Quest 8170 · Classic Era details

The Battle for Arathi Basin!

Assault the Arathi Basin mine, lumber mill, blacksmith and stable, and then return to Deathmaster Dwire in Hammerfall.

Quest level35Requires level30Classic zoneArathi BasinEligible 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

  • PvP ALT-N Credit Markernpc 15005Objective target
  • PvP ALT-S Credit Markernpc 15004Objective target
  • PvP Mid Credit Markernpc 15002Objective target
  • PvP A-Mid Credit Markernpc 15001Objective target

Rewards and gains

Reputation

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

Arathi Highlands

Start and turn-in location

Deathmaster Dwire

Arathi Highlands (73.25, 29.73)

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/Arathi_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 inDeathmaster Dwire (73.25, 29.73)

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

  • Deathmaster Dwire
    Approximate Classic location: Arathi Highlands

Ends at

  • Deathmaster Dwire
    Approximate Classic location: Arathi Highlands

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

None recorded in this Classic source.

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 8170 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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