Quick Facts

Series

1.	Down to the Scar
2.	The Day that Deathwing Came

Storyline
Badlands To Fuselight Proper Easily Swayed A Strange Request First Sample: Wild Eggs Second Sample: Whelps Lifting the Veil Third Sample: Implanted Eggs Rhea Revealed The Venerable Doctor Blam Troggish Troubles Dustwind Dig All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology The Warden's Pawn The Sentinel's Pawn The Warden's Game The Sentinel's Game Ancient Protectors The Titans' Trove Return to Blam Into the Dragon's Mouth The Swift, the Fierce, and the Stout Eric, the Utility Dwarf Baelog, the Glass Cannon Olaf, the Big Fella' The Wrath of a Dragonflight Their Hunt Continues The Sorrow and the Fury The Hidden Clutch Rheastrasza's Gift Bloodwatcher Point It's Not About History, It's About Power The Warden's Pawn The Sentinel's Pawn The Warden's Game The Sentinel's Game Ancient Protectors The Titans' Trove Return to Blam New Kargath The Bad Dogs Amakkar, Jack of All Trades Jurrix the Striker Gargal, the Behemoth The Wrath of a Dragonflight Their Hunt Continues The Sorrow and the Fury The Hidden Clutch Rheastrasza's Gift Devastation The Egg Lives On The Day that Deathwing Came The Day that Deathwing Came: The Real Story The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened

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Comments

Comment by Elfhippie

Best. Quest. Ever.

Comment by Jacobstx

I'm gonna punch that dragon in the face!

Comment by 549382

Walking down into the badlands great scar,
My pac filled with eye, toes, dead hearts in jars,
I came to a dwarf who offered a drink
"I'll tell you a story!" He said with a wink.

It was sunny that day" he said with a smirk on his face,
I was minding my business, starring into blue space.
When suddenly he came flying overhead
"Deathwing is back!", Said my comrades with dread!

I made a solem promise, upheld to deaths embrace
I said, I'm gonna punch that dragon in the face!
The dragon had knocked loes a ton of foes
Only dang rocks waiting to be disposed!

Fists filled with blood, I charged right on in
Punches that bursts those rocks from within
Hundreds of them with mindset to kill
Each one falling, fists like steel drills!

I stood before him, his eyes open wide
Theres no where to run, no where to hide!
Fists wound up, jumped up with grand grace
Landing a blow right onto his face!

He finished with his fist rased up in the air
His heroic pose, wind blowing in hair
To this day I remember Theldurin's tale
To a next adventure onward, on this grand boat at sail.

OH GOD GIANT SQUID THING
OH GOD PEOPLE ARE DROWNING
OH GOD NAGA
HELP

Comment by 296147

Those dang-blasted rock elementals!

Comment by Harson

I just made the connection between the weird shaped scar Deathwing made in Badlands and the name of this quest.
>:

Comment by 553695

Grabbed from Dragon's Mouth for alliance.

Comment by 709316

Woah! 858 Million health right now just sounds outrageous Lol

Comment by error10

To break down the rock walls, punch an elemental while it is standing near the wall.

Edit: Yes, you can punch the walls directly, too. I had to go test this for myself.

Comment by lille

CAN'T. STOP. LAUGHING.

Comment by ricster8

This story wins, because let's face it, who wouldn't want to punch Deathwing in the goddamn face?

Comment by CzechMirco

Please Blizzard, make this quest chain a repeatable one - no loot, no money, nothing, just the quest itself. I swear I'd do it at least once a week and Im pretty sure I wont be the only one.

Comment by Williegh

This quest and the two that follow are so hilarious. My sides hurt from laughing so much. Arguably some of the best quests in the game.

"Fine. You don't get to hear about how I beat Deathwing in a knife fight. Your loss."

Comment by TheSteeldragon

Like others have said, truly the best quest chain ever... Ever!
If you only do one quest in this game, do this one.

Comment by anaphylaxis

It made me really happy that I was able to choose a male blood elf admirer.
<male belf laugh>
<kissing sounds>

Comment by 630737

I thought this was the best quest ever.
Then I got to the orc.

Comment by 316084

"I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark cold night, I will steel away into your home, and punch you in the face."

Comment by Lilyrose1646

Psh, This has got to be the best quest in the chain. So what, a knife fight and babes. Punching through rocks and a demonic dragon is much better. And honestly, looking for deathwing in the clouds. Boring! Yep, I gotta say this is the best quest in the chain.

Comment by 693663

Falcon Punch!

