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Troll Patrol: Whatdya Want, a Medal?

Troll Patrol: Whatdya Want, a Medal?

Quest 3 of 3 in the Grondel Rotation (Daily)
Daily Quest
Alliance • Zul'Drak • Level 76 • Drak'Agal
Loot 7 Drakkari Medallions from Drakkari Corpses in the shallow water near [43, 59].
Right-click corpses to collect. Short channel, no loot window. No combat required. Corpses are partially submerged and hard to spot. Use /target Drakkari Corpse macro. Paladins: Sense Undead shows corpses on minimap. Can loot while in combat, so kite mobs between corpses instead of stopping to fight. Remount instantly after clicking. Fastest Grondel task. Grondel directs you to Finklestein at [35, 52].
Vikstone's Classic Expedition
The Drakkari had fought for something. Now they were paperwork, and Vikstone walked among their corpses pulling medallions so Grondel could file a report he didn't have time to write himself.

“Look at me, Night Elf. Do I look like I have time fer fillin’ out reports? It be all I can do to keep this post free o’ the bloody Scourge, and they want me to mess with paperwork! No sense in complainin’. I need to get the commander some kinda kill count from the last skirmish.

You wanna be helpful? Go and get me all the medals you can find from the dead trolls around here. That’ll hafta be close enough.”

-Captain Grondel

Objective

LEVEL

76

Requires level

74

Type

Daily

Captain Grondel outside the Coliseum wants you to gather 7 Drakkari Medallions from the nearby Drakkari Corpses.

  • Drakkari Medallion (7)

 

Locate Drakkari Corpses:
The corpses are scattered around 43, 59 and nearby areas.
Look for Drakkari Corpses lying on the ground.
Looting Medallions:
Interact with the corpses to "loot" the medallions.
After clicking the corpse, it may take a few seconds for the medallion to register in your inventory. You don’t need to wait; move on to the next corpse.
Locate Drakkari Corpses: The corpses are scattered around 43, 59 and nearby areas. Look for Drakkari Corpses lying on the ground.
Looting Medallions: Interact with the corpses to “loot” the medallions. After clicking the corpse, it may take a few seconds for the medallion to register in your inventory. You don’t need to wait; move on to the next corpse.

 

Reward

You will receive:

1 Gold

58 Silver

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

2,910 experience
350 reputation with Argent Crusade

Walkthrough

 

Quest Giver: Captain Grondel — Drak’Agal, Zul’Drak [48, 64]

Objective: Gather 7 Drakkari Medallions from Drakkari Corpses in the shallow water near the Coliseum.

 

Walkthrough

  • Head into the waterlogged area northwest of Grondel. The Drakkari Corpses are scattered across the shallow water around [43, 59].
  • Right-click each corpse to collect a medallion. There’s a short channel time, and the medallion may take a few seconds to appear in your inventory after clicking. You don’t need to wait for it; move on to the next corpse immediately.
  • Corpses can be partially submerged and hard to spot. A targeting macro helps:
 
  /target Drakkari Corpse
  • You can interact with corpses while in combat. If a Mossy Rampager or Lurking Basilisk aggros you, kite it to the next corpse rather than stopping to fight. Only engage if you get Dazed.
  • After completing, Grondel directs you to Alchemist Finklestein to the west.

 

Efficiency Tips

  • Remount immediately after clicking. You can start casting your mount the instant after clicking a corpse, even while the corpse is still “targeting” you to register the loot. The medallions aren’t looted through a traditional loot window, so you don’t need to stay dismounted.
  • Paladins: Use Sense Undead to see corpses as green dots on your minimap.
  • Avoid the deeper water pockets that force you to swim. Most corpses are in shallow, wadeable water.
  • This is generally the fastest of Grondel’s three possible tasks since corpses are plentiful and no combat is required.

 

Easter Egg

  • The quest title and Grondel’s gruff military persona are a reference to the TV series M*A*S*H. It is from the “April Fools” episode, where a hard-nosed colonel sarcastically asks a doctor who just saved a life, “Whatdya want, a medal?”

 

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

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
11,640 experience
75 reputation with Argent Crusade

Warrior IconVikstone's War Journal

“Do I look like I have time fer fillin’ out reports?” Grondel waved a stack of papers at me. “I need to get the commander some kinda kill count from the last skirmish. Go get me all the medals you can find from the dead trolls. That’ll hafta be close enough.”

Vikstone Portrait Act 2
Illustrated by Christian DiBari and Simon Gough.

So I walked among the Drakkari corpses, collecting medallions from warriors who’d died in a battle I hadn’t seen. The medals came free easily enough. Whatever these trolls had fought for, they’d become paperwork now.

“Ya saved me a fair bit o’ work there,” Grondel said when I returned. “I’ll be sure ta make mention of ya in me report.”

 

The fallen Argent soldiers near Drak’Sotra need burning before the Scourge can raise them in Troll Patrol: Done to Death.

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