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Quest Giver: Ricket — K3, Storm Peaks [41, 86]

Objective: Use Improved Land Mines at Garm’s Bane to kill 12 attackers from Garm. Both Garm Invaders (magnataur) and Snowblind Followers (snobolds) count.

Quick Facts

• Type: Daily quest
• Location: Garm’s Bane [47, 81], east of K3
• Prerequisite: Demolitionist Extraordinaire (completing the Gino mini-chain unlocks this daily)

Walkthrough

Getting There

• Pick up the quest from Ricket at K3 [41, 86]. She provides Improved Land Mines as a quest item.
• Head east to Garm’s Bane [47, 81]. This is the minefield strip between K3 and the Garm cave, lined with goblin perimeter turrets on the western edge.

Placing Mines

• Waves of Garm Invaders (magnataur) and Snowblind Followers (snobolds) run westward through Garm’s Bane toward K3 in a steady stream.
• Place mines in their path using the provided quest item. It takes two mine hits to kill one mob, so placement strategy matters.

Mine Placement Strategy

The most efficient approach is to lay mines in staggered double rows so each mob passes through at least two explosions:

    *   *   *   *   *
  *   *   *   *   *   *
    *   *   *   *   *

Each * represents one mine. The offset rows ensure mobs hit two mines as they pass through. Alternatively, you can place two mines directly on top of each other in a single line for guaranteed kills on a narrower front.

Critical Mechanic: Dismount Required

• You must be dismounted for your mines to trigger. Mobs run straight through active mines without detonating them if you’re on a flying mount. Stay on foot while the waves come through.

Efficiency Tips

• You don’t actually have to use the mines at all. You can kill the attackers directly with your own abilities, and the goblin perimeter turrets will also help finish them off. For high-damage classes, tagging mobs with AoE and letting turrets do the rest can be faster than mine placement.
• Opposite-faction players can intentionally detonate your mines by running through them. If you’re on a PvP server and facing interference, switch to direct kills instead.

Class Tips

• Death Knights: Death Grip can pull mobs directly onto your mines.

Lore Context

The attackers are magnataur and snobolds from the nearby Garm cave system. These creatures have been assaulting K3 since the goblins set up shop, and the earlier quests in the chain (Cell Block Tango, A Flawless Plan) dealt with collapsing their cave. As Ricket notes, the collapse didn’t fully take. This daily represents the ongoing cleanup.

Garm’s Bane is part of K3’s broader defense network, which includes sentry guns, teleporters, sappers, and demolition bombs. These goblin defenses are widely noted as a Team Fortress 2 reference.