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The Burning Blade

The Burning Blade is a Horde-only quest for level 1-30 in Durotar. It is step 18 of 33 in the Durotar storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Durotar at 52.2, 43.2. It rewards 2 reputation rewards, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

I've been sent to investigate the presence of more Burning Blade agents here in Durotar. To the northeast, you'll find a cave where the organization trains their new recruits. I'm interested in what exactly they are teaching these neophytes.

I only tell you this because you seem to be looking for work. If you're interested in a little coin, sack the cave and return with their spellscrolls.

The cave is somewhat hidden: exit Razor Hill from the east, and follow the canyon's eastern ridge.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250, Darkspear Trolls +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
386392+111via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As you go through the northern exit of Razor Hill, go immediately right and follow the path that takes you above the ravine. You'll see the cave in the distance as soon as you're above the ravine. This took me a long time to find. Thanks everyone for posting ahead of me.

P.S. It's a long run back from the graveyard if you die. :)

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superwario15+31via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As of the Shadowlands pre-patch, approaching this quest as normal is inadvisable due to a severe overtuning of the Felblood debuff that is acquired with every kill for the NPCs involved for this quest. At any more than 2 stacks, this debuff will add so much damage to the fire and shadow spells casted by the mobs for this quest that your character will just get nuked.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250
ReputationDarkspear Trolls+250

Reward details

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Durotar that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Winds in the Desert (+250), Securing the Lines (+250), Meats to Orgrimmar (+25), Ride to Orgrimmar (+75), Doras the Wind Rider Master (+25), Return to Razor Hill (+350).

Reputation: Darkspear Trolls +250

This tribe of exiled trolls has joined forces with Thrall and the Horde. They now call Durotar their home, which they share with their orc allies.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Durotar that reward Darkspear Trolls reputation: Winds in the Desert (+250), Securing the Lines (+250), Meats to Orgrimmar (+25), Ride to Orgrimmar (+75), Doras the Wind Rider Master (+25), Return to Razor Hill (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDurotarTurn-in marker at 52.2, 43.2, 10 mapped points
World Map

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.

Durotar Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #1 52.2 43.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDurotar 52.2, 43.2/way #1 52.2 43.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Durotar 52.5, 26.8/way #1 52.5 26.8

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 Durotar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Razor Hill, DurotarHorde · about 40 yards east
  • Sen'jin Village, DurotarHorde · about 1,100 yards south
  • Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 580 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Durotar

Part 18 of 33.

Previous: Raggaran's Fury · Next: The Dranosh'ar Blockade

  1. 13Lost But Not Forgotten
  2. 14Unbidden Visitors
  3. 15That's the End of That Raptor
  4. 16Raggaran's Rage
  5. 17Raggaran's Fury
  6. 18The Burning Blade
  7. 19The Dranosh'ar Blockade
  8. 20Fizzled
  9. 21Margoz
  10. 22Skull Rock
  11. 23Arnak Fireblade
  12. 24Winds in the Desert

Showing steps 13 to 24 of 33.

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.

  • Raggaran's FuryDurotar · Level 1-30

    I will not rest until they're defeated! Slay them all! <Raggaran catches his breath.> Their stinking lairs are to the north, or to the southwest!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Dranosh'ar BlockadeDurotar · Level 1-30

    You should head north from here, <name>. Speak with Gor the Enforcer at the Dranosh'ar Blockade. He's been placed in charge of securing shipping lanes for Orgrimmar, and Skull Rock sits right next to his precious dock. I'm certain he'll be interested in picking up where we left off.

The storyline at a glance

Durotar has 33 steps, from Cleaning Up the Coastline to Loss Reduction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Durotar (32), Orgrimmar (1).

Other storylines on the Durotar 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.

Related
The Burlap Trail: To Burlap Waystation
The Burlap Trail: To Kota Basecamp
The Burning Barrow
The Burning Birds
The Burning Heart
The Burning of Hammerfall
The Butcher of Bladespire
The Butcher of Taurajo

Guides and routes on this site that cover Durotar.

Database

Quest Location and Connections

More Quests in Durotar

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