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Weapons of Choice

Bring a Razormane Backstabber, a Charred Razormane Wand and a Razormane War Shield to Tatternack Steelforge at Camp Taurajo in the Barrens.
Razormane Backstabber
Charred Razormane Wand
Razormane War Shield

Description

The Razormane quilboars to the south, beyond the Field of Giants, have no skilled blacksmiths from what I am told, but they've apparently started to develop sturdier weapons. I'd like to get my hands on a few different types to learn their techniques if possible.

If you wish to help bring honor to the Horde, then bring me examples of their weapons. Find me a dagger from their stalkers, a wand from their seers, and a shield from their warfrenzy. That should do nicely!

Reward

You can choose one of these awards:
Demolition Hammer
Everglow Lantern

Progress

I, too, have doubts that the pathetic quilboars could attain any level of skill in the area of smithing, but I do as the Warchief commands, and I shall learn what I can about the Razormane tribe.

I have had more menial tasks, and I do so willingly if it aids the orc people.

Completion

Excellent, excellent specimens indeed.

The quilboar are further along than I had expected.

Here, <class>, take this and get out of my way. I'd better take a closer look at these weapons. We may have underestimated our enemy, and that's the kind of mistake we can't afford to make.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 195 experience (11 70 at max. level)
  • 250 Reputation with Orgrimmar

Related

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By topsub on 02/10/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
There are a lot of cloaked mobs around so if you're solo'in it make sure not to attack something until you're sure there isn't any cloaked people around. Other than that it's a pretty easy quest.
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By Azshande on 11/26/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
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By corr on 12/23/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
shield off the warfrenzy
wand off the seer
backstabber off the stalker
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By Goldving on 03/21/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
42,78 general area
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By andrewj2000 on 03/28/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By blacksuit on 04/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
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By chazley on 12/04/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By Larsen on 12/07/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
Razormane Seer - 41,78 (Charred Razormane Wand)

Razormane Warfrenzy - 40,81 (Razormane Warhshield)

Razormane Pathfinder - 44,80 (Razormane Backstabber)

That is what I got my drops off of.
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By Vicentegrev on 02/08/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
My friend about killed me on this quest when we grouped for it. The items are Bind on Pickup and NOT unique so it IS possible to loot more than 1 of each item, thus screwing over your party member(s) should they need the item you just picked up!
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By Schaefer on 11/28/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By Simplytan on 03/11/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
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By Toridas on 08/11/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
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By NMMRG on 12/16/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By metees on 02/14/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Don't sell these items, they're quest items. but you can certainly sell them.. i did it by accident and had to do the quest twice!
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By Woebringer on 03/24/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By Voltt on 04/24/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
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By littlidabbi on 04/26/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
The name of this quest is possibly a reference to Fatboy Slim's song ""Weapon of Choice"". The music video of it was pretty famous, involving Christopher Walken dancing.
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By fiskebulle on 05/13/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
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By Sunlar on 06/13/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
I'm doing this quest with my 19 lock, but I'm having a hard time due to the stalkers' stealth. Before you attack any of the others, make sure they aren't around - if you're a hunter, never do mind, it's a walk in the park.
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By KautionTape on 06/19/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
First drop for dagger, about 12 for wand, close to 20 for shield.

Your results may (and will vary) for this quest. Don't give up. Things could be worse: You could need more than one of each. =P

What You'll Kill:
For Razormane Backstabber
Stalker: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3457 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3457
Pathfinder: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3456 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3456
Can't speak much about Stalkers and Pathfinders, since I barely had to fight them. Go for Pathfinders, since they're weaker and seam to have the same drop rate.

For Charred Razormane Wand
Seer: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3458 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3458
Seers will staff you first, then cast wards as the fight goes on.

For Razormane War Shield
Warfrenzy: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3459 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=3459
Warfrenzies are the toughest in my opinion. They hit FAST. Casters may have trouble with them, unless you can shut them down.

