TheWoWDBUpon accepting the quest, you get a short intro cinematic as Blackhand, Leader of the Blackrock Clan, makes an appearance. My draenei shaman was enormously impressed by the blinking that Khadgar does after this to get into a position to carry out his plan. My undead mage was jealous and sulked. Meanwhile, you acquire Cordana Felsong, Qiana Moonshadow, and Lady Liadrin as temporary followers (a Warden, a bear, and a Blood Knight, oh my!). Prepare to fight and move your way up the hill to the south, since that's where the quest turn in will be. They regen heal once out of combat - they never took enough damage to die while I was on the quest, but it might be possible.
Blackhand says: What good are a handful of slaves against the Blackrock war machine?
Blackhand says: Blackrocks...CRUSH THEM!
Archmage Khadgar says: You three! Follow <Name> onto the battlefield, and listen for my call.
Archmage Khadgar says: I have a plan.
Cordana Felsong says: We are yours to command, <Name>.Once you have killed enough, Khadgar lets you know it's time to move! Be awed by Khadgar the Magnificent! (Seriously, he is so OP, he's better than Jaina.) =D But don't worry, nothing will happen until you turn in the quest to Drek'Thar.
Archmage Khadgar yells: We don't have much more time! Everyone, get to high ground!After you turn the quest in, Khadgar pops out of a portal that uses the old Dark Portal graphic (like the one you find in Stormwind) and admires his work:
Archmage Khadgar says: Gah!
Archmage Khadgar says: Ugh - oh!
Archmage Khadgar says: Well now.
Archmage Khadgar says: I'd say we made an impact.Next quests - Ga'nar of the Frostwolf, The Gunpowder Plot, and The Shadow of the Worldbreaker.
Quest
The Battle of the Forge
A World of Warcraft quest in Tanaan Jungle. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
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Description
Our troops are armed - the time to strike is now! Strike swift and true, {name}!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #577 43.1 26.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inTanaan Jungle 43.1, 26.4
/way #577 43.1 26.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaan Jungle 43.8, 19.2
/way #577 43.8 19.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaan Jungle 42.1, 17.4
/way #577 42.1 17.4 - Objective areaTanaan Jungle 49.5, 14.2
/way #577 49.5 14.2
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 Tanaan Jungle map
- Keli'dan the Breaker about 250 yards
- A Taste of Iron about 360 yards
- Taking a Trip to the Top of the Tank about 360 yards
- Azeroth's Last Stand about 400 yards
- Masters of Shadow about 420 yards
- Yrel about 420 yards
- The Shadowmoon Clan about 420 yards
- Onslaught's End about 450 yards
- The Portal's Power about 450 yards
- Warlords of Draenor: The Dark Portal about 450 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Tanaan Jungle, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
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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Storyline
The Blackrock
Part 3 of 8.
Previous: Prepare for Battle · Next: The Gunpowder Plot
- 1Prepare for Battle
- 2Prepare for Battle
- 3The Battle of the Forge
- 4The Gunpowder Plot
- 5The Shadow of the Worldbreaker
- 6Ga'nar of the Frostwolf
- 7Polishing the Iron Throne
- 8The Prodigal Frostwolf
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.
- Prepare for Battle
There's nowhere to hide up here. We need to keep moving, and to do that, we need to pass right through the heart of the Iron Horde. It's time to turn this unarmed group of prisoners into an army.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Gunpowder Plot
Ey, pal! We got an issue, here. Me ol' pal Thaelin's rigged together this here plunger out of spare Blackrock parts - engineerin' whiz that he is - but we're gonna need some gunpowder if we really want ta' do any damage.
The storyline at a glance
The Blackrock has 8 steps, from Prepare for Battle to The Prodigal Frostwolf.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaan Jungle (8).
Other storylines on the Tanaan Jungle map
- The Shadowmoon
- The Dark Portal
- The Bleeding Hollow
- The Shattered Hand
- Escape From Tanaan
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.