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The Battle of Thunder Pass

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

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Lindentree+183via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you're here looking for a recommendation on which follower to pick, the answer is Greatmother Geyah.

Counters to magic debuffs are only available to 7 followers even as secondary abilities; only 3 followers have this as their primary ability, and Greatmother Geyah is one of them.

Contrast counters to Danger Zones, which are available to 35 followers (6 as their primary); and counters to Minion Swarms, which are available to 40 followers (7 as their primary).

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Malvenue+62via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The battle is very buggy. If the next wave isn't spawning, run/ride forward to the end of the blue area indicated on your minimap then ride back.

The cinematic at the end is a test pattern. Don't worry, your game didn't bug out.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-40
ZoneFrostfire Ridge
LocationFrostfire Ridge, Gorgrond
Quest ID34124

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34124))

What to do

WhereFrostfire Ridge, Gorgrond
StorylineThe Battle of Thunder Pass, step 4 of 4
RewardsFrostwolf Ringmail Cap, Frostwolf Stalwart Cap, Frostwolf Scout's Cap, 50g 94s, 24,600 XP

Description

The Iron Horde has an army tenfold our number marching down the Thunder Pass as we speak. Durotan is amassing our forces at the mouth of the pass. He is doing what he can to mount a defense but war on this scale is not what we Frostwolves are masters of. He will need your expertise. Please, go to him.

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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.

Frostfire Ridge Quest turn-in 15 mapped points
Frostfire Ridge map showing where to go for The Battle of Thunder PassTurn-inTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #525 75.1 55.6

Gorgrond Objective area 1 mapped point
Gorgrond map showing where to go for The Battle of Thunder PassObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #543 59.2 65.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inFrostfire Ridge 75.1, 55.6/way #525 75.1 55.6
  • Turn-inFrostfire Ridge 78.1, 54.9/way #525 78.1 54.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Frostfire Ridge 77.2, 55.7/way #525 77.2 55.7
  • Objective areaFrostfire Ridge 73.4, 58.8/way #525 73.4 58.8
  • Objective areaGorgrond 59.2, 65.3/way #543 59.2 65.3

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 Frostfire Ridge map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostfire Ridge:

  • Wolf's Stand, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 200 yards south-west
  • Thunder Pass, Frostfire RidgeHorde · about 560 yards south-east
  • Iron Siegeworks, Frostfire RidgeAlliance · about 800 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 2,700 yards east (on the Gorgrond map)
  • Objective areaabout 130 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards south-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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money50 gold94 silver
Experience24,600 XP
ReputationFrostwolf Orcs +500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Head
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for46 gold58 silver
TypePlate Head
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor21
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +9 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for42 gold45 silver
TypeLeather Head
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike, +8 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for46 gold42 silver
TypeCloth Head
Item level40
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+8 Intellect, +13 Stamina, +9 Haste, +8 Mastery
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for46 gold56 silver

Reputation: Frostwolf Orcs +500

The Frostwolf orcs of Frostfire Ridge are a tight-knit family of brutal warriors, well equipped to deal with the savage realities of Draenor.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Frostfire Ridge that reward Frostwolf Orcs reputation: Ga'nar's Vengeance (+10), Let the Hunt Begin! (+250), Leave Nothing Behind! (+250), Wrath of Gronn (+250), The Eldest (+350), To the Garrison (+10).

Currency: Garrison Resources x 100

Earn resources to build-up and expand your garrison.

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 Battle of Thunder Pass

Part 4 of 4.

Previous: To Thunder Pass

  1. 1Thunderlord Invasion!
  2. 2The Iron Wolf
  3. 3To Thunder Pass
  4. 4The Battle of Thunder Pass

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.

  • To Thunder PassFrostfire Ridge · Level 10-40

    There is no time to mourn our fallen or lick our wounds. Your scouts have already reported sighting a massive Iron Horde army making its way through Thunder Pass. I advise you let your garrison forces secure this area while you and I make for the pass east of here with the rest of the Frostwolves.

Also counted by You'll Get Caught Up In The... Frostfire!

Its criteria name 6 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Battle of Thunder Pass has 4 steps, from Thunderlord Invasion! to The Battle of Thunder Pass.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostfire Ridge (3), Frostwall (1).

Other storylines on the Frostfire Ridge 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

You'll Get Caught Up In The... Frostfire!Complete the Frostfire Ridge storylines listed below.10