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Quest
Fresh Bait
A World of Warcraft quest in Mount Hyjal. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Guide to Alliance Mount Hyjal Quests, part 1:
Optional initial quests:
Hero's Call
As Hyjal Burns
The Earth Rises
Inciting the Elements and Flames from AboveThen:
Protect the World Tree (unlocks optional War on the Twilight's Hammer)
The Flameseer's Staff
Flamebreaker
The Return of Baron Geddon
Emerald Allies
The Captured Scout
Twilight Captivity
Return to Alysra
A Prisoner of Interest
Through the Dream
Return to NodrassilAt this point, you must awaken three ancients. A Vision of Ysera will appear after each. You must awaken Goldrinn before beginning the Aessina/Tortolla quests but can otherwise work on them in any order.
Goldrinn Quests:
The Return of the Ancients (enables optional Harrying the Hunters and In the Rear with the Gear)
End of the Supply Line
The Voice of Goldrinn
Goldrinn's Ferocity
Lycanthoth the Corruptor enables several optional quest chains:
- The Shrine Reclaimed (optional but do it now if you are are going to do it)
- Gar'gol's Gotta Go and Get Me Outta Here!
- From the Mouth of Madness and Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows
- The Eye of Twilight, Mastering Puppets, Elementary!, and Return to Duskwhisper
Cleaning House (enables optional Sweeping the Shelf)
Lightning in a Bottle (enables optional Into the Maw! / Into the Maw!)
Rage of the Wolf Ancient, Forged of Shadow and Flame, and Crushing the Cores
Cindermaul, the Portal Master
Forgemaster Pyrendius
Return from the Firelands [vision of Ysera]Aviana Quests:
(optional linking quests ofWings over Mount Hyjal or Aviana's Legacy)
Two chains:
* An Offering for Aviana, A Plea from Beyond, and A Prayer and a Wing
* The Wormwing problem, Scrambling for Eggs, and then A Bird in HandNext comes Fact-Finding Mission which enables these required quests:
- Setheria's Brood
- A Gap in Their Armor and Disassembly
- The Codex of Shadows [from here ] leads to Egg Hunt
Finish the above for
Sethria's Demise
Return to the Shrine
An Ancient Reborn [Vision of Ysera]Optional bonus:
The Hatchery Must Burn
Flight in the Firelands
Wave One
Wave Two
Egg Wave [gives Beware of the 'Unbeatable?' Pterodacyl and choice of Gold Mini Jouster or Blue Mini Jouster]
Return to AvianaAessina/Tortolla Quests (must do Goldrinn first)
The Fires of Mount Hyjal (optional)
Save the Wee Animals and Oh, Deer!
Fighting Fire With ... Anything (optional, but must complete before Aessina's Miracle)
Disrupting the Rituals
If you're Not Against Us...
Seeds of Their Demise
A New Master
The Name Never Spoken
Black Heart of Flame
Good News... and Bad News (auto-accepted; can not be obtained later)
Last Stand at Whistling Grove
The Bears Up There (a good time to do Bounce!)
Smashing Through Ashes enables additional required quests:
Fresh Bait
Hell's Shells
Tortolla Speaks
An Ancient Awakens [Vision after all chains].After waking all the ancients, the third vision gives The Last Living Lorekeeper.
Continued in part 2.
for those without coords... it's directly east of Ashen Lake
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneMount Hyjal
Quest ID25493
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25493))
What to do
StorylineMount Hyjal, step 52 of 118
RewardsGore-Stained Shoulderpads, 
Gutrip Gauntlets, 
Calcified Gizzard, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Gore-Stained Shoulderpads, Gutrip Gauntlets, Calcified Gizzard, 13g 74s, 4,800 XPDescription
I was stunned to discover that Twilight's Hammer had located - and imprisoned - the great turtle ancient Tortolla. As we speak he is chained above the murky waters of the Ashen Lake. Freeing Tortolla from his bonds will not be easy. But we will take it one step at a time. Head into the Flamewake and collect for me heaps of core hound entrails. I will explain why later. And beware of Nemesis the Usurper while you are there! His time will come, but we are not yet prepared.
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 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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #198 27.2 62.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inMount Hyjal 27.2, 62.3
/way #198 27.2 62.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 40.7, 59.1
/way #198 40.7 59.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 36.9, 55.4
/way #198 36.9 55.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 32.1, 51.3
/way #198 32.1 51.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 23.8, 60.1
/way #198 23.8 60.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 33.8, 63.4
/way #198 33.8 63.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 29.3, 57.7
/way #198 29.3 57.7 - Objective areaMount Hyjal 27.4, 62.1
/way #198 27.4 62.1
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 Mount Hyjal map
- Mother's Orders about 770 yards
- Attack on the Roost about 790 yards
- Talon Terror about 810 yards
- Aviana's Grace about 830 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm about 1,680 yards
- Champion: Minerva Ravensorrow about 1,730 yards
- Moments of Reflection about 1,740 yards
- Communing With Malorne about 1,790 yards
- A Fresh Trauma about 1,820 yards
- Healing Nordrassil about 1,820 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Mount Hyjal, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:
- Sanctuary of Malorne, Hyjal
- Grove of Aessina, Hyjal
- Shrine of Aviana, Hyjal
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Haste, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for35 gold72 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold90 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +5 Haste, +4 Mastery
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for58 silver2 copper
Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +250
Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).
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
Mount Hyjal
Part 52 of 118.
Previous: Smashing Through Ashes · Next: Hell's Shells
- 47The Name Never Spoken
- 48Black Heart of Flame
- 49Good News... and Bad News
- 50The Bears Up There
- 51Smashing Through Ashes
- 52Fresh Bait
- 53Hell's Shells
- 54Tortolla Speaks
- 55Breaking the Bonds
- 56Children of Tortolla
- 57An Ancient Awakens
- 58An Offering for Aviana
Showing steps 47 to 58 of 118.
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.
- Smashing Through Ashes
<name>, these fiends from the Twilight's Hammer are attempting to scourge this whole mountain clean of all life. Even now they trail behind this inferno, leaving death and ash in their wake.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hell's Shells
Fresh and stinking, these innards will prove to be irresistible for Nemesis, the befouled turtle god created by Twilight's Hammer. Nemesis must eventually be destroyed, but first, we must collect a piece of his fiery armored shell. With it, we'll be able to work some magic to free the true ancient.
The storyline at a glance
Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal map
- The Eternal Dream IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Eternal Dream II
- The Four Horsemen IV
- Moments of Reflection
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.