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The Middle Fragment

The Middle Fragment is a quest for level 30-35 in Deepholm. It is step 32 of 57 in the Deepholm, War & Gunships storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Deepholm at 49.5, 53.3. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,000 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

I present you with the key to Stonehearth. With it you may unlock the vault to my home and recover the middle fragment of the World Pillar.

Keep the fragment safe, <name>. Make certain to get it to the Temple of Earth in the middle of Deepholm as quickly as possible!

Know that you are always welcome here.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money27 gold48 silver
Experience6,000 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +350
Top Comments

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1
lynchsta+51via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Don't look too hard or too far on this quest, simply click the door behind Stonefather (the questgiver). Once you've clicked on the door, turn-in is with Earthcaller Yevaa, just inside the temple in the center of Deepholm. No coordinates ~should~ be necessary.

(edited to add a bit of clarity, whether it was needed or not)

2
Whiterock+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Middle World Pillar Fragment Quest Tree From Whiterock

          a)Where's Goldmine?
          /            \
a)Something that Burns a)Explosive Bonding Compound
          \            /
          a)Apply and Flash Dry
          a)Take Him to the Earthcaller
          b)To Stonehearth's Aid
          b)The Quaking Fields
          /            \
b)Elemental Ore        b)The Axe of Earthly Sundering
          \            /
          b)One With the Ground
          b)Bring Down the Avalanche(2nd version)
          /            \
c)We're Surrounded     c)Stonefather's Boon
c)Thunder Stones       c)Sealing the Way
 |            \        /            |
d)Fixer Upper d)Battlefront Triage d)Shatter Them!
          \    |                   /
          d)Troggzor the Earthinator
          d)Rush Delivery
          d)Close Escort
          e)Keep Them off the Front
          /            \
e)Mystic Masters       e)Reactivate the Constructs
          \            /
          f)Down Into the Chasm
          /            \
f)Sprout No More       f)Fungal Monstrosities
          \            /
          f)A Slight Problem
          g)Rescue the Stonefather... and Flint
          g)The Hero Returns
          g)The Middle Fragment   The World Pillar Fragment*
           |                            /
          The Very Earth Beneath Our Feet*

Legend:
* means another Quest Tree.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,000
MoneyGold27g 48s
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Shoulder
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +5 Mastery
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for42 gold28 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for56 gold70 silver
TypeCloth Waist
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Mastery
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for28 gold62 silver

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +350

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Deepholm that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: The World Pillar (+75), The Earth Claims All (+250), Gunship Down (+250), Captain's Log (+75), Diplomacy First (+75), All Our Friends Are Dead (+250).

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDeepholmTurn-in marker at 49.5, 53.3, 4 mapped points
World Map

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.

Deepholm Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Deepholm map showing where to go for The Middle FragmentTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #207 49.5 53.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDeepholm 49.5, 53.3/way #207 49.5 53.3
  • Objective areaDeepholm 28.0, 68.7/way #207 28.0 68.7

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 Deepholm map

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

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south-west

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

Deepholm, War & Gunships

Part 32 of 57.

Previous: The Hero Returns · Next: Gunship Down

  1. 27Sprout No More
  2. 28Fungal Monstrosities
  3. 29A Slight Problem
  4. 30Rescue the Stonefather... and Flint
  5. 31The Hero Returns
  6. 32The Middle Fragment
  7. 33Gunship Down
  8. 34The Earth Claims All
  9. 35Captain's Log
  10. 36Diplomacy First
  11. 37All Our Friends Are Dead
  12. 38The Admiral's Cabin

Showing steps 27 to 38 of 57.

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 Hero ReturnsDeepholm · Level 30-35

    The Stonefather is waiting for you back south at Stonehearth. Make yourself presentable. You've earned a hero's welcome!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Gunship DownDeepholm · Level 30-35

    The Archstone was being transported inside a flying Horde gunship called the Storm's Fury. The airship crashed south of here and our scrying has revealed the Archstone's no longer on it. Search the ship for clues related to what might've happened.

Also counted by Deep into Deepholm

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Deepholm, War & Gunships has 57 steps, from Where's Goldmine? to The World Pillar Fragment.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Deepholm (57).

Other storylines on the Deepholm 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Deep into DeepholmComplete the Deepholm storylines listed below.10
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