Forging the Shaft
Forging the Shaft is a level 48 quest for the Alliance and the Horde, open from level 40 in Searing Gorge. You take it from Kalaran Windblade (39.1, 39.0) and turn it in to Kalaran Windblade (39.1, 39.0). Reward: 4,400 XP and 1g 40s.
Classic data, to confirm on Forever
Quick facts
- Quest level
- 48
- Required level
- 40
- Faction
- Alliance and Horde
- Zone
- Searing Gorge
- Start
- Kalaran Windblade(39.1, 39.0)
- Turn in
- Kalaran Windblade(39.1, 39.0)
Where to take and turn in Forging the Shaft
Our map of Searing Gorge shows where you take the quest, where its objectives are and where you turn it in, from Classic spawn points: check them in game.
Wheel (after a click on the map) or + and - to zoom, drag or arrow keys to move, double-click to zoom in, 0 to fit the route, Escape to leave full screen.
Our map of Searing Gorge, drawn from the game's data: subzones and named places from Forever's game files, flight points from its tables, the other NPCs from Classic. North is up. Not a game image.
Inns, trainers, repairs, stables and banks come from Classic data (cMaNGOS): check them in game.
- 1.Take the quest: Kalaran Windblade(39.1, 39.0)
- 2.Objective: Thorium Plated Dagger(40.2, 52.6)
- 3.Turn in: Kalaran Windblade(39.1, 39.0)
Objectives
One objective, from the Classic data:
Collect Thorium Plated Dagger: 8
Drops from: Dark Iron Watchman(80%), Dark Iron Lookout(80%), Dark Iron Sentry(80%), Dark Iron Taskmaster(80%), Dark Iron Slaver(80%), Dark Iron Steamsmith(80%), Dark Iron Geologist(80%), Slave Worker(80%)
Where: 40.2, 52.6 ; 43.1, 30.4 ; 63.0, 60.2 ; 38.4, 38.5 ; 40.8, 36.4 ; 35.0, 44.5
Rewards
What the Classic data gives for Forging the Shaft. Experience is the full amount at the quest's level: in Classic a player 6 or more levels above gets less.
- Experience
- 4,400 XP
- Money
Quest chain
Where Forging the Shaft sits in its chain, from the Classic data: what opens it and what it opens.
Whole chain (11 parts)
- 1.Divine Retribution[48]
- 2.The Flawless Flame[48]
- 3.Forging the Shaft(this quest)
- 4.The Flame's Casing[50]
- 5.The Torch of Retribution[50]
- 6.The Torch of Retribution[50]
- 7.Squire Maltrake[50]
- 8.Set Them Ablaze![52]
- 9.Trinkets...[50]
- 10.A Taste of Flame[54]
- 11.A Taste of Flame[58]
Done before it
Next quest
In our leveling guide
The free leveling route of Searing Gorge (Alliance), Searing Gorge (Horde) names this quest: open it at its step to see it in order with the others, or why the route skips it.
On Forever
Not confirmed on Forever yet: no player record of this quest so far. Everything above is Classic's, and Forever changed some zones (new quests, levels raised): check the quest giver in game.