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Quest
The Drums of War
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The tent behind the big totempole in the middle.
Protected by a geomancer and a stomper.
Actually it is more like 33.94-37.16 but yes in the tent by the totem pole. The tent at 33,37 is a different tent altogether.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID27325
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27325))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThousand Needles, step 82 of 107
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Whatever the Grimtotem are doing with these Drums of War, we don't want them to have them. Don't worry, {name}, we'll figure it all out. But first, we need to gather all of the pieces of the puzzle.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 33.9 37.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 33.9, 37.4
/way #64 33.9 37.4 - Objective areaThousand Needles 33.9, 37.2
/way #64 33.9 37.2 - Objective areaThousand Needles 42.1, 47.3
/way #64 42.1 47.3
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 Thousand Needles map
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 160 yards
- The Crone's Wrath about 210 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 210 yards
- Breaking Chains about 210 yards
- The Power of Thousands about 420 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Fort Triumph, Southern Barrens
- Shadebough, Feralas
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.
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Reward details
Reputation: Darnassus +250
This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Darnassus reputation: To New Thalanaar (+25), The Grimtotem are Coming (+250), Free Freewind Post (+25), Grimtotem in the Post (+250), Save the Sentinel (+250), Horn of the Traitor (+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.
Storyline
Thousand Needles
Part 82 of 107.
Previous: Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud · Next: The Drums of War
- 77Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof
- 78The Writ of History
- 79The Writ of History
- 80Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
- 81Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
- 82The Drums of War
- 83The Drums of War
- 84Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- 85Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- 86The Captive Bride
- 87The Captive Bride
- 88Invoking the Serpent
Showing steps 77 to 88 of 107.
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.
- Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
One of the most accomplished Grimtotem leaders of the Stonetalon Mountains has returned home. We must make the most of this chance and put an end to his campaign of terror once and for all.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
And now the time has come to take out the leader of all of the Darkcloud Pinnacle Grimtotem: Arnak Grimtotem. It is said that he's the disgraced nephew of Magatha Grimtotem, the Elder Crone and matriarch of the Grimtotem clan.
Quests that require this one
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.