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Quest

Empty Nest

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

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jjanchan+86via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To complete this quest, simply leave the cave via the Eastern Entrance (at [51.6,37.4]) and immediately turn left. Go up the hill and onto the ledge over the entrance of the cave to find the nest.

After doing this step, go back into the cave just inside the entrance to turn it in to [npc=94068].


This is the last quest in a chain, granting you the pet [item=129277]. The short quest chain is picked up from [npc=94068], just inside the cave known as the Rockcrawler Chasm at [51.6,37.4] in Highmountain. See below for the quest chain:


  2. Tamer Takedown
    Fledgling Worm Guts
    Tamer Takedown

  4. Going Down, Going Up

  6. Empty Nest

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Pashtrix+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The entrance is located at 51,5:37,4. The two entrances to the cave is almost opposite of eachother. If you're looking for the entrance with the nest, but wind up at the other one, then simply reenter the cave and stick to the wall on your left, walk past the bridge and then you'll hit the entrance with the nest above it.

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Haiborn+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You can also teleport to the cave entrance by using a scroll found in the very bottom of the cave. This is the quickest way out. Also note that the quest turn-in was bugged for me. I had to enter/exit the cave several times before he showed up.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneHighmountain
Quest ID39305

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39305))

Requirements

Requires all ofEagle Egg Recovery, Tamer Takedown, Going Down, Going Up

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineRockcrawler Chasm, step 5 of 5
RewardsSkyhorn Nestling, 10g 11s, 3,050 XP

Description

I've taken an inventory of the eggs you recovered. Some among the bunch may still have a chance to hatch. They will need to be returned to an empty nest, and with any luck, an eagle will claim the eggs as her own and watch over them once again. There is a nest just outside the entrance, on a rocky ledge above the cave. Be careful, {name}. The eggs are very delicate.

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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.

Highmountain Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Highmountain map showing where to go for Empty NestTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #650 50.9 36.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHighmountain 50.9, 36.6/way #650 50.9 36.6
  • Objective areaHighmountain 51.7, 36.8/way #650 51.7 36.8
  • Objective areaHighmountain 49.4, 39.2/way #650 49.4 39.2

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

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

  • Skyhorn, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards south
  • Prepfoot, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 630 yards north-east
  • The Witchwood, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 900 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 60 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards south-west

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 gold11 silver
Experience3,050 XP
ReputationHighmountain Tribe +250

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeMiscellaneous
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
UseLearning
EffectSkyhorn Nestling

“Teaches you how to summon this companion.”

Reputation: Highmountain Tribe +250

The Highmountain Tribe has dwindled in numbers over the years, and with the drogbar threat looming, seek new allies to save their homeland.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Highmountain that reward Highmountain Tribe reputation: Get to High Ground (+250), Rocs vs Eagles (+150), The Skyhorn Tribe (+10), Battle of Snowblind Mesa (+150), Secrets of Highmountain (+150), Grasp of the Underking (+150).

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

Rockcrawler Chasm

Part 5 of 5.

Previous: Going Down, Going Up

  1. 1Fledgling Worm Guts
  2. 2Eagle Egg Recovery
  3. 3Tamer Takedown
  4. 4Going Down, Going Up
  5. 5Empty Nest

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.

  • Going Down, Going UpHighmountain · Level 10-45

    Now that we have the necessary worm guts, I was able to fashion them into a special sort of rope. It will allow you to descend from the bridge into the chasm below and recover some of my possessions that were stolen and thrown in by the Deeprock.

Also counted by Sojourner of Highmountain

Its criteria name 10 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Rockcrawler Chasm has 5 steps, from Fledgling Worm Guts to Empty Nest.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (5).

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Sojourner of HighmountainComplete the Highmountain local storylines listed below with a Timerunner.