Quick Facts

Series

1.	Anvilmar the Hero
2.	The Twilight's Hammer Revealed
3.	The Battle of Thandol Span
4.	Into Arathi Hero's Call: Arathi Highlands!
5.	Northfold Manor
6.	Stromgarde Badges

Storyline
Wetlands Fight the Flood Sedimentary, My Dear Thresh Out of Luck Drungeld Glowerglare A Dumpy Job Fenbush Berries Get Out Of Here, Stalkers Down In Thelgen Rock Incendicite Ore Assault on Menethil Keep When Life Gives You Crabs Reclaiming Goods The Search Continues Search More Hovels Return the Statuette The Third Fleet Cursed to Roam The Cursed Crew Lifting the Curse The Eye of Paleth Dinosaur Crisis I'll Call Him Bitey Crocolisk Hides The Mosshide Job Gizmos and Gadgets Hunting Horrorjaw Dark Iron Trappers Gnoll Escape Yorla Darksnare When Archaeology Attacks Strike the Earth! Tooling Around The Angerfang Menace Mired in Hatred The Threat of Flame For Peat's Sake Longbraid the Grim The Crazed Dragonmaw The Twilight's Hammer Revealed The Battle of Thandol Span

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Comments

Comment by Nogrid

This quest appears to be bugged. There are a few friendly and unfriendly dwarves fighting on the bridge but I can't interact with them. Also, there is no Calamoth in sight, though he will probably show up after the skirmish is over.

I have tried going inside the bridge as well and that doesn't change anything. Occasionally some normal enemies will spawn but nothing comes after.

Edit: I tried this quest again today and it appeared to work correctly. Calamoth gave his speech and became targetable and I swiftly killed him and was on my way.

Comment by Snugglepuzz

Calamoth is not on the bridge he is inside it, you need to go past the battle and down one of the stairs, unfortunately he is still bugged and hasnt rezzed, been waiting 15min

Comment by KubiCzek

11/27/2010 - not bugged

Calamoth Ashbeard spawned for me after blue storm on the middle of the bridge.

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6532/wowscrnshot112710104005.jpg

Comment by Tarka

I was having the same problem completing the quest. I tried something and it worked. Not sure if it's the solution or if I just got lucky but here's what I did: I dismounted. I abandoned the quest, dismounted and got the quest again. Then I stayed dismounted and walked to the bridge and it worked like it was supposed to. Not sure if this will work for everybody but it's worth a try, hope it helps.

Edit: I just read where someone went back after the server restart and it worked, so maybe that's what happened with me. I guess the dismounting thing is still worth a try though if you don't wanna wait till after the restart.

Comment by violetta

still bugged (or possibly bugged again)
GM response:
"We would like to thank you for reporting this problem with quest to us, we will investigate your report and if we find problem we will fix it. You might be able to find some tips about that quest here:
The Battle of Thandol Span
Game Masters Team Europe.
Take care and have a nice day."
sadly no fix yet, but interesting to see GMs start pointing people here

Comment by Jayhawk

Initially rode on to the bridge and no one was there, dropped the quest, rode back and took the quest again, as I rode towards the bridge the battle was about to take place, quest-mob and NPCs in place.

Not sure what made it work...

Comment by 715807

Just completed this quest, seems that Blizzard has Hotfixed it last tuesday.

Comment by 712231

I tried this quest too, yesterday did everything ohter people said to do, still didnt work, every time I go there they are always fighting all the time, so I went and did the quest just now, and still the same, still waiting and npcs on bridge fighting, whats taken so long to fix this quest.....

Comment by 716962

confirmed the "fix" if you drop quest, dismount, accept quest and walk to bridge, it will function normally. Did this at 12:07AM 12/3/2010 on Ner'zhul US.

Comment by brunhelm

did what nocamdan suggested and it still isnt working. Same situation as mousetee. will have to wait and try later i suppose. 12/2/2010 on Velen server 10:57 PST/server

Comment by 717082

On Norgannon, I was unable to do the quest on my L27 rogue. I tried dismounting/abandoning/restarting; no effect. I tried both stealthing and de-stealthing; no effect. Opened a ticket at 5:44 a.m. EST.

Comment by h1n1

yeah i tried all the above solutions and none of them worked, still bugged.

Comment by 720909

Is there yet any update on a patch for this issue possibly? i'd really like to complete this quest as it is the last quest that i have for the area...

Comment by 730368

Relogged 2xs stayed 20 mins each time and nothing , it is stilled bugged Blizzed has not fixed it yet GRRRR .... Had to tell at least 4 diff people that who kept running by looking for him and doing the same thing .

Comment by Freedomage

Tried twice with no luck, just a few Twilight Converts.

Comment by Dyo123

Still bugged , 21/12/10.

