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Comment by 5526

This quest actually starts by killing the kodo (Margol) in searing gorge located at 70,76 he's on a little patrol so you might need to look around the path for him. The full quest line is worth over 15k of xp and can be done in about 15 minutes.

Comment by 10315

The key is for the gate right beside mountaineer pebblebitt; it leads to Searing Gorge and you can open the gate at that end as well. Guess it's supposed to be a short cut

Comment by 37219

Before the inclusion of Thorium Point the other way to get through to the Searing Gorge was by traveling through Loch Modan into the Badlands and through to the Searing Gorge.

Of course this requires passing close by to Kargath which can be no fun on a PvP server given that the Horde travel from Kargath and towards Blackrock Mountain.

Thorium Point was introduced into the game with the 1.5 Patch, and with a Flight Path located at Thorium Point the quest for the Searing Gorge gate key became forgotten by many.

The quest for the Searing Gorge Key starts with <https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/quest=3181>

Comment by Buster

The questline does not give more than 1500 xp after 2.3

Comment by 14130

This quest awarded 5050 experience upon completion tonight (12/01/07). Level 47 Draenei Priest, no rested experience.

Comment by 105601

Xp got nerfed since 2.3, only 2k now

Comment by 111661

Mage55 500XP, +250xp IF

Comment by Boshnak

Completed this today on a 46 priest, 5,050xp per step for a total of 15,150xp! Also, in relation to Mountaineer Pebblebitty you can /rude to her, after you complete the questline. I love Pulp Fiction, and Blizzards little tribute. :)

Easy questline imo, and good xp.

Comment by 133750

Nifty quest line. DId it just now for the fun of it. Saves some travel time and money. Very cool.

Comment by Cydelix

500 experience and 250 increased reputation with Ironforge at level 53.

Comment by 183545

each quest gives 3050 xp @ level 50

Comment by 177671

5050 exp each @ level 48.

Comment by 501553

I just walked the whole freaking way, just to find out there is no horde version of this quest :(
(conclusion: THERE IS NO HORDE-VERSION OF THIS QUEST)

Comment by Thottbot

This quest begins by killing a huge elite lizard named Margol the something in South Eastern Searing Gorge. The lizard can be found in the hills just north east of the elemental leathworking trainer. The lizard drops a horn that begins a quest that sends you to the mounted guard in loch modan guarding the Searing Gorge Gate. It gave me 5450xp at level 47 and opened this quest which also gives you 1.4 gold that isnt mention in the reward section-- very nice quest imo

Comment by Thottbot

he wont talk to me and im level 48...
Is there a first quest, which is that deed?

Comment by Thottbot

The first quest in the series is picked up from Margol the Rager located at 69,72-75,75 (wanders from his cave to the edge of the valley).

Here's the first quest

Comment by Thottbot

My 4 year old was playing my character and before I could stop him, he deleted my key to Searing Gorge. I have tried killing the named lizard (twice) and talking to Pebblebitty at the gate, but I still cant get the key. No horn dropped each time I killed the lizard.

Anyone else have this problem and fixed it? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Comment by Thottbot

Rewards for a 49 solo druid:

- Kill Margol, 1078 XP (with full rested bonus)
- Show horn to Pebblebitty, 5450 XP, 37 Rep to Gnomes, 150 Rep to Ironforge
- Give horn to Curator, 4400 XP, 25 Rep to Gnomes, 100 Rep to Ironforge, 1g 40s cash
- Show proof to Pebblebitty, 4400 XP, 25 Rep to Gnomes, 100 Rep to Ironforge, key to SG.

So 15328 XP total, over 10% of goal for level 50, for killing one mob and running around a bit. Even if I never use the key it's worth it.

Comment by Thottbot

Way between Badlands and Searing Gorge goes through the mountains in the western edge of badlands. It�s about in the middle between kargath and dustbelch grotto, maybe little nearer to kargath

Comment by Thottbot

well...i might say yes it is easier but what if they are taking ppl in for the first time....