Comment by Lasci

0/1 Punch Deathwing in the face.
(Also, Alliance)

Comment by 439436

Epicest quest chain evar! :D

Comment by 222146

OMG, I had avoided Badlands totally , just lvl'd too fast and was in searing Gorge, just happened to pop into badlands and this... is.. the... best quest ever. Goooo Blizz. I agree this should be a daily.

Comment by 772171

Easy 7000+ quest - just hit each one at lest once in each section - then punch the wall and do the same again in that area - until you go through a wall and Deathwing stands there - so hit him - quest complete.

Comment by lectrick

I wish there were more quests like this. A little lore, + drunk, exaggerating NPC's, + the ability to replay their story in a phased environment, + humor (including self-referential humor) = awesome.

Also, I got to see Deathwing in his human aspect which was rather interesting, honestly

Comment by Peperz276

Daily quest, please! This and the Sunflower one... I would like /drool in love if Blizz did.

Comment by 305821

Great quest! but did anyone notice the alliance Flight path right "BeLOW" called "Dragons Mouth"
ROFL! Perfect fit for "the Day that Deathwing Came" ZOMG too Funny!

Comment by mentos2424

"Welcome to the Machine" was my favorite quest since Cata came out...until I got the chance to punch Deathwing in the FACE.

Comment by rodmin

A word of advice for everyone.

Don't finish this quest, save it for later.

For when your raid guild/group comes to face Deathwing in a raid and wipe time and time again, you'll have something to vent your anger upon.

"You made me lose over nine thousand gold on repairs, you stupid dragon! TAKE THAT!"
POW, a punch in the face.

Comment by AnnieHoney

This is definatelly the best quest chain ever.

Comment by godistigger

Here is another quest that I wished was a daily (along with Gnomebliteration).

Is it just me or does Deathwing look scarier in his human form as opposed to his dragon form?

Comment by zanglang

The best part? Pretending that you're about Deathwing's groin height, and then letting fly your auto-attack punches to his dragony jewels.

"Hnnnh!"

Oh yeah, I bet you felt that, Deathwing.

Comment by 809168

Funniest quest of all time. In fact, the best quest CHAIN ever!

Comment by Aerozia

Lol i think everyone chose the Blood Elf male...
Poor BE men, even blizz is making fun of their pretty hair, and skin and bodies. /sigh
though really, the gnome got so big, i couldnt hardly see where i was going!

Comment by mmorpgaddict

Fun stuff. Quests like this add so much spice to the game.

Comment by Illunia

This quest is a masterpeice. :'D

Comment by 771190

Stumbled upon this quest after trying out The Last Relic of Argus. Turned out it indeed was exactly where I wanted to go.

Comment by callenture

I must be the only one having trouble with this quest. I can't get through the first part without seeming to lose 10% of my health with each punch, getting annoyingly turned around each time I punch through a wall and ending up with 6 or more elementals on me at the same time and dying as a result.

Comment by LoreMooster

I love this quest. It is indeed epic. It's great for casuals too who will probably never see that visage of Deathwing. And to boot.. you get to punch that dragon in the face!

Comment by DuskStalker

My absolute all time favorite quest!
"I'm gonna punch that dragon in the face" ;-)

ps, did anyone else notice the Blood Elf admirer was a guy in the last quest? how odd

Comment by 647488

I did this on my resto shaman alt, when the quest was done the sky was bright red and there were flames all over the ground.

All I said was. "Holy crap! THIS is the day that Deathing came!"
And I didn't get the achievement. :(

Comment by cephadex

What you're supposed to do: get through the entire scar by punching elementals in your way and breaking the walls by punching them too. At the end you'll get to deathwing, then punch him too. Hilarious!

Comment by Foefirelord

P-p-punch!
Taste my fist!
Get punched!

Most epic quest ever, though I made it even more epic by disabling WoW music and listening to this instead while doing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkDasPSBMms

Comment by Quickdix

This quest is unbeatable/unbearable if your lagging. I got really frustrated although it's funny. =P

Comment by 690119

Most Epic quests ever ! Deathwings Gearscore is 31k++ ^^

Comment by megwow

you can punch the rocks too :D so fun!

Comment by MakaPL

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Comment by 882688

Such a good quest... goes well with my guild name

< I Hate Your Face >

Comment by Darneas

I love this quest! I wish you could take him and just punch everything, like multiple tales where he punched illidan and the lich king too.

Comment by BloodMage2020

This is why Cata is the best expansion ever.

Comment by 930436

I can't believe I'm the only person who finds this quest completely $%^&ing impossible. I've tried it five times and I keep getting smashed by rock elementals.

Comment by dayoodin

Part of another really great quest chain! A lot of fun.

