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Comment by maurice

The Tuyere is only dropped by Dark Iron Steamsmiths. There are only a few that spawn, about 5 or 6 i think. They're near the steamery at 39,50.

The spyglass is dropped by Dark Iron Lookouts. You can find them near the towers that surround the cauldron.

Comment by Kejek

Just to help clarify, the steamsmiths are directly south of Kalaran Windblade. They are up top, before the elevator that lowers you into the gorge.

I spent a lot of time wandering around in the caves below and couldnt find em... heh

Comment by 14590

I got the Tuyere on my first kill but the Spyglass took a while.

Comment by akafortes

drop rate is realy a pain in the a*s...
i've been killing for about 20-25 mins and still haven't got any of the items:(

Comment by 45595

I got the Smithing Tuyere from a Dark Iron Steamsmith after my 4th kill at around 43,51.

I got the Lookout's Spyglass after my 9th kill from a Dark Iron Lookout at around 53,59.

Comment by 43354

Drop rate on this quests sucks.
Took me bout 50 of each.

Comment by 22114

Been at it for 2 hours now. Got half a level, an epic, a blue, several greens... but no tuyere!

Comment by Linkn

even though it may take som time, the xp is ok

Comment by 61719

The drop rate is somewhere around 4%, it's just a matter of your luck. If you don't get it soon, then just keep trying, the quest should take no more than 20 minutes.

Comment by 39185

wow i can't believe its that low a drop rate, i got my tuyere on my fourth steamsmith and my spyglass on my third lookout.
I guess you just have to get lucky

Comment by 65001

ok so this quest has not been fun at all.

The lookouts are just west of the cauldron on the top. There average level is about 47 and I was lucky and got the spyglass on the second kill

The steamer dudes are right at the elevator that takes you down into the cauldron and they are on the top level. There are only 5 there that i could find and killed them and there respawns for over an hour. Still hasn't dropped. The only reason i haven't abandoned this quest is because the monetary reward is pretty good and even though I can't use the quest rewards I can disenchant them.

Good Luck all.

Comment by 65146

Ok, i killed probably 300 lookouts trying to get the spyglass, it took FOREVER! At level 48, i got over 40 000 exp just from grinding these guys trying to find the glass, soooo lame.

Comment by 67552

lol i must be lucky... got my spyglass from the 33.6, 53.7 Dark Iron Lookouts and got my Tuyere from the Steamsmiths at about 40, 50, 2nd kill on the Dark Iron Steamsmiths....

oh and for lore purposes its called Dark iron tuyere for a reason, it's not really stolen but were stealing it for them.. but who liked Roleplaying... lol

Comment by 15032

There are 6 Dark Iron Steamsmiths in total. 2 at the Tents to the west of the Cauldron Smithy, 3 at the smithy, and 1 at the tents to the east of the smithy.

It took me just over 1 hour and 22 minutes to complete this quest. The hangup was the Smithing Tuyere. It just would "not" drop.

Comment by 15389

OMG this quest is annoying, I swear to god I have been trying to get the smithing tuyere for about 1hr and a half, its really annoying. I don't know if it will ever drop for me

Comment by 15389

lmao, 2 kills after i posted the previous post it dropped!!! omg im so made up now

Comment by kainr

The spyglass dropped on first kill. The Tuyere on the other hand hasn't dropped after an hour+ of killing the steamsmiths.

I recommend running and doing other quests while they respawn. Such as killing golems, or spiders/etc.

Comment by 44665

Haha!! Got the Tuyere first guy I killed!!! What kind of luck is that!

Comment by 70534

I still haven't finished the quest and I've been killin these guys forever. You guys are right, smiths are just right from the elevator, but the lookouts aren't only on the west side of the cauldron. They're all around it, any tower.

Comment by 67271

I've been killing the Lookouts and the Steamsmiths all day, neither will drop, I say this quest is a complete waste of time for anyone at all.

Comment by 50149

The "Dark Iron Steamsmiths" are around the steamery, there are in total 6 of them, they drop the "Smithing Tuyere". "The Dark Iron Lookout" drops the "Lookout's Spyglass". They are at every watchtower in and around the "The Cauldron", but be sure you don't go in a watchtower, there's a lvl 48 elite "Dark Iron Sentry" in it and no "Dark Iron Lookout", not really hard to kill that "Dark Iron Sentry" either.
Tower locations are:
33,53
36,59
44,61
49,55
Steamery location:
39,50

Comment by 81953

I seem to have the exact opposite luck. The smithing tuyere dropped on 5th kill and i spent the following 1.5 hours killing lookouts. Still hasn't dropped. I'll come back to it when I'm less frustrated....

