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Icecrown Honor Above All Else Curing The Incurable Defending The Vanguard Scourge Tactics If There Are Survivors... Into The Wild Green Yonder A Cold Front Approaches The Last Line Of Defense Once More Unto The Breach, Hero Once More Unto The Breach, Hero The Scourgestone The Restless Dead The Purging Of Scourgeholme The Stone That Started A Revolution It Could Kill Us All The Air Stands Still Into The Frozen Heart Of Northrend The Battle For Crusaders' Pinnacle The Crusaders' Pinnacle The Skybreaker Orgrim's Hammer The Broken Front Your Attention, Please Borrowed Technology ...All the Help We Can Get. Poke and Prod That's Abominable! Against the Giants Basic Chemistry Coprous the Defiled Sneak Preview Chain of Command Cannot Reproduce Retest Now Not a Bug Need More Info No Rest For The Wicked Raise the Barricades Bloodspattered Banners Get the Message The Ironwall Rampart Before the Gate of Horror The Guardians of Corp'rethar Shatter the Shards The Broken Front Takes One to Know One Poke and Prod That's Abominable! Against the Giants Coprous the Defiled Basic Chemistry Sneak Preview Chain of Command Cannot Reproduce Retest Now Not a Bug Need More Info No Rest For The Wicked Raise the Barricades Bloodspattered Banners Blinding the Eyes in the Sky The Ironwall Rampart Before the Gate of Horror The Guardians of Corp'rethar Shatter the Shards It's All Fun and Games It's All Fun and Games I Have an Idea, But First... Free Your Mind If He Cannot Be Turned If He Cannot Be Turned The Shadow Vault The Shadow Vault The Duke Exploiting an Opening Securing the Perimeter Set it Off! A Short Fuse Opportunity Establishing Superiority Blow it Up! A Short Fuse Parting Gifts An Undead's Best Friend Honor is for the Weak From Whence They Came Seeds of Chaos Amidst the Confusion Vereth the Cunning New Recruit The Vile Hold Generosity Abounds Matchmaker Stunning View The Rider of the Unholy The Rider of Frost The Rider of Blood The Fate of Bloodbane Eliminate the Competition The Bone Witch The Sum is Greater than the Parts The Art of Being a Water Terror Through the Eye Find the Ancient Hero Not-So-Honorable Combat Banshee's Revenge Battle at Valhalas Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn Battle at Valhalas: Carnage! Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge Where Are They Coming From? Destroying the Altars Death's Gaze Spill Their Blood Jagged Shards I'm Smelting... Smelting! The Runesmiths of Malykriss A Visit to the Doctor By Fire Be Purged Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton He's Gone to Pieces Putting Olakin Back Together Again The Flesh Giant Champion A Voice in the Dark Time to Hide Return to the Surface Field Repairs Do Your Worst Army of the Damned Futility Sindragosa's Fall Where Dragons Fell Time for Answers The Hunter and the Prince Knowledge is a Terrible Burden Tirion's Help Tirion's Gambit A Voice in the Dark Time to Hide Return to the Surface Field Repairs Do Your Worst Army of the Damned Futility Cradle of the Frostbrood Where Dragons Fell Time for Answers The Hunter and the Prince Knowledge is a Terrible Burden Argent Aid Tirion's Gambit A Tale of Valor A Hero Remains The Keeper's Favor Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare The Boon of Remulos Time Yet Remains The Touch of an Aspect Dahlia's Tears The Boon of Alexstrasza Hope Yet Remains The Will of the Naaru The Boon of A'dal Light Within the Darkness

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Comment by 207568

you can use any of the 4 alters at 37, 70

Comment by chucmedic

Leads to Destroying the Altars and Death's Gaze

Comment by 222095

Click on altar at 37.71

Comment by 246808

HUGE Mob in front of the alter. You can use AOE to clear out one side. OR you can fly to an alter on the side and fight a few. Only worth 16 k on turn in.

Comment by Massacher

i went demon and aoe'd them all mwahahahahaha!

Comment by 49966

Becareful killing him near a teleporter. He can fall beneath it and you will not be able to loot him.

Comment by 83545

I'm a death knight and when I click the altars, it just summons a Skeleton Constructor... I can summon like 20 of them and they're my guardians. But I don't get credit for the quest.

Comment by 248895

I was having the same problem. I finally realized that I was still in a raid from doing wintergrasp the previous day. I was the only person in the raid. Make sure that you are not in a raid group when doing this quest.

Comment by 307723

I had the same problem. Just tried it and it worked so for all who haven't done it, try again.

Comment by 255436

Doable while mounted, just a heads up.

Comment by Earthproxy

AMAZING aoe grinds here for any class that can quickly burn down 3.5k health

Comment by 361485

The Quest giver is on top of the hill not in the cave. Took me 20 minutes to realise this.... Doh!