All the mobs like to run, so if you're by other mobs, try to stop them when they're low on health. The place is generally a big open field, with exception to some people who like to stealth. I find they tend to clump around one area, though. So find where they aren't populated to farm for the items.
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By M03G on 05/06/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
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By ANOMALOCARIS on 08/06/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
I have been killing these guys for about 5 days now on my druid, got the backstabber off a pathfinder first drop, got the shield off a warfrenzy first drop, I've been killing the seers through three levels' worth of EXP and never found the wand...

EDIT:There goes another levels worth of EXP, I still have no wand.
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By gatsuo on 08/18/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
I have just been doing this quest as well for over 2 hours strait, easily, in that time I've gotten over a dozen daggers, one shield and still no wand as well. Grinded, ground?, through an entire level and went through 1.2k arrows, killed I'd guess over 50 seers at least, this may now be bugged, as the wand is supposed to be a 15% drop, according to wowhead.
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By Dethra on 08/27/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
I did this and got 4 wands, 6 backstabbers, in 15 mins., still no shield...
did it on my hunter (lvl 19) no prob..
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By razisgosu on 08/29/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
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By heliamphora on 07/08/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
Having the same ""problem"" as some of the other people: Got the backstabber(s) (I have like six of these now) and the wand(s) (think I have four or five of these) pretty quickly but I've now been grinding for the darn shield for a few hours and... nothing. This should be a piece of cake quest for me too... lvl 23 hunter so killing these mobs is EASY for me. Blargh!
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By Isari on 09/20/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
This is insane, I have been at trying to pick up Charred Razormane Wand for hours. It's ridiculous!
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By MarkDeering on 02/09/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
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By robertsjames on 04/09/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
Quest is a waste of time it takes forever for them to drop the items
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By Spitti3 on 11/25/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
When you hand in the quest, if you don't need any of them items other than for vendoring, be sure to take the hammer, since it sells for 40s while the off hand sells for 16s.
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By bbmonkey on 12/16/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
I did this quest on two occasions. First at 21 rouge, second at 23. I managed to get the shield on the first try, wand was a bit harder.

Even when I finished this quest I stayed to kill more of them because they have a somewhat decent drop rate for wool.
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By Toxik on 05/31/2009 (Patch 3.1.2)
Did this quest a long ago with my other characters and it was pain in the ass. The worst part for me back then was damn backstabber. Now upon completing this quest i got 1 shield, 1 wand and about 15 of those backstabbers. Is it bugged or am i super lucky?
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By davidb19 on 10/31/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
for some reason i cant finish the quest even though i have all 3 quest items
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By Katie85 on 01/21/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
The first time I did this quest (a year ago), I remember this being much harder.

This time, I got four backstabbers, two wands, and one shield. In no time at all.
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By Schmidtbuster on 01/01/2009 (Patch 3.0.3)
I too am going to tell you that it took me ages to get the shield. It seems that if you get one or two easily the last will not be easy. It took me 70+ of the warfrenzy's to get my last piece of the quest. So if like me you come to wowhead to see if you are doing something wrong, you aren't it's just a very low drop quest
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By Leios on 06/02/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By Kovenant on 02/08/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
It's completely random. I killed about 50 Stalkers but still no Backstabber, same for the Warfrenzy and the Shield. In that time, I had about 10 wands drop.
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By NitrousPanda on 10/18/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
An interesting note for me, I did not get any of these items after a solid twenty minutes of grinding for them. I eventually got frustrated and decided to do the quest ""Betrayal from Within"" instead. After getting all three skulls, the items dropped for me on my first kills. Hope this helps.
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By extcake on 04/21/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I was grinding it for like 15minutes without any luck then I log off for like 4h. When i log back i got all 3 items from first kills.
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By lynchsta on 02/09/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said you could be unlucky enough to gain 2 full levels doing this quest. The reason I can say that, is because that's what I just went through. Just this one quest, only killing the ones that needed to be done (ie: once got the backstabber, didn't kill any pathfinders unless necessary to get to the next seer). Granted, I had a full rest bar when I started, but yes, 2 full levels before I got the three items needed.

What a crummy quest. It was bad years ago and it's still bad. Unless of course, you like just killing for XP, then it's a great quest.

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