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Breaking Out is Hard to Do
Start	Messner [47.5, 42.0]
End	Messner [47.5, 42.0]
Level	17
Category	Redridge Mountains
Experience	1250
Reputation	+250 Stormwind
Previous	In Search of Bravo Company
Next	Jorgensen

Breaking Out is Hard to Do
Level: 17
Messner ^{[47.5, 42.0]}

Messner ^{[47.5, 42.0]}

XP: 1250

Objectives

Retrieve Messner's Cage Key.

•  [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!

1.  [15] Still Assessing the Threat
   •  [15] Wanted: Redridge Gnolls,  [16] Franks and Beans
2.  [16] Parker's Report
3.  [16] We Must Prepare!
   •  [16] Lake Everstill Clean Up
4.  [16] Tuning the Gnomecorder
   •  [16] Like a Fart in the Wind
5.  [16] Canyon Romp
   •  [16] He Who Controls the Ettins &  [16] Saving Foreman Oslow
6.  [16] They've Wised Up...
7.  [16] Yowler Must Die!
8.  [17] John J. Keeshan
9.  [17] This Ain't My War
10.  [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
11.  [17] Breaking Out is Hard to Do
12.  [17] Jorgensen
13.  [17] Krakauer
14.  [17] And Last But Not Least... Danforth
15.  [17] Return of the Bravo Company
16.  [18] They Drew First Blood
17.  [18] It's Never Over
18. 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
19.  [18] Prisoners of War
20.  [18] To Win a War, You Gotta Become War
21.  [18] Detonation
22.  [19] The Dark Tower
    •  [19] Shadowhide Extinction
23.  [19] The Grand Magus Doane
24.  [20] AHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
25.  [20] Showdown at Stonewatch
26.  [20] Darkblaze, Brood of the Worldbreaker
27.  [20] Triumphant Return

Patch history

Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Added 

External links

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