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A Different Approach

A World of Warcraft quest in Western Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneWestern Plaguelands
Quest ID26954

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26954))

What to do

StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 57 of 63
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Among other things, Zen'Kiki needs to work on his spell accuracy. I could see his wrath spells spiraling out of control even from here! In fact, I used them as a marker to follow your progress through the woods. Perhaps we can use Zen'Kiki another way. Take him up to the top of the hill just to our east. The diseased hawks that circle above that hill must be destroyed. Ask Zen'Kiki to shoot at these hawks. Even if he can't hit them, he will distract them so you can finish them off.

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for A Different ApproachTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 48.9 54.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 48.9, 54.8/way #22 48.9 54.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 53.8, 53.6/way #22 53.8 53.6

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Western Plaguelands map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Western Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • The Menders' Stead, Western PlaguelandsAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards north-east
  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsHorde · about 300 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 yards east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationCenarion Expedition +250

Reward details

Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +250

An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Western Plaguelands

Part 57 of 63.

Previous: Zen'Kiki, the Druid · Next: Zen'Kiki and the Cultists

  1. 52Gahrron's Withering Cauldron
  2. 53Return to the Stead
  3. 54Desperate Acts
  4. 55Students of Krastinov
  5. 56Zen'Kiki, the Druid
  6. 57A Different Approach
  7. 58Zen'Kiki and the Cultists
  8. 59Taelan Fordring's Legacy
  9. 60Unusual Behavior... Even For Gnolls
  10. 61The Good People of Hearthglen
  11. 62Bagging Bisp
  12. 63Turning Yourself In

Showing steps 52 to 63 of 63.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Zen'Kiki, the DruidWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    I am Adrine Towhide, a druid of the Cenarion Circle. You can thank us for healing this land, where once there was only death. We accept all who choose to follow the druidic path, regardless of race, faction, or talent. Occasionally that means we enlist a druid who needs more help than others.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Zen'Kiki and the CultistsWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    While you've been away, I've been trying a different approach on our friend Zen'Kiki. I believe he may have a future as a healer. This is mainly because healing spells never miss. I hear from Field Agent Kaartish that the cultist camp to the east is where the plagued animals are coming from.

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.