Comment by Thottbot

The flight point was added in a later patch ;)

Comment by Thottbot

you need to kill the lizard first, and get his horn. his horn starts the quest. read the earlier posts! o.O

Comment by Thottbot

theres a cave in the mountains somewhere he goes into tis cave and stays fo like 20 seconds justwait there

Comment by Thottbot

Things may have changed recently.....there is a flight path at Thorium Point that links directly to IF. No need for the key to Searing Gorge if you are just looking for quick access.

Thorium point is north of Firewatch Ridge.

Comment by Thottbot

You have to kill Margol, The Rager in Searing Gorge. The horn dropped by Margol starts the quest chain that leads to the key.

Comment by Thottbot

EXP! everyone has said that the rewards are alot for just killing a below average elite mob and doing some mount running/flying

plus if your ever short on cash and need to walk....

Comment by Thottbot

So when i get this right, you first need to kill a mob in Searing Gorge before you get the key? whats the point in doing the quest then, xcept for the XP and Rep you get...?

Comment by Thottbot

is it normal to get only 11 reputation with ironforge when you comlete this quest at lvl 59?

Comment by Thottbot

The Key to Searing Gorge.

Elaborates a bit on the above info.

Step 1: Kill Margol the Rager and get his horn. Map

There is no starting quest for this, you just need to find and kill a 48 Elite and get the drop item that will begin a quest to obtain the Key to Searing Gorge.

First of all you need to obtain the item Margol's Gigantic Horn from Margol the Rager, a 48 Elite Stegasaurus in the mountains of Searing Gorge.
This item will begin a short quest.

To start this quest, you first need to gain access to Searing Gorge by going to the badlands and find the hidden passage located at (6,60). Follow the path east util you enter Searing Gorge.
Once you reach the end of the path, follow the new path SW until you get past the Dark Iron Camp(62,57) and then continue SE so that you reach
Tanner Camp with the Alliance Master Elemental Leatherworker, Sarah Tanner(64,75).
Continue past the camp and make and then head NE up the hill(66,80). Margol wanders this path all the way to his cave(72,79)

Margol the Rager

Health - Approx 6100 HP

Attacks: (depending on gear and level)

Chained Bolt - Inflicts between 110-130 Nature Damage - 2 second charge that will cast 3 times before recharging.

Thunderclap - Normally used after coming out of a stun or polymorph.

Normal Hit - Hits between 170-270 damage.

Once Margol is dead, pick up Margol's Horn off his corpse and accept the quest: The Horn of the Beast.

NOTE: There is a Flight Path at Thorium Point located at (37,30). Map

Step 2: The Horn of the Beast.

This now requires you to head to Loch Modan. You can either head back through the Badlands, or get a flight path.
Once at the Loch Modan flight path, follow the road all the way SW to The Valley of Kings and head to the locked gate to Searing Gorge at the bottom(18,83) and speak with Mountaineer Pebblebitty and complete the quest.

Step 3: The Horn of the Beast (Part 2)

The horn you handed in to Mountaineed Pebblebitty she tells you is a fake and she requires you to show it to Curator Thorius in Ironforge, then bring back the Proof of Deed to her.
Curator Thorius is located in the Hall of Explorers at the Explorer's League (he wanders back and forth a bit). Talk to him and complete the quest and then accept the new quest from him.

Step 4: At Last!

After accepting the new quest, return to Mountaineer Pebblebitty and you will
recieve the Key to Searing Gorge.... At Last!

Comment by Thottbot

When the Zone first came out there wasn't a flight point at Thorium Point, That wasn't added in untell a later patch,
Because of that, The key was a very very nice little thing, because you were able to bypass the badlands, or the Burning stepps

Basically It used to be, You would fly to Loch Modan and then run to the Badlands, Then run to Searing Gorge, Or Red Ridge Mountains to Burning Stepps, At which point a nice key to let you go from Loch Modan Directly to Searing Gorge was nice

Now days you just fly in from Iron Forge, So the key is now just a pretty little reminder of decent experiance

Comment by Thottbot

Killed the beast solo at lvl 47. Used Divine Favor for a free heal and managed to kill him with seal of righteousness and judgement of the crusader.

Comment by Thottbot

There is an entrance to the searing gorge and you dont need a key. You can very clearly see the cave entrance into it in the badlands. Just north of there is another entrance. No gates. No monsters. Just an entrance.

Comment by Thottbot

Insanely easy chain at 51 (fire mage). Obviously should be, but still.

