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Smashing Through Ashes

Smashing Through Ashes is a quest for level 30-35 in Mount Hyjal. It is step 51 of 118 in the Mount Hyjal storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Mount Hyjal at 27.1, 62.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

<name>, these fiends from the Twilight's Hammer are attempting to scourge this whole mountain clean of all life. Even now they trail behind this inferno, leaving death and ash in their wake.

Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem is behind the fires, trying to salvage the wilderness before it's blotted permanently from the map. Travel southeast, through The Inferno and down the road beyond. Find and aid the Arch Druid.

On your way there, clear the roads by killing any Charbringers that you find.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250
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The Return of the Ancients Quest Tree From Whiterock
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Return from the Firelands{H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal
 |				4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything
G)Aviana's Legacy
 |
 | S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil*
 |OR|			  ┌──────────┴──────────┐
1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem
S)A Plea From Beyond	  ├─────────────────────┘
1)A Prayer and a Wing	 1)A Bird in Hand
 ├────────────────────────┘
2)Fact-Finding Mission
 ├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor
 |                2)Egg Hunt             2)Disassembly
 ├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
2)Sethria's Demise
1)Return to the Shrine
1)An Ancient Reborn
 ├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn
 | 3)Flight in the Firelands
 | 3)Wave One
 | 3)Wave Two
 | 3)Egg Wave
 | 1)Return to Aviana
 |
 | The Return of the Ancients*
 |  ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us...
 | 4)Save the Wee Animals |	4)Seeds of Their Demise
 | 4)Oh, Deer!		  |	4)A New Master
 |  |		 	  |	4)The Name Never Spoken(ver2)
 |  | 4)Disrupting the Rituals	4)Black Heart of Flame
 |  ├──┴─────────────────────────┘
 | S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove
 | 4)The Bears Up There
 | 5)Smashing Through Ashes
 |  ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak
 | 6)Fresh Bait    6)Durable Seeds  6)Prepping the Soil
 | 6)Hell's Shells  └────────────────┴──────────┐
 | 5)Tortolla Speaks				|
 |  ├────────────────────┐			|
 | 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla	|
 |  ├────────────────────┘			|
 | 5)An Ancient Awakens				|
 ├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘
6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands{H}*
6)Firefight
4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program
7)Tortolla's Revenge  └>7)Lost Wardens
 ├>7)Breakthrough	7)Pressing the Advantage
 |
7)The Hammer and the Key
8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed
8)The Strength of Tortolla
8)Finish Nemesis
7)Tortolla's Triumph
9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong*

Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal+250

Reward details

Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +250

Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapMount HyjalTurn-in marker at 27.1, 62.7, 8 mapped points
World Map

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.

Mount Hyjal Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Mount Hyjal map showing where to go for Smashing Through AshesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #198 27.1 62.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 27.1, 62.7/way #198 27.1 62.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 21.9, 56.8/way #198 21.9 56.8
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 13.6, 32.5/way #198 13.6 32.5

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 Mount Hyjal map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:

  • Sanctuary of Malorne, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards south-east
  • Grove of Aessina, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards north-west
  • Shrine of Aviana, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 270 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,000 yards north-west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Mount Hyjal

Part 51 of 118.

Previous: The Bears Up There · Next: Fresh Bait

  1. 46The Name Never Spoken
  2. 47The Name Never Spoken
  3. 48Black Heart of Flame
  4. 49Good News... and Bad News
  5. 50The Bears Up There
  6. 51Smashing Through Ashes
  7. 52Fresh Bait
  8. 53Hell's Shells
  9. 54Tortolla Speaks
  10. 55Breaking the Bonds
  11. 56Children of Tortolla
  12. 57An Ancient Awakens

Showing steps 46 to 57 of 118.

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 Bears Up ThereMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    Do not fear the bears in this grove, <class> - I have pacified them for the moment. My concern at present is for the welfare of the bear cubs. The fires drove the little ones up the trees, where they've gotten stuck. We've got to get those bears safely to the ground!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Fresh BaitMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    I was stunned to discover that Twilight's Hammer had located - and imprisoned - the great turtle ancient Tortolla. As we speak he is chained above the murky waters of the Ashen Lake. Freeing Tortolla from his bonds will not be easy. But we will take it one step at a time.

The storyline at a glance

Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal 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.

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