An Axe from the Past

== Prerequisites and Notes==
*You must speak Krombral (Giant language) in order to receive this quest.
*You must have completed to receive this quest.
*Mining skill of at least 90.
*Foresting skills of at least 90 (if you choose to gather your own ingredients).
*Crafting ability to successfully complete a level 9 tradeskill combine.
*You might want to do , a prerequisite for while on this quest. It requires you to get 40 rock samples from wind swept stones, which can be done at the same time as one of the steps on this quest.
*You also might want to do it requires 50 harvest in this zone as well which can be done while doing the others.
*If you have completed the Sundered Splitpaw questline and gotten your "a glowing azure shard" you can use this to get back to Thundering Steppes very easily once you finish with the forge.
== Steps ==
#Examine the that gives you for finding his pet bear, .
#Mine 10 granite pieces, an uncommon harvest from wind swept stones in . This may take some time to complete. One nearby mining area is the region around the Ruins of Karana . Also run the full length of Dead River Basin where you will find nodes. There are also generally a few nodes around The Shrine of Decay . This update is uncommon to rare.
#*Upon receiving your 10th piece, you will get a quest update rewarding you and the .
#At a forge in any tradeskill center, combine the pristine granite with a piece of , a , and the from , creating a .
#*Note: You have to be at least Artisan Level 9 to scribe the recipe.
#Return to to show him the .
#Sharpen the by killing 100 skeletons in the .
#*Upon defeating your 100th skeleton, you will get a quest update rewarding you a .
#Return to to show him the .
#*Note: a timer for the next step starts as soon as you finish speaking to him.
#Within a one hour time limit, kill 25 Skindancer gnolls. (Various locations; , , , or all give updates for this step)
#Return to .
#Enter the and slay the for its ink. Note that this giant octopus cannot be pulled out of the water, and shortly after engaging it, a group of heroic skeletons will spawn.
#*Note: Once is dead, consider examining the highlightable crates on the ocean floor underneath the spawn point to receive a , one of the required items in .
== Reward ==
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