TheWoWDBThis is the quest for one of the new world bosses: Nithogg. You need a raid group to kill this boss.
The boss is right on the quest icon. To get there, you need to follow the path up from Stormstorn Foothills flypath.
If you are lucky with your chances, the items that he drops are 860 item level, but can be warforged (865) and titanforged (870).
Before killing the world boss, you may want to increase your chances of loot. [npc=111243] (he is standing in front of Violet Hold in Dalaran) has 2 quests that will allow you to get a Seal of Broken Fate for 1000 gold or 1000 Order Resources.
Quest
Scourge of the Skies
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormheim. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If your bonus roll fails (as my did), you can expect a cool 25 extra gold. Yes, 25 gold in exchange for the seal that cost 1,000 gold.
Part of the just released world bosses.
This one requires you to kill Nithogg which drops 860+ gear.The quest can be completed as part of a raid group.
You might want to get the Seal of Broken Fate from Archmage Landalock before going there.
Quest facts
Quest ID42270
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(42270))
Requirements
Quest typeEpic Elite World Quest
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
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 #634 46.1 30.0
Coordinates
- Objective areaStormheim 46.1, 30.0
/way #634 46.1 30.0
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 Stormheim map
- Seymour and Agnes about 170 yards
- Mother's Prized Knife about 170 yards
- Red-Eyed Revenge about 170 yards
- Drakol'nir Must Die about 170 yards
- Plight of the Blackfeather about 240 yards
- Nithogg's Tribute about 240 yards
- Singed Feathers about 240 yards
- Come at Me, Brul about 300 yards
- The Charge Within about 300 yards
- Eyes of Nashal about 300 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormheim, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Stormheim:
- Nastrondir
- Stormtorn Foothills, Stormheim
- Forsaken Foothold, 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.
Objective targets
Nithogg
KindCreature
TypeDragonkin
RankRare Elite
Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.
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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Stormheim map
- The Trial of Valor
- The Trial of Will
- Wreck of the Skyfire
- The Secret of the Shieldmaidens
- The Trial of Might
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Goblins
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.
Defeating Nithogg, this quest’s target, counts toward these achievements.
