Raining Down Destruction

Quest Giver: Kurun — Hilltop overlooking Thor Modan, Grizzly Hills [65.7, 17.7]

Objective: Disrupt 5 Iron Dwarf Operations by throwing Boulders into the exposed trench of Thor Modan.

Quick Facts

• Level: 75
• Faction: Both
• Chain Position: 2 of 8 in the Thor Modan chain (Find Kurun! → Raining Down Destruction → Rallying the Troops → Into the Breach → Gavrock → Runes of Compulsion → Latent Power → Free at Last)
• Buff: Gift of the Giants (+100% size, +30% stats, 10 minutes)

Walkthrough

Accept and Get Buffed

When you accept the quest from Kurun, he casts Gift of the Giants on you, doubling your character’s size and boosting stats by 30% for 10 minutes. The buff is cosmetic fun and a stat bonus, but it is NOT required to complete the quest. If it wears off, gets right-clicked away, or never lands on you (Kurun has notoriously bad aim and sometimes casts it on hunter pets, Highland Mustangs, or even himself), just keep going.

The buff disappears if you leave the Boulder Hills area. You cannot take it to Dalaran, Orgrimmar, or anywhere else. You can mount up while buffed.

Gather Boulders

Head northeast from Kurun to the Boulder Hills area. Glowing boulders are scattered on the ground between Kurun’s position and the trench. They have no cast time to pick up. You can carry up to 5 boulders at once, so gather a full stack before heading to the trench edge.

Good boulder locations: around [67, 12] and [70, 11]. The boulders at [70, 11] are especially efficient because they respawn quickly and are very close to the throwing spot.

Throw at Iron Dwarves

Walk to the edge of the trench where the friendly Grizzly Hills Giants are already hurling boulders and trees. Good throwing positions: [69, 14] or [70, 12].

Use the boulder from your inventory (or bind it to a hotkey for speed). An AoE targeting circle appears. Place it directly on a dwarf in the trench below. Valid targets are Rune Reavers and Iron Rune-Shapers. Iron Thane Argrum does NOT count. Aim for the dwarves that are actively mining or working, not the named boss.

Key mechanics:

• You can throw all 5 boulders at the same target in rapid succession. There is no cooldown. Find one stationary Iron Rune-Shaper and spam all five boulders on him.
• The boulders do not kill the dwarves. Each hit counts as one “disruption” regardless of whether the target is at full health.
• Dead dwarves also grant credit. If another player killed some iron dwarves in the trench, you can throw a boulder on the corpse pile for credit.
• You must actually hit a valid target. Throwing into empty ground does nothing.
• The boulder is AoE, so if multiple dwarves are grouped, one throw can count for more than one disruption.

Return to Kurun to turn in.

If You Fall Into the Trench

There is an exit on the southwestern side of the canyon. You can also throw boulders from inside the trench at ground level if you still have some. Druids with flight form: be careful flying over the trench edge. You are forced out of flight form when attempting to throw, which can dump you into the canyon.

Efficiency Tips

• Bind the boulder to a hotkey. Gather 5, walk to the edge, spam the key 5 times on one dwarf. Done in under a minute once you know the routine.
• If your view distance is set low, you may not be able to see dwarves in the trench. Increase your view distance setting or target a visible, stationary dwarf with the red nameplate showing.
• Pet classes: set your pet to passive before throwing. The boulder creates a combat state that can cause pets on defensive to run down into the trench.
• You can mount up between boulder pickups and the throwing spot to move faster while buffed.
• Horde players: If you also have The Horse Hollerer (scare 15 Highland Mustangs), the mustangs roam throughout the Boulder Hills area. Scare them with your Flashbang Grenade while walking between boulder pickups.
• Alliance players doing Mounting Up (tame Highland Mustangs) can similarly look for mustangs in the same area.

Lore Context

The stone giants destroyed Thor Modan’s upper structure “thousands of years ago,” collapsing the city roof and exposing its interior. The iron dwarves are now attempting to reclaim and rebuild it. The boulder bombardment is Kurun’s ongoing containment strategy, filling the trench with debris faster than the iron dwarves can clear it.

Kurun’s completion text admits the truth: the bombardment alone is not enough, setting up the next quest where you must enter the trench yourself.

The friendly giants already throwing boulders and trees alongside you are the Grizzly Hills Giants, part of Kurun’s army. They’ve been maintaining this siege for years. You’re joining their bombardment crew for a single day, doing what they do endlessly.

Explore Grizzly Hills’ hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Grizzly Hills Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.