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Quest

Altered Beasts

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

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746780+19via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

When you are looking the mobs which drop these don't go to the tunnel. I visited there before I checked some help from here and there was nothing.

Mobs you are looking for can be found around the hills not far away from quest giver. They look pretty much like ordinary critters (rabbits, light blue foxes) like Ainasni said.

This quest also leads to The Owlbeasts' Defense.

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lynnsie+19via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you've looted several and nothing has dropped, just keep going. It isn't a 100% drop rate. I went about 5 in with nothing and was concerned I was wasting my time, turns out they just have no other loot and the brain is not a guarantee.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneWinterspring
Quest ID28837

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28837))

What to do

StorylineWinterspring, step 46 of 54
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

We, the blue dragons, have been forced out of our home, Mazthoril. An impostor by the name of Umbranse has taken advantage of us in our weakest hour, and now occupies the cave. Mazthoril is a place of extremely potent magic, and he does not know how to wield it. Even the wildlife suffers. The beasts nearby have been altered. Please, {race}, I must ask you a favor. Gather their brains, so I can see if I can undo this Umbranse's wild magic.

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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.

Winterspring Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Winterspring map showing where to go for Altered BeastsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #83 58.0 63.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWinterspring 58.0, 63.8/way #83 58.0 63.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Winterspring 56.9, 66.4/way #83 56.9 66.4

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 Winterspring map

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

Getting there

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

  • Everlook, WinterspringHorde · about 640 yards north
  • Nordrassil, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards south-west

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

Storyline

Winterspring

Part 46 of 54.

Previous: Yetiphobia · Next: The Owlbeasts' Defense

  1. 41You Gotta Have Eggs
  2. 42Are We There, Yeti?
  3. 43The Perfect Horns
  4. 44Echo Three
  5. 45Yetiphobia
  6. 46Altered Beasts
  7. 47The Owlbeasts' Defense
  8. 48Magic Prehistoric
  9. 49Razor Beak and Antlers Pointy
  10. 50Chips off the Old Block
  11. 51Damn You, Frostilicus
  12. 52Winterwater

Showing steps 41 to 52 of 54.

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.

  • YetiphobiaWinterspring · Level 15-30

    It's all ready, <name>! Now, I told my friend Legacki that I have a surprise for her. This is where you come in! I'm going to give you my mechanical yeti, and you'll get the honor of using it to surprise her. She's just on the other side of Everlook, near the inn.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Owlbeasts' DefenseWinterspring · Level 15-30

    What a shame. Whatever Umbranse has done, he has prevented me from undoing his magic. He is wiser than I had anticipated. I do have a backup plan, however. I have seen owlbeasts enter and leave Mazthoril, even after Umbranse took control.

The storyline at a glance

Winterspring has 54 steps, from Threat of the Winterfall to Umbranse's Deliverance.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Winterspring (54).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Winterspring 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.