Comment by 726656

I give up. 12/22/10 and I still can't trigger it either trying all the above and more. Bummer. Would be GREAT shoulders for the non-heirloomed toon...

Comment by NikNovi

It is working. I went through to Arati Highlands, and when nothing happened I went back over the bridge to Wetlands. Then the dwarfes showed up, and I followed them to the middle of the bridge again, and the scene started.

Comment by terancensmith

12/26/10 still bugged

Comment by 746138

Still bugged for me too. I've only been on WoW for a month, is there a lot of this on Wow? I completely understand there being bugs. The thing I'm wondering about is that I see the first post I'm reading about this bug was posted over a month ago. Does it always take this long to get a bug fixed?

Comment by 747022

Unfortunately, i have run into this problem as well. my boyfriend is currently trying to complete this quest, and having no other options but to wait until the server resets or having him abandon and retake this quest; is there any other way for this quest to work?

Here's what we're seeing: The battle scene is taking place, but the speech refuses to activate. There are also small blue checkered particles emitting from the scene and getting stuck on the floor of the bridge, surrounding the battle.

I'm fairly sure it's just a broken texture on the particle emitter on my MacBook, but it helps to give an accurate depiction. especially when this much is going wrong with this quest. I'm going to submit a ticket soon and hope that it gets fixed asap. : /

Comment by 747165

12/27/10 still bugged

Comment by 747357

im having the same problem. there's a lot of dice on the ground around the dwarfs and no sign of a calamoth ashbeard. i tried everything everyone said but didn't work. just hope they fix it soon.

Comment by 749437

still not working. come on blizzard, you get plenty of our money. fix it.

Comment by 705540

Still bugged....good grief Charlie Brown :(

Comment by Mrbigfishy

Still not working..... 1/1/11

Comment by Ironkeg

This quest is still bugged on Duskwood. I tried all the above, to no avail. I'm sure Blizzard is on top of this, so I patiently await, like many others, the patch to remedy this issue.

Comment by 752113

I have tried everything so far and nothing works. Any more suggestions?

Comment by 752730

so where should i go after abandoning this quest? >_<

Comment by 750524

and 1/2/11 still not working and apparently .... ? .... this is the quest that takes you from wetlands into arathi to continue leveling ... all other quests are done in the wetlands, sooo ...

Comment by Sekka

3rd Jan 2010, still bugged. Submitted a ticket and the GM did something to reset the quest so it could be completed.

Comment by 754288

its still bugged for me too both my mage nor my hunter can get past this one quest may u please debug or take this quest away... please

Comment by Ludovico

Right after the Tuesday server resets today, I was able to abandon the quest, take it up again and complete it. If it is going to work, I think Thargas shows up as soon as you get on the bridge, there is no battle and then you get joined by other NPCs, lots of talk and then the battle.

Comment by kanawa

Arrived at Dun Modr this morning shortly after rolling resets.
Dropped quest and reacquired...went to Thandol Span..it was clear as I approached.
Going on to the Span I triggered the scene, Calamoth Ashbeard appeared and was quickly dispatched.

Comment by gapaydin

they fixed it at last, had no problems completing it today.

Comment by CycloneDuke

I felt a great disturbance in the quest page, as if millions of players posted in terror and were suddenly downranked. I fear something buggy has happened.

This quest is currently bugged and does not reset correctly after someone completes it. It's a known issue Blizz are working on but it won't be fixed until a patch is applied most likely.

Please don't spam the page with info on if it does or doesn't work on your realm. If it doesn't, well we already know it's bugged. If it does, that doesn't mean it's fixed, it likely just means it wasn't broken yet on your realm.

The best time to do this quest if you are really fussed is after your server's weekly maintainance (or any realm restart for that matter). Aside from that, if you encounter this quest to be bugged, don't hold your breath, your time is better spent levelling elsewhere.

Comment by Jonnie

I have the same problem and I've got the quest yesterday. But I saw 2 players there being busy. Not alliance. Names are Wicory and Mercery. They were doing spells. I am a rogue and I went stealth so they didn't saw me, I think. If these 2 are the problem why they didn't fixed it yet? And why can not have direct contact with blizz's customer service and we must only see the answers of some questions or problems?

Comment by PilsnerDk

If you don't get a follow-up after completing this, it's probably because you already have Hero's Call: Arathi Highlands! in your quest log. You can't do both the Hero's Call and the follow-up.

Comment by Thorl

Still bugged 1/13/11

Comment by 750812

this quest is still having problems why are they not fixing the issue alreadyl.

Comment by 765533

where s the next quest

Comment by 765533

nog altijd problemen nog steeds geen calamoth tezien

Comment by 767297

To skip this bugged quest and continue questing: Travel north from the Wetlands and cross the Than'dol Span to reach Arathi. Follow the road to Refuge Pointe and present yourself to the captain. Refuge Point is the nearest quest hub.

