The Captive Engineer is an Alliance-only quest for level 40. It is step 5 of 9 in the Garrison Campaign storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Frostfire Ridge at 88.8, 48.7. It rewards 1,350 experience and money.
Argh... I'm sorry, <name>, but I'm too weak to fight. They kept me alive, but just barely.
I'll keep an eye on the mole machine while you look for Thaelin. He should be somewhere close!
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TheWoWDB/way #525 88.8 48.7The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
It seems to be an "Iron Man" reference.
In the movie Tony Stark was kidnapped and forced to build weapons, but he escaped by building an iron suit.
Inside building at 88.36, 49.49
Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34030))
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
It seems to be an "Iron Man" reference.
In the movie Tony Stark was kidnapped and forced to build weapons, but he escaped by building an iron suit.
Inside building at 88.36, 49.49
Leads to
1) Something to Remember Me By
2) "Mole Machine, Go Home"
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 1,350 |
| Money | Gold | 16g 98s |
| Turn-in map | Frostfire Ridge | Turn-in marker at 88.8, 48.7, 2 mapped points |
|---|
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #525 88.8 48.7
/way #525 88.8 48.7/way #525 86.4 48.9Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Frostfire Ridge, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostfire Ridge:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 5 of 9.
Previous: The Prototype · Next: Something to Remember Me By
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
A few days ago a bunch of Iron Horde orcs showed up and kidnapped Thaelin. They've been keeping me alive as collateral to make sure he cooperates. I don't know where they took him, but I know how to get us there. Thaelin keeps a tracking device on him at all times - don't ask where he hides it.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
The Iron Horde want my inventions so bad? Then we'll leave some behind. These little beauties will blow the treads clear off a tank AND melt her chassis into the dirt. Let's see them try and drive their shoddy cannons out of this place!
Garrison Campaign has 9 steps, from Garrison Campaign: Seismic Matters to "Mole Machine, Go Home".
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostfire Ridge (5), Lunarfall (2), Gorgrond (1), Shadowmoon Valley (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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