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Quest
The Lodestone
A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This part of the quest is soloable.
If you don't run with coords, then when looking at the map of Howling Fjord the tablet is just a bit northwest of where the dotted path lines begin on the northeast side of the map - north of Giant's Run.
on map (broken tablet) Broken Tablet
Quest facts
Quest ID11366
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11366))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHowling Fjord, step 119 of 162
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
We must find what's luring the giants northwest, so we can stop them before they reach their destination. While the rune samples gave us some clues, the unknown runes worry me. When I visited Giants' Run, I noticed a large broken tablet jutting from the ground where the northeastern part of the area met the snow at the foot of Frostblade Peak. Take this sample, compare the runes with the tablet, and see what you can learn about the identity of this lodestone.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #116 60.8 80.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inGrizzly Hills 60.8, 80.6
/way #116 60.8 80.6 - Objective areaGrizzly Hills 88.1, 88.9
/way #116 88.1 88.9
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 Grizzly Hills map
- Honor the Flame about 110 yards
- The Damaged Journal about 1,170 yards
- Deciphering the Journal about 1,170 yards
- The Runic Prophecies about 1,170 yards
- Pounding the Iron about 1,180 yards
- The Overseer's Shadow about 1,180 yards
- Cultivating an Image about 1,180 yards
- Loken's Orders about 1,180 yards
- In the Name of Loken about 1,180 yards
- The Unexpected 'Guest' about 1,180 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Grizzly Hills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:
- Camp Winterhoof, Howling Fjord
- Camp Oneqwah, Grizzly Hills
- Apothecary Camp, Howling Fjord
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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Other quests on the Grizzly Hills map
Reward details
Reputation: The Taunka +250
These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.
Reputation group: Horde Expedition.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward The Taunka reputation: Skorn Must Fall! (+10), Gruesome, But Necessary (+250), Burn Skorn, Burn! (+250), Towers of Certain Doom (+250), Stop the Ascension! (+350), The Conqueror of Skorn! (+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
Howling Fjord
Part 119 of 162.
Previous: The Book of Runes · Next: Mastering the Runes
- 114Suppressing the Elements
- 115Making the Horn
- 116Mimicking Nature's Call
- 117March of the Giants
- 118The Book of Runes
- 119The Lodestone
- 120Mastering the Runes
- 121Skorn Must Fall!
- 122Demolishing Megalith
- 123The Rune of Command
- 124Gruesome, But Necessary
- 125Burn Skorn, Burn!
Showing steps 114 to 125 of 162.
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.
- The Book of Runes
Chieftain Ashtotem dispatched me on a scouting mission to Giants' Run, a broad, rocky plateau to the southeast, past the Frozen Glade. The area has been taken over by Iron Dwarves who seem to be altering the giants as they emerge from the earth.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Mastering the Runes
I think I've figured out what the Iron Dwarves are doing. The tools they use are imbued with magic during their forging. When they're used to carve runes, the symbols form much more than mere words. These runes have the power to bind, compel, and twist.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.
The storyline at a glance
Howling Fjord has 162 steps, from Hell Has Frozen Over... to Alpha Worg.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Howling Fjord (147), Grizzly Hills (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills map
- Grizzly Hills
- The Claws of Ursoc
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.