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Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer

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

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Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer can be found at 53,24 riding Moria.

Once you mount one of the bull mammoths, you'll have 3 abilities to use:

Mammoth Trample (0.25 sec cast with 4 sec cooldown)
5266 - 7734 damage on Kaw or Minions of Kaw within 10 yards

Mammoth Charge 5-30 yd range (0.9 sec cast with 8 sec cooldown)
Charges Kaw or a minion of Kaw, inflicting normal damage plus 2647 to 2953 and stuns the opponent for 3 sec

Thundering Roar (instant cast with 15 sec cooldown)
The mammoth bull trumpets a monstrous bellow, causing those in its immediate vicinity to flee

You'll first fight Moria, who will die within 3-5 hits with trample. Once that happens, Kaw will dismount and attack you. He hits your mammoth for between 300-400, but you should be able to kill him easily. If you get overwhelmed with adds, just use the AoE fear. Note: Kaw is immune to the fear.

Once he is dead, use the ability to dismount and loot the axe object that is next to his corpse.

When you complete this quest, the Wooly Mammoth Bulls will no longer be hostile to you.

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Moonfeather+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

D.E.H.T.A. Quest Series (in Borean Tundra)
Achievement: D.E.H.T.A's Little P.I.T.A (5 points) - awarded for completing quest series

Ears of Our Enemies - collect 15 Nesingwary Lackey Ear
Ned, Lord of Rhinos... - Kill Nedar, Lord of Rhinos and Lunchbox

Mammoth Chain


  1. Help Those That Cannot Help Themselves - free 8 trapped mammoth calves

  2. Khu'nok Will Know - escort mammoth calf to Khu'nok

  3. Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer - obtain [url= http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=35234Kaw's War Halberd

Caribou Chain


  1. Unfit for Death - trap 8 Nesingwary Trappers

  2. The Culler Cometh - kill Karen "I Don't Caribou" the Culler

Clams Chain


  1. Happy as a Clam - kill 10 Loot Crazed Divers

  2. The Abandoned Reach - locate Hierophant Liandra <D.E.H.T.A.>

  3. Not On Our Watch - collect 12 Shipments of Animal Parts

  4. The Nefarious Clam Master... - kill Clam Master K

Once the above chains are complete, you can take on the evil mastermind behind the exploitation of the Tundra.

Harold Lane (Final Boss)
The Assassination of Harold Lane - Kill Harold Lane

Rewards:
Band of Wholesome Preservation
Ring of Indignant Rage
Activist's Signet of Blasting
Achievement: D.E.H.T.A's Little P.I.T.A (5 points)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID11879

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11879))

What to do

StorylineBorean Tundra, step 66 of 182

Description

You cannot defeat the being responsible for the slaughter of my kind by yourself. The mammoths of the tundra will help you! Venture forth to the plains and find a mammoth bull. He will allow you to mount him and control his movements and actions. Ride upon his back and find Kaw, north of here at Kaw's Roost. Together, you will be the instrument of Kaw's demise. Destroy Kaw's armies and take from Kaw his coveted war halberd. Return to Lathorius at the D.E.H.T.A. Encampment should you succeed.

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Kaw the Mammoth DestroyerTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 57.1 44.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 57.1, 44.3/way #114 57.1 44.3
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 53.7, 24.5/way #114 53.7 24.5
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 59.5, 30.4/way #114 59.5 30.4

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards north-west
  • Valiance Keep, Borean TundraAlliance · about 930 yards south
  • Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean TundraAlliance · about 930 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 790 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 560 yards north

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Experience5,150 XP
ReputationCenarion Expedition +350

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for35 gold82 silver
TypeCloth Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+7 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +14 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for47 gold49 silver
TypePlate Feet
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for36 gold8 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +8 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for35 gold95 silver

Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +350

An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Cenarion Expedition reputation: Oh Noes, the Tadpoles! (+250), The Spare Suit (+10), Surrender... Not! (+350), Escape from the Winterfin Caverns (+250), Learning to Communicate (+250), A Mission Statement (+10).

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

Borean Tundra

Part 66 of 182.

Previous: Khu'nok Will Know · Next: Nedar, Lord of Rhinos...

  1. 61The Trident of Naz'jan
  2. 62The Emissary
  3. 63A Mission Statement
  4. 64Help Those That Cannot Help Themselves
  5. 65Khu'nok Will Know
  6. 66Kaw the Mammoth Destroyer
  7. 67Nedar, Lord of Rhinos...
  8. 68Happy as a Clam
  9. 69The Abandoned Reach
  10. 70Not On Our Watch
  11. 71The Nefarious Clam Master...
  12. 72Unfit for Death

Showing steps 61 to 72 of 182.

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.

  • Khu'nok Will KnowBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Although you have acted valiantly in freeing the trapped calves, many of them will still die. You see, without a caretaker, these calves must fend for themselves in the wild. But there is a way! Hope yet remains!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Nedar, Lord of Rhinos...Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    West of here, on the high bluffs above Lake Kum'uya, roams a despicable being known as Nedar. The self proclaimed "Lord of Rhinos" hunts the wastes for the injured or young - rhinos unable to defend themselves against his cowardly attacks.

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.