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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

The Burning Skeletons are the green bone arms sparkling randomly on the ground. Click the arms, and you will get a Burning Skeleton companion. Then bring them to the chained abominations around 32,70.

Comment by 176018

you can fly from where you pick up the skelly to the abomination and the skeleton *will* follow you and show up there

Comment by Tsaza

Follow up: He's Gone to Pieces.

Comment by 251711

as a hunter if you try getting the ones from the upper area, you must dismiss your pet or they wont become your "companion/guardian.

Comment by Jhoff

You don't need to kill any mobs to get the skeletons. Simply click on the green arms on the ground. You can find them on the other platform or even on the ledge, just not in the area where the abominations are. Then they will follow you as you lead them down to the abominations. Enjoy the firework

Comment by 243280

30,65 :) confirmed

Comment by 27627

Leads to He's Gone to Pieces.

Comment by Tripix

Don't kill Abominations - just come close to it with Burning Skeleton and he will explode :)

Comment by Nekrotik

I found the skeletons wouldn't follow if I tried the method others used, mounting up and flying to the abominations. Maybe I missed something or maybe this no longer works. It made this quest fairly difficult as a ranged class because there isn't much room between skeletal constructors on the platform where the abominations are kept (30,65). Creeping around the outer edge of the platform helped a little, but I still couldn't avoid aggroing 1 to 4 constructors on each try. Clearing the area first didn't help because by the time I got done, respawns were already appearing. Should be easier for melee classes, who don't need distance to fight effectively. The nearest skeletons are just up the path leading toward the platform. Being as careful as I could, I still died once for each abomination I destroyed. I hope you have better luck.

Comment by 191742

Really simple, just let the Burning Skeleton run into the Abomination you don't have to dismount.

Comment by 99379

What was the preivious qs to get this Blackwatch? and if so how do i get that qs as done all the qs and have dalies left yet no blackwatch qs

Comment by 153274

If you drop a fire totem, your skeleton is destroyed. If you astral recall, your skeleton is destroyed.

Comment by DasDeke

Handy Map for the rest of us
http://www.wowhead.com/?maps=210:334669314704317685322706

Basically you can grab the skeletons at 33.9,66.9 and drop down the cliff and they will follow you. Also if you get a hit on the abomination before the skeleton blows it up, you get to loot it too.

Comment by Norrec

Surprised that nobody mentionned it, but the completion text directly refers to a Apocalypse now quotation.

Comment by 63180

Don't use Totemic Call either if you're a shaman while having the skeleton up, acts like a totem, did this twice before I understood what the problem was.

Comment by 159117

Is there a follow-up quest to do this one?

Comment by 231954

Blowing up mammoths for their meat, blowing up a high priest for a dead troll God and now this. When does it stop?

Comment by 297253

Just a couple of things I found: If you pick up the escort of Father Kamaros quest while this quest is not yet completed, you can raise one of the skeletons and it will help you fighting any scourge you encounter while escorting the good Father out. Also, since the scourge WILL attack the skeletons that follow you - and can kill it - I found it much easier and quicker to pull the skeletons to the Abominations on the outer edges of the half circle they form rather than trying to pull the skeleton through all the other scourge NPCs that cluster in the center and next to the Abominations.

Hope any of this helps!

Comment by 126325

what quest do i need to do to get this one? I've done the ones up untill Spill their blood, but i can't get this one.

Comment by 300226

Should be noted here, as of patch 3.1 you do not have to dismount. Pick up the skeleton, remount your flying mount quickly, unless you you get aggro'd and have to fight. Then fly down, and land next to the abomination. Unless you are dismounted by combat, take off, rinse, and repeat.

Comment by Ururiel

By the way, Father Kamaros is really close to the zone where you do this quest; if you complete Let's get out of here before going with the skellies thing and all the chain, you'll be rewarded with a nice 1-hour lasting stamina buff (+104 stamina was it for me, at lvl 79), pretty useful... unless you're a priest and can buff yourself, ofc :)

Comment by 271963

I didn't have to kill any of the mobs on the terrace just below Arly's camp.

The burning skeleton bones are sprinkled very close around the terrace.

There is just enough room on the outer ledge to run around and pick off the chained abominations without fighting anything else. The burning skeleton will just explode. Very quick quest.

Comment by nerflocked

Horribly annoying quest, even with the mount change. Half the time no skeleton appears, and the area in general is an aggro dump (which your stupid skelly wants to fight). Not to mention the finite number of abomnations, making it generally annoying when several people try to do this quest. 1 would be sufficient...but noooo...