Comment by 945014

Awesome quest line.! Could do this all day :D

Comment by nairesiga

make sure after 5 clouds grow up multiple times not just once....

Comment by CaptainWater

One thing I noticed whilst doing this quest in a group of three people (2 level 47's and one 85, which, by the way looked ridiculous with three dwarves punching Deathwing in the face).

Is that, the amount of health you have as the dwarf differs depending on the level you are. The two level 47's had only 1999 HP, and the level 85 had 6141.

Oh, and the level 85 barely didn't aggro any Dang Blasted Rock Elemental due to his level.

Quite interesting, I must say.

Comment by 939998

Epic part was during orc's story he is about to engage Deathwing on his chopper, and out comes the dwarve yelling i am gonna punch deathwing in the face.

very funny and nice quests.

Comment by Xarthat

Interestingly enough, with the advent of Mists of Pandaria you will be able to start a Dwarf Monk, join a Dragon Soul raid and truly and honestly punch that dragon in the face. Repeatedly. And lethally.

Comment by Zoeteklem

In case you wanted to get Deathwings set, here are some examples of it: Colossal Dragonplate Armor, Colossal Dragonplate Armor, Colossal Dragonplate Battlegear...

(fyi... T13 raid warrior set)

Just don't get punched in the face once you have it. You have been warned!

Comment by Soeroah

"I remember it well. It was a bright, shiny day..."

*Camera pans up to show the stars in the night sky*

Pity the phasing doesn't seem to work with sever times :p

Comment by Brutalaizer

Check out my video about these quests! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tuy8Hbieqs&feature=g-upl
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Comment by Motorcharge

In case you're like me and tend to skip cinematics, don't. The quests take place during the cinematics and if you skip them you'll end up wandering around in the valley like an idiot.

Comment by multiversekyle

I had a pretty tough time with this quest this last time through. I know I've done this one several times with different toons and don't remember having this much trouble ever before.

Part of the time when I'd punch an elemental, my toon would start spinning in circles, almost as if the right or left key was stuck or something. This would result in being turned around, suddenly while running, which was beyond frustrating. If I wasn't running, my guy would literally spin in a circle until I made him do something else. Also, when you punch the elementals, you will kind of jump forward and punch at the same time, so if you are too close, you might just jump through the elemental and not hit with the punch, which can also be frustrating if there are several of them going aggro on you.

The first few sections aren't too bad and if you take your time you should be able to stay to the side and punch out the few elementals before they hit you. The only way that I found to get through the last two sections is to RUN, as fast as you can, break down the walls, and try to get to Deathwing before the elementals get you. The hardest thing about the last part is staying moving in the right direction because you'll get turned around many times. Something like WowPro or TomTom could be useful to keep track of which way you want to be going.

I also turned off all my add-ons after having tons of trouble with getting turned around and I swear there was one time it just wouldn't let me through the last wall. Turning off extensions might have helped a little, I'm not too sure of that though because I still had the turning around issues even with no add-ons active.

I hope this helps somebody. Many people don't seem to have these problems, but it seems that I am not the only one who has experienced this, so this is my advice to you.

Comment by 757449

This quest was basically impossible until I took it really slowly, and even then I was 1 or 2 shots away from dying right before I punched Deathwing in the face.

Problems:
- Every time I punch rocks, Theldurin just turns around.
- Half the time, Theldurin doesn't successfully punch the elementals. He just jumps through them and takes a ton of damage on the way.

Solutions:
- Extreme caution and slow progress. In the first few sections, I killed every elemental. They respawn really soon, so get through the rocks as soon as possible.
- In the last 2 sections, run, try to get through the rocks without getting turned around, pray you hit a one in a hundred streak of luck, and punch Deathwing in the face.

Comment by tworley210

It seems to have been fixed. The punches take out the elementals and blast through the walls with no problem. Work your way down taking care to avoid as many elementals as possible with the limited health. Do not clear out each section as suggested in previous comments as this will expend all your power.

Comment by SirKaarlo

No wonder Deathwing is always so angry: everyone punching him in the FACE!

Comment by urakantu

i am surprised no one mentioned the day the earth stood still.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/

edit: ok it might not be the reference but that is what it reminded me.

Comment by 1117531

I had to go thru this quest like 8 times. I finally went down the left side. Just incase that helps anyone else

Comment by 1111480

In this quest, you need to wait through the cinematic in order to start it. I tried skipping it and it didn’t let me continue.

Comment by vortha

Run up the left side, you can jump over or around the end of most of the walls and avoid most of the elementals. This way you can reach Deathwing with almost full health.

Comment by sinneed

I had not done this in some time, and found the 1st of the 3 to be quite annoying.

