Watch Yer Back is a quest for level 50-90. It is step 4 of 11 in the Dwarven Heritage Armor storyline. It rewards 9,500 experience and money.
Aegrim, you say? Bulwark of the Mountain King? Well, if we are going to start anywhere, it has to be Aegrim's study. The entrance lies below us in the depths of Old Ironforge.
The only trouble is the troggs in our way. How about you take the lead?
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This quest is part of the Dwarf Heritage Armor quest line.
Video guide for this quest - https://youtu.be/jKW1j_YAyaQ
Quest sequence bellow:
1 - Keep Yer Feet On The Ground
2 - Something Valuable, Perhaps?
3 - Ancient Armor, Ancient Mystery
4 - Watch Yer Back
5 - Aegrim's Study
6 - Shards of the Past
7 - Interest Yah In a Pint?
8 - Recruiting the Furnace Master
9 - Earthen Blessing
10 - Forging the Armor
11 - Legacy of the Bronzebeard
Get the quest from [npc=146988] in Stormwind (North, /way 54.41 18.11 Golad). You need exalted reputation with Ironforge and a dwarf at level 120.
- Keep Yer Feet On The Ground - travel to Dun Morogh (flight path Gol'Bolar from Stormwind took ca. 4 min, you can also take the Deeprun Tram), go to the end of the cave and kill [npc=146994]
- Something Valuable, Perhaps? - leave cave, travel to Ironforge, meet [npc=145462]
- Ancient Armor, Ancient Mystery - visit [npc=2918]: /way Ironforge 44.51 49.42 turn left, go downstairs
- Watch Yer Back - kill troggs
- Aegrim's Study - follow [npc=145707]
- Shards of the Past - collect [item=164946]s. Golems will attack you. Return to Brann
- Interest Yah In A Pint? - meet [npc=5164] in Loch Modan
- Recruiting the Furnace Master - travel to Ulduar (Northrend-The Storm Peaks, engineers can use their [item=48933]), you'll enter a phased version of it
- follow the way, turn left, kill elementals and help Ignis to defeat [npc=145909]
- return to Loch Modan: follow Brann to the entrance of Ulduar and take his flight machine- Earthen Blessing - fly back to Ironforge and enter Old Ironforge again: /way Ironforge 44.51 49.42 turn left, go downstairs
- collect [item=164960] (near Advisor Belgrum), leave Old Ironforge and turn in at [npc=145866]- Forging the Armor - stay inside of the circle on the ground and click the extra button [spell=285650]. [spell=284908] from the ground to the new circle on the ground near the forge. [spell=284955] to the anvil. Click extra button [spell=285001]. Pick up the item and bring it to [npc=5164]
- Legacy of the Bronzebeard - speak to Muradin Bronzebeard and get your [spell=286946] -> [transmog-set=2897]
Questline took ca. 40 min, depends on your travel options
Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(53837))
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This quest is part of the Dwarf Heritage Armor quest line.
Video guide for this quest - https://youtu.be/jKW1j_YAyaQ
Quest sequence bellow:
1 - Keep Yer Feet On The Ground
2 - Something Valuable, Perhaps?
3 - Ancient Armor, Ancient Mystery
4 - Watch Yer Back
5 - Aegrim's Study
6 - Shards of the Past
7 - Interest Yah In a Pint?
8 - Recruiting the Furnace Master
9 - Earthen Blessing
10 - Forging the Armor
11 - Legacy of the Bronzebeard
Get the quest from [npc=146988] in Stormwind (North, /way 54.41 18.11 Golad). You need exalted reputation with Ironforge and a dwarf at level 120.
- Keep Yer Feet On The Ground - travel to Dun Morogh (flight path Gol'Bolar from Stormwind took ca. 4 min, you can also take the Deeprun Tram), go to the end of the cave and kill [npc=146994]
- Something Valuable, Perhaps? - leave cave, travel to Ironforge, meet [npc=145462]
- Ancient Armor, Ancient Mystery - visit [npc=2918]: /way Ironforge 44.51 49.42 turn left, go downstairs
- Watch Yer Back - kill troggs
- Aegrim's Study - follow [npc=145707]
- Shards of the Past - collect [item=164946]s. Golems will attack you. Return to Brann
- Interest Yah In A Pint? - meet [npc=5164] in Loch Modan
- Recruiting the Furnace Master - travel to Ulduar (Northrend-The Storm Peaks, engineers can use their [item=48933]), you'll enter a phased version of it
- follow the way, turn left, kill elementals and help Ignis to defeat [npc=145909]
- return to Loch Modan: follow Brann to the entrance of Ulduar and take his flight machine- Earthen Blessing - fly back to Ironforge and enter Old Ironforge again: /way Ironforge 44.51 49.42 turn left, go downstairs
- collect [item=164960] (near Advisor Belgrum), leave Old Ironforge and turn in at [npc=145866]- Forging the Armor - stay inside of the circle on the ground and click the extra button [spell=285650]. [spell=284908] from the ground to the new circle on the ground near the forge. [spell=284955] to the anvil. Click extra button [spell=285001]. Pick up the item and bring it to [npc=5164]
- Legacy of the Bronzebeard - speak to Muradin Bronzebeard and get your [spell=286946] -> [transmog-set=2897]
Questline took ca. 40 min, depends on your travel options
Not that it's a big deal, but if you kite [npc=145698] back towards the guard that's on the way there, he pretty much gets one-shot by it.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 9,500 |
| Money | Gold | 28g 9s |
| Turn-in map | OldIronforge |
|---|
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.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on OldIronforge:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 4 of 11.
Previous: Ancient Armor, Ancient Mystery · Next: Aegrim's Study
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
By my beard! Do you know what this is?! It's an ancient tablet that describes how to forge the Bulwark of the Mountain King! The last one to wear that armor was Aegrim Bronzebeard, my ancestor and thane of the Bronzebeard clan. Talk to Advisor Belgrum.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
This leads to Aegrim's study. I still have some scrolls to sort, so I will leave you to search the study at your leisure. I'm sure Brann would be most interested in any of your findings.
Dwarven Heritage Armor has 11 steps, from Keep Yer Feet On The Ground to Legacy of the Bronzebeard.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ironforge (5), OldIronforge (3), Loch Modan (2), Gol'Bolar Quarry (1).
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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