Iron Rune Constructs and You: Rocket Jumping

Quest Giver: Walt at Explorers’ League Outpost

Objective: Use the Iron Rune Construct’s Rocket Jump ability at Walt’s Iron Rune Carving.

Quick Facts

• Type: Vehicle tutorial
• Faction: Alliance only
• Prerequisites: We Can Rebuild It AND We Have the Technology
• Follow-up: Iron Rune Constructs and You: Collecting Data
• Chain Position: 1 of 3 in the “Iron Rune Constructs and You” tutorial series

Walkthrough

1. Accept quest from Walt.
2. Right-click the Empty Work Bench directly behind Walt.
3. Select the dialogue option: “Get on the work bench and let Walt put you in the golem suit.”
4. You’ll transform into an Iron Rune Construct with a new action bar.
5. Stand on the orange glowing rune carving on the ground near the bench.
6. Press 1 (or click the Rocket Jump ability on your vehicle bar).
7. The construct will rocket into the air, completing the objective.
8. Dismiss the construct from the pet window (or right-click another empty bench to force dismount).
9. Turn in to Walt.

Tips

• Action Bar Addon Warning: If you use Bartender, ElvUI, or similar action bar replacements, you may not see the vehicle ability bar. Either:
  • Temporarily disable the addon, OR
  • Press 1 directly (the ability is bound to hotkey 1 even if invisible)
• Can’t Exit? If the Leave Vehicle button is missing, right-click any empty work bench in the camp to automatically dismount.
• Have Fun: You can actually fight enemies while in the construct. Some players enjoy killing nearby shoveltusks before completing the tutorial.

Story Context

Walt introduces you to the infiltration suit you helped build:

“Alright, the time has come for you to climb inside this thing and learn how to use its basic abilities. Your first lesson is going to be using the construct’s transportation system. You’ll notice that the iron dwarves have set up special rune carvings around the dig site. Their constructs use those rune carvings to power up and fly from point to point.”

The rocket jump ability allows iron dwarf constructs to use magical launch pads scattered throughout dig sites. This provides rapid transportation without mounting, letting the constructs move efficiently across excavation zones.

Later, you’ll use this same ability to infiltrate Baelgun’s Excavation Site.

Easter Eggs

Rocket Jumping in FPS Games

The quest title directly references “rocket jumping,” a classic technique from first-person shooters like Quake and Team Fortress 2. In those games, players exploit explosive knockback to propel themselves to normally unreachable areas. Walt has essentially weaponized this concept for construct transportation.

Iron Man Parallels

Some players note the questline parallels Iron Man (2008): you gather materials for an inventor (Walt/Tony Stark) who builds you a mechanical suit, then you test it through increasingly complex trials. Walt’s “put you inside” dialogue echoes the scene where Jarvis helps Tony into the Mark II armor.

Quest Chain Overview

This begins a three-part tutorial series:

1. Rocket Jumping ← You are here (Learn transportation)
2. Collecting Data (Learn data collection)
3. The Bluff (Learn the deception ability)

After completing all three, you’ll be ready to deploy the construct at Baelgun’s Excavation Site for the real mission.

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