Comment by 68681

I got so lucky! Got boht on first and second kill:D Quest done fast as shit:D

Comment by Luciferi

ugh im so sick of this quest. ive been grinding the lookouts for over an hour now and the spyglass just wont drop. luckily i have tons of quests in this area.

Comment by 95292

The elites on the watch towers drop a key starting a new quest

The Key to Freedom: http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=4451

Happy questing :)

Comment by 86500

As of Patch 2.3, the dwarves are no longer Elites. Quest much easier. Still low drop rate on the Tuyere

Comment by 101161

hehe as the hell of lycky i killd 1 loock out guy and got the glasses and 2 of the others teamsmith or something i killd 2 of and then im done! ;D as lycky i am =) Good Luck to u others!

Comment by 7577

In 2.3, the dwarves are no longer elite, but there appear to be environment issues, because many times I've ridden by and there's only 2 or three Steamsmiths to kill. I can't find ANY at the Steamery, only one per camp, if they're there at all.

I suspect they may be stuck inside of buildings or something, like so many other 2.3 mobs.

Comment by 80615

Over two hours on the the Steamsmiths and I haven't gotten the Tuyere yet. Did manage to get the spy glass in about 15 minutes though.

Comment by dalle

They should either increase the Tyere droprate or increase the number of steamsmith spawns -_-

Comment by 113633

now normal mobs lvl 50 caster overseer and one ranged guard really easy but cords are 40, 35

Comment by Sgtown

WARNING: I just had a GM confirm that THIS QUEST is the one that BUGS the Gnomeregan teleporter quest line!!!!

If you complete this quest before you complete Chief Engineer Scooty (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=2842 ), you can NOT pick up that quest anymore, and you will NOT be able to get your Goblin Transponder (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=9173 ) to teleport to Gnomeregan.

Reminder: Chief Engineer Scooty is obtainable after you talk to Nogg next to Sovik and accept Rig Wars (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=2841 ).

The GM escalated my ticket to a Character Specialist, said it will take 3-5 days for him to respond. Currently waiting for the response.

Comment by 115640

Dropped both items on the second kills.

Comment by 124104

Took forever to finish, i only did it for the items at the ends and xp. It almost wasnt worth it.

Comment by 111155

ok the drop rate for the steamsmiths suck

i killed them all 8 times before i got it

Comment by 131671

u have to wait 3 full spawns kill them all the 4th spawn u will have it
the same thing with the look out

Comment by 96035

took for freaking ever! give 1g 40s

Comment by 127601

i dont really know why it took me so long.
i got the Tuyere about my 3rd kill
but ive been trying to get the spyglass for about 30 minutes
and everyone sayd the Tuyere is the one that never drops... :/

Comment by Fredzilla

It took me like 5 kills to get the spyglass, but ive been trying to get the tuyere forever now, I got a Flurry Axe before I got it D:

Comment by 16636

Spyglass was easy. The tuyere took 22 kills and over an hour. I suggest you skip this quest.

Comment by 148619

Tuyere dropped from steamsmith #32. Try your luck but don't stick around to farm this.

Comment by 143923

Had no problems as a lvl 50 dranei shaman. Just did the quest, took about 2 kills of each "type" of dark iron dwarf to get quest items.

Comment by thoon

The drop rate for this quest seems like PURE luck.... I got it on my fourth lookout and about my 17th steamsmith. Also you can group up for this quest and you will both get the loot if more than one person are doing it at the same time.

Comment by mrdummy

After 10 Steamsmiths, i got one.... that is 10% chance actually.
Keep watching around the big steamery (with huge wheel), i see there 5 mobs, but don't know where 6th mob...

Two mobs by big wheel, 2 tents at left has each one, one tent at far right has one (with another mob). 6th mob is not seen there, but perhaps another tent behind wheel in the north. But that tent with anvil and forge has nobody.

Edit: There are just 2 seen by the steamery. Not 3 mobs. That makes 5 mobs in total.

Comment by slicerace

Took > 20 minutes, but I finally got it. Keep trying!

Comment by Kyulan

Both propably have the same droprate but as mentioned, the problem is that there are way too few Steamsmiths. I've done this quest 3-4 times with different characters and always gotten the Smithing Tuyere in the first few kills but right now when just finished it with my shaman I killed 40+ Lookouts for the spyglass.

Comment by 145273

I must have killed a good 25 of those guys before the item finally dropped, it is pretty low for a quest item in terms of drop rate.

