If Taran Zun ditches you, then you can drop the quest and start it again just before the hollow treestump-bridge leading into Dread Wastes (near to where you fought the Mantid mini-boss with Ironbelly).
Quest
Joining the Hunt
A World of Warcraft quest in Townlong Steppes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30976))
What to do
Description
We are one stronger. Your help is invaluable. Let's move on westward to Rensai's Watchpost to find the last member for our party.
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 #388 54.0 78.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inTownlong Steppes 54.0, 78.1
/way #388 54.0 78.1 - Objective areaTownlong Steppes 61.1, 83.1
/way #388 61.1 83.1
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 Townlong Steppes map
- Thunder Calls about 260 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,300 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:
- Rensai's Watchpost, Townlong Steppes
- Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong Steppes
- The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread Wastes
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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 4 comments
Top 1 shown above · 2 more hereThe comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
Good tip! This happened to me. I dropped the quest, but Taran didn't reappear at the tree bridge and reload didn't work. Logged out and back in and the NPC's with the quest were back.
i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHBgfeDz8ug&feature=youtu.be
Other quests on the Townlong Steppes map
Reward details
Reputation: Shado-Pan +25
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 45 of 60.
Previous: The Taking of Dusklight Bridge · Next: In Skilled Hands
- 40Enraged By Hatred
- 41Taking Stock
- 42Joining the Fight
- 43Up In Flames
- 44The Taking of Dusklight Bridge
- 45Joining the Hunt
- 46In Skilled Hands
- 47Hostile Skies
- 48Devastation Below
- 49Heroes of the Shado-Pan
- 50Buried Beneath
- 51Thinning the Sik'thik
Showing steps 40 to 51 of 60.
Also part of: Townlong Steppes (part 40 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.
- The Taking of Dusklight Bridge
Let's press these insects back across the bridge and break their spirits! Follow my lead.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- In Skilled Hands
<name>, take these crossbow bolts and then bring them to Hawkmaster Nurong at Farwatch Overlook to the southwest. Nurong is praised among all the Wukao for being a flawless shot. His efforts are credited with holding the line here for these many months.
Other quests with this name
This one: Townlong Steppes · Level 25-35.
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.