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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 Merdento

That quest drove me crazy cuz i coudn't find the Lithe Stalker, he is just behind the quest giver, if you completed the previous quest.

Comment by Helldemonik

go to 59,73... you will see the skeletal runesmith's working. just use the command " Throw Rock" on one of the umbral brutes and they will automaticly walk over and pick a fight with the nearest skeletal runesmith.

easy!

Comment by 141466

It is important to note that you can throw the rock 5x at one single Brute almost immediately right after each other and get quest credit for all of them.

Comment by seitori

Leads to The Rider of Blood, The Rider of Frost, The Rider of the Unholy.

Comment by 226165

You don't have to run or jump back after you done this quest, just leave the vehicle control and you'll be returned to where you take control of the stalker.

Comment by Reps

To clarify, you need to throw the rock at the Umbral Brute while he is walking next to a skeletal runesmith.

Comment by jooli

Please also be aware this is a chosen spot by many to grind xp, especially mages. It may be hard to do this quest if you don't spam the one Brute quickly. Or if they continue to tag and kill quest mobs, ask them to hold for 20secs :P

Comment by 254037

When I came to this website to check out what I had to do there wasn't any information about where to obtain a stalker or where to get it for the quest. There is an Eye of Domination closeby the questgiver which gives control to the nearby stalker

For people like me who just accepted all 3 quests and then had something else to do =P =)

PS: Why can they make leaps like that and not Heroic Leap for Warriors?

Comment by camcordr

Grammatical error in the quest text. The word "Lets" in the sentence "Lets take advantage of this..." should have an apostrophe- let's.

Comment by 48128

When starting a fight the Umbral Brute's yell random lines
One line is;
You wouldn't like me when i'm angry
Reference to The Hulk

Comment by camcordr

My first comment was purged, but you mustn't ignore bad grammar!

The sentence, "Lets take advantage of this inevitable animosity...," is incorrect. It should be let's, not lets. Let's is the contraction of "let us".

I'm not sure if they've corrected this in game or not, yet.

Comment by Dradee

Poor skeletons...

Comment by wowhead100

Very important! Use the eye of domination behind the quest giver up the hill a little ways to control a lithe stalker...the quest instructions SUCK...thanks Blizzard...

Comment by 484104

dinged 80 yay

Comment by 265193

When attempting this quest my 'Throw Rock' command wouldn't work at all. It kept saying either "Out of bounds", "Too far away", or "Invalid Target." After trying a few things what ended up working was just hitting the 'Leave Vehicle' button and click the Eye of Dominion again. Refreshing the Lithe Stalker seemed to be all that was needed. Hope that helps someone else out that was wondering what was going on like I was.

Comment by Whiterock

CITADEL FOOTSTEPS Quest Tree From Whiterock

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 762240

Okay so why is it when I threw the rock the umbral brutes attack me directly

Comment by 762240

Okay to get by this one I hid on a ledge and threw the rocks

Comment by midobu

Use a red orb behind and turn into a Lithe Stalker.
There are three quests you can do at the same time while becoming a Lithe Stalker.

Generosity Abounds quest
Use #2 command to pull Scourge Bomb and take it to the Lumbering Atrocity.

Matchmaker quest
Use #4 command to throw a rock to Umbral Bruce near Skeleton.

Stunning View quest
Use #1 & #3 command. #1 to jump higher up where Iceskin Sentry is. Then use #3 to attack Iceskin Sentry.

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=YEY36e6zeoA&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Atryaz

I cannot complete this as a 116 Paladin in patch 8.0.1 since the rock throw deals upwards of 4000 damage. Any tips to lowering this? I've tried removing all my gear and switching specs.

Comment by BeeaSylvanas

Throwing a rock at the Umbral Brutes kills them... any alternatives?

Comment by brendanred

So the other day I had a problem with this quest because throwing stones instantly kills the mob. I opened a ticket and today GM admitted that the quest is incompleteble by high level characters and she had to mark the quest completed for me. So if you have a similiar problem, you might want to contact the GMs. Hope this helps.

Comment by 3rdeyye

As of 09/25/18 a hotfix was put in place to fix this.

Quests
The ability Throw Rock should no longer one-shot targets on "Matchmaker".

2 days after i submitted a bug report :)

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Matchmaker

Vereth the Cunning at the Rise of Suffering wants you to use a Lithe Stalker to throw rocks at Umbral Brutes as they near lesser undead in Malykriss. Return after you've started 5 fights.

	Worker fight started (5)

Description

The major difference between vargul and lesser undead minions is that vargul still possess enough of their minds to despise being used for labor. Never will a vargul be pleased to be working aside skeletons or ghouls.

Lets take advantage of this inevitable animosity and start some fights between the umbral brutes and the other undead in Malykriss. That should serve to slow production and bring the death knights down to babysit.

Should be simple - throw rocks at the brutes as they near lesser undead.

Completion

Rewards

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(13147))