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Comment by 6851

Any of the Blackrock Orcs or Worgs in Burning Steppes can drop up to 5-10 each. Easy.

Comment by kreghx

Attacked the Worgs and got 50 easy. 1st one gave 10! Next ones gave 5 and 3 each. Near the end (in SE corner beside where the bots are killing Dragonspawns) I killed one and it dropped a Six Demon Bag! I couldn't believe it!!

Comment by cmkennedy

Not sure why, but the drop rate for me has been absolutely abysmal. I must have killed around 12 before my first drop of 8 medallions.

Comment by frapp

My wife and I just did this quest and tried the worgs in the SE near the dragonkin. Every once in a GREAT while we got a couple, but got 50 each in just a few minutes on the orcs near the Pillar of Ash area.

Comment by 50808

I agree with the last comment pillar of ash area was a great drop rate!

Comment by Lywen

The Pillar of Ash is indeed the best place with the smallest pulls to grind the orcs out.

The coordinates are 49,57

Comment by rsremco

I solo it on lvl 51... Hunter... it whas easy i just kill these worgs.
They drop alot of qeust items in 1 time.
But sometimes i couldnt find the worgs.

Comment by CloudFish

Just did this as a Level 50 feral druid, I had a terrible drop rate for this quest!
Was killing all the orcs in sight at the pillar of ash (Apart from the level 57's) and it took over 3 hours for me to complete this quest, I had the highest drop rates from the Blackrock warlocks and Blackrock Sorcerer's, and for me the worgs didnt drop any medalions in 10 kills
If at a lower level i would advise getting a friend to help, or beggin this when you have a lot of free time

Comment by 95065

I just finished this quest (3 Dec 2007) and for me the only consistent drops came from those mobs inside of the pillboxes scattered around the area near Gor'tesh (40, 55)

Comment by Muddle

Completed this quest January 5, 2008 in about 3 minutes. I was at (42,36) killing the Blackrock Sorcerors, Warlocks, and Slayers. 5-10 medallions per kill, every mob dropped them.

Comment by Dokandre

i would suggest having this quest while doing this one

Comment by 134426

I done this Q on lvl 50 and I'm shadow priest

Comment by Redemptus

<Oralius is talking into a rather large, severed ogre ear.>

Burning Steppes to control, come in control.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Buzz lightyear to star command, come in star command.

Comment by 138716

I had to clear the orcs in front of the Pillar of Flame about twice before I got 50 medallions. Every 2-3 orcs dropped around 6-7. The warlocks hurt, and the slayers use Hamstring, so try not to over-pull, chances are you won't be able to get away.

Comment by Zvezda

The Blackrock Soldiers seem to have the best drop rate; almost 100%, but not quite... :P

Comment by 153395

Agreed - pillar of ash is the place.

My drop rate was about 1 in 5 would drop (but in bursts). I would get 20 medallions from 4 kills, then none for about 10-12, then back to another 20 or so. Cleared pillar of ash 3 times to get the total.

Can get them from any humanoid kill there or from the worgs...

Comment by 163653

i have killed like what
20 worgs and i only have 20 medallions
Bad luck ?
^^

Comment by 90630

I did this quest just to rub his belly..

Comment by Camerius

Have just used close to an hour farming both the wolfs but too the Orcs at mentioned place and got a total of...whooping 33 Medallions. This quest blows to put it mildly...

Comment by 207274

Pillar of Ash is the place to go, as mentioned above. Just did it and spent 15 minutes grinding.

Comment by 30584

Notice the completion text...

"You've done it! Your reward is: RUB MY BELLY! GO ON! RUB IT!"

Comment by 323640

best quest evar

Comment by 345133

i agree, best quest ever. i laughed my ass off at this crazy dude
i was sad when i finished his chain

Comment by Dongolev

Would somebody please tell him that CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL BRO?

