TheWoWDBOK guys, the process that works 100% for this quest is:
1) Kill the Spiteful Spirit attacking the Shadow-Pan. Do this first, before anything else.
2) Cast the totem under your Shadow-Pan to save (which is now just sitting there not doing anything) <- IMPORTANT
3) Get under the totem so you don't get hatred.
4) Aggro and kill the Seething Hatreds that pop up from the ground.It's the Spiteful Spirits that are &*!@ing things up. If you don't clear them out first and instead go on to pop up the Hatreds, you won't get credit. I just confirmed this multiple times by intentially aggroing a Spirit while attacking a Hatred, each time I didn't get credit.
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Quest
Hatred Becomes Us
A World of Warcraft quest in Townlong Steppes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Perhaps you would like to go through this quest ignoring the mechanic and succumbing to your hatred. To be quite honest, that's fine. It is possible that you will then pass on a nice buff that increases haste, but it is still fine.
The only thing that will happen should you choose not to stand in the golden Pools of Harmony is your screen will become progressively more dull and grey while red filters into the sides of your vision, culminating in you spawning your own Seething Hatred at 100/100 Hatred. This Seething Hatred is a different model from the ones spawned when healing the monks, and you will not get credit towards the completion of the quest upon destroying your own mob. You will not lose your Hatred stacks until you defeat your inner Seething Hatred: upon the add's death, your Hatred will reset back to zero.
To open this quest you need to do the Fire Camp Osul chain starting at A Foot in the Door from Taran Zhu at Longying Outpost, and then continue with all the Hatred's Vice chain from Ban Bearheart.
I had previously done the Do a Barrel Roll chain for Lao Chin's Last Mug, but I think the linking quest is a breadcrumb rather than a prerequisite.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 25-35
ZoneTownlong Steppes
Quest ID30783
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30783))
What to do
StorylineTownlong Steppes, step 16 of 60
RewardsTotem of Harmony, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Totem of Harmony, 13g 74s, 4,800 XPDescription
I should have suspected a sha presence earlier! We are safe as long as we stand inside the Totem of Harmony's protective wards, but many of our people were not so lucky. They were trapped outside the camp when the sha's powers manifested, and now they turn upon each other! Take one of my totems with you. Place the totem near a crazed ally to purify them, but beware. You may have to face the darkness that gripped them.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #388 82.2 73.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inTownlong Steppes 82.2, 73.0
/way #388 82.2 73.0 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 82.7, 72.8
/way #388 82.7 72.8 - Objective areaTownlong Steppes 82.4, 73.4
/way #388 82.4 73.4
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 Townlong Steppes map
- Honor the Flame about 890 yards
- Thunder Calls about 1,810 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Townlong Steppes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Townlong Steppes:
- Shado-Pan Fallback, Kun-Lai Summit
- Serpent's Spine, Kun-Lai Summit
- Gao-Ran Battlefront, Townlong Steppes
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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Reward details
Items you receive
TypeConsumable
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
UseTotem of Harmony
Reputation: Shado-Pan +250
The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).
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
Townlong Steppes
Part 16 of 60.
Previous: Spiteful Spirits · Next: The Point of No Return
- 11Slaying the Scavengers
- 12Totemic Research
- 13Last Toll of the Yaungol
- 14What Lies Beneath
- 15Spiteful Spirits
- 16Hatred Becomes Us
- 17The Point of No Return
- 18A Spear Through My Side, A Chain Through My Soul
- 19The Torches
- 20Golgoss
- 21Arconiss
- 22The Death of Me
Showing steps 11 to 22 of 60.
Also part of: Townlong Steppes (part 17 of 53).
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.
- Spiteful Spirits
The spirits of the fallen villagers have risen! I can feel the hatred emanating from the spirits. <name>, if we are to survive here, we must defend ourselves. This is the only way we can put them to rest.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Point of No Return
One of our rangers reported seeing Suna up the hill to the northwest. I am relieved to find her safe. I had feared what she would do in her grief. Would you go speak to her on my behalf? Take this totem with you. If you encounter any danger along the way, you may find it useful.
The storyline at a glance
Townlong Steppes has 60 steps, from A Foot in the Door to The Terrible Truth.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Townlong Steppes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (4), Dread Wastes (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Townlong Steppes map
- Sunreaver Onslaught
- Kirin Tor Offensive
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.