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Rare Earth

Rare Earth is a quest for level 25-30 in The Storm Peaks. It is step 36 of 113 in The Storm Peaks storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Storm Peaks at 31.4, 38.1. It rewards 4,100 experience and money.

Description

It seems so long ago that these hammers pounded and hewed stone instead of iron. Our expulsion from Ulduar saw the weakest of us dead and the strongest of our craftsmen reborn as warriors.

As the irons beat us back, even the strongest find themselves failing.

We can do little for the wounded, save when we have a stock of enchanted earth. We used to mine it from the deposits on the sheer cliff face to the northwest, but the constant battle has prevented us from replenishing our stock. Would you help?

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Top Comments

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1
gennym+65via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The earth is on the cliff facing north just below where the Stormforged Reavers and Dolomite Giants are fighting. I found just one earth per ledge, thus I had to hop on and off my flying mount a lot. The general location is 27,33. Just travel up and down to get all your earth. The earthen mining pick works fine, all you have to do is right click on the earth.

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10334+58via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is part of the Iron Colossus chain which begins and ends with Bouldercrag the Rockshaper.


  2. Rare Earth

  4. Relief for the Fallen
    Fighting Back

  6. Slaves of the Stormforged
    The Dark Ore

  8. The Gifts of Loken
    Facing the Storm

  10. While on Step 4, a Dark Armor Sample will drop off Stormforged War Golems which starts:

  12. The Armor of Darkness

  14. The Armor's Secrets

  16. Valduran the Stormborn

  18. Destroy the Forges!
    Hit Them Where it Hurts

  20. A Colossal Threat

  22. The Heart of the Storm

  24. The final part: The Iron Colossus

Read all 56 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Storm PeaksTurn-in marker at 31.4, 38.1, 4 mapped points
Objective areaHrothgar's Landing8 mapped points
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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.

The Storm Peaks Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
The Storm Peaks map showing where to go for Rare EarthTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #120 31.4 38.1

Hrothgar's Landing Objective area 8 mapped points
Hrothgar's Landing map showing where to go for Rare EarthObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #170 83.9 90.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Storm Peaks 31.4, 38.1/way #120 31.4 38.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Storm Peaks 32.4, 33.6/way #120 32.4 33.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hrothgar's Landing 74.1, 87.4/way #170 74.1 87.4

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 Storm Peaks map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Storm Peaks:

  • Bouldercrag's Refuge, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards north-west
  • Grom'arsh Crash-Site, The Storm PeaksHorde · about 640 yards south-east
  • Ulduar, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 530 yards north-west (on the Hrothgar's Landing map)
  • Objective areaabout 220 yards north

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

The Storm Peaks

Part 36 of 113.

Previous: Norgannon's Shell · Next: Fighting Back

  1. 31Catching up with Brann
  2. 32Pieces of the Puzzle
  3. 33Data Mining
  4. 34The Library Console
  5. 35Norgannon's Shell
  6. 36Rare Earth
  7. 37Fighting Back
  8. 38Relief for the Fallen
  9. 39Slaves of the Stormforged
  10. 40The Dark Ore
  11. 41The Gifts of Loken
  12. 42Facing the Storm

Showing steps 31 to 42 of 113.

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.

  • Norgannon's ShellThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    Charging inventor's disk. Disk charging completed. Preparing emergency protocol gamma. Emergency protocol loaded. Please use the charged disk to activate the guardian of Norgannon's shell, Archivist Mechaton. The archivist will release the shell once your identity has been verified.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Fighting BackThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    The refuge's defenders have done their best to blunt the iron dwarves' attacks, but we keep losing ground inch by inch. My men are hardy, but not tireless. Without reinforcements, it's only a matter of time until we will be overrun. Would you lend your skills to the refuge's defense?

The storyline at a glance

The Storm Peaks has 113 steps, from Clean Up to The Reckoning.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (110), Zul'Drak (2), Crystalsong Forest (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Storm Peaks map

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.

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