TheWoWDBIf you miss the discovery quest for some reason, you can obtain the quest from Colonel Troteman in Chiselgrip - right across the way from The Pillar of Ash
Quest
Strategic Cuts
A World of Warcraft quest in Burning Steppes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This quest "pops" up while you are doing Grunt Work. You don't have to talk to anyone.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBurning Steppes
Quest ID28246
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28246))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBurning Steppes, step 39 of 82
Rewards5,150 XP
Description
<Static> {name}... {name}, can you hear me? It's Troteman. Listen, we've just received the final bit of intel for your next mission. There are three marks that we'd like you to take down. The first is Voodooist Timan, whom you'll find atop the Pillar of Ash. Worgmistress Othana is in the central worg pens. Finally, Gorlop is near the lava pools to the south. You will find the scorpid barbs you harvested packed along with your belongings. Use the barbs on the marks when the time is right.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #36 46.3 46.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inBurning Steppes 46.3, 46.0
/way #36 46.3 46.0 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 39.9, 60.5
/way #36 39.9 60.5 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 39.2, 55.9
/way #36 39.2 55.9 - Objective areaBurning Steppes 45.0, 52.5
/way #36 45.0 52.5
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 Burning Steppes map
- A Landmark Moment about 320 yards
- Unstoppable Force about 320 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 390 yards
- The Dark Horde about 410 yards
- None Left Standing about 410 yards
- Faithful Servant, Faithless Cause about 410 yards
- One Final Relic about 410 yards
- Not Just a Troll's Bane about 500 yards
- A True Horde of Dark Horde about 500 yards
- Warriors Without a Warlord about 500 yards
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:
- Chiselgrip, Burning Steppes
- Flamestar Post, Burning Steppes
- Morgan's Vigil, Burning Steppes
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Experience5,150 XP
Other quests on the Burning Steppes map
Storyline
Burning Steppes
Part 39 of 82.
Previous: Grunt Work · Next: Strategic Cuts
- 34Golem Training
- 35Into the Black Tooth Hovel
- 36Into the Black Tooth Hovel
- 37Grunt Work
- 38Grunt Work
- 39Strategic Cuts
- 40Strategic Cuts
- 41The Kodocaller's Horn
- 42The Kodocaller's Horn
- 43Taking the Horn For Ourselves
- 44Taking the Horn For Ourselves
- 45General Thorg'izog
Showing steps 34 to 45 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.
- Grunt Work
Bah! You're lucky I'm short-handed today. Otherwise I'd make you my personal whipping boy for the week. The officers and high-ranking soldiers need their boots polished. They've left them out in front of their huts. I want to see my reflection in those boots, grunt! Get to work!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Kodocaller's Horn
Alright, I've got some actual, legitimate, important work for you. We've got to call the kodos in from the grazing lands to the south. General Thorg'izog says we'll be moving out into Redridge soon, and I won't be caught with my kodos down. Use this horn near a kodo.
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
- Regrets of the Past
- On the Trail of the Black Prince
- Some Wicked Things
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.