Comment by chat1299

Still not working tonight after maint.

Comment by 328303

I went up to Thandol Span and nothing. I turned around to go back to Dun Modr and saw Thargas Anvilmar running up towards Thandol Span from the camp. I followed him and the battle began.

Comment by 770161

Really disappointing. I know it's just one of many quests, but it's the last quest in the zone and it awards a blue. You'd think out of everything, this would be the one that worked.

Comment by shinigamisan

i just finished the quest, it was bugged also for me at the start, but when i returned later on for the lore master the mob was there.

Comment by 470387

Quest has been fixed as of last server restart. Killed the NPC and the others scrammed. I abandoned the quest and did it again just for verification.

Comment by 542362

Hmm, I wish they'd patch it on the Moonglade server 'cos at the moment it is still bugged with the same symptoms as described in earlier posts.

Comment by Quartermasters

Draenor 17/2/11
Not sure if quest is still bugged - collected quest, went to bridge, wandered around for 10/15 mins killing Converts but no sign of named Mob (Calamoth) - was on the verge of giving up and flying back towards Wetlands when the allied NPC's and Questgiver came waltzing up the path, the named MOB and 4 others then appear and after a bit of dialogue I was able to engage and despatch, and collect blue reward. Don't know what the trigger was but obvious that you need the NPC's to attend to get the quest to progress, hope this helps...

Comment by 780198

Still bugged on Dentarg server to. Tried it with two different toons. One a level 31 and other a level 85. the guy is nowhere to be found.

Comment by 798886

Okay, I am completly lost! The Calamoth Ashbeard isn't showing up anywhere. I've even abandoned the quest. Help?

Comment by 801987

I had problems with this quest too. It seems the ONLY way to complete it is to do it right after the server restarts. Set your alarm, wake up early on Tuesday and it should work. It did from me and from scouring the forums myself, it seems this works for others as well.

I logged on and already had the quest. I don't know if it'll work if you need to see the NPC first to get the quest right after server restart. Hope this helps everyone!

Comment by Phurba

4/11/11 3:20 AM. Working on this for loremaster. Quest is still bugged. Fight is in progress already and when attempting to attack any mobs I get "Invalid Target" error.

It is NOT fixed.

Comment by 807267

Was broken for me at first, then it worked correctly when I dropped the quest, logged on later, and picked it up again.

Comment by 821196

today i update to the 4.1.0 version and the bug has been resolved, just drop the quest and take again

Comment by 836382

To get the fight started correctly you need to ride all the way out on the bridge, until you pass the overhead section. Then turn around and go back, Calamoth Ashbeard should be going through his speech and you should be able to target him. Hope this helps.

Comment by Nappa

This is a very neat ending to the zone. Many characters from the zone and from past battles on Thandol Span make an appearance during the encounter. Thargas Anvilmar explicitly calls out Balgaras, a mage who particpated in the plat to blow up one of the bridges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYwSRQdg-Fo

Comment by OkweL

It is doable as of 10.04.2013

Turning in and reward is available right after killing target (just like in dungeons) from quest tracker.

I picked the quest, went to the spot, waited for him to respawn, killed and turned in.
lvl 26 frost mage.

Anyone saying that it is bugged, or not fixed apparently don't know how to do it.

Comment by Uroon

SO the bug now seems to have changed. He now appears fine, but whenever you kill him, the quest doesn't complete. I killed him 3 times and then finally tried a relog. Logged in and the quest was completed without having to kill him yet again (thankfully).

Short version: If quest isn't completing - relog.

Comment by mikeykjr

As of today, 08/17/2013, this is no longer bugged. Just run over bridge to Highlands, then back just after middle over pass and Calamoth Ashbeard will appear. Just kill him. Nice gear award afterward.

Comment by 1440987

The Battle of Thandol Span http://youtu.be/n-83QW3kq38

Comment by 1374013

The Battle of Thandol Span https://youtu.be/Or2NoTa8xdI

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=5UviUVoKiHU&feature=youtu.be

Comment by SinfulWench

I did this entire chain and turned in badges but it didnt give me wetlands acheivement

Links

The Battle of Thandol Span

Defeat Calamoth Ashbeard at the Thandol Span.

	Calamoth Ashbeard slain (1)

Description

I've defended the Thandol Span from being destroyed before, against the Dark Iron themselves. And so did my father, and his father before him...

The only Dark Iron that managed to give me the slip ran straight for the bridge. Something's amiss, and I'm betting when we get there we'll be waltzing right into an ugly trap.

I could use your help, <name>, for Ironforge. Are you with me?

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Khaz Modan Mantle			Khaz Modan Shoulderguards
	Khaz Modan Spaulders			Khaz Modan Pauldrons
	Khaz Modan Monnions			Khaz Modan Pauldrons

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

350 reputation with Ironforge

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26128))