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Hornet Hunting

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

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Hornets can be found on the eastern shore and dried out lake bed of the Loch. The drop rate for the wings is around 33%.
Other creatures of interest in the area are Mudbelly Boars which are the targets of The Joy of Boar Hunting.
If you are lucky, you can run into Nix who also has a 33% chance of dropping a wing.
And of course, Ando Blastenheimer is standing there next to a crashed biplane. He has three quests for you if you follow the quest chain starting with Wing Nut.

Read all 4 on Wowhead ↗

Quest facts

LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneLoch Modan
Quest ID27028

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27028))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineLoch Modan, step 18 of 35
Rewards10g 50s, 5,150 XP

Description

We're always looking for new game around here. Daryl may like his boars, but the rest of us prefer things more exotic. Now, I'd never say the Loch draining was a good thing, but it did have a silver lining. The swampy ground's brought in new prey: Hornets! Giant hornets, mind you. Not many hunters have tussled with massive bugs before. It's rather novel. If you'd like to give it a try, I'll wager with you. Bring me back some of those nice glossy wings of theirs and I'll pay up.

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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.

Loch Modan Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Loch Modan map showing where to go for Hornet HuntingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #48 81.8 61.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inLoch Modan 81.8, 61.7/way #48 81.8 61.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Loch Modan 57.7, 37.3/way #48 57.7 37.3

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 Loch Modan map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Loch Modan:

  • Farstrider Lodge, Loch ModanAlliance · about 50 yards south
  • Fuselight, BadlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south
  • Dustwind Dig, BadlandsAlliance · about 1,300 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 800 yards north-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 gold50 silver
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationIronforge +250

Reward details

Reputation: Ironforge +250

This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Loch Modan that reward Ironforge reputation: Report to Ironforge (+75), Protecting the Shipment (+250), South Gate Status Report (+150), Stormpike's Orders (+150), Resupplying the Excavation (+150), Joining the Hunt (+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

Loch Modan

Part 18 of 35.

Previous: Smells Like A Plan · Next: Foxtails By The Handful

  1. 13Who's In Charge Here?
  2. 14The Bearer of Gnoll-edge
  3. 15Axis of Awful
  4. 16Suddenly, Murlocs!
  5. 17Smells Like A Plan
  6. 18Hornet Hunting
  7. 19Foxtails By The Handful
  8. 20Thistle While You Work
  9. 21Defcon: Bobcat
  10. 22The Joy of Boar Hunting
  11. 23Vyrin's Revenge
  12. 24Vyrin's Revenge

Showing steps 13 to 24 of 35.

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.

  • Smells Like A PlanLoch Modan · Level 5-30

    Murlocs workin' with gnolls? That's a laugh! Now, just killin' them won't get you anywhere. Too many of the buggers. But I've got a plan, usin' the old noggin, see. Those murlocs, they have this smell, they get that smell on stuff, and when another murloc smells it, they go all crazy!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Foxtails By The HandfulLoch Modan · Level 5-30

    We've seen more foxes in the hills lately. Cunning creatures, they are. A good test of a hunter's skills, and a fine profit to boot! It's their tails, lad. Fine and fluffy, they're just as good hung on yer belt to ward off fleas as they are to line the gloves of some fancy noble.

Also counted by Loch Modan Quests

Its criteria name 15 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Loch Modan has 35 steps, from The Lost Pilot to The Winds of Loch Modan.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Loch Modan (33), Dun Morogh (2).

Other storylines on the Loch Modan 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.

Loch Modan QuestsComplete the Loch Modan storylines listed below.10