Besides Garrosh's unexpected change of heart, this quest -- more specifically, quest line -- centered around The Bomb is actually quite fascinating.
As a Goblin character in Kezan, you had to do the quest Waltz Right In for Slinky Sharpshiv. In it, you had to steal Trade Prince Gallywix's prized possessions with the hopes of reselling them and making big moolah. The 3 possessions were Maldy's Falcon, The Goblin Lisa and... The Ultimate Bomb? Hold on a second... a super secret bomb being worked on by Hobart Grapplehammer? That sounds awfully familiar.
Further down the line while in Azshara, you have to deliver an unstable Azsharite Core from Hobart's Secret Lab to his assistant, Greely, in the quest Segmentation Fault: Core Dumped. Being the decent Goblin he is, Dr. Grapplehammer manages to weaponize the unstable core and then gives you the task of delivering it to Bilgewater Harbor in the quest A Hello to Arms. Assuming Hobart is trying to finish his work from Kezan, the Armed Azsharite Core is the continuation of his "Ultimate Bomb".
Lo and behold, after a pit stop in Ashenvale, failed interventions from the Alliance and a refueling session, this bomb is finally dropped over Thal'darah Grove in this very quest. So basically, Hobart Grapplehammer built a nuke out of Cliff Giant poop, sent it to an insane Overlord who then used it to destroy a grove full of innocent Druids. Oh, how I love Blizzard.
Quest
To Be Horde...
A World of Warcraft quest in Stonetalon Mountains. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Garrosh: Do I look like a murderer?
*throws off cliff*
The quote "Honor, no matter how dire the battle, never forsake it" comes from Overlord Saurfang after defeating his son Deathbringer Saurfang in ICC
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Stand by me, {name}, and watch as our mighty weapon destroys our enemies! Learn what it means to be Horde!
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 #65 45.6 34.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inStonetalon Mountains 45.6, 34.2
/way #65 45.6 34.2 - Objective areaStonetalon Mountains 45.5, 33.7
/way #65 45.5 33.7
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 Stonetalon Mountains map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 700 yards
- A Small Retreat about 1,070 yards
- Crossing Over about 1,070 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,190 yards
- Zonya the Sadist about 1,690 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stonetalon Mountains, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stonetalon Mountains:
- Cliffwalker Post, Stonetalon Mountains
- The Sludgewerks, Stonetalon Mountains
- Sun Rock Retreat, Stonetalon Mountains
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 Stonetalon Mountains map
Reward details
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Reputation: Orgrimmar +500
Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Orgrimmar reputation: We're Here to Do One Thing, Maybe Two... (+10), Barrier to Entry (+250), The Missing Blastgineer (+250), Alliance Attack Plans (+250), Lessons from the Lost Isles (+250), Krom'gar Fortress (+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
Stonetalon Mountains, Horde
Part 32 of 32.
Previous: Might Makes Right
- 21All's Quiet on the Southern Front
- 22Beginning of the End
- 23The Turd Problem
- 24Spy Infestation
- 25Final Delivery
- 26To Battlescar!
- 27Proof of Lies
- 28Betrayal at the Grove
- 29Is This Justice?
- 30The General is Dead
- 31Might Makes Right
- 32To Be Horde...
Showing steps 21 to 32 of 32.
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.
- Might Makes Right
You have done well to report this crime. The perpetrators of this heinous act will be punished. There will be blood. I will need a new General now that Grebo is dead. You shall take his place. Meet me at Cliffwalker Post, General. Together we will end this nonsense.
Also counted by Stonetalon Mountains Quests
Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
Stonetalon Mountains, Horde has 32 steps, from We're Here to Do One Thing, Maybe Two... to To Be Horde....
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stonetalon Mountains (32).
Other storylines on the Stonetalon Mountains map
- Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance
- Desolace
- Tauren Heritage
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
- Stonetalon Mountains Quests: its criteria name 5 quests, this one included.