Comment by 432227

i was think omg this q is very boring but its very fast xp just go to the pillar of ash at 49,57 and kill the orcs each will drop from 2-10 medallions! EASY XP :P

Comment by 453325

Definitely laughed pretty hard when I first saw this quest. It really helped to be reading it off in my head with the voice of some crazed old dwarf. The sound of a blown horn and "SHIP IT!".

Comment by 321380

is no one going to mention the get smart reference? not only is control mentioned, but it also is like the episode in which max thinks he is going crazy, because he sees stuff that the chief and everyone else dont.

Comment by 128588

"<Oralius is talking into a rather large, severed ogre ear.>

Burning Steppes to control, come in control."

Quest progress text is probably the only one in the game worth reading. Reservoir Dogs, lol.

Comment by Frolik

Nobody notices how the min level for this quests is 50?

He's kinda congratulating you for getting 50 :P

-/me dings 50
-Oralius: FIFTY! YEP!

Comment by 428921

In The Princess Bride, when westley is being tortured at one point the machine is raised to the highest level. The six-fingered man screams "not to fifty!". might be a slight reference.

Comment by 609114

/e rubs Oralius' belly

Comment by Thottbot

Don't be "scared" that you need 50 of these.

The mobs can drop up to 10 some times, very quick quest to do!

Comment by Thottbot

See above :)

Comment by Thottbot

Easy to confuse as he wanted ogres first... but yeah these guys are west along the road and are called Blackrock ___ - some are lvl 54, some 55, etc. Most of the ones I killed were 'linked' so that I was usually fighting at least 2 of them at a time.

And yes they drop quite a few at a time - matter of fact I ended up with 7 extra. :P

Anoel

Comment by Thottbot

56,36

Comment by Thottbot

As from my experience, the caster mobs drops these, and the best place to farm them is inside Altar of Storms with those 5 or 6 Blackrock Warlocks. They are all together in a circle but not linked so you should be able to kill them easy.

Hope this helps.

Comment by Thottbot

confirm 45,37

It is blackrock stronghold, you can see it on your map.

Comment by Thottbot

I found the Blackrock Slayers & Soldiers were dropping 5-10 each kill consistently! In the Pillars of Ash (44,55). I was getting nothing from the worgs, tho.

Comment by Thottbot

They drop off the Blackrock Orcs and the Worgs there...its kindof random so you won't always get the drops, but they WILL drop be patient and harness the power of EXP! while you kill em

Comment by Thottbot

Got all of mine from worgs (lower level, easier to farm). The drop rate is not great -- tonight after the 1.9.3 patch I thought for a bit that they'd changed it and worgs no longer dropped them, because I killed 6 or 7 with no drops at all. But then they started again and I got the rest of mine.

I love this guy. He's completely and totally insane. Love him.

FIFTY! GO!

Comment by Thottbot

These do drop more from the guys in the west but I also got 18 from random dragon spawns and other random beasts around BS.

Comment by Thottbot

Guess it must be a bug cause ive been killing these guys for over an hour now and still no drops, soldier, slayer vorgs etc etc...
Tried to abandon the quest but still no luck.

Comment by Thottbot

This quest is not as fast as some people say it is. The drop rate seems to be considerably low, but it may be where you are though.

Comment by Thottbot

I got the 50 in about 20 min - all right around the pillar of ash.

Comment by Thottbot

I love the reward! Cracked me up!

Also.. I did best with the soldiers dropping them around the pillar...

Comment by Thottbot

I just finished the quest and the drop rate was horrible. My friend however, said that his drop rate was great. It must vary per player

Comment by Thottbot

44,33

Blackrock stronghold.

I went to various tloc above, didnt find anything.. Came here, and gold mine.

Seems like the only place after the patch.

