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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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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID27326

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27326))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThousand Needles, step 83 of 107
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Whatever it is that the Grimtotem are doing with the Drums of War, we do not want them to keep them. Do not worry, {name}, we will figure out what is going on here. But first, we need to gather all of the artifacts.

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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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for The Drums of WarTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-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 42.2, 47.3/way #64 42.2 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

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

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

  • Westreach Summit, Thousand NeedlesHorde · about 1,200 yards north-west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards east
  • Desolation Hold, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,800 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 470 yards south-east

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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThunder Bluff +250

Reward details

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +250

Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: To the Summit (+25), The Grimtotem are Coming (+250), Free Freewind Post (+25), Grimtotem in the Post (+250), The Brave and the Bold (+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 83 of 107.

Previous: The Drums of War · Next: Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs

  1. 78The Writ of History
  2. 79The Writ of History
  3. 80Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
  4. 81Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
  5. 82The Drums of War
  6. 83The Drums of War
  7. 84Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
  8. 85Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
  9. 86The Captive Bride
  10. 87The Captive Bride
  11. 88Invoking the Serpent
  12. 89Invoking the Serpent

Showing steps 78 to 89 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 DarkcloudThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    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 ChiefsThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    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: Horde 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

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.