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Beating the Odds

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

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307126+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

sometimes i get credit for killing these dudes, and sometimes i don't, even tho no one else has tagged them first. i think you need to do more damage than any npc's (serpents) who may be pounding on them...
they are WAY too hard to kill, i am the same level as these dudes, they should go down a LOT faster than they are

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Mccullum+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Trecman I love voting down trolls. I had not come across this quest yet. but i had decided that i wanted a wind serpent. Phatboi's post helped me to figure out why i was unable to get anything from instructor Tong. Way to fail Trec. Thanks for the help Phatboi

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
Quest ID30135

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30135))

What to do

StorylineOrder of the Cloud Serpent, step 3 of 17
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

At first, the Slitherscale were too frightened to approach the wild serpents. Then, I caught them snatching the eggs under the cover of night. Now, they are slaughtering adults and hatchlings alike! If we do not do something, these gentle creatures will be completely wiped out. Then there won't even be an Order of the Cloud Serpent to join! Go and slay these vile Slitherscales, and then we will talk.

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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 13 mapped points
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for Beating the OddsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 65.3 31.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 65.3, 31.7/way #371 65.3 31.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Jade Forest 66.4, 29.8/way #371 66.4 29.8

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:

  • Sri-La Village, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 780 yards north-west
  • The Arboretum, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards south-west
  • Emperor's Omen, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 120 yards north-east

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
ReputationOrder of the Cloud Serpent +1,000

Reward details

Reputation: Order of the Cloud Serpent +1,000

Guardians of the East Temple

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in The Jade Forest that reward Order of the Cloud Serpent reputation: Wild Things (+500), Empty Nests (+1,000), Egg Collection (+1,000), Choosing the One (+500), The Rider's Journey (+500), It's A... (+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

Order of the Cloud Serpent

Part 3 of 17.

Previous: Order of the Cloud Serpent · Next: Empty Nests

  1. 1Wild Things
  2. 2Order of the Cloud Serpent
  3. 3Beating the Odds
  4. 4Empty Nests
  5. 5Egg Collection
  6. 6Choosing the One
  7. 7The Rider's Journey
  8. 8The Rider's Journey
  9. 9The Rider's Journey
  10. 10It's A...
  11. 11They Grow Like Weeds
  12. 12Flight Training: Ring Round-Up

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 17.

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.

  • Order of the Cloud SerpentThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    Widing toortles is da best! But widing cloud serpents is even better! There's some peepos at da Arboweetum who wide cloud serpents and can teach you how!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Empty NestsThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    When the attacks began, the young hatchlings scattered in terror. They are roaming around the island, lost and scared. If you want to help, take this rope and leash the lost little ones. Take them back to their nests. Return them home.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Order of the Cloud Serpent has 17 steps, from Wild Things to Riding the Skies.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (17).

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.