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The Artifacts of Steel Gate

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11286

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11286))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineHowling Fjord, step 136 of 162
RewardsCrackling Cloak, Worg-Fang Talisman, Unsparing Band, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I came out here for a different reason; an old friend of mine has been calling to me in my dreams. But now that I see these small things with their machines making a big hole in the ground, it makes my blood boil. From what I can see, these dwarves, as they are known, are digging up artifacts; artifacts that could be important to our past. I want you to go down there and get these things for me. Don't let any of those dwarves stand in your way.

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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.

Howling Fjord Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Howling Fjord map showing where to go for The Artifacts of Steel GateTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #117 31.2 24.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHowling Fjord 31.2, 24.5/way #117 31.2 24.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Howling Fjord 30.9, 26.3/way #117 30.9 26.3

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 Howling Fjord map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Howling Fjord:

  • Apothecary Camp, Howling FjordHorde · about 310 yards west
  • Camp Winterhoof, Howling FjordHorde · about 1,200 yards north-east
  • Kamagua, Howling FjordAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Taunka +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +9 Haste
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for35 gold15 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility or Strength, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for43 silver5 copper
TypeArmor Finger
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +9 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for61 silver99 copper

Reputation: The Taunka +250

These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward The Taunka reputation: Skorn Must Fall! (+10), Gruesome, But Necessary (+250), Burn Skorn, Burn! (+250), Towers of Certain Doom (+250), Stop the Ascension! (+350), The Conqueror of Skorn! (+350).

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

Howling Fjord

Part 136 of 162.

Previous: The Frost Wyrm and its Master · Next: The Cleansing

  1. 131The Walking Dead
  2. 132Sleeping Giants
  3. 133The Slumbering King
  4. 134Gjalerbron Attack Plans
  5. 135The Frost Wyrm and its Master
  6. 136The Artifacts of Steel Gate
  7. 137The Cleansing
  8. 138Spirits of the Ice
  9. 139The Fallen Sisters
  10. 140Wild Vines
  11. 141Spawn of the Twisted Glade
  12. 142Seeds of the Blacksouled Keepers

Showing steps 131 to 142 of 162.

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 Frost Wyrm and its MasterHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    Your instincts were right to bring this to me, but my wind riders cannot fight a dragon. You must venture west to Gjalerbron and slay the frost wyrm and its master, Wyrmcaller Vile! Even now it may be on its way!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The CleansingHowling Fjord · Level 10-30

    We braved the Rivenwood because of my troubled dreams concerning my worg life-friend, Ulfang. He has called out for help, and you must go to him. But, you do not have the means to speak with him, or walk amongst the other worgs. I know a way. First, you must cleanse your inner turmoil.

The storyline at a glance

Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Howling Fjord 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.