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Quest

Rethu's Experience

A World of Warcraft quest in Highmountain. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1
Deathhighelf+19via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Still extremely rare but obtainable in 10.1.5.

Bruteforcing this in a long, boring session of mining, Rank 3 took me 3937 Leystone Ore and 4865 Felslate worth of farming nothing but seams (excluding the previous years where I never got this since Legion). I did not need the felslate, but seams share spawns and prevent others from spawning.

For more information on their spawn locations and which Broken Shore seams are linked to eachother, visit the Leystone Seam page and my comment there, as I do not want to copypaste a wall of text and coordinates onto every relevant page.

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Ydad+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Just got this as of April 3, 2026! Took about 8 hours or so of farming. Make sure to farm ALL NODES in Broken shore. All nodes share spawns with each other so when you mine something, anything else can spawn there. Just keep on mining. It will drop eventually.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
LocationHighmountain
CategoryMining
Quest ID38793

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38793))

Description

Miner... you... you know who I am? I see. That is good. My tribe continues to honor its roots. If you return to the land of the Ironhorn tribe... let them know that they are looked upon with pride.

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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.

Highmountain Objective area 1 mapped point
Highmountain map showing where to go for Rethu's ExperienceObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #650 55.1 84.0

Coordinates

  • Objective areaHighmountain 55.1, 84.0/way #650 55.1 84.0

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Highmountain:

  • Ironhorn Enclave, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 130 yards east
  • Obsidian Overlook, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 550 yards west
  • Skyfire Triage Camp, StormheimAlliance · about 750 yards east

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.

Related
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

Legion Mining

Part 11 of 12.

Previous: Rethu's Lesson · Next: Rethu's Sacrifice

  1. 1Leystone Deposit Sample
  2. 2Leystone Seam Sample
  3. 3Living Leystone Sample
  4. 4The Highmountain Tauren
  5. 5Where Respect is Due
  6. 6The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn
  7. 7Rethu's Journal
  8. 8Rethu's Pick
  9. 9Rethu's Horn
  10. 10Rethu's Lesson
  11. 11Rethu's Experience
  12. 12Rethu's Sacrifice

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.

  • Rethu's LessonLevel 10-45

    You... miner... let me see your pick a moment. <The tauren spirit eyes your mining equipment.> You remind me of myself, when I once walked this land. Savor these moments, miner. They cannot last forever. <With a bow, the spirit disappears.>

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Rethu's SacrificeLevel 10-45

    Miner... speak with me a moment. I haven't much time in this place. I see you fight for your ore. I believe that is the most noble way to obtain your stone. It gives the land a fighting chance. Still, one mustn't be callous with their own life. Dig too deep, and the land will overcome you.

The storyline at a glance

Legion Mining has 12 steps, from Leystone Deposit Sample to Rethu's Sacrifice.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (8), Dalaran (2), Darkshore (2).

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.