Striking Steel is one of the World of Warcraft: The War Within questlines you’re going to need to complete if you’re working towards the Sojourner of Hallowfall achievement. A confusing time gate makes things a little tricky though.
Here’s how to complete the Striking Steel quest in The War Within.
How to start the Striking Steel questline in The War Within
You can start the Striking Steel questline in WoW: The War Within by speaking with Auralia Steelstrike in Mereldar at coordinates 41 and 53. This will give you the Economical Request quest, which starts the whole questline.
The Striking Steel questline is quite long; these are all 10 quests in the questline:
- Economical Request.
- A Batty Request.
- Does Anyone Like Wasps?
- Regular Fiber.
- Underground Economics.
- Spice Up Your Life.
- Eagle Eye, Eagle Die.
- Full Dress.
- Cooking With Style (Completing this rewards you with the Striking Steel achievement).
- A Home Cooked Meal (This quest rewards you with the Beledar’s Bounty recipe).
How to complete the Striking Steel questline in The War Within
1) Economical Request
You can start the Economical Request quest by speaking with Auralia Steelstrike in the tent near the training grounds in Mereldar at coordinates 41 and 53.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Write a recommendation letter and suggest Additional Trading Partners. | Interact with the letter of recommendation behind Auralia. Choose the options you think would be best when writing a letter to Merrix. For this quest, I chose more of a formal path, but you could choose the fun options as well. |
2) A Batty Request
You can also pick up the A Batty Request quest from Auralia in the tent at coordinates 41 and 53. She also has the Does Anyone Like Wasps? and Regular Fibers quests to accept at the same time, which you should do; they can all be completed in the same area.
In addition, some players have mentioned they’ve experienced issues where Auralia isn’t at the location when they need to turn in this single quest. However, she is if you accept and complete all three quests. So, it’s worth taking all three of these The War Within quests at once to avoid any issues while trying to complete them.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Get eight Shacklefang Leafnose Meat | Head to the quest area, the Fangs, on your map. Locate and slay five Shacklefang Leafnoses (these are the mobs that will have a yellow name and health bar in the quest area). Loot their bodies for the meat. |
3) Does Anyone Like Wasps?
This quest is granted by Auralia at coordinates 41 and 53.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Kill 10 Shacklefang Hornets. | In the Fangs, which is the quest area, slay 10 Shacklenose Hornets. These are the Hornets that are aggravated (meaning their names and health bars are red). They’ll attack you if you get too close. |
4) Regular Fiber
The Regular Fiber quest can be accepted from Auralia at coordinates 41 and 53.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Collect 5 Tough Ivy Fibers. | In the quest area, the Fangs, interact with the Tough Ivy Fibers found on the sides of the gray rocks to collect them. Be sure to search both sides of the rocks, particularly if they’re large, as you may find two Ivy Fibers on one rock. |
5) Underground Economics
You’ll start Underground Economics by speaking with General Steelstrike in Dunelle’s Kindness, roughly at coordinates 68 and 45. She’s standing right next to Auralia, where you’ve just turned in the previous three quests.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Assist the Arathi with trade negotiations in Dunelle’s Kindness. | Interact with the three golden yellow displays to “display Arathi Trade Goods.” Speak with Teha, the Zen’shiri Trading Post vendor, and convince them to trade with the Arathi. Speak with Andee Seabraid to trade with the Arathi. Both of these people are standing on either side of Merrix. |
6) Spice Up Your Life
You can start the Spice Up Your Life quest by speaking with Auralia Steelstrike by the foundation in Mereldar, roughly at coordinates 42 and 55. You can also pick up the next quest, Eagle Eye, Eagle Die, as these two quests can be completed in the same quest area.
If you don’t see either The War Within quest, you’ll simply need to wait until your next daily reset before speaking with Auralia to get them.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Gather seven Light-Bathed Lotus’ in Hallowfall. | Head to the quest area—it’s the westernmost section of Hallowfall. Look for the tall yellow-flowered lotus and collect them. You’ll know they’re the right ones if they’re sparkling. |
7) Eagle Eye, Eagle Die
You can also grab Eagle Eye, Eagle Die by speaking with Auralia by the fountain in Mereldar, roughly at coordinates 42 and 55.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Collect five Eagle Fillets. | In the quest area, navigate to a safe area away from mobs that will attack you. Search the skies for an eagle close to you and use the harpoon (this is the quest item next to the quest description) to harpoon the eagle. Once it’s close, attack the eagle and kill it. Loot the body for the fillets. Repeat until you have five Eagle Fillets. |
8) Full Dress
You can accept the Full Dress quest from Auralia Steelstrike in her home in Mereldar, roughly at coordinates 44 and 50.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Help the Steelstrikes decorate their house in Mereldar in preparation for the upcoming meal. | In the house, interact with the blue-tinged objects to decorate them. These objects will appear as yellow dots on your mini-map; head in those directions and interact with the objects to decorate. |
9) Cooking with Style
You can start the Cooking with Style quest by speaking with General Steelstrike within the Steelstrike home in Mereldar, roughly at coordinates 45 and 51.
Once you’ve completed this quest, you will earn the Striking Steel achievement, which means you’ll see this questline ticked off on the Sojourner of Hallowfall achievement tracker. But there’s one more quest you can accept after this.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Help the Steelstrikes cook a meal in Mereldar. | Make your way to the cooking house. Head to the table to the left of General Steelstrike and interact with it to chop the vegetables. Interact with the small wedge of cheese on the ground to throw it into the cooking pot. To the right of the General, there’s a tap and a bucket. Interact with it and aim the water at the cooking pot and throw water into it. Speak with the General. Throw vegetables into the cooking pot. Throw water to stop the fire (if necessary). Repeat until you’ve cooked your dish. Interact with the cooking pot to taste it. |
10) A Home Cooked Meal
You can start A Home Cooked Meal by speaking with General Steelstrike in the cooking house in Mereldar, roughly at coordinates 44 and 50. Completing this quest rewards you the Hallowfall Arathi reputation and the Beledar’s Bounty recipe.
| Quest objective | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Have a meal at the Steelstrike House in Mereldar in Hallowfall. | Return to the Steelstrike home and have a seat at the table. Eat your stew. Speak with the people sitting at the table, and then to Vaelisia Steelstrike. |
Why can’t I start the Spice Up Your Life quest?
If you’ve finished the Underground Economics quest and want to start the next quest in the chain, Spice Up Your Life, you won’t be able to right away. This is because this quest is locked behind a time gate, meaning you have to wait until your next daily reset. For example, I was working through the first half of this questline at around 4pm on Monday, and was able to accept it on Tuesday around 5am (after my server’s reset time).
Initially, you would’ve had to wait one week to be able to accept this quest. However, in the Aug. 29 hotfix, the devs changed it so you’d only have to wait until your next reset. So, if you’re wondering how to complete the Striking Steel questline, this is everything you need to know, including why you can’t start it right away.