Comment by bernlin2000

Terrible droprate for the Tuyere. Some people said it's gotten better recently, but I cleared the camp of Steamsmiths at least 5x while questing and it never dropped. I'm hanging on the quest just for the heck of it (I have all the other objectives done), but I'll probably end up abandoning it: this droprate is just plain stupid.

Comment by 170336

If youve killed at least 25 steamsmiths and still havnt gotten the tuyere then just re take the quest

Comment by Zeluha

Respawn on the Steamsmiths seems to be approx 6-8 minutes depending on what you kill around them.

I have killed approximately 30 of them and still no drop of the Tuyere, so the droprate's still not too amazing. Hopefully it'll drop soon tho :)

Edit: actually, the respawn can be as fast as 3-4 minutes, but it's crazy random (aka- not in the order you killed them first)

Comment by 173053

The droprate on the Spyglass is absolutely TERRIBLE

ive been on this quest for ages.

Comment by 71783

I'm currently still doing this quest, (started about an hour and a half ago). Took about an hour to get the Spyglass from the Lookouts and i'm still waiting for the Tuyere to drop from the Steamsmiths. What makes it worse is that there aren't that many Steamsmiths that spawn and that there are other players killing them as well for the same quest.

With the Lookouts, you could combine killing them with the quest, Set Them Ablaze! as you'd find them around the towers you need.

I agree with Kainr's comment and that you should do other quests nearby whilst waiting for the mobs to re-spawn.

Good luck.

Comment by Wufygirl

If you're lucky, the spyglass will also drop with the lookout with the Overlord. (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7701) It dropped for me, so I don't know if this occurs often or not, but it was an excellent way of killing two birds with one stone.

Comment by 121138

Drop rate for the Tuyere was practically nonexistent for me. Got it after 2 hours of farming these little suckers. Not to mention that there are only 6 of them and their respawn rate is so slooooooooow!

Good luck with this one peeps!

On to Spyglass now...

EDIT: Acquiring a Spyglass also took a few billion kills. The mere fact that there are a lot more lookouts then steamsmiths around made this one a bit less tiresome, but still pain in the butt.

Do this quest only if you have policy of solving all the quests there are or you are EXTREMELY bored, otherwise stay clear of it!

Once again, good luck!

Comment by 57826

I don't care if I get downrated for this, but this quest is the mother of all the !@#$ty quests in WoW! I hate it so f*cking badly! I just don't understand how blizzard could design a quest like this! 5 mobs! with about 5 min respawn rate! AND LESS THAN 5% DROP CHANCE!

Comment by 208707

lol. I got it in three kills. i read this review before I went to do the quest and was pretty bumed but when i got there I killed three and got the drop. lol. I love this quest!

Comment by 208707

funny thing is the spyglass dropped in about two kills so maybe im just awsome....

Comment by Garmheim

This was unquestionably the longest and most frustrating quest I've undertaken in a very long time. The easy part was the Smithing Tuyere. As noted already it dropped from the Steamsmiths on the north rim of the Cauldron. I had to wait for a couple Steamsmiths to respawn but got the item after killing 9 Steamsmiths. Then the frustration began. For the next 2 hours and 40 minutes, I killed Lookout after Lookout without getting the Spyglass. I killed every one of the Lookouts (5 or 6 Lookouts per tower plus the odd Golem who was in the way) at each tower at least 3 times each with some going as much as 5 times before the Spyglass finally dropped. I got a good deal of silver coin but that was small consolation for the time invested. The Spyglass finally dropped from a Lookout at the eastern-most tower. If the appearance of an item on any given MOB is random I must have paid dearly for others who got it after killing just 1 or 2 Lookouts. It's no fun on the long end of the bell curve.

Comment by 186549

This quest is ENTIRELY luck.

I got both items on the 6th and 7th kills respectively; took me all of 15 minutes, minus travel times.

Comment by 118494

This quest took me a LONG time to complete. The Spyglass took me the longest to get, which was over an hour. Good luck everyone!

Comment by 301280

The quest was long, and very time consuming. I agree with the above comment to perhaps work on other quests in the area while doing this one. Both drops for me, it took over an hour.

Comment by 261669

I dont know if this is the case but i killed MANY steamsmiths w/o getting the drop. i then went and killed 2 lookouts, got the drop, and then came and got the drop on my first steamsmith. so maybe go for lookout glass first?

Comment by 338242

This quest couples well with http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7729 as you can kill the Taskmasters and Slavers while waiting for the Steamsmiths to respawn.
Another quest that couples well with it is http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=7723, as there are lots of Golems nearby.

