The Prototype

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Frostfire Ridge:

• Iron Siegeworks, Frostfire RidgeAlliance · about 560 yards south
• Breaker's Crown, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 960 yards east
• Deeproot, GorgrondAlliance · about 1,300 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 3,400 yards north-east (on the Gorgrond map)
• Objective areaabout 3,400 yards north-east (on the Gorgrond 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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• These Look Familiar...Level 40

  So what is the Iron Horde doing with Dark Iron technology? I know who ta ask! Thaelin Darkanvil is a genius engineer from the Dark Iron clan who's been helping us here on Draenor. You may have already met him in yer travels, eh?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• The Captive EngineerLevel 40

  Argh... I'm sorry, <name>, but I'm too weak to fight. They kept me alive, but just barely. I'll keep an eye on the mole machine while you look for Thaelin. He should be somewhere close!

The storyline at a glance

Garrison Campaign has 9 steps, from Garrison Campaign: Seismic Matters to "Mole Machine, Go Home".

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Frostfire Ridge (5), Lunarfall (2), Gorgrond (1), Shadowmoon Valley (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

• The Garrison Campaign Complete the Garrison Campaign chapters listed below.

Other storylines on the Frostfire Ridge map

• Thunder's Fall10 steps, starts with Securing the South
• Foothold in a Savage Land14 steps, starts with A Song of Frost and Fire
• On the Shadow's Trail8 steps, starts with Vouchsafe Our Arrival
• Ga'nar's Vengeance6 steps, starts with Ga'nar's Vengeance
• Defense of Wor'gol4 steps, starts with Save Wolf Home
• The Battle of Thunder Pass4 steps, starts with Thunderlord Invasion!

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.