Quest

Hunting the Stalker

A World of Warcraft quest in Exile's Reach. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Pungrasso2021-01-10T15:35:39-06:00+4via Wowhead

This quest is part of the means of getting your second active pet slot (and second pet) as a new hunter. The beast you encounter on this quest will be what you can tame in the next quest, and corresponds to your race's unique starting pet as seen on the character creation menu (for example, blood elves get a dragonhawk, pandaren get a turtle, and so on).

datgrl2020-09-08T12:17:55-05:00+3via Wowhead

While the quest area is marked on the map, I had to go slightly outside of there to get the mob to spawn. In my case, it was a moth that spawned. You don't kill it. Just wait for the NPC to run over to identify it.

Lulambinka2023-03-14T16:46:13-05:00+3via Wowhead

You need to have your current pet dismised. If you don't Austin Huxworth will start event by saing "Look, there it is!", but the trap will disappear.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 1-10

ZoneExile's Reach

Quest ID59356

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(59356))

Requirements

ClassHunter

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Missing Expedition, step 48 of 70

Rewards20s, 1,400 XP

Description

Now that you have your trap, there's a problem we need to deal with. A wild beast has been stalking our camp. It's already stolen some of our food. We have little enough as it is. You and I will work together. Set your freezing trap and lure out whatever this creature is. Once it is caught, I will determine if the beast can be tamed... or if it needs to be put down.

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.

Exile's Reach Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the Exile's Reach map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Exile's Reach:

Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach OutpostAlliance · about 30 yards north
Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach IslandAlliance · about 1,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 40 yards north
Objective areaabout 160 yards south-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.

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Spell: Call Pet 2

Money20 silver

Experience1,400 XP

Other quests on the Exile's Reach map

Storyline

The Missing Expedition

Part 48 of 70.

Previous: A Hunter's Trap · Next: An End to Beginnings

Showing steps 43 to 54 of 70.

Also part of: Classical Learning (part 3 of 4), A Dark Ritual (part 23 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.

A Hunter's TrapExile's Reach · Level 1-10
By now, most hunters would have been trained in the art of trapping. Allow me to get you up to speed. We'll start with a freezing trap. In order to make one, you'll have to forage materials from your surroundings. Meredy can provide you with a mote of ice.

After this quest