Quick Facts

Series

1.	Treasure Contract: The Thunderlord Sage
2.	Gronnsbane: The Broken Spear
3.	Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Fire
4.	Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Frost
5.	Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Beasts Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Beasts

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Comment by piratepower

You need to offer one Raw Clefthoof Meat on the altar to call down the ancient black rylak.

Comment by Hedonis

Located at 45 28. You can also get to it through The Savage Crag.

Comment by irongar

Thought it would be fun to do this new quest. Turns out to be a huge disappointment. All you do is searching for items, you don't even have to return to npc's while on this chain. The gold isn't even worth it, only if you're out for the achievement Master Relic Hunter.

Comment by Aaahead

for this specific quest (step 5 below).

BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE CHAIN, you may want to get a couple Raw Clefthoof Meats from the auction house, a Trading Post trader, or bank storage for step 5. You'll also need three bag slots free for step 2.

This guide includes info on the full "The Blessing of Beasts" quest chain, one of the six quest chain criteria for the Master Relic Hunter (Alliance)/Master Relic Hunter (Horde) achievement needed to get the Harrison Jones follower with unique Mentor ability. The quest chain takes place in Frostfire Ridge, the northwest Draenor zone where Horde characters begin on the continent.

Getting Starter Quests: The first quest of the quest chains are given by Harrison Jones, who turns up just inside your garrison's Town Hall on random days. He's in some garrisons every day, giving the same chain's starter quest in every garrison for that day. Use Group Finder's Premade Groups/Custom category to search for "Harrison" to see if anyone is inviting people to their garrison to get the quest.

Bug Notes:

If you collect an item that should complete a quest, but the quest isn't shown as completed, log off and back on (just reloading won't work), click the quest in your quest log, and see if you can click "complete quest".
Leave at least one spot free in your quest log (i.e. 24 of 25), or a quest may become uncompletable going from one quest to the next.
You can not do these quests in a raid group; doing some steps in a raid group can make a quest uncompletable.
If a quest becomes uncompletable, you can return to your garrison, delete the quest, and re-accept the quest on that step of the quest chain from the book of Relic Hunting Notes on the ground next to Harrison Jones. All but the initial quest are also shareable from party members, if you are on the same step of the quest chain.

For Alliance with no flightpoint to Frostfire Ridge:

Fly to the Bastion Rise flightpoint in southern Gorgrond
Walk along the path west into Talador until it dead-ends into a north-south road at in Talador
Turn right and keep following the road north through Gorgrond into Frostfire Ridge
In Iron Siegeworks, turn right (east) at an intersection at to learn the flightpoint at
Follow the path west into the rest of Frostfire Ridge; a cave-in seems to block the path, but there's a crack between the rocks the left

You should also learn the Bloodmaul Slag Mines flightpoint at between steps 2 and 3. Easy follower: While you're in Frostfire, you can also get Dagg, a level 92 ogre follower; just click a cage to free him at on your way to step 1, click a second cage at after step 5, then click him outside your garrison to make him a follower.

Quests:

1. Treasure Contract: The Thunderlord Sage: At , click on Windreader Argoram's corpse on the animal bones, choose "Search for clues" in the pop-up window, and click the "Click to complete quest" on the next pop-up window. If you don't use coordinates, it's about 1.5 letter's height below the "N" in the word "MAGNAROK" on the Frostfire Ridge map, next to large animal bones within a circular pool of molten and solid rock. You can type "/tar windreader" to target his corpse, if that helps.

Bag Space Tip: After you get credit for completing this quest, you can safely delete Argoram's Journal from your bags. It's just for interesting reading. Each Harrison Jones quest chain leaves a similar soulbound book in your inventory (click for list).

2. Gronnsbane: The Broken Spear: Gather the three items, fairly nearby, which show up as a yellow dot on the minimap as you approach them. (1.) Gronnsbane's Weight, (2.) Gronnsbane's Haft, (3.) Gronnsbane's Blade in the Refuse Pit area. If you don't use coordinates, the quest's markers on your main map will get you close enough that you should be able to find them.

3. Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Fire: Go to and click the Molten Shamanstone above the end of the lava falls, NOT the Frostwolf Shamanstone at the bottom of the falls which is also clickable. If you're at the bottom, walk up the path by the Frostwolf Shamanstone and make your way through the mobs up and around to the top - it's a roundabout walk up there. Once you click the Molten Shamanstone, click the "Click to complete quest" pop-up window.

4. Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Frost: Go to at the top of the tower. From step 3, jump back up the rock next to the Shamanstone and go south toward a snowy path up a hill, to the left of a fiery path. Take the first left up that snowy path around , cross a rock bridge around , go up a curving hill, into the tower, up the spiral ramp to the top, click the Frozen Shamanstone, and click the "Click to complete quest" pop-up window.

5. Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Beasts: You'll need one Raw Clefthoof Meat, or maybe more than one if you die, to summon Gok'tal on this step, OR you can just wait for someone else with meat to summon Gok'tal (you just need to help kill it, and then click on its corpse). If you need meat, you can buy it off the auction house, or from a garrison's Trading Post trader, or farm it from clefthoof & similar mobs in Frostfire Ridge, such as Ashmane Clefthoof/Ashmane Bull around , , or .

Go to the altar at . From step 4, walk down the tower (you could die jumping), west back across the bridge, west back to the snowy path around , and follow the path south up to the altar. If you have meat yourself, click the altar, then click "Place offering of raw clefthoof meat" to lure down Gok'tal, then kill him. If you don't have meat, wait for someone else to place meat and lure him down, then help kill him. Warning: avoid standing in Frosted Ground too long; it can kill you even after Gok'tal dies. Also, you can sidestep Gok'tal's Frost Breath as he's casting it. Even if you don't click the altar yourself, killing Gok'tal fulfills half the quest, "Lure and kill an ancient black rylak". Next, click Gok'tal's corpse to cast Bloodying and create an Empowered Gronnsbane; that fulfills the other half of the quest, "Empower Gronnsbane with Gok'tal's blood".

Important: Double-check that the quest is ready for turn-in (you must click his corpse after killing him) before going back to your garrison to turn it in to Bodrick Grey (Alliance) or Rokhan (Horde).

Thanks to other wowhead users for info and feedback used here, including akasachmo, Scabby, Tarano, cyocko87, Alfa, Andremoreira, LuckyGhoul, misterinfinity, parpface, and Ashtral.

Comment by buggysdad

I just went to the altar and someone had killed the rylak already. I used the corpse for the blood and though it said i still needed to call down the rylak and kill it i was able to turn the quest in with the first half not completed.

Comment by corners

Dont forget you might have one in your guild bank, so summon your guild bank box if already at the alter.

Comment by Aurleis1

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfkWHWZwx8

Before starting this chain, it is a good idea to grab a Raw Clefthoof Meat from your Reagent Bank, your Trading Post, or the Auction House (as this is a required item to have for the final step to this quest). These can also be farmed from Ashmane Bull, Ashmane Clefthoof, or most any other Clefthoof on Draenor.

If you're Horde, you can travel North into Magnarok, from your Garrison in Frostfire Ridge. For Alliance, you will need to either:
• Fly to Iron Siegeworks in Frostfire Ridge, or
• Deeproot, Gorgrond before proceeding to step one.

1. Treasure Contract: The Thunderlord Sage
• Pickup the quest, inside the Garrison, from Harrison Jones / Surveyor Daltry
• After entering Frostfire Ridge, travel to Magnarok to coords 70.1, 26.8
• Click on Windreader Argoram
• Click "Search the orc for clues"

2. Gronnsbane: The Broken Spear
• Go to coords 70.8, 23.6 and click on Gronnsbane's Haft
• Go to coords 72.5, 26.9 and click on Gronnsbane's Weight
• Go to coords 71.9, 33.5 and click on Gronnsbane's Blade located on the top of a skull.

3. Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Fire
• Travel to Coldsnap Bluffs at coords 52.2, 18.8 and go down the hill/path toward Stonefury Cliffs.
• Continue to coords 47.5, 17, and take a left heading toward coords 42.6, 12.6
• Click the Molten Shamanstone.

4. Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Frost
• Travel to the top of a tower located at coords 49.6, 21.1 and click on the Frostwolf Shamanstone.

5. Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Beasts
• Exit the tower and travel to coords 43.6, 22.1 and hang a left at the fork
• Continue on to coords 45.6, 28.1 and click on the Altar.
• Click "Place offering of Raw Clefthoof Meat."
• Kill Gok'tal - Be aware of his Belch Frost he puts on the ground.
• Once he is dead, click his corpse to complete the quest.
• Hearth back to your Garrison, and turn in the quest to (Alliance) / (Horde).

Comment by 1130817

Gok'tal, the boss, has about 391k health.

Comment by Jayfan34

For some annoying reason they decided to put Grumpus right on the same spot Gok'tal appears making it kind of awkward to complete during Winter Veil.

Comment by Cymre

One of six questlines offered by Harrison Jones in your Garrison and just one of the steps needed to add him as a follower in Patch 6.1.

Here is a post and video detailing my first run-through during Patch 6.0.3.

Comment by Schnoodledorfer

As of 7.0 this quest is apparently bugged. After completing it, it disappeared from my logbook multiple times when I hearthed back to my Garrison to turn it in. Flying back (Druid flight form) worked, though.

EDIT: I put in a ticket and got a quick confirmation: "We are aware of the quest issue you are experiencing and are currently working to resolve it as soon as possible." In the meantime, fly back. Don't hearth.

Comment by ALWolf

Note that if you have Raw Clefthoof Meats in your bank, you will not have the option to place the lure for the boss.