Key: As someone said above: stay either left or right, high on the wall.

Other tips that made it easy... the 3rd time:
- Keep the mob that is going to agro to you targeted, I found tab targeting not workable.
- Your fist ability has longer range than the elemental attack, and you can one-shot them most of the time. They can't hurt you if they are dead.
- Your fist ability includes a "super jump"... use it with no target or an out-of-range target to travel higher on the wall than you can by running/jumping normally.

Comment by panpanpandy

For people mentioning how you get turned around when you punch things: the NPC's name is Theldurin the Lost, so...

Comment by SpectrusLegend

"You dang-blasted rock elementals!", I said. "I'll punch you too!"

"I'm coming for you, Deathwing!"
"I'm going to punch that dragon right in the face!"
"Take that, dangerous enemy!"
"P-p-punch!"
"Face punch!"
"Get punched!"
"Theldurin the Lost!"
"Taste my fist!"

Comment by scharky

Just think--many years in the future, the new generation of young Wow players will ask we old timers:

"Do you remember what you were doing on the day that Deathwing came?"

Comment by Fluffmeister

I'm missing something really obvious here. I killed a couple of rock elementals, and avoided a guy called Moltanus who is 3x stronger than me and kills me instantly - but no sign of Deathwing anywhere. What am I doing wrong?

Comment by Taraezor

The Badlands of Khaz Modan was reworked for Cataclysm and now contains an epic quest chain along with a very humorous side quest chain.

The Rhea quest chain, if a further incentive is required, contains a cinematic at its conclusion. It is not to be missed.

The quest chain commences with Easily Swayed. Players need only fly directly to the top of Fuselight to pick up the quest. When the Going Gets Tough, Cheat will also be offered but can be ignored.

Several quests prior to that are offered, including faction city noticeboards and a fun rocket flight from the Eastern Plaguelands Fuselight, Ho!. They are unnecessary.

While flying around the optional A Dwarf's Got Needs (A) and The Morons' League (H) are available and can be ignored if you are in a hurry. Anyhow, you will be taken to the locations where these quests are offered if you progress in the Rhea quest chain.

Down to the Scar will be offered as you fly around. This is optional and functions merely to to get you to the location of Theldurin the Lost at location 26.2, 62.3, who offers The Day that Deathwing Came. This is a very funny quest chain and not to be missed. A great counterpoint to the epic Rhea saga.

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Day that Deathwing Came http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BsoqAExJLA

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=Fw3IIsKKG74

Comment by 1374013

The Day that Deathwing Came https://youtu.be/7XdTuiy2YcE

Comment by anejra

Modern day Theldurin seems to be quite a bit more squishy than he was back when Deathwing first came. What used to be a faceroll quest now requires a teeny bit of strategy.

Instead of barreling through you should slowly pick off the elementals one at a time. Run up until you get aggro and then while running backward spam your punch attack. If you pull multiple mobs just use targeting while continuing to back up.

Comment by Briene

You can't escape out of the cinematic as it's part of the quest. If you cant climb over the rock wall, just punch it and it will fall down.

Comment by chimera

I interrupted the cutscene and lost 5 minutes trying to figure out what's wrong...

Comment by DolfanG

This is one of the worst quests in the game. The spinning around and lack of stamina along with so many elementals... I can’t get to the end.

Comment by Lafeoverde

Give him time to heal between fights!

Comment by xLunacyx

You can't skip the cinematics for these quests.

Comment by Quasar911

Just finishing some old world quest and this was funny,

Only finished after running about for 20 mins looking for the mobs

Tip : dont cancel the cinematic, its part of the quest....

Comment by GeezerBahl

Just did this quest for the first time as a lvl 50 (working on Loremaster). One of the funniest and most fun quests I've done in a long time! Highly recommend doing it at a high level as you just 1 hit everything in your path (including Deathwing).

Comment by Smuel2

I nominate for best questline in Azeroth

Comment by Asaliah

I lonly oved 3 quests in WoW since Vanilla:

- The day Deathwing came chain
- The stupid quests with Maximilan in Un'Goro
- The 10.000 years old dwarf dragon who forgot her name

Comment by Elisanthe

Don't be like me, don't skip the cinematic...

Links

The Day that Deathwing Came

Listen to Theldurin's tale.

	Dang-Blasted Rock Elemental slain (5)
	Punch Deathwing in the Face (1)

Description

Deathwing made quite a mess when he passed through these parts. If it weren't for me, he'd probably still be here, layin' waste to all the good people of the Badlands.

What, you don't believe me? Fine, let me tell you the whole story.

Progress

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See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27713))