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Touching Ground (Horde)

Touching Ground is a Horde-only quest for level 10-35 in The Jade Forest. It is step 6 of 13 in The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Jade Forest at 31.5, 11.3. It rewards 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Nazgrim has taken command of the ground assault and has requested that you be sent to meet up with him immediately.

We have several rappelling ropes setup near the guns. Fastest way down you're going to find, save the one that ends poorly.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

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684683+39via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I fell off the ship before i could repel. Went to town trying to restart the quest and now cannot figure out how the hell to get back! efffff
EDIT: Figured it out. Go to the little panda gathering area in town. Valley of Honor for horde- and take the portal to Honeydew Village. Ride back under the ship and there's a red interactive "back to gunship" thingy there. 45 minutes later but able to quest now!

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Sketchie+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

A word of advice: If you are a fresh level 85 entering Mists of Pandaria, use the advantage to ride all the way south to Dawn's Blossom to get yourself a full set of level 372 gear - including trinkets - from Singegruff.

This will make the earlier parts of Jade Forest more tolerable, even if you do have to ride all the way back up north to continue questing.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Jade ForestTurn-in marker at 31.5, 11.3, 3 mapped points
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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.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for Touching GroundTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 31.5 11.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 31.5, 11.3/way #371 31.5 11.3
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 34.8, 10.6/way #371 34.8 10.6
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 31.0, 11.0/way #371 31.0 11.0

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 Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Honeydew Village, Jade ForestHorde · about 310 yards south-west
  • Tian Monastery, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south-east
  • Temple of the White Tiger, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 230 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 40 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

The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist

Part 6 of 13.

Previous: Paint it Red! · Next: Finish Them!

  1. 1The Art of War
  2. 2The Art of War
  3. 3All Aboard!
  4. 4Into the Mists
  5. 5Paint it Red!
  6. 6Touching Ground
  7. 7Finish Them!
  8. 8Fire Is Always the Answer
  9. 9The Final Blow!
  10. 10You're Either With Us Or...
  11. 11Regroup!
  12. 12Face to Face With Consequence
  13. 13Prowler Problems

Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 2 of 83), Mists of Pandaria (part 13 of 19).

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.

  • Paint it Red!The Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    They shot out our engines and we floated here - HERE! Right in the firing line of the enemy! You know what to do, <name>. Get below decks and man those guns! Show these scum that they're in OUR line of fire!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Finish Them!The Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    We've softened them up. Now it's time to finish them off! That fortress must be cleansed of Alliance, and we've got nowhere to keep any prisoners. <The hint of a smile crosses Nazgrim's face.> You know what to do, <name>. The cowards will run if you give them the chance. See that you don't!

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · The Jade Forest · Level 10-35.

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, The Remains of Hellscream's Fist has 13 steps, from The Art of War to Prowler Problems.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (10), Orgrimmar (2), Azshara (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Touching Ground. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Touching Ground (this page)Horde31766
Touching GroundAlliance31733
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