Quest 4024 · Classic Era details

A Taste of Flame

Travel to Blackrock Depths and slay Bael'Gar.

Quest level58Requires level52Classic zoneBlackrock Depths

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB. Only details marked as owner beta observations were checked in Forever.

The task

Objectives

  1. You only know that the giant resides inside Blackrock Depths. Remember to use the Altered Black Dragonflight Molt on Bael'Gar's remains to capture the Fiery Essence.
  2. Return the Encased Fiery Essence to Cyrus Therepentous.

Rewards and gains

Item rewards

  • Shaleskin Cape
  • Wyrmhide Spaulders
  • Valconian Sash

This Classic source does not record whether these items are choices or all awarded.

Reputation

No reputation gain is recorded in this source.

Experience and money are not supplied by this imported quest record.

The route

Classic locations

Approximate Classic points. Select a marker to copy a TomTom waypoint.

Start Turn in

Burning Steppes

Start and turn-in location

Cyrus Therepentous

Burning Steppes (95.09, 31.56)

Approximate Classic location

Click the !? to copy a TomTom waypoint.

Map tiles seen in the client. Build 1.60.1.69977. Associated by the client filename Interface/WorldMap/BurningSteppes_c60, not by a direct map-art foreign key. This is client artwork, not a verified in-game map. Artwork © Blizzard Entertainment.
  • !? Start and turn inCyrus Therepentous (95.09, 31.56)

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

  • Cyrus Therepentous
    Approximate Classic location: Burning Steppes

Ends at

  • Cyrus Therepentous
    Approximate Classic location: Burning Steppes

Coordinates are approximate Classic references. The `/way` formats require TomTom or a compatible addon; use the named-zone form from outside the zone.

The path

Quest chain

Story and dialogue

The imported Classic record does not contain quest dialogue. We will not substitute words from a different game version.

Sources and limits

QuestieDB supplies the Classic quest details and approximate locations above. They are not verified for Forever or in game. Owner beta observations are marked separately and do not establish rewards for every character or level. Map artwork comes from the Forever beta client; its markers still come from Classic data. Revealed artwork appears only where its layers have been checked.

Version and retrieval details

Quest ID 4024 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.69977. QuestieDB 1.0.3, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-09-23. View source release.

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