TheWoWDBIn case you don't notice them like I didn't for a long time, you need to kill the guys channeling into Arikara's shield before you can do any real damage.
Quest
Invoking the Serpent
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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No need to kill the serpent. It goes back to full health and completes the quest. You can just walk away.
Be aware that Freewind Brave does not always fight with you - he didn't with me. I did it as a 44 Hunter with a bear pet, I concentrated on killing Arikara and spamming Mend Pet so my bear didn't die. As soon as I saw any of the ancestral grimtotem's I set them as my target and kept the bear on Arikara. I did this because I saw the quote mentioned in another comment.
I found it quite ironic that this big powerful 'helper' would help kill all the mobs leading up to this but not a thing on this.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID27330
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27330))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThousand Needles, step 89 of 107
RewardsWindsong Rifle, 
Mantle of Invocation, 
Wind Serpent Bracers, 21g, 5,150 XP
Windsong Rifle, Mantle of Invocation, Wind Serpent Bracers, 21g, 5,150 XPDescription
I am familiar with these artifacts. I believe that they were brought here by Magatha Grimtotem herself. But she's not amongst the Grimtotem on Darkcloud Pinnacle. She disappeared right after she arrived, and no one knows where she is now. Maybe we can find out. Take the rattle, the writ, and the drum out to Arikara's Needle. If my guess is correct, the wind serpent will appear again. You'll have to defeat it to gain knowledge of where Magatha is hiding.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 39.2 25.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 39.2, 25.7
/way #64 39.2 25.7 - Objective areaThousand Needles 38.1, 35.4
/way #64 38.1 35.4
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 Thousand Needles map
- The Crone's Wrath about 210 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 210 yards
- Breaking Chains about 210 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 380 yards
- The Power of Thousands about 580 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Westreach Summit, Thousand Needles
- Desolation Hold, Southern Barrens
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
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TypeGun Ranged
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon10 - 19 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+5 Agility, +8 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toMarksmanship, Beast Mastery
Sells to vendors for28 gold48 silver
TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +6 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for11 gold98 silver
TypeMail Wrist
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for8 gold7 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Strength, +6 Stamina, +4 Haste
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for24 silver70 copper
Reputation: Thunder Bluff +350
Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: To the Summit (+25), The Grimtotem are Coming (+250), Free Freewind Post (+25), Grimtotem in the Post (+250), The Brave and the Bold (+250), Horn of the Traitor (+350).
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
Thousand Needles
Part 89 of 107.
Previous: Invoking the Serpent · Next: Trouble at Highperch
- 84Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- 85Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- 86The Captive Bride
- 87The Captive Bride
- 88Invoking the Serpent
- 89Invoking the Serpent
- 90Trouble at Highperch
- 91Free the Pridelings
- 92Death to all Trappers!
- 93Release Heartrazor
- 94The Twilight Skymaster
- 95On to the Bulwark
Showing steps 84 to 95 of 107.
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.
- The Captive Bride
Lakota Windsong! Why did I not think of this before? Arnak kidnapped Lakota years ago and tried to force her to be his bride. With help, she was able to escape, but in the chaos of the recent attack on Freewind Post, he took her again. She must be near.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Trouble at Highperch
Thank you for your help, <name>. You should speak with Pao'ka Swiftmountain at Highperch to the southwest. Perhaps he will know the whereabouts of the Elder Crone?
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.