TheWoWDBThere is a great spot where mobs that can be mined respawn right away. You don't even have to kill them if you are so lazy. And you get no aggro if you are careful. For TomTom users:
/way 48.8 54.6
Just go down to the north from the flight point Thunder Totem till the end of the second bridge .
Quest
Where Respect is Due
A World of Warcraft quest in Highmountain. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You don't have to specifically use the pick when mining nodes (or dead mineable corpses), you will automatically get the quest items from mining normally.
In case anyone is curious, as i was, the purpose of this quest is to set you up for earning Rank 2
-Learn about the legend of Rethu Ironhorn in The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn. Once this is completed, you can then loot items from nodes to teach you Rank 2 recipes:
-Battered Mining Pick: Rethu's Pick teaches Mining Technique: Leystone Seam
-Torn Journal Page: Rethu's Journal teaches Mining Technique: Leystone Deposit
-Chunk of Horn: Rethu's Horn teaches Mining Technique: Living Leystone
Quest facts
Quest ID38786
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38786))
Description
Leystone is a sensitive ore. Our smiths can coax great power out of it, but as miners, we must treat it with respect, or else its power will retreat inward. <The tauren hands you what appears to be a GLASS mining pick.> The next time you mine some leystone ore, use this pick. It will break if you strike too hard. THIS is the respect that leystone requires.
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #650 55.1 84.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inHighmountain 55.1, 84.0
/way #650 55.1 84.0
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 Highmountain map
- The Highmountain Smiths same spot
- The Firmament Stone same spot
- Maw of Souls: Hammered By The Storm same spot
- You Are Not Worthy about 30 yards
- Leystone Mastery about 30 yards
- Ironhorn Leysmithing about 30 yards
- Honor the Flame about 40 yards
- Demonsteel Armguards about 40 yards
- Demonsteel Waistguard about 40 yards
- Demonsteel Pauldrons about 40 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Highmountain, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Highmountain:
- Ironhorn Enclave, Highmountain
- Obsidian Overlook, Highmountain
- Skyfire Triage Camp, Stormheim
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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Experience6,150 XP
Storyline
Legion Mining
Part 5 of 12.
Previous: The Highmountain Tauren · Next: The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn
- 1Leystone Deposit Sample
- 2Leystone Seam Sample
- 3Living Leystone Sample
- 4The Highmountain Tauren
- 5Where Respect is Due
- 6The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn
- 7Rethu's Journal
- 8Rethu's Pick
- 9Rethu's Horn
- 10Rethu's Lesson
- 11Rethu's Experience
- 12Rethu's Sacrifice
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 Highmountain Tauren
Ye've brought me a bit of interesting rocks to look at, <name>. I've got a special assignment for ye, if ye're up for it. I hear stories about these tauren, up in Highmountain, who claim mastery over minin'. I don't know if they're as talented as you or me, but they've been minin' leystone longer.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Legend of Rethu Ironhorn
A long, long time ago, a tauren by the name of Rethu entered this land. His exploits paved the road that all miners walk. If you wish to learn more about mining, you must first learn about Rethu.
The storyline at a glance
Legion Mining has 12 steps, from Leystone Deposit Sample to Rethu's Sacrifice.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (8), Dalaran (2), Darkshore (2).
Other storylines on the Highmountain map
- Legion Blacksmithing
- The Bloodtotem Tribe
- Rivermane Tribe
- Allies of the Horde: Highmountain
- Legion Leatherworking
- Snowblind Mesa
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.