Can be soloed by Zandalari Kneebiter in 4 turns.
Black Claw -> Hunting Party -> Leap or Bloodfang.Edit: Mine is P/B.
Quest
Meet The Maw
A World of Warcraft quest in Val'sharah. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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This battle pet is at 66/39 in Ash'theran (Val'sharah).
The Maw is a legendary pet encounter found north of Andu'talah in Val'sharah, and is only available to fight when his world quest, 'Meet the Maw', is available. His moves are Creepy Chomp, Devour and Siphon Life. The experience gain from this fight is insignificant and it's not worth leveling pets with.
Pets
To beat the Maw, I used my Emerald Proto-Whelp (Breath/Emerald Presence/Proto-Strike), Emerald Whelpling (Breath/Emerald Presence) and Yu'la, Broodling of Yu'lon (Breath/Emerald Presence/Lift-off). You only need one of these three green dragons- put one of them in your first slot and then bring any two other pets with Dragonkin damage for backup. Yu'la in particular will have a speed advantage over the Maw so bring that if you have one.Strategy
On round 1, use Emerald Presence, then Proto-Strike, then spam Breath. Refresh your Emerald Presence Buff as needed to maintain it, and spam Breath to work down his health. Try and time a Proto-Strike (or Lift-off with Yu'la) to get out of the way of Devour when your health gets within killing-blow range if possible, but no sweat if you miss it. Keep mashing Breath with Emerald Presence up and he should go down without trouble.A full video guide of the strategy I've laid out can be found here. Hope this helps!
Quest facts
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(41861))
Requirements
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Defeat The Maw
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #641 64.6 40.6
Coordinates
- Objective areaVal'sharah 64.6, 40.6
/way #641 64.6 40.6
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 Val'sharah map
- Softening the Target about 100 yards
- Given to Corruption about 170 yards
- Heart of the Nightmare about 180 yards
- Reading the Leaves about 180 yards
- Ruins of Shala'nir about 270 yards
- Dark Side of the Moon about 370 yards
- Mending the Filter about 380 yards
- The Shrine of Ashamane about 390 yards
- Seeds of Renewal about 390 yards
- Close Enough to Touch about 390 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Val'sharah, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Val'sharah:
- Starsong Refuge, Val'sharah
- Garden of the Moon, Val'sharah
- Sylvan Falls, Highmountain
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.
Objective targets
The Maw
Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.
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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Val'sharah map
- Into the Nightmare
- All Nightmare Long
- The Black Rook Threat
- Archdruid of the Claw
- Bradensbrook
- Black Rook Hold
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 these achievements.
- Battle on the Broken Isles: its criteria name 37 quests, this one included.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.