If you are having difficulty completing this quest, change your dungeon difficulty to Heroic and you should be able to complete it.
Quest turn-in is NOT at your garrison, though the NPC says so. The turn-in is at your zone outpost.
Quest
Strike While the Iron is Hot
A World of Warcraft quest in Gorgrond. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Hope this gets fixed, its quite confusing. When the scenario completes, go south and head for the most southwest building in the area, pass around it heading to your right and you will find Nisha and see a new flightpath on your map. You can then ride her back to Highpass where you turn in this quest. I did do the switch to heroic and back, but not so sure that was needed. Also logged out\in, also not sure if that was needed. I would just try to find Nisha first, you may not need all the other stuff.
Access to this quest also requires you to have completed the outpost-related quest chain that awards a follower. That's A Rediscovered Legend if you chose the Sparring Arena and Tangleheart if you chose the Lumber Yard.
For now, this may be difficult for players who chose the arena, as the questgiver who starts that chain is bugged and missing on many realms.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(36576))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
With the Heart of the Magnaron, we wield a powerful weapon against the Iron Horde. They amass far to the north at the Iron Approach. This will not be easy, but we must seize the opportunity to deal a blow to the Iron Horde while we possess the artifact. We are prepared to depart at your command. Speak with Rangari Rajess when you are ready.
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 #543 53.4 60.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inGorgrond 53.4, 60.2
/way #543 53.4 60.2 - Objective areaGorgrond 52.8, 59.3
/way #543 52.8 59.3 - Objective areaGorgrond 44.8, 17.7
/way #543 44.8 17.7
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 Gorgrond map
- Lost Mole Machines same spot
- Rescue Rangari about 30 yards
- We Need An Outpost about 40 yards
- The Sparring Arena about 50 yards
- Power of the Genesaur about 50 yards
- Chains of Iron about 50 yards
- The Giant Cauldron about 230 yards
- The Descent about 230 yards
- Heating Up about 240 yards
- A Goren's Feast about 310 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Gorgrond, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Gorgrond:
- Highpass, Gorgrond
- Breaker's Crown, Gorgrond
- Everbloom Wilds, Gorgrond
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Other quests on the Gorgrond map
Reward details
Items you receive
“Sought by architects in Ashran. Handwritten scribbles regarding the construction of an outpost building, including numerous "improvements" which are vigorously crossed out.”
Pick one of these
“A collection of loosely strung bones.”
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.
Storyline
The Iron Approach
Part 2 of 2.
Previous: Strike While the Iron is Hot
- 1Strike While the Iron is Hot
- 2Strike While the Iron is Hot
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Gorgrond · Level 15-40.
Also counted by Putting the Gore in Gorgrond
Its criteria name 10 quests; others include:
- We Need An Outpost
- The Sparring Arena
- Power of the Genesaur
- Chapter III: Ritual of the Charred
- Chapter II: The Harvest
- Growing Wood
- Chapter I: Plant Food
- Chains of Iron
The storyline at a glance
The Iron Approach has 2 steps, from Strike While the Iron is Hot to Strike While the Iron is Hot.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Gorgrond (2).
Other storylines on the Gorgrond map
- In the Land of Giants
- Supporting Your Garrison
- Establish a Foothold
- We Need An Outpost
- Garrison Campaign
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.
- Putting the Gore in Gorgrond: its criteria name 10 quests, this one included. Unlock: "Treasure Map: Gorgrond".