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“We’re moving in! There were some snobolds here when we arrived… their mining operation seems to have met some unfortunate happenings though. Doesn’t much matter – we were taking over soon anyway. I sent some of our miners in there to get me some ore samples that I can use to calibrate our machines for processing, but they haven’t come back.
Mind going in there and nabbing some samples for me in their stead? The snobolds probably have some on them, though I’d expect most of them are dead by now.”
-Tore Rumblewrench
Tore Rumblewrench outside of Crystalweb Cavern would like you to retrieve 5 samples of Impure Saronite Ore.
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You will receive:
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Quest Giver: Tore Rumblewrench — outside Crystalweb Cavern, Storm Peaks [40, 78]
Objective: Collect 5 Impure Saronite Ore from Snowblind Diggers inside Crystalweb Cavern.
Quick Facts
Walkthrough
Find Tore Rumblewrench
Navigate the Cave
Collect the Ore
Crystalweb Cavern supports three quests that can all be completed in a single pass. Grab them in order and work through the cave front to back:
| Quest | Giver | Objective | Where in Cave |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moving In | Tore Rumblewrench (outside) | Kill 12 Crystalweb Spiders | Throughout the entire cave |
| Ore Repossession | Tore Rumblewrench (outside) | Collect 5 Impure Saronite Ore | Snowblind Digger camp in the middle room |
| Only Partly Forgotten | Injured Goblin Miner (inside, ~[41, 74]) | Kill a Crystalweb Weaver for an Icetip Venom Sac | Deepest part of the cave (large spiders in an egg room) |
Recommended route: Enter the cave → kill spiders as you go (Moving In) → stop at the middle room to kill diggers for ore (Ore Repossession) → pick up Only Partly Forgotten from the Injured Goblin Miner along the way → continue to the back of the cave for the Crystalweb Weaver → return to the miner to turn in → exit and turn in both quests to Tore outside.
Between killing diggers and clearing to the Weaver, you’ll easily hit 12 spider kills for Moving In without trying.
Additional Notes
Lore Context
The quest item is “Impure” Saronite Ore, an unrefined form of saronite. Saronite is not connected to the Lich King himself but is actually the crystallized blood of the Old God Yogg-Saron, imprisoned beneath Ulduar in the northern Storm Peaks.
The Lich King exploits saronite heavily for Scourge fortifications and war machines, but its true origin is far older and more sinister. Prolonged exposure to saronite mining drives mortals insane through Yogg-Saron’s whispers, a mechanic players experience firsthand later in the Icecrown Saronite Mines.
The fact that snobolds are mining saronite in the Storm Peaks, so close to Ulduar, is a small but telling detail about how deeply Yogg-Saron’s influence has spread through the region.
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.
Vikstone's War Journal“We’re moving in!” Tore announced, gesturing at Crystalweb Cavern. “There were some snobolds here when we arrived… their mining operation seems to have met some unfortunate happenings though. Doesn’t much matter. I sent some of our miners in there to get me some ore samples that I can use to calibrate our machines for processing, but they haven’t come back.”
She shrugged.
“Mind going in there and nabbing some samples for me in their stead? The snobolds probably have some on them, though I’d expect most of them are dead by now.”
The cavern swallowed me in damp silence. Water dripped somewhere in the dark, each drop measuring out the seconds between my footfalls. Abandoned picks littered the ground. The snobolds’ mining operation had met something, all right.
The first digger came shrieking from the shadows. My shield caught his pick mid-swing, the Titansteel ringing like a bell. I drove the rim into his face and followed with the mace. He dropped. Impure saronite tumbled from his grasp.
More came. I planted my feet and let them break against me like waves on stone. Shield Slam sent one spinning. Revenge caught the next as he overextended. The mace did its work in the gaps between, each strike precise and final.
A spider the size of a draft horse descended from the ceiling. Venomous. Patient. Its lunge met my shield; my mace cracked through its thorax. The beast folded.
Five samples. The missing miners never found.
“Woo! That’s a ripe stench right there!” Tore wrinkled her nose when I returned. “You had to get hands-on with some of those snobolds, didn’t ya? I do appreciate it though!”
The ore gleamed dully in her hands. Whatever had happened to her miners, the goblins would move in regardless. Business as usual.
