Core of Iron (quest)

Core of Iron
Start	Archmage Khadgar[85.0, 31.6]
End	Archmage Khadgar[85.0, 31.6]
Level	100 (Requires 98)
Type	Dungeon
Category	Legendary
Experience	15,070
Rewards	15 40
Previous	[100] Khadgar's Task
Next	[100D] Tackling Teron'gor

Core of Iron
Level: 100 (Requires 98)
Type: Dungeon
Archmage Khadgar^{[85.0, 31.6]}
Archmage Khadgar^{[85.0, 31.6]}
XP: 15,070

Rewards:

15 40

Objectives

Collect a Core of Iron from the engine of the Grimrail Depot train [Heroic only.]

•  [Core of Iron]

Description

There's no point in getting a Core of Flame without any way to focus its power. Somehow, the goblins figured out how to do it - the technology is used in the "Iron Star" engines that the Iron Horde is using extensively throughout Draenor. We're gonna need the biggest engine core that we can find.

Our best bet is to derail one of their trains and crack open the engine compartment. I suggest a raid on the Grimrail Depot...

Rewards

You will receive:

• 15 40
• 15,070 XP

Progress

Did you get the engine core?

Ordinarily I wouldn't ask you to assault a fortified moving train - ah, no, that's not true. This is exactly the sort of thing I'm going to need from you. All the time.

Completion

Oh very good. I've been waiting to get a close look at one of these - let's open it up here.

Hmmmmm...

Well, those goblins aren't very creative but their methods have a certain brute-force charm to them. It's amazing this thing doesn't explode. Or maybe it does. At least I'm beginning to understand what they use a "samophlange" for.

This will work. Well done, <name>!

Notes

Pick up  [100D] Core of Flame  [100D] Core of Life, and  [100] Draenor's Secret Power before heading out.

After defeating Skylord Tovra in heroic Grimrail Depot, loot the engine core from the engine after the cutscene when looting Tovra's corpse.

Progression

1.  [100] Call of the Archmage
2.  [100D] Spires of the Betrayer
3.  [100] Khadgar's Task
4. Complete all of:
   •  [100D] Core of Flame
   •  [100D] Core of Iron
   •  [100D] Core of Life
   •  [100] Draenor's Secret Power
5.  [100D] Tackling Teron'gor
6.  [100] Eyes of the Archmage
7.  [100] Fugitive Dragon
8.  [100] The Dragon's Tale
9.  [100] Tarnished Bronze
10.  [100] Power Unleashed
11. Complete both:
    •  [100R] Empire's Fall
    •  [100R] Legacy of the Sorcerer Kings
12.  [100] The Scrying Game
13.  [100] Hunter: Hunted
14.  [100] Touch of the Kirin-Tor
15. Complete all of:
    •  [100R] Heart of the Fury
    •  [100R] Flamebender's Tome
    •  [100R] Reverse Piracy
    •  [100R] Might of the Elemental Lords
16. Complete both:
    •  [100R] Blackhand's Secret
    •  [100] The Unbroken Circle
17.  [100] Prisoner of the Mind
    • Optional post-Patch 6.1.0:  [100] We're Not Finished...
18.  [100] Orb of Dominion
    • Side quest:  [100] The Shadow War (optional)
19.  [100] Breaking Badness
20.  [100] To Gul'dan!
21.  [100] An Inside Job
22.  [100] The Final Assault
    •  [100] My Garona
23. Complete all of:
    •  [100] Command of the Seas
      •  [100] Master vs. Commander
    •  [100R] We Don't Need No Library Card
      •  [100] Cooking the Books
24.  [100] Light Be With You /  [100] Draenor's Blessing
25.  [100R] Darkness Incarnate

Patch changes

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2014-11-15): Core of Iron should now only be found on Heroic difficulty Grimrail Depot.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added.
  

External links

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