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Icecrown	Turn-in marker at 63.1, 44.7, 23 mapped points

World Map

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inIcecrown 63.1, 44.7/way #118 63.1 44.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 68.8, 65.4/way #118 68.8 65.4
Objective areaIcecrown 63.2, 44.6/way #118 63.2 44.6

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 Icecrown map

Combat Nullifier 07-X about 740 yards
WARNING: This is Only a Test! about 940 yards
The Deathspeaker's Devout about 970 yards
Cultist Captors about 970 yards
A Valiant Effort about 1,070 yards
Scouting from a Safe Distance about 1,070 yards
A Message from Icecrown about 1,070 yards
Too Many Whelps about 1,070 yards
Securing the Area about 1,070 yards
Advancing the Effort about 1,070 yards

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east
The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north-west
Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 940 yards south
Objective areaabout 930 yards south
Objective areaabout 890 yards south

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Icecrown

Part 26 of 167.

Previous: ...All the Help We Can Get. · Next: That's Abominable!

Showing steps 21 to 32 of 167.

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.

...All the Help We Can Get.Icecrown · Level 25-30
Desperate times, <class>... As uncomfortable as it makes me, I'm prepared to accept assistance from anyone - including our resident death knight. Go to Thassarian and see if he can help us develop tactics against the Scourge that will ensure victory once we are able to mount another offensive.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

That's Abominable!Icecrown · Level 25-30
Abominations... They can be a very capable enemy. I've seen them turn the tide of battle more than once. What few realize, is that they can also be very capable friends. They are not deep thinkers.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Icecrown · Level 25-30.

Poke and ProdHorde only · Icecrown · Level 25-30

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Icecrown: The Final Goal Complete the Icecrown storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Icecrown map

Return of the Scourge15 steps, starts with Securing the Area
Class Mount: Death Knight4 steps, starts with Amal'thazad's Message
An Uncertain Fate7 steps, starts with An Urgent Request
Lorewalking: Arthas9 steps, starts with Lorewalking: The Prince Who Would Be King

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Poke and Prod. They differ in the faction shown here.

Quest	Faction	ID
Poke and Prod (this page)	Alliance	13287
Poke and Prod	Horde	13237

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Poke and Prod (Alliance)

Description

Rewards

Reward details

Pick one of these

Where to go

Coordinates

Nearby on the Icecrown map

Getting there

Storyline

Icecrown

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

After this quest

Other quests with this name

The storyline at a glance

Other storylines on the Icecrown map

Community notes from Wowhead · 6 comments

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Poke and Prod (Alliance)

Description

Rewards

Reward details

Pick one of these

Where to go

Coordinates

Nearby on the Icecrown map

Getting there

Storyline

Icecrown

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

After this quest

Other quests with this name

The storyline at a glance

Other storylines on the Icecrown map

Quest Location and Connections

More Quests in Icecrown

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