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The Old Ways
Start	Aturk the Anvil
End	Aturk the Anvil
Level	40 (Requires 40)
Category	Blacksmithing
Experience	3150
Next	[40] Booty Bay or Bust!
See also	Wowhead Thottbot Allakhazam

Contents 1 Pre-Requisites 2 Objectives 3 Quest text 4 Progress 5 Completion 6 Reward 7 Notes 7.1 Quest progression 7.2 External links

Pre-Requisites

Must be a level 210 Blacksmith

Objectives

Bring four Steel Breastplates and four Steel Plate Helms to Aturk the Anvil in Orgrimmar

• 4  [Steel Breastplate]
• 4  [Steel Plate Helm]

Quest text

In the time of legends, Aturk would crush the skulls of his enemies and grind the bone into a fine powder for use in filament. Long gone are those days, <race>. The Warchief calls for peace among the clans. Old enemies are now only watched with weary eyes!

Unbelievable, I know, but such is the will of Thrall.

Enough lamenting! You are here to learn, and learn you will! Bring me four steel breastplates and four steel helms and you will gain a taste of war!

Progress

Aturk, like time, waits for no one! Hurry up fool!

Completion

It seems you are but another complacent lemming of the Warchief, <name>. How disappointing.

How I long for a glorious death upon the battlefield. Instead, I am stuck here, by order of Thrall, to teach infants how to craft! Watch and learn, child!

Reward

• 3150 XP
• recipe for Orcish War Leggings (learned instantly, no item)

Notes

This is the first quest in the Mithril Order series of quests. In order to become an Armorsmith, you must complete this quest.

After completing this quest, Ox from the Mithril Order will talk to you.

The plans for the leggings are not tradeable, but this is the only source for these plans. Thus, Alliance cannot obtain or learn to make them.

Quest progression

1.  [40] The Origins of Smithing /  [40] The Old Ways
2.  [40] In Search of Galvan /  [40] Booty Bay or Bust!
3.  [40] The Mithril Order
4. Three quests, which can be completed in any order:
   •  [45] Smelt On, Smelt Off
   •  [45] The Great Silver Deceiver
   •  [45] The Art of the Imbue

   Complete all of the above to get the quest

    [45] Expert Blacksmith!

5. Complete any one of the three to progress:

    [45] Galvan's Finest Pupil

6. Again, three quests which can be completed in any order:
   •  [45] The World At Your Feet
   •  [45] A Good Head On Your Shoulders
   •  [45] The Mithril Kid
7.  [45] Did You Lose This?

This entire series is designed to earn you the recipes needed to complete this quest:

• The Art of the Armorsmith (Alliance) / The Art of the Armorsmith (Horde)

External links