An Ancient Evil is a quest for level 1-20 in The Wandering Isle. It is step 68 of 74 in The Wandering Isle storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Wandering Isle at 36.5, 84.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 2,750 experience and money.
<name>, I was looking for you!
One of the escaping sailors just spotted Aysa in the wreckage of the ship, facing some enormous beast. She might need your help - you should go to her, quickly!
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For a single, not in group: It's easiest for melee to stand underneath him while attacking, so that his aoe won't hit you. You'll still get flung, but pandaren are "bouncy" so you won't take a lot of damage just from that.
When the first set of adds spawn, you can run away from the ship's area to leave combat and eat/drink if you've been taking a lot of damage or need more mana. Make sure that you don't leave combat after the second set of adds spawns though because it won't give you enough time to heal and make it back before he is killed. Therefore, you won't receive credit for the kill and will have to start the fight over.
I'm going for the Ironman challenge with all classes and sadly I don't know how lame are shammies without specialization. specially because the mana run out with just 4 lightning bolts, 2 shocks and one primal strike. all of this barely enough to kill a lvl 9 tiger and my shammie is lvl 14. if you need heal yourself you must choose.
I do this quest before with few pandaren and was hard so, I was afraid of die but reading the other comment I realize that is not necessary to kill the adds.
so, I enter into the fight, I was worried for Aysa but I see that she couldn't die so forget her and care yourself. just stay behind Vordraka.
I use one flame shock for the DOT and one Earth Shock for the debuff, just in case he turns and hit me or Aysa stop healing herself. when the first pack of mobs appear I run but I couldn't eat or drink so I return and stay hitting in the back just single melee hits (white dmg) and occasionally one shock.
the second pack was tough. I stay hitting just melee, saving the mana for healing surge. stun one of them with the racial and could kill them. I must use healing surge just one time bu I think was the lvl difference which plays in my favor (lvl 9 mobs vs lvl14 me)
the fight extend for 10 minutes so I can say, only 2 pack of mobs attack and Aysa can't die.
so if you are doing the Ironman or just are too low lvl. you can run from the fight for the first pack of mobs, try to handle the second and the rest is just wait to low the hp of Vordraka between you and Aysa, just remember stay behind him. a fight of resistance. :)
For a priest, the best strategy seems to be: just keep your bitty DoT up on Vordraka and stay behind him, then take care of the adds by burning them down. Keep yourself healed, and let Aysa take care of herself, she does fine on her own. First couple of times I did this, I ran out of mana too quickly to be of any real help. This way, I barely got below half. This fight is long, but worry about yourself first, and the Bad Guy will go down soon enough.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 2,750 |
| Money | Gold | 5g 35s |
| Reputation | Shang Xi's Academy | +250 |
For nearly three generations, the esteemed Shang Xi has prepared pandaren heroes for lives of adventure.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in The Wandering Isle that reward Shang Xi's Academy reputation: Much to Learn (+10), The Lesson of the Iron Staff (+250), The Lesson of the Sandy Fist (+250), The First Sign of Winter (+250), The Lesson of the Burning Scroll (+250), The Disciple's Challenge (+250).
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.
| Turn-in map | The Wandering Isle | Turn-in marker at 36.5, 84.2, 3 mapped points |
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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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #378 36.5 84.2
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/way #378 36.5 84.2/way #378 36.9 84.2/way #378 42.3 86.4Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 68 of 74.
Previous: From Bad to Worse · Next: Risking It All
Showing steps 63 to 74 of 74.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
After their ship crashed, evil creatures swept up from the sea to pick through the wreckage. Our aid may seem but a drop in the pond at the thought of the misfortune they've faced today. Defeat their tormentors. These people desperately need our help.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Wait, what?! How could he be so reckless? Blowing the ship free is insane! They could kill Shen-zin Su, and all of us with it. I know we don't have much time, but we need to think of another way...
The Wandering Isle has 74 steps, from The Lesson of the Iron Bough to Joining the Horde.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Wandering Isle (71), Elwynn Forest (1), Stormwind City (1), Orgrimmar (1).
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.
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