TheWoWDBThe 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.
Quest
Rare Earth
A World of Warcraft quest in The Storm Peaks. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This is part of the Iron Colossus chain which begins and ends with Bouldercrag the Rockshaper.
- Rare Earth
- Relief for the Fallen
Fighting Back- Slaves of the Stormforged
The Dark Ore- The Gifts of Loken
Facing the Storm- While on Step 4, a Dark Armor Sample will drop off Stormforged War Golems which starts:
- The Armor of Darkness
- The Armor's Secrets
- Valduran the Stormborn
- Destroy the Forges!
Hit Them Where it Hurts- A Colossal Threat
- The Heart of the Storm
- The final part: The Iron Colossus
As a skill lvl 1 miner i'm getting skill points of these =D edit; goes green around 80
Quest facts
Quest ID12930
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12930))
What to do
WhereThe Storm Peaks, Hrothgar's Landing
StorylineThe Storm Peaks, step 36 of 113
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
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?
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #120 31.4 38.1
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-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 The Storm Peaks map
- Spark of Genius about 590 yards
- Telemetry Online about 590 yards
- Homeward Bound about 950 yards
- Reverberation about 950 yards
- The Huntsman's Creed about 980 yards
- Walk a Mile in Her Shadows about 1,020 yards
- Dark Descension about 1,020 yards
- A Signal in Storm Peaks about 1,140 yards
- Spark of Imagination about 1,180 yards
- Bonds of Thunder about 1,180 yards
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 Peaks
- Grom'arsh Crash-Site, The Storm Peaks
- Ulduar, The Storm Peaks
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Other quests on the Storm Peaks map
Storyline
The Storm Peaks
Part 36 of 113.
Previous: Norgannon's Shell · Next: Fighting Back
- 31Catching up with Brann
- 32Pieces of the Puzzle
- 33Data Mining
- 34The Library Console
- 35Norgannon's Shell
- 36Rare Earth
- 37Fighting Back
- 38Relief for the Fallen
- 39Slaves of the Stormforged
- 40The Dark Ore
- 41The Gifts of Loken
- 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 Shell
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 Back
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
- Never Hunt Alone
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- Titanstrike
- Hunt for the Harbinger
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.