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Shadow Boxing

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

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Guide to Burning Steppes quests:

Optional breadcrumbs:
Hero's Call: Burning Steppes or Mouton Flamestar

Do anytime before leaving to Chiselgrip:
Done Nothing Wrong

Keeshan is back with either:
Burning Vengeance if you did the Redridge chain or Burning Vengeance if you did not.

These three at once:
Stocking Up
A Future Project
Mud Hunter

Then:
The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb

These two at once: Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff and Shadow Boxing

Then:
Return to Keeshan
Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes

Enables these quests, which must be completed before General Thor'izog in the main chain:
Prove Yer Allegiance
Scrapped Golems (leads to Golem Training)

Main chain continues:
A Needle in a Hellhole
A Perfect Costume (4 versions) Read the quest carefully. What creature disguise do you need?
---> Orc (given to Humans and Dwarves): 2 Hides, 4 muds, 2 thread
---> Goblin (given to Gnomes): 1 hide, 3 mud, 4 thread
---> Troll (given to Night Elves): 3 Hides, 2 mud, 1 thread
---> Ogre (given to Draenei and Worgen): 4 Hide, 1 Mud, 3 thread

Then:
Into the Black Tooth Hovel
Grunt Work
Look in your quest log -- Strategic Cuts has silently appeared
The Kodocaller's Horn
Taking the Horn for Ourselves
Until Blizzard fixes it, when you turn in this quest, you will get a failed quest sound
with "You don't meet the requirements for that quest". Don't panic.

You must by this time have finished Stebben's quests, listed above.
General Thorg'izog
Trial by Magma
I Am the Law and I am the Lash [I think this completing this one is optional]
When you accept the above, look for Abuse of Power in your quest log

Then:
Enough Damage for One Day
Morgan's Vigil

Completing that quest allows for these four together:
SEVEN! YUP! [rewards Tiny Flamefly]
Blackened Ashes
A Heap of Delicious Worg
Latent Demons of the Land

Then these three together:
Blood Tour
Draconic Vanguard
A Deal with a Dragon

Given when third one above is completed: Placing the Pawns

Then these three:
A Delivery for Thorg'izog
A Delivery for Neeralak
A Delivery for Zi'lun

Auto-accepted when above three are done:
Locked and Loaded

And the epic conclusion:
Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
Glory Amidst Chaos
The Spoils of War

That is every comment on this page.

Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBurning Steppes
Quest ID28182

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28182))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineBurning Steppes, step 16 of 82
Rewards10g 50s, 5,150 XP

Description

Ner'gosh the Shadow is the leader of those warlocks to our north. He's the jerk that kicked me out of my home once those Blackrock orcs started showing up. Well, they're all jerks, but he's the jerkiest. If I'm ever going to move back in near the Altar, Ner'gosh has to go.

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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.

Burning Steppes Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Burning Steppes map showing where to go for Shadow BoxingTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #36 8.4 35.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBurning Steppes 8.4, 35.8/way #36 8.4 35.8
  • Objective areaBurning Steppes 9.9, 29.7/way #36 9.9 29.7

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 Burning Steppes map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Burning Steppes:

  • Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 460 yards south-east
  • Iron Summit, Searing GorgeAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards north-east
  • Chiselgrip, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 140 yards north

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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience5,150 XP

Storyline

Burning Steppes

Part 16 of 82.

Previous: Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff · Next: Shadow Boxing

  1. 11Mud Hunter
  2. 12The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb
  3. 13The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb
  4. 14Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff
  5. 15Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff
  6. 16Shadow Boxing
  7. 17Shadow Boxing
  8. 18Return to Keeshan
  9. 19Return to Ariok
  10. 20Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes
  11. 21Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes
  12. 22A Needle in a Hellhole

Showing steps 11 to 22 of 82.

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.

  • Warlocks Have the Neatest StuffBurning Steppes · Level 15-30

    Ariok said he needs supplies? I've got plenty of supplies! Problem is, those warlocks have kicked me out of my home, and they're not letting me back in. <Gorzeeki sizes you up.> You might be able to get in, though.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Return to KeeshanBurning Steppes · Level 15-30

    Well I suppose I'm done with you here. I'll go shoo those other warlocks out when I build up the courage. Here, don't forget those supplies.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Burning Steppes · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Burning Steppes has 82 steps, from Done Nothing Wrong to The Spoils of War.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Burning Steppes (82).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Burning Steppes 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.