Comment by Thottbot

Around 46,55 are the ogres that have the medalions

Comment by Thottbot

they can b found around the pillar of ash - gd xp and also completing a q :D

Comment by Thottbot

I got all 50 of the Medallions from the Various Worgs in the Burning Steppes. It takes about 20 of em to get 50. Not too shabby if you ask me. (54 warrior)

Comment by Thottbot

im lvl 52 i got al 50 by killing only wolvs (yellow to me)

Comment by Thottbot

Just finished this quest had to kill 56 to get the 50 needed. Ended up with 90 Dark iron scraps as well as two blues. *58 Shadow Priest*

Comment by Thottbot

all u have to do is kill something tahts an NPC orc and they drop the medalians in 10s and 9s

Comment by Thottbot

Easy solo as a 52 BM hunter (and I'm sure it's possible as low as 50 as a BM hunter).

There's a cluster of camps around 50,53 that's perfect for the quest. It has plenty of Orcs with a decent drop-rate.

For those of you without coords: Follow the road west. Along the road, around halfway through the zone, you'll see a statue of an armored Orc holding out his sword to your left. Turn left there and you should be in the middle of the cluster of Orc camps.

Comment by Thottbot

Ember worgs drop the medallion also and they are right outside of Morgan's Vigil. 83,59

Comment by Thottbot

Just completed, worgs dropped about 20 of em. Very easy to complete and also ended up with 8 extras. Great XP too. 5100 for a quest that may have taken 20 minutes to complete.

Comment by Thottbot

I did this quest with my level 52 hunter. I got some of the medallions from an Blackrock Ogre. The rest i got from Ember Worgs. The level 51/52 wolfs that walk around in the burning steppes. They are easy to kill and drop about 4 to 12 medallions. Not everytime, but the drop rate isn't that bad. Because of the bad respawn of these creatures, it took me a little while.

Comment by Thottbot

This quest is taking me forever. The drop rate for me is very very low but when they do drop you get about 9 at a time. I guess the drop rate varies from player to player. All the ones I have gotten are around the The Pillar of Ash.

Comment by Thottbot

For getting fifty of these "things" there should be a greater money reward!

Comment by Thottbot

y me 2 m8,, :S

Comment by Thottbot

there r lots of horde banners here, but dont worry, there wont be any horde players here, nor any elite guards or anything

Comment by Thottbot

Lol wrogs drop them mostly

Comment by Thottbot

Lovely spot to grind mindlessly as well. :o RUB MY BELLY! GO ON! RUB IT! <3

Comment by Thottbot

go to 49,55. Pillar of Ash. finished the quest in 15mins time. From killing the Blackrock socerer, soldier, slayer.

regards

Comment by Thottbot

You can get these off the dogs that run around. I find a bunch of these dogs near the dragon spawns. Easy kills. Average drop is between 4-9 on each dog.

Comment by Thottbot

Mine stopped dropping after 4.. Nothing.. I've been at it for 1 hour now.. nothing.. Instead of making things "Easier" couldn't they just have increased the droprates?

Comment by Thottbot

Easy quest to solo. Bit of advice for lower levels: attack worgs, and soldiers. They tend to be on the lower level and easiest to kill.

Comment by Thottbot

Interesting. I've killed around 30 in this spot and not a single drop. So much for finishing up this quest before outlands.

Comment by Allakhazam

I never got any off worgs, and only every third or fourth orc would drop them, but when they did drop, it was in groups of 3 - 10! I probably killed about 20-25 orcs total to get what I need (actually got 6 more than I needed, they stack up to 50).
All Burning Steppes orcs seem to have a chance to drop the medallions and the number is apparently random.

Comment by Allakhazam

I just finished this quest yesterday. The only faction it listed was Thorium Brotherhood, nothing about Ironforge. Since I was only doing the quest to work on getting my Riding Ram, I was rather disappointed.

Comment by Allakhazam

i found this quest very easy, despite 50 being a daunting number :P
i just went to the pillar of ash, went up the tower there, and came back down (clearing it of course) and by the time i was out, i had all i needed

Comment by Allakhazam

CORDS: I farmed mine around (41, 34).
Also, (50, 55) had some Blackrock orcs.

DROP RATE: I seemed to get medalions to drop 1 out of 4 times or so. If an orc dropped medalians, I would get anywhere from 3 to 9 medalians from him.

