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A Gap in Their Armor

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

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Aviana quest chain

1. Wings Over Mount Hyjal (breadcrumb quest. Don't do this one)
   Aviana's Legacy (breadcrumb quest. More XP)
1. An Offering for Aviana (use netcar at burial)
1. A Plea From Beyond (go to NPC)
1. A Prayer and a Wing (kill Blaithe)
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     |     2. The Wormwing Problem (kill 10 Harpies)  2. Scrambling for Eggs (collect 8 eggs)
     |                            2. A Bird in Hand (Interrogate Marion)
     V
3. Fact-Finding Mission (go to Thisalee)
3. Sethria's Brood (kill 12 dragonkins)    4. A Gap in Their Armor (get 8 armors)
                                           4. Disassembly (kill 3 Juggernauts)
                                       /
                   ------------------.     5. The Codex of Shadows (go to Thisalee)
                 /                         5. Egg Hunt
                V (do you need 3, 4, and 5 to unlock 6?)
6. Sethria's Demise (kill Sethria)
6. Return to the Shrine (go back to Choluna)
6. An Ancient Reborn (use quest object)

7. The Hatchery Must Burn (go through portal)
7. Flight in the Firelands (practice a special flight mechanism)
7. Wave One (kill (collide with) 10 riders)
7. Wave Two (kill (collide with)10 lancers)
7. Egg Wave (destroy (step through) 40 eggs)
7. Return to Aviana (get ilvl 288 rare)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneMount Hyjal
Quest ID25758

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25758))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 64 of 118
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

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.

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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.

Mount Hyjal Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Mount Hyjal map showing where to go for A Gap in Their ArmorTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #198 32.8 70.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 32.8, 70.7/way #198 32.8 70.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 30.6, 79.0/way #198 30.6 79.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 31.4, 90.5/way #198 31.4 90.5

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 Mount Hyjal map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:

  • Sanctuary of Malorne, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 300 yards north-west
  • Shrine of Aviana, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 870 yards north-east
  • Emerald Sanctuary, FelwoodAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 250 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 560 yards south

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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250

Reward details

Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +250

Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).

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

Mount Hyjal

Part 64 of 118.

Previous: Fact-Finding Mission · Next: Disassembly

  1. 59The Wormwing Problem
  2. 60Scrambling for Eggs
  3. 61A Bird in Hand
  4. 62A Prayer and a Wing
  5. 63Fact-Finding Mission
  6. 64A Gap in Their Armor
  7. 65Disassembly
  8. 66The Codex of Shadows
  9. 67Egg Hunt
  10. 68Sethria's Brood
  11. 69Sethria's Demise
  12. 70Return to the Shrine

Showing steps 59 to 70 of 118.

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.

  • Fact-Finding MissionMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    The dragon Sethria must be stopped. We know that her roost is south of here, along the southern cliffs of Hyjal, but beyond that we know little else. I have sent Thisalee on a fact-finding mission to Sethria's Roost.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • DisassemblyMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    We have to stop these juggernauts before they're completely encased in armor. Right now they're vulnerable, but only if we pry aside the plates and hack at the marred flesh beneath. Take my shiv, and jam it between the plates of armored juggernauts to deprive them of their armor.

The storyline at a glance

Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal 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.