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The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb

A World of Warcraft quest in Burning Steppes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Guide to Burning Steppes quests:

Optional breadcrumbs:
Hero's Call: Burning Steppes or Mouton Flamestar

Do anytime before leaving to Chiselgrip:
Done Nothing Wrong

Keeshan is back with either:
Burning Vengeance if you did the Redridge chain or Burning Vengeance if you did not.

These three at once:
Stocking Up
A Future Project
Mud Hunter

Then:
The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb

These two at once: Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff and Shadow Boxing

Then:
Return to Keeshan
Chiselgrip, the Heart of the Steppes

Enables these quests, which must be completed before General Thor'izog in the main chain:
Prove Yer Allegiance
Scrapped Golems (leads to Golem Training)

Main chain continues:
A Needle in a Hellhole
A Perfect Costume (4 versions) Read the quest carefully. What creature disguise do you need?
---> Orc (given to Humans and Dwarves): 2 Hides, 4 muds, 2 thread
---> Goblin (given to Gnomes): 1 hide, 3 mud, 4 thread
---> Troll (given to Night Elves): 3 Hides, 2 mud, 1 thread
---> Ogre (given to Draenei and Worgen): 4 Hide, 1 Mud, 3 thread

Then:
Into the Black Tooth Hovel
Grunt Work
Look in your quest log -- Strategic Cuts has silently appeared
The Kodocaller's Horn
Taking the Horn for Ourselves
Until Blizzard fixes it, when you turn in this quest, you will get a failed quest sound
with "You don't meet the requirements for that quest". Don't panic.

You must by this time have finished Stebben's quests, listed above.
General Thorg'izog
Trial by Magma
I Am the Law and I am the Lash [I think this completing this one is optional]
When you accept the above, look for Abuse of Power in your quest log

Then:
Enough Damage for One Day
Morgan's Vigil

Completing that quest allows for these four together:
SEVEN! YUP! [rewards Tiny Flamefly]
Blackened Ashes
A Heap of Delicious Worg
Latent Demons of the Land

Then these three together:
Blood Tour
Draconic Vanguard
A Deal with a Dragon

Given when third one above is completed: Placing the Pawns

Then these three:
A Delivery for Thorg'izog
A Delivery for Neeralak
A Delivery for Zi'lun

Auto-accepted when above three are done:
Locked and Loaded

And the epic conclusion:
Assault on Dreadmaul Rock
Glory Amidst Chaos
The Spoils of War

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBurning Steppes
Quest ID28180

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28180))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only
Requires all ofStocking Up, A Future Project, Mud Hunter

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineBurning Steppes, step 12 of 82
Rewards525 XP

Description

Colonel Troteman is waiting for us to the east. Before we head out though, we need to gather some more stuff. This time, you'll be taking it from a warlock by the name of Gorzeeki Wildeyes. You'll probably find him to the northwest, near the Altar of Storms. Tell him he's going to help us out. We need the sand, the cider, and the orb. He'll know what it means.

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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.

Burning Steppes Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Burning Steppes map showing where to go for The Sand, the Cider, and the OrbTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #36 8.4 35.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBurning Steppes 8.4, 35.8/way #36 8.4 35.8
  • Objective areaBurning Steppes 17.3, 52.1/way #36 17.3 52.1

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 Burning Steppes map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Burning Steppes:

  • Flamestar Post, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 460 yards south-east
  • Iron Summit, Searing GorgeAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards north-east
  • Chiselgrip, Burning SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 440 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
Experience525 XP

Storyline

Burning Steppes

Part 12 of 82.

Previous: Mud Hunter · Next: The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb

  1. 7Stocking Up
  2. 8A Future Project
  3. 9A Future Project
  4. 10Mud Hunter
  5. 11Mud Hunter
  6. 12The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb
  7. 13The Sand, the Cider, and the Orb
  8. 14Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff
  9. 15Warlocks Have the Neatest Stuff
  10. 16Shadow Boxing
  11. 17Shadow Boxing
  12. 18Return to Keeshan

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 82.

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.

  • Mud HunterBurning Steppes · Level 15-30

    Hope you're not afraid of getting dirty. Judging by the looks of you, that won't be a problem. To the north, at the lava's edge, you'll find piles of dark mud. I need it. It'd be best if you didn't ask questions, and focused your efforts on following orders, <name>.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Warlocks Have the Neatest StuffBurning Steppes · Level 15-30

    Keeshan said he needs supplies? I've got plenty of supplies! Problem is, those warlocks have kicked me out of my home, and they're not letting me back in. <Gorzeeki sizes you up.> You might be able to get in, though.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Burning Steppes · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Burning Steppes has 82 steps, from Done Nothing Wrong to The Spoils of War.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Burning Steppes (82).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Burning Steppes 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.