TheWoWDBQuest is a reference to Star Wars - Episode Five - The Empire Strikes Back. Luke is caught by a Wampa and wakes in a cave hanging upside down. Also Echo Three was the callsign of Luke Skywalker while acting as a scout prior to the Battle of Hoth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOvJOV0PxHg
Quest
Echo Three
A World of Warcraft quest in Winterspring. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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"Echo three to Echo seven; Han ol' buddy, do ya read me?"
-Luke Skywalker, Star Wars Episode VThis quest made me sooooo happy. The nerd inside me was just flippin' out during the next part.
Was anyone else like "Where's my lightsaber in the snow below me, and why am I not trying to force-pull it?"
A+, Blizzard, well done.
Echo Three is a box that is sitting right outside the yeti cave. When you interact with the box, it teleports you into the depths of the cave. You will be hanging upside down in a chunk of ice. A "raid warning" will appear telling you to chop the ice to free yourself. When you do, you drop to the floor and there is a huge yeti named Icewhomp who you have to kill.
I did this quest on my warlock, and when I freed myself from teh ice, my pet was gone and I had to resummon (don't know if other pet classes have the same issue).
After killing Icewhomp, don't dawdle in the center of the room, because he respawns very quickly.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneWinterspring
Quest ID28630
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28630))
What to do
StorylineWinterspring, step 44 of 54
Rewards5g 25s, 4,100 XP
Description
A lot of goblins have been going missing out there in Ice Thistle Hills. I was almost one of them! I had the idea to set up a sensor to tell us when the yeti were getting close to Everlook. Of course, it's not working either. There's yeti all over the hills and I haven't heard a peep from it. Would you mind checking on it for me? It might still be fixable. Echo Three's set up to the southeast on the edge of Ice Thistle Hills. Don't ask what happened to Echo One and Two.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #83 67.0 55.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inWinterspring 67.0, 55.1
/way #83 67.0 55.1 - Objective areaWinterspring 59.3, 49.8
/way #83 59.3 49.8
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 Winterspring map
- Grand Master Trixxy about 400 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 480 yards
- Honor the Flame about 480 yards
- A Protector of Magic about 1,180 yards
- Artifacts Abound about 1,180 yards
- Test Subject about 1,180 yards
- Owl of a Sudden about 1,230 yards
- A Wyrm Rest about 2,150 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Winterspring, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Winterspring:
- Everlook, Winterspring
- Nordrassil, Hyjal
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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Money5 gold25 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Other quests on the Winterspring map
Storyline
Winterspring
Part 44 of 54.
Previous: The Perfect Horns · Next: Yetiphobia
- 39A Bird of Legend
- 40Shy-Rotam
- 41You Gotta Have Eggs
- 42Are We There, Yeti?
- 43The Perfect Horns
- 44Echo Three
- 45Yetiphobia
- 46Altered Beasts
- 47The Owlbeasts' Defense
- 48Magic Prehistoric
- 49Razor Beak and Antlers Pointy
- 50Chips off the Old Block
Showing steps 39 to 50 of 54.
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.
- The Perfect Horns
I can't make a yeti without horns! I've been looking for what seems like forever for the perfect set of horns... and no horn I find is good enough! But just the other day I saw the biggest yeti in Winterspring. I named him Icewhomp. His horns are the ones I've been looking for!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Yetiphobia
It's all ready, <name>! Now, I told my friend Legacki that I have a surprise for her. This is where you come in! I'm going to give you my mechanical yeti, and you'll get the honor of using it to surprise her. She's just on the other side of Everlook, near the inn.
The storyline at a glance
Winterspring has 54 steps, from Threat of the Winterfall to Umbranse's Deliverance.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Winterspring (54).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Winterspring map
- The Blue Dragons
- 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.