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Back to Nature

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

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Barleduq+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

These beasts aren't tameable, alas.

(I did the entire quest before thinking about it, and then abandoned/redid to double check. The beast spirits can't be targetted by Beast Lore - clicking on them or their portrait does not change the mouse-hand, it still has the glow of 'spell in holding'.)

(Putting the info into a top level comment because I have problems finding things in replies, so maybe other people do, too)

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37419+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The spirit beasts will either come out friendly (green) or aggressive (red) and you need not kill the target creature first and it does not use the creature up (you can continually hit the same mob/corpse with the bottles for all eight).

Edit:
There is no need to hit any creature/corpse with the AoE. Just break it in the area.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
Quest ID29753

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29753))

What to do

StorylineThe Jade Forest, Greenstone Quarry & Terrace of Ten Thunders & The Jade Serpent, step 13 of 35
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

I'm afraid I have another favor to ask, {name}. The bottles you recovered contain neither the spirits of mogu ancestors nor recently slain foes; they contain spirits of beasts. It seems the spiritclaws have resorted to poaching in an effort to fuel their simulacra. This complicates our task, for I cannot take the beasts with me through the bridge. Take the bottles west to Tideview Thicket and smash them to return the spirits to nature. Some may be blind with rage and will need to be subdued.

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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.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #371 44.4 15.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 44.4, 15.1/way #371 44.4 15.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Jade Forest 38.3, 10.8/way #371 38.3 10.8
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 44.2, 15.0/way #371 44.2 15.0

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 The Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Tian Monastery, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards south
  • Emperor's Omen, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 710 yards south-east
  • Sri-La Village, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 860 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 470 yards north-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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Storyline

The Jade Forest, Greenstone Quarry & Terrace of Ten Thunders & The Jade Serpent

Part 13 of 35.

Previous: The Wayward Dead · Next: A Humble Offering

  1. 8Simulacrumble
  2. 9An Urgent Plea
  3. 10Vessels of the Spirit
  4. 11Ritual Artifacts
  5. 12The Wayward Dead
  6. 13Back to Nature
  7. 14A Humble Offering
  8. 15To Bridge Earth and Sky
  9. 16Pei-Back
  10. 17The Serpent's Heart
  11. 18Love's Labor
  12. 19The Temple of the Jade Serpent

Showing steps 8 to 19 of 35.

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.

  • The Wayward DeadThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    The process of mass conjuring, as the mogu are doing here, is not without byproduct. Some spirits arrive too distraught or unruly to be harnessed, so they are confined and left to wander until their desperation leaves them more malleable.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Humble OfferingThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    I'm almost ready for the ritual, there's just one more thing we need: An offering. Relax, I don't mean a sacrifice. Just a bit of food. There are sure to be mushrooms growing in Tideview Thicket to the northwest that are suitable for this. Please bring some.

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, Greenstone Quarry & Terrace of Ten Thunders & The Jade Serpent has 35 steps, from All We Can Spare to Emergency Response.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (35).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest 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.