The Armor’s Secrets

Quest Giver: Bruor Ironbane — Bouldercrag’s Refuge, Storm Peaks [31, 38]

Objective: Take the Dark Armor Plate to Mimir’s Workshop and ask Attendant Tock to examine it. Then return to Bruor Ironbane at Bouldercrag’s Refuge.

Quick Facts

• Level: 80 (requires 77)
• Location: Mimir’s Workshop [34, 39], east of Bouldercrag’s Refuge along the northern mountain face
• Chain Position: … → Facing the Storm → Armor of Darkness → The Armor’s Secrets → Valduran the Stormborn
• Pairs With: None (short delivery/dialogue quest)

Walkthrough

• Pick up the quest from Bruor Ironbane at Bouldercrag’s Refuge [31, 38] after completing Armor of Darkness. He provides you with a Dark Armor Plate quest item.
• Fly or ride east along the northern mountain face to Mimir’s Workshop [34, 39]. The entrance is a building built into the cliffside. The area outside and inside the workshop is littered with deactivated mechagnome bodies.
• Enter the workshop and find Attendant Tock toward the back, on the right side. Tock is easy to miss. He’s a very small mechagnome standing next to one of the large anvils. One player reported finding him partially hidden underneath the anvil. He may not display a quest marker (“?”) above his head.
• Speak to Tock. He runs an automated analysis of the plate and delivers a multi-line readout identifying the metal, its origin, and its intended purpose (see Lore section below).
• After Tock completes his analysis, return to Bruor Ironbane at Bouldercrag’s Refuge [31, 38] to turn in the quest.

Efficiency Tips

• This is a quick travel-and-talk quest with no combat requirement. Total completion time is under 5 minutes including flight time.
• Bruor’s quest text says Mimir’s Workshop is “to the east,” which is correct from Bouldercrag’s Refuge. Follow the northern mountain face and you’ll see the entrance.
• Make note of the workshop’s location for future reference. You don’t return here during this chain, but it’s a landmark worth knowing in the Storm Peaks.

Lore & Context

Tock’s analysis is the key revelation in the Bouldercrag chain. His readout identifies the plate as an alloy of saronite and iron, with the ore originating from deep within Azeroth’s crust.

The saronite is “nearly pure,” and Tock’s systems conclude it could only have been created by “a powerful, malevolent force.” That force is the Old God Yogg-Saron, whose crystallized blood is saronite.

Critically, when Tock attempts to access his databanks for more information, he’s blocked: “Access denied. Further information can only be accessed from the archives within Ulduar, by order of Keeper Loken.” This is a direct sign of how thoroughly Loken has locked down titan systems.

Even a remote workshop attendant has been cut off from knowledge that might expose the corruption.

Tock’s final conclusion: the plate’s size, thickness, and bolt holes indicate armor for “a colossal structure.” When you relay this to Bruor, he connects the dots: Valduran’s master (Loken) has provided this sinister metal to build a giant weapon for the final assault on the earthen. This foreshadows the Iron Colossus, the chain’s final boss.

Mimir’s Workshop was built by Keeper Mimiron, whose friends call him “Mimir.” The workshop hasn’t been used in some time, and most of its mechagnome attendants lie deactivated. Mimiron himself was betrayed by Loken, who arranged a “lab accident” to kill him.

Mimiron’s followers saved his spirit and placed it in a mechagnome body, and he eventually became a boss encounter in the Ulduar raid.

Easter Egg

• Attendant Tock is “most likely a pint-sized homage to ‘Mr. Tock’ of Girl Genius comics,” though the connection is loose since “Tock” is also a natural name for any clockwork creature (tick-tock).

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