Quest

Balance of Elements

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

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GibbleFenwick2021-10-16T01:11:24-05:00+1via Wowhead

While doing this quest, make sure to periodically stand on the [npc=95871] (large blue water drops) you see roaming around.
They give you a [spell=195525] buff which nets 150% movement speed for 30 seconds.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45

ZoneHighmountain

Quest ID39488

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39488))

What to do

StorylineRivermane Tribe, step 11 of 13

Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

The drogbar place their foul crystals in our cave to absorb the magic within, and then they collect them when they are saturated with power. We must recover the crystals so the magic might dissipate and be suffused back into the waters, or else the drogbar will find ways to corrupt the magic to their own purposes.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inHighmountain 38.4, 61.2/way #650 38.4 61.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Highmountain 37.4, 59.0/way #650 37.4 59.0
Objective areaHighmountain 38.3, 61.1/way #650 38.3 61.1

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 Highmountain map

Moozy's Sojourn about 160 yards
Moozy's Adventure about 190 yards
Dargrul and the Hammer about 360 yards
The Underking Comes about 370 yards
Walking in Their Footsteps about 370 yards
Dark Tales about 370 yards
Highmountain Hides about 420 yards
Moose on the Loose about 430 yards
Moose Shootin' about 440 yards
Bear Huntin' about 440 yards

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

Getting there

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

Sylvan Falls, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 290 yards south-west
Nesingwary's Retreat, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards north
Thunder Totem, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 600 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 130 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.

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WoWGnGP2016-05-30T05:11:36-05:00-6via Wowhead

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://youtu.be/B8km1wqikpM

WoWGnGP2016-08-31T17:09:04-05:00-6via Wowhead

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1eQGB-CF0Q&feature=youtu.be

Money20 gold22 silver

Experience6,150 XP

ReputationHighmountain Tribe +150

Other quests on the Highmountain map

Reward details

Reputation: Highmountain Tribe +150

The Highmountain Tribe has dwindled in numbers over the years, and with the drogbar threat looming, seek new allies to save their homeland.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Highmountain that reward Highmountain Tribe reputation: Get to High Ground (+250), Rocs vs Eagles (+150), The Skyhorn Tribe (+10), Battle of Snowblind Mesa (+150), Secrets of Highmountain (+150), Grasp of the Underking (+150).

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.

Storyline

Rivermane Tribe

Part 11 of 13.

Previous: Lifespring Cavern · Next: Invading Spelunkers

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.

Lifespring CavernHighmountain · Level 10-45
The drogbar have taken over my cavern. It is where we Rivermane practice our water magic and get much of the purest healing water in Highmountain. Meet me there and we will cleanse that sacred place of these dark-dwellers.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Invading SpelunkersHighmountain · Level 10-45
The drogbar and their earthen furies have overrun the cavern. They're perverting the magic within and destroying the elementals that have forever dwelled in this place. Let's work together to remove them from this sacred cave.

Quests that require this one

High Water

The storyline at a glance

Rivermane Tribe has 13 steps, from Keepers of the Hammer to Crystal Fury.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Campaign: Highmountain Complete the Highmountain storylines listed below with a Timerunner.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Complete the Highmountain storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Highmountain map

Legion Blacksmithing42 steps, starts with Strange New Ores
The Bloodtotem Tribe14 steps, starts with The Bloodtotem Tribe
Allies of the Horde: Highmountain18 steps, starts with Walking in Their Footsteps
Legion Leatherworking45 steps, starts with Skin Deep
Snowblind Mesa10 steps, starts with Battle of Snowblind Mesa
The Fel Worm Menace11 steps, starts with Destruction: Rumblings Near Feltotem

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.