TheWoWDBNote that the Bloodscalp Shamans you loot the totems from seem to share spawn points with the Bloodscalp Warriors and Bloodscalp Axe Throwers who are in the same area. If you don't see any Shamans in the area, try clearing some of the npcs and waiting for respawns.
Everything respawns very quickly, and the Shamans have a reasonable drop rate.
Edit, yay for helpful and accurate information being randomly downrated? Oh well...
Quest
Bloodscalp Insight
A World of Warcraft quest in Northern Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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[npc=697] shares spawn locations with [npc=587] and [npc=694], so don't be surprised if you need to kill a few trolls to get your shaman. Also, the [item=23679] is not 100% drop.
To get this quest you have to complete the quest : The Fate of Kurzen. Followed by the quest : Spared from the Madness.
Quest facts
Quest ID26742
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26742))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereNorthern Stranglethorn, Duskwood
StorylineNorthern Stranglethorn, step 4 of 60
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
I never got to properly thank you for saving me. Thank you, {name}. I'm still a little fatigued from my captivity, so I thought you might help me with my studies. As a shaman of the Wildhammer clan, I'm very interested in the shamanic practices of the Bloodscalp tribe. Their magic seems to have diverged in an interesting direction. If I had one of the totems that their shaman use, I could begin my studies. You'll find them at the Bal'lal ruins, on the coast to the southwest.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #47 39.1 90.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaDuskwood 39.1, 90.5
/way #47 39.1 90.5
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 Northern Stranglethorn map
- Steven Lisbane about 780 yards
- There is Another about 1,030 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,130 yards
- One with the Loa about 1,370 yards
- Looking for Lukou about 1,370 yards
- Stolen but Not Forgotten about 1,370 yards
- Heart of Lukou about 1,370 yards
- The Unkillable about 1,370 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,420 yards
- De Loa of de Past about 1,690 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
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northern Stranglethorn:
- Rebel Camp, Stranglethorn Vale
- Raven Hill, Duskwood
- Darkshire, Duskwood
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Other quests on the Northern Stranglethorn map
Reward details
Reputation: Ironforge +250
This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.
Reputation group: Alliance.
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 4 of 60.
Previous: Stopping Kurzen's Legacy · Next: Water Elementals
- 1The Fate of Kurzen
- 2Spared from Madness
- 3Stopping Kurzen's Legacy
- 4Bloodscalp Insight
- 5Water Elementals
- 6Sacred to the Bloodscalp
- 7You Can Take the Murloc Out of the Ocean...
- 8The Altar of Naias
- 9The Defense of Grom'gol: Raptor Risk
- 10The Defense of Grom'gol: Murloc Menace
- 11Hunt for Yenniku
- 12Headhunting
Showing steps 1 to 12 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.
- Stopping Kurzen's Legacy
Now that our allies have been evacuated, it's time to run a final raid on Kurzen's Compound. They will never be weaker than they are right now, and with your help, we may be able to weaken them beyond repair.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Water Elementals
I arrived in Stranglethorn to study a feature known as the Altar of Naias, but made the unfortunate choice of denying Colonel Kurzen's advances, which earned me several years in that cage. Now that I'm out, I figure I might as well continue with my original studies.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Northern Stranglethorn · Level 10-30.
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.