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The Hermit Smith (Horde)

The Hermit Smith is a Horde-only quest for level 25-30 in Shadowmoon Valley. It is step 50 of 147 in the Shadowmoon Valley storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Terokkar Forest at 77.6, 38.7. It rewards 525 experience.

Description

<The orc shakes his head at his failure.>

This is beyond my ability, but that's not to say the weapon can't be recreated.

It pains me to suggest this, but your only hope may be a human smith by the name of David Wayne. It's true he was once a member of the Alliance's expedition, but that was a long time ago and he has since left the Sons of Lothar. These days, he lives in a small camp on a peninsula east of Firewing Point in Terokkar Forest. Take the ingots to him and see if he can help you.

Rewards

Experience525 XP
Top Comments

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marskid2+48via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Illidari-Bane questline is a series of quests that leads to some cool anti-demon weapons. It involves entering many level-70 instances, so you probably want to do the prerequisites before then. David Wayne is also rumored to be Mograine of the Ashbringer.

Quest Line
1 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10621 - Illidari-Bane Shard - Drops from Overseer Ripsaw.
2 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10626 - Capture the Weapons - Soloable as a warlock with banish.
3[A] - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10662 - The Hermit Smith
3[H] - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10663 - The Hermit Smith
4 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10664 - Additional Materials

After returning Additional Materials, he offers you two quests which can be completed in any order.
5 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10665 - Fresh From the Mechanar - The Mechanar in Tempest Keep
6 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10666 - The Lexicon Demonica - Shadow Labyrinth in Auchindoun

After returning both of these quests, he offers you the second pair which can be completed in any order.
7 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10670 - Tear of the Earthmother - Shattered Halls in Hellfire Citadel
8 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10667 - Underworld Loam - The Steamvault in Coilfang Reservoir

After finishing all these, you can get your new weapon!
9 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10676 - Bane of the Illidari
10 - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10679 - Quenching the Blade

The rewards are:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30788 - Melee 1H Sword
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30789 - Melee 2H Sword
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30787 - Caster Dagger
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31745 - Melee Dagger

Combined with the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30756 that started the quest chain, you will have a lot of extra attack power or spell damage versus demons.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP525
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTerokkar ForestTurn-in marker at 77.6, 38.7, 1 mapped point
Objective areaShadowmoon Valley1 mapped point
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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.

Terokkar Forest Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Terokkar Forest map showing where to go for The Hermit SmithTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #108 77.6 38.7

Shadowmoon Valley Objective area 1 mapped point
Shadowmoon Valley map showing where to go for The Hermit SmithObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #104 29.8 31.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTerokkar Forest 77.6, 38.7/way #108 77.6 38.7
  • Objective areaShadowmoon Valley 29.8, 31.3/way #104 29.8 31.3

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 Terokkar Forest map

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

Getting there

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

  • Shadowmoon Village, Shadowmoon ValleyHorde · about 710 yards south-east
  • Spinebreaker Ridge, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 1,200 yards north-east
  • Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar ForestHorde · about 1,500 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 760 yards south-east (on the Shadowmoon Valley map)

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

Shadowmoon Valley

Part 50 of 147.

Previous: The Hermit Smith · Next: Additional Materials

  1. 45Illidari-Bane Shard
  2. 46Illidari-Bane Shard
  3. 47Capture the Weapons
  4. 48Capture the Weapons
  5. 49The Hermit Smith
  6. 50The Hermit Smith
  7. 51Additional Materials
  8. 52Fresh from the Mechanar
  9. 53The Lexicon Demonica
  10. 54Underworld Loam
  11. 55Tear of the Earthmother
  12. 56Bane of the Illidari

Showing steps 45 to 56 of 147.

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.

  • Capture the WeaponsShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    With a larger supply of this material, I can forge a weapon suitable for you. The two pit lords at Legion Hold, Makazradon and Morgroron, have already been equipped with these anti-demon weapons. Capturing those two weapons should provide us with enough material to make your weapon, and then some.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Additional MaterialsShadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30

    The ingots that you brought contain most of the metal I'll need to forge the sword's blade, but I'll need a variety of things to create other parts of the weapon. Let's see, among the things I don't have here are an adamantite frame, some heavy knothide leather, and a demon warding totem.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Shadowmoon Valley · Level 25-30.

The storyline at a glance

Shadowmoon Valley has 147 steps, from Spleendid! to A Job Unfinished....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shadowmoon Valley (129), Terokkar Forest (10), Nagrand (7), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Terokkar Forest 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name The Hermit Smith. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
The Hermit Smith (this page)Horde10663
The Hermit SmithAlliance10662
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