Edited, Oct 4th 2007 6:41pm by DrickosTruelight

Comment by Allakhazam

Kill Ember Wolves for these. Any kind of Ember Wolf.

Edited, Jan 17th 2007 3:53pm by Siaon

Comment by Allakhazam

They drop off the mobs at Pillar of Ash, and also any of the worgs. It'll be faster just to go to the Pillar of Ash as there are both orcs and worgs that drop Medallions. (49, 55) if you need Coords. The worgs are usually in the huts/stables.

In my experience, the worgs dropped them more.

Took me around 20 kills.

Comment by Allakhazam

Same !@#$ for me, bugged after 25

Comment by Allakhazam

Don't let the big number scare you off. Blackrock orcs, found to the SW of Dreadmaul Rock, drop these about one in three times, and in quantity (3-9 per drop for me). Watch out for adds and this one goes quickly.

Comment by Allakhazam

I can confirm that the wolves in the NE corner CAN have multiple medallions, I spent an hour there stocking up on leather, dragonscale and scorpid scale and only saw two wolves - only one had medallions (seven of them).

Hunter, tracking set to beasts.

Edited, Dec 15th 2008 2:09am by Skosa

Comment by Allakhazam

That is why it is a quest and you take the time to do so you kill the right amount to lvl up! Get over it ! if you dont like questing just do the dung or run out and kill anyways

Comment by Allakhazam

I killed some ember worgs while me and a group were working on the elite dragons. The Worgs dropped them, first I think I got 11 out of one, then 6 from one. I didnt finish this quest yet because I like the description of it. It cracks me up everytime I read it.

DAMN YOU WINKY!

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed as a lvl 54 beast mastery hunter. For you who doesnt use cordaddons, check in the western and the middle parts of the "Pillar of ash"-area, good droprate.

Comment by Allakhazam

kill ember wolves in NE corner, they drop up to 10 at a time
3 kills i got 26 medals

Comment by Allakhazam

I just did this quest killing the ember worgs on the eastern side of zone. Whatever problem you guys had getting suck at 25 seems to be fixed. I didn't kill any orcs for it, though.

Comment by Allakhazam

WELL THEY HAVE STOPPED ME AT 30 AND I HAVE KILLED EVERY THING - AND I HAVE KILLED ELITE 50 TO 53

Comment by Allakhazam

These posts are total bs, i had to clear a tower about 9 times before i had them all, the drop rate sucks who cares how many you get it still sucks - they seem to fall best off the casters tho

Comment by Allakhazam

I think like most people, when you first get this quest, you put it off, thinking, OMG, I have to get 50 of these damn things...as your mind wonders to all those prior quests with lousy drop rates, killing 60 creatures to get 8 measly items...well, this quest is not like those.

As other have said, go to the Pillar of Ash, which if you're coming from the east, starts at 56,53 (near the road).

Why this quest is not like other quests is because the medallions do NOT drop 1 at a time, they drop in packs of 3-8. So in reality, this was one of the shortest "drop" quests I have been on. When I did the quest, the casters had the most frequent drops (i.e. warlocks and sorcerers). But the other orcs dropped some as well, just not as often, the worgs did not drop any. The nice thing is, as you probably already know by now, casters are relatively soft targets, so the grinding is pretty easy and these targets are spread out enough you rarely have to fight more than 1 at a time (although I had 2 fights where a 2nd enemy showed up at the end).

Edited, Jun 12th 2007 1:19am by horseheadmary

Comment by Allakhazam

i was killing ember Wrogs in Burnning stepps they were droping from them as well

Comment by Allakhazam

confirm 45,37

It is blackrock stronghold, you can see it on your map.

Comment by Allakhazam

Easy q as 56 Balance Druid.

Got the quest and went to pillar of ash

Got a drop of them from 1 in 3 kills roughly

Between 3-10 each time for me

Didnt take long and nice amount of exp.