Comment by 389521

Map for those who dont hav co-ords http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=210:370700
rate me up :P

Comment by 424081

If you proceed to the altars from the south side u can use one of the altars without pulling any mob. :)

Comment by 295963

I tried investigating several altars with no luck (clicking them, running around them, standing on them-nada).Then I saw another player who told me I needed to kill the mobs first to get a sword? Any info would be appreciated....

Comment by Whiterock

CITADEL FOOTSTEPS Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 10/11/2008 chucmedic aswell.

N)Blackwatch<--The Shadow Vault {H}*-->The Duke*
| The Skybreaker(A)* | | Orgrim's Hammer(H)*
| | | | |
| 2)Exploiting an Opening(A) 2)Opportunity(H)
| 2)Securing the Perimeter(A) 2)Establishing Superiority(H)
| 2)Set it Off!(A) 2)Blow it Up!(H)
| |__________________________/
| |
| 2)A Short Fuse {H}--------->1)Parting Gifts
| 2)A Voice in the Dark {H} |->6)An Undead's Best Friend
| 2)Time to Hide {H} |->6)Honor is for the Weak /
| 1)Return to the Surface {H} 6)From Whence They Came / /
| 3)Field Repairs {H} \_____________________/__/
| 3)Do your Worst {H} | |
| 3)Army of the Damned {H} 6)Seeds of Chaos 6)Amidst the Confusion
| 2)Futility {H} \ /
| |->4)Sindragosa's Fall(A) 5)Vereth the Cunning
| |->4)Cradle of the Frostbrood(H) 5)New Recruit
| | 7)The Vile Hold
| 4)Where Dragons Fell {H} |->7)Generosity Abounds
| 5)Time for Answers {H} |->7)Stunning View /
| 5)The Hunter and the Prince {H} 7)Matchmaker / /
| 1)Knowledge is a Terrible Burden {H} \_________/_____/
| | \ |->7)The Rider of the Unholy
| 1)Tirion's Help(A) 1)Argent Aid(H) |->7)The Rider of Blood /
| | / 7)The Rider of Frost / /
| 5)Tirion's Gambit {H} \ / /
| 2)The Fate of Bloodbane
8)Where Are They Coming From?
| |
8)Death's Gaze 8)Destroying the Altars
|______________|
|->8)I'm Not Dead Yet!{H}
|---------------->8)Spill Their Blood
8)Jagged Shards /
|->7)The Runesmiths of Malykriss /
7)I'm Smelting... Smelting! / /
\_________________________/____/
| |
8)By Fire Be Purged 8)A Visit to the Doctor
/ /
8)Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton-->8)Let's Get Out of Here {H}
8)He's Gone to Pieces
8)Putting Olakin Back Together Again
8)The Flesh Giant Champion
Quest zones:
1)Unique zones_2)Icecrown Citadel_3)Valley of Lost Hope_4)Sindragosa's Fall_5)Icecrown Citadel(outside)_6)Weeping Quarry_7)Malykriss_8)Fleshwerks
N)Not-needed
The Icecrown is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Icecrown zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

Comment by LoKHor

I clicked the altar and it summoned some sort of skeleton guardian. It wouldn't let me get out of combat so I couldn't mount up to hand in the quest. Is this a bug?

Comment by 820169

Quick tip: You must open the altar, if you don't you will not be able to complete the quests. It is not like most of those explore or investigate quests where you just have to fly near it.
You will most likely have to clear all the NPC's in the area and then open it. It can be done in druid flight form easily by landing, opening and flying away again without engaging the spawned NPC.

Comment by 944997

dnt have to kill anyone. just go to the far alter and quikly clik on it. done, no mob killin nuffin, easy peasy lemon sque.....

Comment by 1440987

Where Are They Coming From? http://youtu.be/MMs6HVZ5EiI

Comment by Boxofbeer

Where Are They Coming From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpCI6ApV374

Comment by allOf

Where Are They Coming From? https://youtu.be/McjV1Hijfsc

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1H6rNxzPYM&feature=youtu.be

Links

Where Are They Coming From?

Investigate a Summoning Altar in the eastern part of the Fleshwerks, then report back to Darkrider Arly at Blackwatch.

	Summoning Altar investigated (1)

Description

The Lich King's tireless minions labor away night and day to assemble scores of abominations and flesh giants down there in the Fleshwerks.

Yet, that is not enough. More and more skeletal constructors keep appearing to increase the pace of work.

If we do not discover where they're coming from and how they're able to work so quickly, we'll be overrun before we can act in force. Search to the southeast and see if you can find the source of these skeletons.

Completion

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

150 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13117))