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Taking Back Mightstone Quarry

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

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As late as this bit of information is, I found this series of quests in Mightstone Quarry to convey the idea of Scourge fighting back the best of all starting areas. The Nerubians respawn very quickly (under 1 min) and are crawling all over the place, giving the lower than 70 characters a fight for their life as they quickly get overwhelmed from all sides.

If you're wondering whether to make a choice between leveling in Howling Fjord or Borean Tundra, I definitely recommend that you at least drop by Warsong Hold to give these quest chains a try.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11598

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11598))

Requirements

FactionHorde only
Requires one ofThe Defense of Warsong Hold, The Defense of Warsong Hold, The Defense of Warsong Hold

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineBorean Tundra, step 40 of 182
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

While Warsong is protected by 10 feet of steel and stone on all sides, this quarry is soft and primed for attacks by the Nerubians. <Razgor points west.> Beyond this quarry stand thousands of Scourge, awaiting orders to attack. Should the Nerubians take down our inner defenses, we will be overrun by the undead legions of Arthas. We can't let that happen - which is why you're going on the offensive and slaughtering the Nerubians in the quarry. Blood and thunder, soldier! Take 'em both with you.

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Taking Back Mightstone QuarryTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 43.2 55.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 43.2, 55.0/way #114 43.2 55.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 41.6, 54.5/way #114 41.6 54.5

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Warsong Hold, Borean TundraHorde · about 210 yards north-west
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards north
  • Transitus Shield, ColdarraAlliance and Horde · about 980 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 90 yards 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.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationWarsong Offensive +250

Reward details

Reputation: Warsong Offensive +250

Garrosh Hellscream commands the Horde's main expeditionary forces as they make their way into Northrend to face Arthas and the armies of the Scourge.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Warsong Offensive reputation: Hellscream's Vigil (+10), We Strike! (+350), The Honored Dead (+250), Put Them to Rest (+250), The Defense of Warsong Hold (+10), Cutting Off the Source (+250).

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

Borean Tundra

Part 40 of 182.

Previous: Return My Remains · Next: Cutting Off the Source

  1. 35Return to the Spirit Talker
  2. 36Vision of Air
  3. 37Farseer Grimwalker's Spirit
  4. 38Kaganishu
  5. 39Return My Remains
  6. 40Taking Back Mightstone Quarry
  7. 41Cutting Off the Source
  8. 42Wind Master To'bor
  9. 43Magic Carpet Ride
  10. 44Tank Ain't Gonna Fix Itself
  11. 45Mobu's Pneumatic Tank Transjigamarig
  12. 46Super Strong Metal Plates!

Showing steps 35 to 46 of 182.

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.

  • Return My RemainsBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    <name>, now that my spirit has been freed would you do me the honor of returning my remains to Spirit Talker Snarlfang? They lay upon the ground beneath me. I sense that the spirit talker is still at Bor'gorok Outpost to the west where last I saw her.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Cutting Off the SourceBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Aerial reconnaissance of the quarry reports that the Nerubians are storing their eggs on the scaffolding surrounding the base. Smart beasts these are... They're keeping the eggs high and dry, away from the epicenter of conflict. You're going to have to go back out there and track down their eggs.

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.