Dinged after the q

(:

Comment by Allakhazam

it took me 10 min to gather all, got 6-9 medallions per kill. easy

Comment by Allakhazam

Attacked the Worgs and got 50 easy. 1st one gave 10! Next ones gave 5 and 3 each. Near the end (in SE corner beside where the bots are killing Dragonspawns) I killed one and it dropped a Six Demon Bag! I couldn't believe it!

Edited, Sep 12th 2006 at 4:25am EDT by Romsharc

Comment by Allakhazam

Rather than kill lots of Orcs (unless you really want to), kill the Ember Worgs that roam just outside Morgan's Vigil. These actually drop up to 10 Blackrock Medallions at a time!

Comment by Allakhazam

Just killed Worgs around the base where you get the quest. Do it togheter with the dragon kill quest. Had enough marks when the dragon kill quest was done.
Marks drop in pacs not one at a time.

BM Hunter

Comment by Allakhazam

I wonder if ridiculous drop quests like this are ever worth the effort. I /laughed (heartily) at the foolish dwarf who attempted to give me this quest.

I'd rather be corpse camped then collect 50 of anything in this game.

Comment by Allakhazam

Did the whole quest with the worgs... A bug maybe?

Comment by Allakhazam

I found higher dropd from Worgs and the casters. I did not get any from any of the other orcs. But someone below was right; just pick a tower, any tower, and clear it from top to bottom, you should get all the medallions. If not there are a few stray casters around. Easily done in maybe ten minutes.

Comment by Allakhazam

Had to kill at least 30 + blackrock Orcs before I finally got 50 medallions. In fact the drop rate was 1-6 on the 4th-or-5th orc I killed. Took a while to complete this one.

Comment by Allakhazam

Quest was bugged for me. Got the first 25 no problem, after which they stopped dropping completely.

Comment by m0000o

In Classic the drop rate either sucks or I had very bad rng. 12 kills before my first drop. If it seems like the quest is broken, just keep killing. You'll get a drop eventually.

Comment by ClockworkAvatar

quest bugged for me twice. once @ 48 and once @ 49.

Comment by dave1477

Orcs not ogres

Comment by soneil

The drop rate is seriously messed up in classic. I was about to give up on it. I killed about a dozen orcs in and around blackrock stronghold. The about a dozen more around the ash heap. Also several wargs elsewhere around the zone. Not a single drop. I was just heading back to morgan's vigil and bagged 2 more orcs at the base of the ash heap towere building. One dropped 8 and the other dropped 7.

The time leading up to that wasn't wasted though as I had 2 x Recipe: Mighty Rage Potion drop.

I continued after that but the drop rate remained like that until I finished.

Comment by Saelydera

I found a Black Lotus doing this quest!

Comment by louied777

Just accept this and all the other quests in the zone you can and you'll very likely obtain all the badges as you work on them! Considering the mobs drop multiples, it's more like 12-20 kills - not 50.

Comment by redaxe

The mobs in classic sometimes don't drop and and other times will drop a lot. Just persist. I sat on 39/50 for a long time and then had a bit more luck.

Comment by FallinaTrollbane

I misread the quest. I killed so many ogres. No, it's ORCS. They drop pretty well from the mobs at Pillar of Ash. Random wargs drop them too. I soloed this quest as a lvl 52 Shadow Priest.

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FIFTY! YEP!

This quest is no longer available within the game.

Collect 50 Blackrock Medallions.

	Blackrock Medallion (50)

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I'm going to let you in on a little secret, soldier. Come a little closer.

I'M THE ONLY SANE ONE HERE!

Look at these people! Would you believe that they're all insane!? Well they are! NUTS! CRAZY!

<Oralius lowers his voice.>

Let's just keep that between me, you, and my pal Captain Winky.

<Oralius grabs at the air and squeezes.>

Anyhooooo... I'm collecting badges to go along with my ogre ear collection. Orc is the flavor of the day. Fifty. GO!

<Oralius blows into a horn.>

SHIP IT!

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250 reputation with Ironforge

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FIFTY! YEP!

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