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Flightmare

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

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Given in Desolation Hold in the South Barrens. There are Wildhammer mercenaries flying around on white hippogryphs. Target one of the hippogryphs and use the hook. From what I can tell, the hook has a pretty decent range.

Once you hook the mercenary, he comes to you and you just melee him down.

I also recommend doing this in conjunction with Parts-is-Parts (also given in Desolation Hold) because you can chop the mercenaries up.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID24631

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24631))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 59 of 89
RewardsEarthbound Trousers, Tomusa's Sword, Earthbound Leggings, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The Alliance has hired in Wildhammer mercenaries to control the skies over the Battlescar. I believe these same gryphon-riders were the ones to firebomb Taurajo during the attack. I want our skies scoured clean. The wildhammer dwarves fly low enough for a sharp-eyed {class} to hook them. Take this. Target their gryphons and dismount the riders - once grounded, show them no mercy.

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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.

Southern Barrens Quest turn-in 17 mapped points
Southern Barrens map showing where to go for FlightmareTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #199 41.1 71.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSouthern Barrens 41.1, 71.0/way #199 41.1 71.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 45.7, 67.9/way #199 45.7 67.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 45.9, 70.2/way #199 45.9 70.2

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 Southern Barrens map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:

  • Desolation Hold, Southern BarrensHorde · about 20 yards north-east
  • Vendetta Point, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow MarshHorde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 380 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 360 yards 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThunder Bluff +250

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Legs
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for3 gold43 silver
TypeTwo-Handed Sword Two-Hand
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon12 - 20 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+6 Strength, +6 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toBlood, Frost, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Unholy
Sells to vendors for6 gold25 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for3 gold42 silver
TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for2 gold57 silver

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +250

Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: Clear the High Road (+250), Holdout at Hunter's Hill (+10), Raptor Scraps (+250), Signals in the Sky (+250), Keeping the Dogs at Bay (+250), Bad to Worse (+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

Southern Barrens

Part 59 of 89.

Previous: Changing of the Gar'dul · Next: Silithissues

  1. 54Siegebreaker
  2. 55Taking Back Taurajo
  3. 56Honoring the Dead
  4. 57Desolation Hold Inspection
  5. 58Changing of the Gar'dul
  6. 59Flightmare
  7. 60Silithissues
  8. 61Claim the Battle Scar
  9. 62Intelligence Warfare
  10. 63The Butcher of Taurajo
  11. 64Parts-is-Parts
  12. 65Hearts-is-Hearts

Showing steps 54 to 65 of 89.

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.

  • Changing of the Gar'dulSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    When Bloodhilt arrives, I'd like to - ah - talk in private. Can you accompany me to make sure things stay on the level? This Bloodhilt is a, ah, he's a, he's a loose cannon. <Gar'dul tries to compose himself.> Meet me atop the northern tower and we'll talk with Bloodhilt together.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • SilithissuesSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    The silithid! They're bugs, <name>. Or something like bugs. They're not natural... and we built a fortress on the equivalent of an anthill. Take this burning pitch. It'll set the buggers on fire and plug up their burrows at the same time.

Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests

Its criteria name 25 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Southern Barrens 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.

Southern Barrens QuestsComplete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.10