TheWoWDBMust have completed The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn (quest chain starts with The Highmountain Tauren) for [item=124492] to drop. Journal page drops from a leystone deposit.
Similar quests include:
- Rethu's Pick which is started by mining [item=124493] from a leystone seam and
- Rethu's Horn which is started by mining [item=124494] from the corpse of a leystone creature.
The felslate equivalents require completing Darkheart Thicket: Nal'ryssa's Sisters (quest chain starts with The Felsmiths).
Quest
Rethu's Journal
A World of Warcraft quest in Highmountain. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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In case it helps anyone, I got this when I had Legion mining at 67/100. In Legion Herbalism, you start to get these kinds of quests very quickly, but mining is much slower.
Question:
Can the Journal and Chunk of Horn only be mined in Highmountain? I got the Pickaxe almost immediately after completing the Legend quest, but after 2 weeks I haven't seen either of the other two quest items.
Quest facts
Quest ID38789
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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Description
Tucked in between a few pieces of rubble, a scrap of paper catches your eye. Mining carefully, you uncover the tattered remains of an old scroll. The tauren handwriting is archaic, but one word catches your eye: "Rethu".
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.
Objective areaIn-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
- The Highmountain Smiths same spot
- The Firmament Stone same spot
- Maw of Souls: Hammered By The Storm same spot
- You Are Not Worthy about 30 yards
- Leystone Mastery about 30 yards
- Ironhorn Leysmithing about 30 yards
- Honor the Flame about 40 yards
- Demonsteel Armguards about 40 yards
- Demonsteel Waistguard about 40 yards
- Demonsteel Pauldrons about 40 yards
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, Highmountain
- Obsidian Overlook, Highmountain
- Skyfire Triage Camp, Stormheim
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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Spell: Mining Technique: Leystone DepositFurthers your understanding of how to mine leystone deposits more efficiently.
Experience6,150 XP
Storyline
Legion Mining
Part 7 of 12.
Previous: The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn · Next: Rethu's Pick
- 1Leystone Deposit Sample
- 2Leystone Seam Sample
- 3Living Leystone Sample
- 4The Highmountain Tauren
- 5Where Respect is Due
- 6The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn
- 7Rethu's Journal
- 8Rethu's Pick
- 9Rethu's Horn
- 10Rethu's Lesson
- 11Rethu's Experience
- 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.
- The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn
A long, long time ago, a tauren by the name of Rethu entered this land. His exploits paved the road that all miners walk. If you wish to learn more about mining, you must first learn about Rethu.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Rethu's Pick
This seam has been mined before - it bears the telltale diagonal ruts of a miner's pick. Looking down, that pick now lays on the ground - handle broken, pick-point dulled with use and years. Carved into the haft is a familiar name: "Rethu"
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
- Legion Blacksmithing
- The Bloodtotem Tribe
- Rivermane Tribe
- Allies of the Horde: Highmountain
- Legion Leatherworking
- Snowblind Mesa
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.