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Natural Defenders

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

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1
ZeeAUS+238via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This fight is quite RNG, as Runehoof seems to change the timing on the stun move. However this combo worked for me most times.

Kun Lai Runt (mine is P/S) 1,1,1
Iron Starlette (mine is P/S) 1,1,1
Nexus Whelpling (mine is (P/P) x,2,2

Start with Kun Lai Runt

(1) Thrash
(2) Pass
(3) Rampage
Slugger Dies
(4) Change to Iron Starlette for first hit
(5) Change to Kun Lai Runt to eat the stun. Kun Lai Runt dies. Bring in Iron Starlette.
(6) Wind-Up (If you get stunned, that is Runehoof RNG, and you'll need to restart).
(7) Supercharge
(8) Wind-Up
Runehoof dies
(9) Powerball until Iron Starlette dies. Bring in Nexus Whelping
(10) Arcane Storm
(11) Mana Surge for the win!

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sunfirehawk2010+229via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I know there's plenty of other strategies listed here, but I got this one from @Lhumen.
Never fails even with bad RNG.

[npc=36871]
[pet-ability=202], [pet-ability=362], [pet-ability=159] (2,1,2)

[npc=77221]
[pet-ability=459], [pet-ability=566], [pet-ability=208] (1, 1, 1)

[npc=68845]
N/A, [pet-ability=489], [pet-ability=589] (N/A, 2, 2)


  1. [pet-ability=362]

  2. [pet-ability=159] (Slugger will die here or the next step)

  3. [pet-ability=202] (until Core Hound Pup dies)

  4. [pet-ability=459] (just cast again if you get stunned)

  5. [pet-ability=208] (just cast again if you get stunned)

  6. [pet-ability=459] (Runehoof will die here or the next step)

  7. [pet-ability=566] (until Iron Starlette dies)

  8. [pet-ability=589]

  9. [pet-ability=489]

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 60
LocationArdenweald
SideBoth
SharableNo
Added inShadowlands
Quest ID61946

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(61946))

Requirements

Quest typeBattle Pet World Quest

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

  • Defeat Glitterdust in a Pet Battle

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.

Ardenweald Objective area 1 mapped point
Ardenweald map showing where to go for Natural DefendersObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1565 58.1 56.9

Coordinates

  • Objective areaArdenweald 58.1, 56.9/way #1565 58.1 56.9

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 Ardenweald map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Ardenweald:

  • Hibernal Hollow, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 230 yards north-east
  • Refugee Camp, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 670 yards west
  • Claw's Edge, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards south-west

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

Glitterdust

KindCreature
TypeCritter
RankNormal

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.

Related

Community notes from Wowhead · 159 comments

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Where this quest fits

Other storylines on the Ardenweald 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.