TheWoWDBThis quest must no longer be in effect, as I had this one in my Assassin Rogue's qlog and I have not played Retail in a good while: every time I try to mine the purple stones for chips I get a message that my toon is not close enough and he says it is too far away, BUT I am sitting right on top of it. plus unless you are in stealth you will aggro orcs as the rim of the crater is crawling with them.
Quest
The Charred Granite of the Dark Portal
A World of Warcraft quest in Blasted Lands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBlasted Lands
Quest ID26164
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26164))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBlasted Lands, step 16 of 56
Rewards10g 50s, 5,150 XP
Description
Kasim wants you to gather granite chips from these chunks of rock around the Dark Portal. I don't know what he'd want rocks for, but I have my suspicions, and they're not pleasant ones. Use this pick and look for small outcroppings of rock along the edge of the portal's blast radius.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #17 55.1 49.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inBlasted Lands 55.1, 49.6
/way #17 55.1 49.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 54.2, 45.7
/way #17 54.2 45.7
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 Blasted Lands map
- Burning Crusade: To Outland! about 90 yards
- When Revenge Burns Green about 790 yards
- Finishing the Job about 830 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 920 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Blasted Lands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Blasted Lands:
- Nethergarde Keep, Blasted Lands
- Surwich, Blasted Lands
- The Harborage, Swamp of Sorrows
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 4 comments
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This requires going back in time. Zidormi at 48,7 at the top of the Blasted Lands will send you back.
The rocks to mine for the chips are spread out around the rim and are purple-blue in color as shown in xJD92x's screen shot. They are very easy to see. Unless PvP ganking hell broke out, there should be no problems collecting the chips. Just watch out for the pairs of mobs roaming the area.
Other quests on the Blasted Lands map
Reward details
Reputation: Exodar +250
The naaru vessel that brought the draenei to Azeroth. Though stranded in the Azuremyst Isles, it acts as a home city for this noble race.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Blasted Lands that reward Exodar reputation: Time is Short (+25), The Vile Blood of Demons (+250), Enhancing the Stone (+75).
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
Blasted Lands
Part 16 of 56.
Previous: Time is Short · Next: The Vile Blood of Demons
- 11Blood Ritual
- 12The Amulet of Allistarj
- 13The Amulet of Sevine
- 14The Amulet of Grol
- 15Time is Short
- 16The Charred Granite of the Dark Portal
- 17The Vile Blood of Demons
- 18Enhancing the Stone
- 19Not Just Any Body
- 20The Altar of Storms
- 21The Final Ritual
- 22You Are Rakh'likh, Demon
Showing steps 11 to 22 of 56.
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.
- Time is Short
Razelikh plans to return to the Blasted Lands and overwhelm Azeroth with his demons. Even now, he is preparing to summon his legions to eliminate us. With these three amulets, we have the method to summon him... but no way to destroy him.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Vile Blood of Demons
Sharim wants demon blood. Speaking personally, the stuff does not even seem like blood to me - more like liquid rot - but that is of no consequence. Luckily for you, the area around the Dark Portal is crawling with demons. Infernals, felhounds, felguards...
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Blasted Lands · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Blasted Lands has 56 steps, from Minor Distractions to The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Blasted Lands (56).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Blasted Lands map
- The Kingslayers
- Allies of the Horde: Mag'har Orc
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Some Wicked Things
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Blasted Lands.
