TheWoWDBWith a 20 second cooldown on the debuffer, I count this among one of the worst quests ever.
Quest
Weakness to Lightning
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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20 seconds multiplied by 15 mobs means 5 MINUTES! FIVE MINUTES, BLIZZARD, DO YOU REALLY THINK I GOT 5 MINUTES?
This quest can be done around the Pumping Station roughly 66, 23. The following quests go together well in a group:
- Cleaning up the Pools
- Souls of the Decursed
- Weakness to Lightning
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11896
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11896))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 173 of 182
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
You now have the power of the storm within you. I will give you the means to focus that power and weaken the robots in the pools. Take this lightning rod. Use it against the robotic creations of the mechagnomes you find within the greater pools area to the west. Do not worry about using it against the mechagnomes themselves; Greatmother Taiga has other plans for them. Once the robots are weakened by the power of the storm, dismantle them utterly!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #114 77.2 38.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 77.2, 38.5
/way #114 77.2 38.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 63.2, 21.7
/way #114 63.2 21.7
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 Borean Tundra map
- Now With More Mechanical Fowl about 1,020 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,450 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 1,470 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 1,500 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,830 yards
- Warchief's Command: Borean Tundra! about 2,140 yards
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 2,160 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 2,160 yards
- Unleashing Judgment about 2,600 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 2,600 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Taunka'le Village, Borean Tundra
- Unu'pe, Borean Tundra
- Warsong Camp, Wintergrasp
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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.
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Reward details
Reputation: The Taunka +250
These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.
Reputation group: Horde Expedition.
Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Taunka reputation: Report to Steeljaw's Caravan (+10), We Strike! (+350), Shrouds of the Scourge (+250), The Bad Earth (+250), Blending In (+250), Words of Power (+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.
Storyline
Borean Tundra
Part 173 of 182.
Previous: Master the Storm · Next: Souls of the Decursed
- 168Fallen Necropolis
- 169The Doctor and the Lich-Lord
- 170Return with the Bad News
- 171What Are They Up To?
- 172Master the Storm
- 173Weakness to Lightning
- 174Souls of the Decursed
- 175Cleaning Up the Pools
- 176The Sub-Chieftains
- 177Defeat the Gearmaster
- 178Shrouds of the Scourge
- 179The Bad Earth
Showing steps 168 to 179 of 182.
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.
- Master the Storm
From what you describe, the creatures of metal should be easy to deal with. But first, you must master the storm. Behind me in the lodge is a totem. When you are ready, focus your will upon it and the storm will come. You must defeat the storm and in so doing take its essence into yourself.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Souls of the Decursed
The mechagnomes in the pools to the west are a great mystery to us. They appeared not long after the gnomes disappeared from their pumping station and its environs. They are an unnatural danger and must be dealt with.
The storyline at a glance
Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
- The Blue Dragons
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.