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- Use the quest item on one of the two flying mobs chained on the ground to the quest giver. You should fly up into the air on the mount.
- Press the '2' and '3' keys until you get a warning that the mount will panic and throw you off.
- Select another flying (not on the ground chained) mount and press the '1' key. You should jump over from the old mount to the newly selected mount. The mount you left should die and you should get credit for its death.
- Repeat #2 to #4 until you have completed the quest.
- Use the exit vehicle button on the mount to fall off in parachute mode.
Quest
Aerial Advantage
A World of Warcraft quest in Maldraxxus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Had the same issue. What worked for me was to use the quest item hook on the saddled Rocs by the quest giver, attack them till they panic (using skills 2 & 3 on bar), then use Skill 1 to hook to the next roc. Once you're flying on a roc you can't use your quest item again - you have to use the Skill 1 on your bar.
You don't even need to select another roc to target when the first one starts to die, just push '1' when the warning pops up and you will automatically hook onto a nearby roc and mount it.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 60
ZoneMaldraxxus
Quest ID61778
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(61778))
What to do
StorylineRighteous Retribution, step 13 of 20
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Description
Gharmal's rocs dominate the skies above, striking at our forces as we advance. The Zerekriss can't get into position until they are cleared out! I would take care of them myself, but I'm not much of a flier. Don't have the balance for it! Take my riding hook and latch onto a roc. Once you're riding, just start hitting it 'til the job is done.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1536 28.0 37.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inMaldraxxus 28.0, 37.5
/way #1536 28.0 37.5 - Objective areaMaldraxxus 27.9, 37.5
/way #1536 27.9 37.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Maldraxxus 27.8, 33.9
/way #1536 27.8 33.9
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 Maldraxxus map
- Aerial Advantage same spot
- Grave Intent about 40 yards
- Charging The Blade about 60 yards
- Trouble on the Western Front about 60 yards
- Power of the Chosen about 60 yards
- Ani-Matter Animator about 240 yards
- The Slaughter Daughter about 250 yards
- Find The Way about 250 yards
- Loose Threads about 250 yards
- Weapon of Mass Construction about 250 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Maldraxxus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Maldraxxus:
- Spider's Watch, Maldraxxus
- The Spearhead, Maldraxxus
- Theater of Pain, Maldraxxus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
Storyline
Righteous Retribution
Part 13 of 20.
Previous: Charging The Blade · Next: Grave Intent
- 8Descended
- 9Burn Before Reading
- 10An Early End
- 11Trouble on the Western Front
- 12Charging The Blade
- 13Aerial Advantage
- 14Grave Intent
- 15Power of the Chosen
- 16The End is Now
- 17Pursuit of Justice
- 18Take Heart
- 19Return to the Hold
Showing steps 8 to 19 of 20.
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.
- Charging The Blade
We can't advance with those juggernauts bombarding our position! I led a strike against the nearest, but conventional weapons do nothing against their imbued hides. Thankfully, I have an idea.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Grave Intent
My spies have identified several astral projectors that Margrave Gharmal uses to rally his troops in the Stitchyard. I do not wish for a swarm of frenzied constructs to descend upon us during the final confrontation. Surely you see the wisdom in cutting their fervor.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Righteous Retribution has 20 steps, from An Expected Visitor to Crest of Greatness.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (17), Elysian Hold (3).
Other storylines on the Maldraxxus map
- A Golden Dawn
- The House of Rituals
- Theater of Pain
- House of Constructs
- The House of Eyes
- Loyal to the Primus
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.