Very cute quest. If you get caught by trolls you get returned to the starting point, so avoid that big time. There are only 4 raptors to speak with. On my mini-map they were marked as green dots, but that could have been because I had hunter beast tracking on, though you are in pet/vehicle form during the quest and those abilities shouldn't work.... You start out with a Dash ability (1 button)
First raptor teaches you how to break out of nets (2 button). In my experience they captured you again before you could break out of their nets, so pretty much useless.
Second raptor asks you to get him food from a sleeping guy, so I did a 180 back away from him, hugged the right wall, and went into the back tent to get him food. You have 3 minutes to return with the food. Once you do he teaches you an ability to use get torches from braziers and burn tikis (3 button). If you get caught on the next steps you do not have to get him food again, because you have already learned the burning tiki ability.
You have to burn three tikis to get to the next raptor. Click the brazier below him and move nearish the tiki next to it, and hit the 3 button. The guards will move away and attend to the tiki. Going forward do the same with the next brazier, but this time you must be faster. The last brazier is right past where the guards are. Use the brazier and hit dash, click the 3 button as soon as you can at the next tiki, otherwise your torch will burn out, and move forward to the last raptor. I had to do this a few times to get it right.
Last raptor teaches you how to pick up skulls to trip trolls (4 button). I picked up a skull below and put it on the footbridge. If the patrol aggros you he will ignore the skull, so stay back a bit. Once he nears the skull he will trip and fall of the bridge. I repeated this on the next bridge.
Last bit has a triple patrol and a single patrol. I zipped around all of them, used the brazier near the exit, burned the tiki and ran up the stairs to get the complete event.
Quest
Be Raptor
A World of Warcraft quest in Northern Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Here's a video guide for the quest for those who don't like reading a wall of text: WoW Quest Guide: Be Raptor
Your video helped me realize that i needed to stop at the Shade of the Hexxer and go through the RP. I was dashing past him for the portal and being stopped by the guards and ported back to the skull raptor over and over, lol Sooo yeah.. stop and watch the RP for those of you who were stuck on the last part like me :)
Quest facts
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Requirements
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What to do
Description
Mind Control, very powerful, yes. With luck, you can help Ohgan'aka escape from Zul'Gurub. Then, Ohgan'aka becomes {name}'aka again! Speak to Priestess, yes, and help {name}'aka escape.
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.
Nearby on the Northern Stranglethorn map
- There is Another about 60 yards
- One with the Loa about 400 yards
- Looking for Lukou about 400 yards
- Stolen but Not Forgotten about 400 yards
- Heart of Lukou about 400 yards
- The Unkillable about 400 yards
- Stalking the Stalker about 790 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 820 yards
- De Loa of de Past about 870 yards
- Honor the Flame about 990 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Northern Stranglethorn, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northern Stranglethorn:
- Bambala, Stranglethorn
- Grom'gol, Stranglethorn
- Hardwrench Hideaway, Stranglethorn
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Reputation: Darkspear Trolls +350
This tribe of exiled trolls has joined forces with Thrall and the Horde. They now call Durotar their home, which they share with their orc allies.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Northern Stranglethorn that reward Darkspear Trolls reputation: Hunt for Yenniku (+250), Headhunting (+250), Nezzliok Will Know (+250), Speaking with Nezzliok (+250), Chasing Yenniku's Fate (+75), The Mind's Eye (+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.
Storyline
Northern Stranglethorn
Part 41 of 60.
Previous: Mind Control · Next: Surkhan
- 36Bloodlord Mandokir
- 37Priestess Hu'rala
- 38Mind Vision
- 39See Raptor
- 40Mind Control
- 41Be Raptor
- 42Surkhan
- 43Welcome to the Jungle
- 44The Green Hills of Stranglethorn
- 45Tiger Hunting
- 46Panther Hunting
- 47Raptor Hunting
Showing steps 36 to 47 of 60.
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.
- Mind Control
Mind Vision is not enough, no. Mind Control, much more powerful magic, yes. Powerful magic needs powerful reagents, and troll brain is a powerful reagent. Braddok in Zul'Mamwe, very smart, yes. Head south, and check out the big brain on Braddok.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Surkhan
Priestess is not very good at speaking Orcish, no. Maybe you go speak with Surkhan, upstairs. Tell him about what you've seen inside Zul'Gurub, yes.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Northern Stranglethorn · Level 10-30.
Also counted by Northern Stranglethorn Quests
Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:
- Big Game Hunter
- The Green Hills of Stranglethorn
- Saving Yenniku
- Excelsior
- The Altar of Naias
- Stopping Kurzen's Legacy
- Sacred to the Bloodscalp
- Be Raptor
The storyline at a glance
Northern Stranglethorn has 60 steps, from The Fate of Kurzen to Big Game Hunter.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Stranglethorn (60).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Northern Stranglethorn map
- Darkspear Troll Heritage Armor
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Northern Stranglethorn Quests: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included.