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Quest
Tracking a Killer
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
Quest ID72474
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Requirements
RaceOrc
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Gor'krosh, the Long Knives, has been terrorizing the Valley of Trials for weeks. Orcs have been going missing, and many of our young trainees have been injured. The peons took to calling the mysterious attacker the Long Knives because the few bodies we have found all have long, terrible gashes across their backs. They're terrified, and refusing to work! We have no idea who or what Gor'krosh really is, but they are clearly very dangerous. Please, find this monster and end this madness!
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.
Objective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1 52.3 42.8
Coordinates
- Objective areaDurotar 52.3, 42.8
/way #1 52.3 42.8
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 Trials map
- Find Thrall! about 10 yards
- Cutting Teeth about 20 yards
- Sting of the Scorpid about 20 yards
- Your Place In The World about 20 yards
- Invaders in Our Home about 20 yards
- Vile Familiars about 40 yards
- Burning Blade Medallion about 40 yards
- Thazz'ril's Pick about 50 yards
- Lazy Peons about 50 yards
- Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise about 60 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Valley of Trials, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Valley of Trials:
- Ratchet, Northern Barrens
- Sen'jin Village, Durotar
- Razor Hill, Durotar
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 2 comments
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This is the questline for the [race=2] Heritage armor.
For this questline you must have an Orc at level 50+ who is exalted with Orgrimmar.
The first quest popped up after login and wants us to meet Eitrigg in Orgrimmar.
- A Summon to Orgrimmar - meet Eitrigg in the main house
- A People in Need of Healing - use the portal in front of Grommash Hold
- follow [npc=199053] and talk to [npc=199136]
- click the 4 totems around you. Wait the dialogue and talk to [npc=199136] to start the fights. Defeat the wolves.
- Destroy the totems to weaken [npc=201615] and defeat him too.
- Talk to [npc=199140] and click the extra button [spell=395792]- The Kosh'harg - click the [npc=200266] in front of the house. Talk to [npc=199148]
- The Blessing of the Clan - enter the main house and choose a champion. Not sure if this make a difference, I took [npc=199173] and got The Long Knives after turn in
- Tracking a Killer - find the clues
- Cornering Gor'krosh - follow the paws/yellow dots to /way 59.168 63.40 the nest. Click it and kill [npc=199186]. Click the blood
The Blessing of the Land - click the skeleton at /way 40.71 26.91
- The Spirit of Thunder Ridge - click the seeds in the water around you (you don't get an item). Click the the skeleton again
The Blessing of the Ancestors - talk to [npc=199383], next quest is An Important Heirloom.
- Learn Cooking at [npc=201018] and pick up [item=202646] in the house nearby
- Orcish Groceries - click the cookbook near you. Find or purchase all the cooking ingredients marked on the map. I found the [item=202026] at 51.32 43.89 on the ground a bit hard to see
- A Worthy Offering - click extra button [spell=264632]. In case you can't find the receipes, change the filter to Classic or search for the receipes manually. Cook [item=202710], [item=202708], [item=202709] and [item=202032]. Place the feast at the marked area- Honor and Glory - enjoy the foods on the tables to fill the bar. Talk to [npc=201505] and defeat him. You can pickup and throw [spell=400758], they are on the ground near the tables. Turn in (cinematic)
- Aka'magosh - turn in and get your [spell=399753] and also [item=204170]. I got three full transmogs (see below), so I assume it doesn't matter what champion we chose at the beginning
The questline took about 35 minutes at level 70 and ilvl 350.
Red: [outfit=458504]
Grey: [outfit=458505]
Black: [outfit=458506]
Money21 gold6 silver
Experience7,150 XP
Storyline
Orc Heritage Armor
Part 6 of 14.
Previous: The Blessing of the Clan · Next: The Long Knives
- 1A People in Need of Healing
- 2The Kosh'harg
- 3The Blessing of the Land
- 4The Spirit of Thunder Ridge
- 5The Blessing of the Clan
- 6Tracking a Killer
- 7The Long Knives
- 8Cornering Gor'krosh
- 9The Blessing of the Ancestors
- 10An Important Heirloom
- 11Orcish Groceries
- 12A Worthy Offering
- 13Honor and Glory
- 14Aka'magosh
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 Blessing of the Clan
To earn the blessing of the clan, a young orc must learn that the clan is only as strong as its members. Prove your strength, and worth, to the living orcs. Since you were not born into a clan, you must first choose a clan to champion, and be accepted by the clan's chieftain.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Long Knives
Have you learned anything about Gor'krosh?
The storyline at a glance
Orc Heritage Armor has 14 steps, from A People in Need of Healing to Aka'magosh.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Durotar (11), Valley of Trials (2), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Valley of Trials map
- Valley of Trials
- Dominance Offensive
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.