World of Warcraft Cataclysm Quests in Mount Hyjal - a Gap in Their Armor

This World of Warcraft Cataclysm guide will cover the quest A Gap in Their Armor. You can find various images related to this quest by clicking the numbers by the thumbnail above and the thumbnail itself to view the full size the image.

Horde and Alliance Quest: A Gap in Their Armor

This quest was originally added in patch 4.0.1. It is available to players at level 80 (yellow), turns green at level 84, and will eventually turn grey at level 95.

How to attain A Gap in Their Armor

Horde and Alliance: The Quest Giver is Thisalee Crow within the Shrine of Aviana in Mount Hyjal, Kalimdor at (42.2, 45.4). This quest unlocks the next quest in the chain, Disassembly.

Quest Briefing

"Do you see what they're doing here? They're affixing armored plates onto the Dragonkin. A page out of Deathwing's book, I suppose. Those Twilight Juggernauts look like they'll be invincible once they're complete. There's got to be a way around that armor plating! Run out there and fetch some of the Twilight armor plates that are waiting to be installed. We'll figure out how to beat this."

A Gap in Their Armor Objectives

Gather 8 Twilight Armor Plates.

Rewards

Money Rewards: 7 Gold and 80 Silver

Reputation Rewards: 250 reputation with the Cataclysm faction Guardians of Hyjal.

Item Rewards: none

Xp: You will be awarded with 27,700 experience upon completing this quest.

Walkthrough

A Gap in Their Armor is a collect quest item from game object type of quest, requiring you collect 8 of the armor plates from the Sethria's Roost are of Mount Hyjal. You will find these plates of armor as interactable objects scattered throughout an encampment of hostile twilight dragonkin. If you're trying to complete the quest quickly, it may be difficult to completely avoid all agro, however a flying mount will of course make that slightly easier. Half of the enemies, or specifically the Twilight Juggernaughts, are in cable of actually attacking you, meaning you must simply watch out for a few wandering armorers. As soon as you've collected all 8 of the necessary plates for this quest you are free to attain your reward.

Completion Message

"Look at these things. Ugh, the runes make my eyes hurt. This one here is meant to sear flesh? Seriously? Ouch! Wait a minute... These plates are designed to be riveted directly into flesh. The pain must be unbearable!"