Comment by Kryoklo

Seems to be bugged right now, I've killed the rylak about 5 times, even stripping down to not one shot it but I still can't empower the weapon.

Comment by Kisses

Quest was up yesterday. Still bugged.

Comment by Daefuitsusol

Still bugged today. Blizzard is and has been aware. No fix yet.

Comment by bastler

As already stated before it is still bugged. But on second thought, the races it is bugged for me are Vulpera and Z-Trolls.
It might be interesting to check if other pre-BfA allied races have this problem.

Comment by ClarionTSB

This was still bugged for me on my Horde character, however, when I spawned Gok'tal and killed it there were two Alliance players nearby that were able to click and complete the quest. So I logged on my Alliance alt and was able to complete it no problem. Hope this is helpful (it is not account bound)

Comment by Ninenine

STILL BUGGED (horde)

Comment by StevieNix

Still bugged for Horde in 9.0.5

Comment by jamescporter

Still bugged for me - horde. Also put in a ticket to report it

Comment by Chok

Still bugged as of today - Unable to interact with the corpse after killing the Rylak.

I made a ticket to which they responded, pretty much instantly, that they are aware of the problem but don't know the cause and that they are currently unable to resolve it.

Comment by deiXide

Yes, as of 17 May 2021, the quest "Blessing of Beasts" is still bugged on the final step, but I was able to complete it. It has been known bugged since October 2020-- 7-8 months! Due to the length of time this has been a problem, this is currently the last step to completing the Master Relic Hunter achievement for most people. There are even official Blizzard posts confirming this with no other helpful info: https://support.blizzard.com/article/000275482

With that said, I was finally able to complete Master Relic Hunter with the help of Blizzard Support! It took many, many conversations back and forth for the ever-changing Support staff for them to fully understand the problem, but in the end they were able to mark the quest (and achievement) as completed. Harrison Jones is now in my garrison follower table, and I have credit for the achievements.

I would encourage you to open a support ticket and ask for the Blessing of Beasts quest (and Master Relic Hunter if that's the final step) to be marked completed. It may take you several tries to find the right GM (who reads your problem rather than guesses), but it's worth it. Thanks to GM Skaldenth and Daerdrin for taking the time to understand and solve the problem out of band from a formal QA/bugfix.

Copy/paste responses from Blizzard (took several tries):

I went ahead and checked with the QA team who were happy to let me flag the quest complete for you now. They were able to use info provided from your character to get a better understanding of what was going on here with the quest. A fix is in the works as we speak!

After checking into it, I was able to credit you with the Blessing of Beasts portion of the achievement as well. You should have credit for that achievement and any other associated achievements.

Comment by remihk

As of patch 9.1 still bugged for my horde mage. All 3rd party UI addons were disabled already from step 1. Submitted a ticket before in patch 9.0.5 but never received any replies.

Comment by Kilrathi3

as of now this is working... to a degree.
a lev 50 came in and 1 hit it down and completed this.
i could not get it done, even in my jock strap and a broken beat stick.
it only has 9k hp...

Comment by daaani

As of 7.31.21 this is still not working!
the step, Empower Gronnsbane with Gok'tal's blood not working..... Clicking on the dead body of the Rylak doesn't do anything.
Submitted bug...

Comment by Aevintiri

This is still bugged in 9.1. I put in a ticket and a GM completed the quest and gave me "The Blessing of Beasts" credit towards Master Relic Hunter within 48 hours.

Comment by Thonaw

I found it not working as intended last night, I tried multiple times, allowed the beast to attack me for a while and not out right one shot it. Nothing worked sadly. I came here read it's broke than reported the bug and made a ticket. A little bit infuriating that I got a automated ticket response saying to try logging in and out.. drop and pick up the quest again and try wowhead.. ticket was then marked as answered..

Comment by Ninenine

Good news - as of today (2021/11/11) just completed the quest without any issue on the Horde toon. The bug seems to be fixed in 9.1.5.

Comment by Challio

Its not very clear, but you have to offer clefthoof meat to the table. Packs can be found roaming around 56,57

Comment by xLunacyx

Did this during the christmas event, the altar should be under or near Grumpus, and it's okay if someone else kills the Rylakk, you just have to right-click its corpse.

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Gronnsbane: The Blessing of Beasts

Defeat the ancient black rylak and douse Gronnsbane in its blood.

Once empowered, return the weapon to Rokhan for your reward.

	Lure and kill an ancient black rylak (1)
	Empowered Gronnsbane (1)

Description

Gronnsbane now pulses with energies of fire and frost. All that remains to restore the full power of the weapon is to receive the Blessing of the Beast. Argoram believed this could be accomplished by bloodying the weapon against one of the ancient black rylaks of Stonefury Cliffs. His journal reads: "High in the Stonefury Cliffs, I have seen an altar where the ogres have left offerings to these ancient beasts. Perhaps I could use it to lure one of them"

Progress

Completion

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You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(37995))