A chest also spawns at 37.8, 48.7.

Comment by Apiecost

Does count towards Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms

Comment by kinggrills23

lol been killing these guys for about 30 minutes now and no luck still..hopefully the steamsmiths will drop one soon : (

Comment by 93069

Important read this!

The logging in and out works simply find the mobs log out then log back in kill them and the item will drop go to the other set of mobs and repeat and I guarantee you will get the item within the first kill. I had been working on this quest for half an hour when I saw the comments on here to try it and it does indeed work.

Comment by Slovak

This actually works. Having done this quest numerous times on a few alts, I decided to see if I was missing some steamsmith spawns or something of the like, in the hope of being able to complete this quickly on my hunter. As soon as I read this, I tried it, and got the Tuyere on the first kill. Not sure how it works, but it does

Comment by 303769

just tried the log in / log out thing... didn't work for me. i killed 3 lookouts and had no luck.
mind you, this is after killing lookouts and steamsmiths for about an hour and finally getting the steamsmith to drop his goodies. grrrr.
sooooo, i decided to try it yet again. logged and waited a few minutes, then logged back in, and got it on 2nd lookout.
idk?
hope others have less frustration with this than i did.

Comment by 477778

Must of got extremely lucky, got the spygalss on my 1st kill and the Tuyere on my 2nd. Though, I can see how this quest may be a pain in the butt. Good luck!

Comment by 470526

Drop Rate: Smithing Tuyere HORRID!
Drop Rate: Lookout's Spyglass Not Much Better!

By far the Smithing Tuyere is the hardest to get. Don't plan on just waltzing in and grabbing that thing quickly unless you have the gift of the WoW Gods on your team. And PRAY you don't have to fight with others to get it either. Been @ this quest for almost 2 hours now and still nothing. Got the Spyglass 1st shot. But that latter just SUX!

Note: Ok as I was posting this I killed 3 more of the Dark Iron Steamsmiths and nailed the Smithing Tuyere. w00t for me! 2 Hours 4 mins total time to complete this damn thing.

Comment by whichwitch

They may have upped the droprate on these items in a recent patch, because I just did this for Loremaster, and got both items within 15 minutes.

Or, I'm just really lucky and should drop everything to go to Vegas.

Comment by 174773

+250 thorium brotherhood reputation

Comment by 501083

Got the Lookout Spyglass and This on my first Lookout kill (I must be extremely lucky...). The Smithing Tuyere on the other hand, took 30 or so steamsmith kills. There are Heavy War Golems and a Taskmaster near-by the Steamsmith spawns, so you might want to do the other quest that involves them while you try to get the drops.

EDIT:

And here are some quests that would be good to do along with this one.

Quest 1

The Slavers and Taskmasters are all around, including 1 Taskmaster on the far eastern side of the Steamsmith spawns. The Easternmost Camp near this taskmaster also seems to sometimes spawn a taskmaster or Slaver in place of a steamsmith. (Or both.)

Quest 2

Quite a few of the mobs for this quest can be found right near the Steamsmiths, to the north.

Comment by 360166

I got the Tuyere on the first kill of the 3rd group of 6 steamsmiths

Comment by 694941

Okay so, I hadn't been doing the quest for too long, but it was my last quest in this area, so obviously I didn't want to wait for ages for the Tuyere. I read online about this /script LeaveParty() and tried it, but it never worked, I killed about 6 Dwarves. Then I read that smeone tried to click the macro while actually fighting, so I did that and spammed the hell out of it.

It worked ^^ Though I'm pretty sure it was just a coincidence, it was so good to be able to move on :P

Links

STOLEN: Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

Find and return the Smithing Tuyere and Lookout's Spyglass to Taskmaster Scrange in the Searing Gorge.

The only information you have about these items is the following: They were definitely stolen by Dark Iron dwarves. The Smithing Tuyere is a blacksmithing tool used by blacksmiths and the Lookout's Spyglass is an invaluable monitoring tool to lookouts.

	Smithing Tuyere (1)
	Lookout's Spyglass (1)

Description

The following items have been stolen:

*One Dark Iron Tuyere.

*One Lookout's Spyglass.

A reward is being offered to individuals who find and return these pilfered items.

The Thorium Brotherhood is certain that these items were stolen by unscrupulous and jealous Dark Iron dwarves that inhabit the Searing Gorge.

The spyglass in question was an excellent tool for the lookouts and the tuyere was an irreplaceable smithing tool.

Should you find the missing items, return them to Scrange.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Everwarm Handwraps			Slagplate Leggings

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Thorium Brotherhood

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(7728))