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Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator

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

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The Snows of Northrend Quest Tree From Whiterock

#)Where in the World is Hemet Nesingwary?──>a)Welcome to Sholazar Basin

b)Venture Co. Misadventure    a)Need an Engine, Take an Engine
b)Wipe That Grin Off His Face b)Have a Part, Give a Part        b)Engineering a Disaster
 ├──┬──────────────────────────┘   ├>e)Aerial Surveillance
 | c)Kick, What Kick?              └>e)An Embarassing Incident
 | c)The Great Hunter's Challenge    e)Reconnaissance Flight      Force of Nature*
 |
 ├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
c)Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator   c)Rhino Mastery: The Test
 |            ├──┬───────────────────────────┘         |  |
 |            | e)Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor | d)A Steak Fit for a Hunter
 |            | e)Still At It                          |
 |            | e)The Taste Test                       |
 |            | #)Fletcher's Lost and Found            | a)It Could Be Anywhere!
 |            └──────┐                                 |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial     |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan      |
 |                                      ║ |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey ║ | d)Rhino Mastery: The Chase
 |                 ║                 ╔══╝ |  ║         |
 |                 ╚═>Lakeside Landing*<══╪══╝         |
 |                                        |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce     |           e)An Offering for Soo-rahm
 |                                        |           e)The Bones of Nozronn
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush   f)Rhino Mastery: The Kill
 |                                        |            |
 ├────────────────────────┬───────────────┴───┬────────┘
 |                        |                   |
g)Sharpening Your Talons g)Securing the Bait g)In Search of Bigger Game
 ├───────────────────────┬┘
 |                       ├>h)Reagent Agent   g)Burning to Help
i)A Mammoth Undertaking  └>h)My Pet Roc
i)Post-partum Aggression

Legend:
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneSholazar Basin
Quest ID12549

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12549))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 8 of 65
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

If you've hunted with Hemet before, you know that he's tested his skill against many large cats, but the dreadsabers here in Sholazar are different. They're able to bring down larger game than I've ever seen a cat hunt. To overcome and kill such a predator is the mark of a true hunter. If you seek to prove you're up to the challenge, test yourself against the dreadsabers. They live in the wilderness surrounding the camp and south of the river.

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 35 mapped points
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a PredatorTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #119 26.7 59.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 26.7, 59.0/way #119 26.7 59.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 27.5, 69.9/way #119 27.5 69.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 22.7, 67.9/way #119 22.7 67.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 29.7, 41.3/way #119 29.7 41.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 39.0, 46.2/way #119 39.0 46.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 25.4, 52.4/way #119 25.4 52.4

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

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

  • Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 60 yards west
  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards east
  • Bor'gorok Outpost, Borean TundraHorde · about 1,100 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 320 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 310 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 530 yards north

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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 8 of 65.

Previous: Rhino Mastery: The Test · Next: Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey

  1. 3Venture Co. Misadventure
  2. 4Wipe That Grin Off His Face
  3. 5Kick, What Kick?
  4. 6The Great Hunter's Challenge
  5. 7Rhino Mastery: The Test
  6. 8Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator
  7. 9Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey
  8. 10Rhino Mastery: The Chase
  9. 11Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial
  10. 12Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor
  11. 13Still At It
  12. 14Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 65.

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.

  • Rhino Mastery: The TestSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    No rough landing is going to stop ol' Hemet from mastering the largest game Sholazar has to offer. In the wilds northwest of the camp, the jungles are ruled by the mighty shardhorn rhino.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the PreySholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    I have heard that the natives tell stories of a large dreadsaber they call Shango. I haven't seen any evidence of this Shango's existence, but my injuries have kept me from venturing outside the camp. If you fancy yourself something of a tracker, you might be able to find out the truth about Shango.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.