I had thought my finest hour came when I harpooned onto the back of a drake and threw the riders off while over a mile off the ground.
Then I punched my way out of a hundred foot tall bug that had destroyed an enormous stone wall.
Holy crap. This entire quest chain was incredible.
Quest
The Savior of Stoneplow
A World of Warcraft quest in Valley of the Four Winds. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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A few of my guildmates had some trouble finding this quest and the chain that earns you the Savior of Stoneplow achievement. If you are having trouble finding it, speak with Guard Captain Oakenshield up on the grassy hill to the right of the break in the wall, who will give you the quest Students No More.
Complete that quest. It takes some time to follow the students around and kill what needs to be killed. It's basically an escort quest. Once you're done, return to Oakenshield and he will send you back to Loon Mai with the quest Retreat!
Be prepared for a short RP conversation with the Hidden Master who is sitting off to the right of the blockade, after which he will give you The Savior of Stoneplow. Grats on your achievement!
If Miss Fanny throws you next to the colossus, simply ride back to her original location and repeat the whole process. After 2 tries she threw me right and the colossus devoured me.
BTW: It's no use killing the huge (level 90) colossus at the wall. The one you have to kill is level 87 and will be damaged by your focused strikes only... Just like the training for The Hidden Master quest line.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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What to do
Description
That commander speaks hastily. He has the weapon he needs to win this battle. He has YOU. "But it's too hard," you might say. You would be wrong. It is not too hard. NOTHING IS TOO HARD. Go now, {name}. Go, and save Stoneplow!
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #376 17.8 56.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inValley of the Four Winds 17.8, 56.4
/way #376 17.8 56.4 - Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 6.1, 55.6
/way #376 6.1 55.6 - Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 17.9, 55.8
/way #376 17.9 55.8
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 Valley of the Four Winds map
- Evacuation Orders about 60 yards
- Training and Discipline about 70 yards
- Stoneplow Thirsts about 70 yards
- Stemming the Swarm about 80 yards
- Tortoise Mastery about 510 yards
- Unyielding Fists: Trial of Bamboo about 630 yards
- Unyielding Fists: Trial of Stone about 630 yards
- Unyielding Fists: Trial of Wood about 640 yards
- Knocking on the Door about 650 yards
- The Hidden Master about 660 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Valley of the Four Winds, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Valley of the Four Winds:
- Stoneplow, Valley of the Four Winds
- The Lion's Redoubt, Dread Wastes
- Sentinel Basecamp, Krasarang Wilds
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 Valley of the Four Winds map
Storyline
Krasarang Wilds
Part 43 of 44.
Previous: Retreat! · Next: The Gratitude of Stoneplow
- 33Ahead on the Way
- 34Striking the Rain
- 35In the House of the Red Crane
- 36Warn Stoneplow
- 37Hope Springs Eternal
- 38The Swarm Begins
- 39The Mantidote
- 40It Does You No Good In The Keg
- 41Students No More
- 42Retreat!
- 43The Savior of Stoneplow
- 44The Gratitude of Stoneplow
Showing steps 33 to 44 of 44.
Also part of: Krasarang Wilds (part 41 of 42).
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.
- Retreat!
I'm going to withdraw what few forces I have. We may have to fall back to the Stormstout Brewery, or even Halfhill. That call is Commander Loon Mai's to make. You go ahead. Deliver word to the Commander. My Shado-Pan will be shortly behind.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Gratitude of Stoneplow
One last thing, <name>. Don't worry, it's not another favor. You've killed enough mantid today. We recently received a shipment of high-quality armor from Kun-Lai Summit. I was planning to keep them for my men... but I can't think of anybody more deserving than you.
The storyline at a glance
Krasarang Wilds has 44 steps, from The Arcanic Oubliette to The Gratitude of Stoneplow.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Krasarang Wilds (36), Valley of the Four Winds (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Valley of the Four Winds map
- Valley of the Four Winds
- Valley of the Four Winds, Stormstout Brewery & The Hidden Master & Nesingwary's Safari
- Valley of the Four Winds, Chen's Masterpiece
- Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields
- Valley of the Four Winds, Mudmug's Place
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.