TheWoWDBUseful to note that this NPC ignores you (he ignored me) completely until you do all the quests at Thorium Advance...at least up until one of them sends you to Thorium Point and you do at least 1 quest there.
Quest
Recon Essentials
A World of Warcraft quest in Searing Gorge. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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so where do u get the spyglass and smithing
When you do this quest with [npc=47269], he will smother the Dark Iron Dwarf you are fighting and give you the loot afterwards.
However, if he is currently smothering one and you aggro another - you will have no choice but to kill that one. Even when he is finished with the first one, [npc=47269] will not register that the second one exists (until you kill him, and he tells you off for doing so)
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneSearing Gorge
Quest ID27977
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27977))
What to do
StorylineSearing Gorge, step 7 of 23
RewardsSteamsmith Helm, 
Taskmaster's Loop, 
Essential Pantaloons, 21g, 4,100 XP
Steamsmith Helm, Taskmaster's Loop, Essential Pantaloons, 21g, 4,100 XPDescription
We used to have more stuff around here. I think there was a spyglass somewhere nearby, along with a smithing tuyere. I'm pretty certain that they've been stolen by Dark Iron dwarves. Yes, I know that I'm a Dark Iron dwarf! I'm talking about the bad ones that live down in that gorge. You'd best check the steamsmiths that work just south of here. They'd be most likely to use tools like these.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #32 37.3 29.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inSearing Gorge 37.3, 29.0
/way #32 37.3 29.0 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Searing Gorge 46.6, 40.6
/way #32 46.6 40.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Searing Gorge 39.0, 49.7
/way #32 39.0 49.7
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Searing Gorge:
- Thorium Point, Searing Gorge
- Iron Summit, Searing Gorge
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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Reward details
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TypePlate Head
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +13 Versatility
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for23 gold33 silver
TypeMail Waist
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for15 gold61 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for30 gold93 silver
TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level25
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for23 gold7 silver
Reputation: Thorium Brotherhood +250
The dwarves of the Thorium Brotherhood epitomize excellence in craftsmanship and are bent on unlocking the secrets of Blackrock Mountain.
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in Searing Gorge that reward Thorium Brotherhood reputation: Gaining Even More Acceptance (+375), Gaining Acceptance (+15), A Proper Antivenom (+250), The Fewer, the Better (+250), Out of Place (+250), A Lumbering Relic (+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
Searing Gorge
Part 7 of 23.
Previous: Rasha'krak · Next: Dark Ministry
- 2Dig-Boss Dinwhisker
- 3Thorium Point: The Seat of the Brotherhood
- 4Heat That Just Don't Quit
- 5Curse These Fat Fingers
- 6Rasha'krak
- 7Recon Essentials
- 8Dark Ministry
- 9In the Hall of the Mountain-Lord
- 10Siege!
- 11Set Them Ablaze!
- 12They Build a Better Bullet
- 13Deceit
Showing steps 2 to 13 of 23.
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.
- Rasha'krak
Based on this information you've delivered, I believe that one of this "Archduke's" minions may already have turned its eyes toward Thorium Point. His name is Rasha'krak, and he patrols the lava pools just to our south.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Dark Ministry
I got one more assignment for ye. This one comes straight down from the Overseer himself. Seems he was pretty shook up once he heard about that "Archduke" ye discovered. He's asked for us to hunt down three Twilight ministers that work over in Firewatch Ridge, to the west.
The storyline at a glance
Searing Gorge has 23 steps, from A New Master... But Who? to Welcome to the Brotherhood.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Searing Gorge (23).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.