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A Mammoth Undertaking

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

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Whiterock+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Snows of Northrend Quest Tree From Whiterock

#)Where in the World is Hemet Nesingwary?──>a)Welcome to Sholazar Basin

b)Venture Co. Misadventure    a)Need an Engine, Take an Engine
b)Wipe That Grin Off His Face b)Have a Part, Give a Part        b)Engineering a Disaster
 ├──┬──────────────────────────┘   ├>e)Aerial Surveillance
 | c)Kick, What Kick?              └>e)An Embarassing Incident
 | c)The Great Hunter's Challenge    e)Reconnaissance Flight      Force of Nature*
 |
 ├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
c)Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator   c)Rhino Mastery: The Test
 |            ├──┬───────────────────────────┘         |  |
 |            | e)Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor | d)A Steak Fit for a Hunter
 |            | e)Still At It                          |
 |            | e)The Taste Test                       |
 |            | #)Fletcher's Lost and Found            | a)It Could Be Anywhere!
 |            └──────┐                                 |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial     |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan      |
 |                                      ║ |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey ║ | d)Rhino Mastery: The Chase
 |                 ║                 ╔══╝ |  ║         |
 |                 ╚═>Lakeside Landing*<══╪══╝         |
 |                                        |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce     |           e)An Offering for Soo-rahm
 |                                        |           e)The Bones of Nozronn
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush   f)Rhino Mastery: The Kill
 |                                        |            |
 ├────────────────────────┬───────────────┴───┬────────┘
 |                        |                   |
g)Sharpening Your Talons g)Securing the Bait g)In Search of Bigger Game
 ├───────────────────────┬┘
 |                       ├>h)Reagent Agent   g)Burning to Help
i)A Mammoth Undertaking  └>h)My Pet Roc
i)Post-partum Aggression

Legend:
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.
3
fewyn+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Seems it could fail and do nothing when trying to use it on the mammoths, who happen to be located just around the camp. They are neutral mobs so it shouldn't be too hard to do this quest. Just run it back and press the 1 button to return it to Zootfizzle.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
Quest ID12607

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12607))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 24 of 65
Rewards7g 87s 50c, 3,100 XP

Description

Before you go off challenging Broodmother Slivina, Dorian thought it might be a good idea for you and Hemet to coordinate your efforts by riding into battle on the back of a mammoth. The area around the camp is full of them. Just take this bridle and slip it over the head of a shattertusk mammoth. Be careful of the bulls, though. They won't tolerate the harness at all. Bring the mammoth back here when you've found a suitable one.

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for A Mammoth UndertakingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #119 42.1 28.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 42.1, 28.9/way #119 42.1 28.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 47.8, 32.2/way #119 47.8 32.2
  • Objective areaSholazar Basin 41.9, 28.7/way #119 41.9 28.7

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south
  • Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 270 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
Money7 gold87 silver
Experience3,100 XP

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 24 of 65.

Previous: Securing the Bait · Next: Post-partum Aggression

  1. 19Rhino Mastery: The Kill
  2. 20The Taste Test
  3. 21In Search of Bigger Game
  4. 22Sharpening Your Talons
  5. 23Securing the Bait
  6. 24A Mammoth Undertaking
  7. 25Post-partum Aggression
  8. 26Playing Along
  9. 27The Ape Hunter's Slave
  10. 28Tormenting the Softknuckles
  11. 29The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice
  12. 30The Sapphire Queen

Showing steps 19 to 30 of 65.

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.

  • Securing the BaitSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    We're not likely to get Broodmother Slivina's attention waving our arms around like fools, but if we're smart, we can bait her into fighting us. We'll also secure more, uh, fodder for my little project. <Dorian glances over at Zootfizzle.> But don't worry about that for now.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Post-partum AggressionSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    Broodmother Slivina's likely to be a snarling ball of teeth, spikes, and talons. You've gone and stolen her children away and no mother takes kindly to that. 'Tis true they hatched from eggs, but she loves the little beasts no less than your mother loves you.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.