Objectives[]
Retrieve Messner's Cage Key.
Description[]
The key to this cage is stored in a pouch over at the worg den, just north of our location. The problem is that the pouch is resting safely atop a tree stump amidst a sea of bloodthisty man-killing worgs.
You've got one shot to get that key without waking up any of those sleeping worgs. Head to the worg den and find a way to the center. Tread carefully and watch out for the Blackrock worg captain. Get the key and return to me.
If you got a pet, I'd recommend telling it to stay back!
Progress[]
Did you get the cage key?
Completion[]
IT'S PAYBACK TIME!
Notes[]
Head north. The pit is full of elite worgs and guarded by the elite Blackrock Worg Captain. If players attempt to enter the pit with their pet not staying put, the game displays a warning:
- You should have your pet wait for you here. Beware the Blackrock Worg Captain!
Aggroing one worg will aggro nearly every worg in the pit, so be careful! If you are able to do this alone, your best bet would be if you are a Rogue to apply stealth then sneak in to the pen, grab the key, then stealth once more and exit the pit. Other than stealthing as a rogue there is one other, questionably cheap method of snagging the key solo as a non-stealth class. If you were to intentionally die within the pit and become a ghost, you could relocate your corpse and resurrect yourself right next to the location of the key. Other than that, you would be best off having assistance.
Exiting the worg pit:
- Don't forget to command your pet to follow you!
Completing the quest breaks Messner out of the cage. He will follow players about as a guardian, with quotes!
- We all owe our lives to Keeshan. He's saved our hides a hundred times.
- So what's up with the bridge in Lakeshire? Oslow ever finish building it?
- I think I'm gonna go to Dalaran after this is over. Help 'em get that city up and floating again.
- Being a mage has its advantages, but the laundry bills are hell to pay.
- I need to use the restroom.
Quest progression[]
Optional lead-in: Hero's Call: Redridge Mountains!
[15] Still Assessing the Threat
[15] Wanted: Redridge Gnolls,
[16] Franks and Beans
[16] Parker's Report
[16] We Must Prepare!
[16] Tuning the Gnomecorder
[16] Canyon Romp
[16] He Who Controls the Ettins &
[16] Saving Foreman Oslow
[16] They've Wised Up...
[16] Yowler Must Die!
[17] John J. Keeshan
[17] This Ain't My War
[17] In Search of Bravo Company
- Mandatory side chain:
[17] Weapons of War &
[17] His Heart Must Be In It
- Optional side quests:
[17] Surveying Equipment,
[17] Render's Army
- Mandatory side chain:
[17] Breaking Out is Hard to Do
[17] Jorgensen
[17] Krakauer
[17] And Last But Not Least... Danforth
[17] Return of the Bravo Company
[18] They Drew First Blood
[18] It's Never Over
- Complete all of:
[18] Point of Contact: Brubaker &
[18] Unspeakable Atrocities
[18] Hunting the Hunters /
[18] Bravo Company Field Kit: Chloroform /
[18] Bravo Company Field Kit: Camouflage
[18] Prisoners of War
[18] To Win a War, You Gotta Become War
[18] Detonation
[19] The Dark Tower
[19] The Grand Magus Doane
[20] AHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
[20] Showdown at Stonewatch
[20] Darkblaze, Brood of the Worldbreaker
[20] Triumphant Return
Patch history[]
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Added