TheWoWDBOkay, In case anybody is having trouble figuring this quest out, like I was admittedly... You must be near one of the rune forges to be able to complete and do this quest. When you're near one, press P on your keyboard to bring up your spell book. There should be a button there with a blue background and sword on it, it should say "Runeforging" Press this and then choose "[+++] Rune of Cinderglacier" Quest done:)
Quest
Runeforging: Preparation For Battle
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
Quest ID12842
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12842))
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Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12842 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
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Requirements
ClassDeath Knight
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
The mark of war is etched indelibly upon your soul, death knight. You have learned the dark art of runeforging and with it you will engrave runes of power upon your weaponry. Preparations for battle must be made. Return to one of the runeforges, here in the Heart of Acherus, and use the power of runeforging to emblazon your weapon with a rune of power! Return to me when your blade glows with dark energy!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 47.7 30.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 47.7, 30.0
/way #124 47.7 30.0 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 49.2, 31.1
/way #124 49.2 31.1
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Experience6,200 XP
Storyline
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 3 of 58.
Previous: The Emblazoned Runeblade · Next: The Endless Hunger
- 1In Service Of The Lich King
- 2The Emblazoned Runeblade
- 3Runeforging: Preparation For Battle
- 4The Endless Hunger
- 5The Eye Of Acherus
- 6Death Comes From On High
- 7The Might Of The Scourge
- 8The Power Of Blood, Frost And Unholy
- 9Report To Scourge Commander Thalanor
- 10The Scarlet Harvest
- 11If Chaos Drives, Let Suffering Hold The Reins
- 12Grand Theft Palomino
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 58.
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 Emblazoned Runeblade
The single most important piece of equipment to a death knight is the runeblade. It is through the runeblade that a death knight commands the powers of frost, blood and the unholy. The runeblade also acts as a vessel to store the death knight's runic power.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Endless Hunger
The endless hunger will soon take hold of you, <class>. When it does, you will feel pain immeasurable. There is only one remedy for the suffering: the hunger must be sated. I give you the key to your salvation. Chained to the Heart of Acherus are those deemed unworthy of the dark brotherhood.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.