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To Catch a Dragon

To Catch a Dragon is a quest for level 30-35 in Deepholm. It is step 52 of 57 in the Deepholm, War & Gunships storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Deepholm at 64.5, 82.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 3,600 experience and money.

Description

Having a dragon guard the fragment was a smart move on the enemy's part. They can keep moving its location any time we get close to it.

Catching Abyssion will be extremely difficult, but I have a plan that might help.

The Twilight's Hammer uses magical traps to bind stone drakes to the ground while they drain their energy.

If we can get our hands on one of these, we might be able to ground the Twilight Dragon for just long enough.

Go east of here, to the Alabaster Shelf, and obtain a trap.

Rewards

Money10 gold30 silver50 copper
Experience3,600 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +150
Top Comments

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DiseasedArmChair+37via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This week on To Catch a Dragon with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen: Why don't you have a seat over here.
Deathwing: Uhhh... No that's okay I was just leaving.
Chris Hansen: No, no, it's okay I just want to talk. Take a seat.
Deathwing: I don't know... *sighs* Alright.
Chris Hansen: Is your alias The Destroyer?
Deathwing: Yes but...
Chris Hansen: And did you say, "...the whole of Azeroth will break! And all will burn beneath the shadow of my wings!"
Deathwing: Well, no. I would never.
Chris Hansen: Are you sure? I have it right here.
Deathwing: Well, maybe I did just joking around... you know?
Chris Hansen: Well I don't think it's a joke, I mean you even sent pictures. Why would you do that?
Deathwing: *Nervous chuckle* I do that with everyone I know...
Chris Hansen: You send everyone you know pictures of you tearing them asunder?
Deathwing: Yeah, hey look man I was just coming over here to help, I saw Azeroth there and I figured you know, I just help them so no one did anything to it.
Chris Hansen: Right.
Deathwing: *sighs* Can... Can I go?
Chris Hansen: You're free to leave anytime...
Deathwing: *Gets up and starts walking out the door, and is promptly killed by a group of 10 or 25 players in modest gear.*

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,600
MoneyGold10g 30s
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+150

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +150

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDeepholmTurn-in marker at 64.5, 82.1, 15 mapped points
Objective areaTwilight Depths
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 15 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #207 64.5 82.1

Twilight Depths Objective area

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDeepholm 64.5, 82.1/way #207 64.5 82.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Deepholm 69.6, 76.5/way #207 69.6 76.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Deepholm 53.3, 83.3/way #207 53.3 83.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Deepholm 57.6, 85.5/way #207 57.6 85.5

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 320 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 570 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 370 yards 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 52 of 57.

Previous: The Twilight Overlook · Next: Big Game, Big Bait

  1. 46Bleed the Bloodshaper
  2. 47Question the Slaves
  3. 48The Forgemaster's Log
  4. 49Silvermarsh Rendezvous
  5. 50Quicksilver Submersion
  6. 51The Twilight Overlook
  7. 52To Catch a Dragon
  8. 53Big Game, Big Bait
  9. 54Testing the Trap
  10. 55Abyssion's Minions
  11. 56Block the Gates
  12. 57The World Pillar Fragment

Showing steps 46 to 57 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 Twilight OverlookDeepholm · Level 30-35

    The dragon they're speaking of is Abyssion, <name>. It's not going to be easy to get the fragment off of him. Meet with Mylra again. She is operating nearby at the Twilight Overlook. She will tell you what our next move will be.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Big Game, Big BaitDeepholm · Level 30-35

    We're only going to get one shot at capturing Abyssion, <name>. Let's make it count. We'll test out the trap on the biggest of the stone dragons in the Alabaster Shelf. To lure the stone matriarch, we're going to need to gather sufficient bait. Take this knife and carve 5 sides of basilisk meat.

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).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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.

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