Comment by Jerodast

As Nerflocked said, this quest is a pain in the ass. The skelly will aggro every mother%^&*ing thing in sight, even the normally non-aggroing skeletal constructors, preventing you from mounting up to fly. And it deals ^&*! for damage, leaving you to clean up its mess.

Comment by Whiterock

CITADEL FOOTSTEPS Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 11/17/2008 Tsaza 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 299678

God, this quest if awful. I was getting 5-9 adds any time I got anywhere near the arms. And clearing them beforehand does little good, since the respawn all over is so high. I spent literally an hour on this quest, and had to feign/rez pet I don't know how many times.

On the upside, I got a ton of gold and frostweave, since I had to kill probably 100+ adds to finish this quest. So I can at least afford to pay for my repairs etc. lol

Comment by 692869

The easiest way to complete this quest is to know where the Abominations are and where the Burning Skeletons are before you really start.

The very bottom platform (Coords: 31.0, 69.2) has about 6 Abominations chained to the edge of it. This is where you will be leading the burning skeletons.

About 70 yards East-NorthEast of that (Coords: 32.8, 67.0), there is a path. You can find a lot of unguarded skeletons hands sticking out of the dirt. Then you just run down the cliffside and lead them to an abomination.

Do this three times and you will be set.

Good Luck!

Comment by difficult314

go to 31,62 you will be on a path and will find the green arms. once you have skeleton you can just hop on your flying mount, run down the path stand next to one of the chained abominations. The skeleton will kill it, I didnt even have to get off my mount. Do 3 times..

Comment by MsPhelix

I have added screenshots that should be available on or after 4/28/12
1. The location of the Abominations
2. A Burning Skeleton.
3. A Chained Abomination.

Comment by Jeremybell

The arms in the cave don't count and can't be clicked. Don't bother searching in the cave like I did.

Comment by 1369770

Just to clarify for those who do not have coords, the skeletons are the glowing things you can pick up all around the area, and the abominations are standing on the edge of the semi-cirular place you pick the skeletons up. They look like small Vile creatures.

Comment by ScarletFlare777

DO NOT go to where the map shows you to go, it is exactly where you don't need to go, also, don't go into the cave, you need nothing from the cave

Comment by 1440987

Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton http://youtu.be/gx_2fK3SNfU

Comment by Boxofbeer

Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGPKMHKHcg

Comment by Malachi68

The absolute easiest way to complete this quest is to go to the path that is left of the Fleshwerks cave (Sanctum of Reanimation) and pick up your first fire skeleton. Then fly to the lower level and land next to an abomination. The fire skeleton magically appears next to you and then runs into the abomination and explodes. Fly back to path, pick up next fire skeleton and repeat.

The key is to not go into the Sanctum of Reanimation.

Comment by Bibliomnomnom

Directly below Blackwatch is the Sanctum of Reanimation. The tier below this, where earlier you smashed red and green vials, has the abominations you're looking for. They're tied at the edges of the tier, hanging by the edge of the precipice. If you run down the path from the Sanctum you will see glowing skeletal hands reaching out of the ground (Grasping Arms). You can only have one of these active at a time, so go ahead and click one - the Burning Skeleton will help you fight. Run down to the abomination and let him explode. You don't have to click him, the Burning Skeleton will target and run to it on his own. Run back to the path and click another Grasping Arm and repeat. Fast quest.

Comment by allOf

Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton https://youtu.be/5zGmy4CxZ8I

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=e8N3Trz_6Go&feature=youtu.be

Comment by oozie

TL;DR

get arms from area below quest givers
lead to abominations on level below that

Comment by InvisiBill

As other comments have stated, the quest description isn't great and the marker is wrong.

/way #118 31.74 70.27 Chained Abominations Chained Abomination
/way #118 35.16 70.90 Grasping Arms Grasping Arm

Comment by NickJ

Old quests like this with terrible wording and a quest helper glow that is no where near the objective remind me why i don't play classic. I remember struggling with this &*!@ back in the day thinking, "Are these devs smoking crack AND parroting Bill Cosby?"
The answer is yes, they were.

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Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton

Darkrider Arly at Blackwatch wants you to destroy 3 Chained Abominations with Burning Skeletons.

	Chained Abominations burned (3)

Description

The workers in the Fleshwerks abomination lab have already completed a number of their creations. For now, the creatures are chained to the pillars around the edge of the lab, but if we do not act, they will march with the Lich King's armies.

Grasping arms reach out of the bone piles spread throughout the Fleshwerks. These arms belong to skeletons enchanted with the power of fire. Find and free these skeletons, then take them near the completed abominations and watch the show!

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Fleshwerk Shackles			Fleshwerk Wristguards
	Flesh-Scaled Bracers			Hardened Bone Wrist Protectors

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13144))