Quest 4974 · Classic Era details

For The Horde!

Travel to Blackrock Spire and slay Warchief Rend Blackhand. Take his head and return to Orgrimmar.

Quest level60Requires level55Classic zoneBlackrock SpireEligible races in ClassicOrc, Undead, Tauren, Troll

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

The task

Objectives

Head of Rend BlackhandItem 12630Amount not recorded
Classic drop leads: Warchief Rend Blackhand.

Rewards and gains

Item rewards

Blackhand's Breadth
Mark of Tyranny
Eye of the Beast

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

Reputation

+200 Orgrimmar reputation (Classic)
+200 Darkspear Trolls reputation (Classic)
+200 Undercity reputation (Classic)
+200 Thunder Bluff reputation (Classic)

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

Orgrimmar

!? Start and turn inThrall (31.73, 37.82)

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

Ends at

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 4974 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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