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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 sicc

These drop from the Skeletal Runesmiths around 58,71

Comment by ramajuko

Near the southern side of Malykriss there is a wealth of runesmiths just hammering away on anvils. As such, it is an excellent area to quickly farm the 5 plates. Be very careful, I found myself quickly overwhelmed by the rapid respawns and proximity aggro.

Suffice to say: went in for 5 kills, came out literally 37 later.

Comment by 176018

58.2, 75.4 area is a good corner to pull back into... 100% drop rate btw

Comment by 201099

Turning this quest in along with I'm Smelting... Smelting! will open up By Fire Be Purged and A Visit to the Doctor

Comment by 138320

good luck trying to kill only 5 of em lol, i kileld like 100 of em at the same time, lucky i had evasion x 2, lots of pots, bandages, and all other stuff :p

Comment by 244246

there is around 58,70 and kill the skeletal ... very easy q

Comment by 149749

Watch out for the runesmiths at the raised location that are in close proximity with each other. MANY of them have evade bug issues due to the objects around them. I'd recommend staying with killing the ones near the open furnace.

Comment by 265877

lol i went there and killed some of them and i got all 5 from the first 5 kills, so i guess blizzard changed the drop rate... good luck farming them

Comment by 149174

Pre-req quest starts with this item.

Comment by 168031

I dropped in at 57,75 from my griffin near a load of scourge bombs (they're friendly btw) and killed the undead brute. Head down the ramp, pull the first smith and kill him. Pull the second and kill him. Return up the ramp and the brute should have respawned. Rinse and repeat.

Yes, it's a very quick respawn rate but you can just cycle through the brute, and the two smiths at 57,75 and by the time you're done with the smiths the brute is back.

As someone said do watch the agro range - it's pretty big. Best to pull with a range weapon if possible.

Comment by 118155

Excelent place for AoE grinding!

Comment by 226081

Very strange drop rate as of the current patch (3.0.8) I killed about 50 of these before I got a single runed plate. Then I got 5 in a row once the first one dropped for me. Anyone else experience this?

Comment by frankly

Just did the quest (3.0.9), killed 5 of them at the big fire downstairs and 5 plates dropped. Did some killing up on the ledge, and none dropped there.

Comment by Aillen

i dont know if they changed the DR since the new patch but it was 100% for me. they are dropped by Skeletal Runesmith its a respawn time of 1 min

Comment by 305955

Argent Crusade rep for this is now 275.

Comment by 296281

The Brutes have the eyes of eagles i was fighting the runesmiths and they jumped me from about 80 ft. (not exact)

Comment by Whiterock

CITADEL FOOTSTEPS Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 11/23/2008 Inhaler and 10/10/2009 Aesiir 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 793784

I found a ledge at 60, 73.5 where I could use my bow to pull the runesmiths 1 a time. Not quite 100% drop rate, but close. I had to kill 6 runesmiths and then a couple of brutes to get them out of my way so I could loot.

Comment by Stok3d

5.1 Drops still with 0 quests active or done in IceCrown from the along the two tables.

Comment by 1440987

The Runesmiths of Malykriss http://youtu.be/7LPq1lqpX14

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Runesmiths of Malykriss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O63U2nQGFG4

Comment by allOf

The Runesmiths of Malykriss https://youtu.be/Cmgv2_aJNxk

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=dLjAfBQsm1A&feature=youtu.be

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The Runesmiths of Malykriss

Bring 5 Runed Saronite Plates to Crusader Olakin Sainrith at Blackwatch.

	Runed Saronite Plate (5)

Description

Those shards you recovered can only have come from one place, Malykriss. It's the seat of the Lich King's metalworking operations, to the east of Corp'rethar.

What's puzzling is that metal isn't needed to stitch together abominations or flesh giants, or to summon skeletal servants. Find the skeletal runesmiths working on the bottom level of Malykriss and capture the plates they're working on. We need to find out why this metal is finding its way to the Fleshwerks.

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Argent Crusade

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13140))