At level 51, gave me 14,721 exp. That includes killing the lizard herself.

So even if the key is pretty much useless once you level higher, the quest chain is easy with good rewards: 14k exp, 1.4g and a nice amount of IF reputation (250 or 350 per turn in).

Comment by Thottbot

plz tell me where the lvl 48 elite guy is to kill for the key

Comment by Thottbot

(72, 75) coords

Comment by Thottbot

I just did this and the post by Sparda above is PERFECTLY RIGHT! If you are having trouble finding the monster go past the little hut and follow the path to the left. It leads to a small cave, he walk back and forth in front of it.

And it wasn't to hard to kill with a 48 warrior.

Comment by Thottbot

I don't get it. In order to get the key to Searing Gorge, you have to begin with... entering the Searing Gorge? Well, then you can just take the FP and forget about the key ^^

Comment by Thottbot

Lizard is no longer elite thanks to blizzards massive 2.3 nerf.

Comment by Thottbot

Solo'ed with my lvl 49 shammy... Piece of cake since the mob isn't elite anymore :D

Comment by Thottbot

this is more recent then the other comment he is rite about location but now the dinosaur is a lvl 43 not a elite :)

Comment by Thottbot

you kill Morgal the Rager, hes a dinosuar with spikes on his back and hes blue, he roams around Cordinetes 72.73, but to get there, u go up a trail behind the Tanner camp, the stating of the trail behind the camp is Cordinetes 66.80, follow up the trail and when it seems liek a dead end turn right toward the orange part on the mini map and a hill type thing leads down to a cave where he is, which is in the Cordinetes i said, 72.73. I just found him so i hope this helps.

Comment by Allakhazam

Rogues does not need this key :p
Lockpicking skill must be around 225 :)

BTW you may use those two gates for increase lockpicking, however - it have cooldown of giving skill points to you.

Comment by Allakhazam

His cave is at 73,81

Comment by Allakhazam

horde doesnt get the key? how dumb =p

Comment by Allakhazam

Basically to start this quest you need to go kill Margol the Rager and the beast drops an item that starts the quest. If you want go talk to Mountaineer Pebblebitty before starting and she just gives you a long speal telling you where to go. You will find Margol the Rager in the South East corner of Searing Gorge.

Reward for turning in the horn to Pebblebitty that Margol droped was 5450exp. Next step is bringing the Horn to Curator Thorius found in the museum in Ironforge gives 4400exp +1gold 40silver. After giving the horn to Thorius wait for him to place the horn in the museum then he will have an option for another quest (At Last!). Upon bringing the Proof of Deed back to Mountaineer Pebblebitty you recieve another 4400exp and the key to the gate.

So total reward for quest was 14250exp 1g40s and the Key to Searing Gorge.

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Melocz ~ Dwarf Priest ~ Bleeding Hollow

Comment by Allakhazam

oh great... i discard the proof of deed.. any idea if i could redo it again?

Comment by Allakhazam

For doing the quest chain its
For a Gnome at level 51
14,250xp 850 Ironforge Rep - 2g 90s

Not bad

Comment by Allakhazam

Well, the other night I was sooo happy because I was finally going to get that key to searing gorge... but when I went to see Curator Thorius he was kneeling by the disc-shaped sculpter and I couldn't talk to him. Hopefully the Tuesday Maitenence will fix it, but I'm just pissed now :P.

-Starr

Comment by Allakhazam

Hmm, he didn't give the deed, so I can't go back to Loch Modan to complete the quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

soloed this quest in 45 min. as a lvl 43 NE druid...got 16175exp(all rested) 750 rep and 1g9s37b

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At Last!

Take the Proof of Deed back to Mountaineer Pebblebitty.

	Proof of Deed (Provided) (1)

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I can't believe Pebblebitty doubted the authenticity of the horn. Between you and me, I think she's just jealous. I know she really wanted to kill that beast herself, what with the 'incident' and all.

So you need a proof of deed? After the contribution you just made to the museum, it won't be a problem.

<Curator Thorius begins to fill out a large document.>

There we go! You can take that back to Pebblebitty.

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You will receive:

	Key to Searing Gorge

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Ironforge

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(3201))

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