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Next Steppes

Next Steppes is a quest for level 10-70 in The Waking Shores. It is step 1 of 14 in the Into the Plains storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Waking Shores at 48.3, 88.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,750 experience and money.

Description

The green dragonflight requires your aid now, hero. My sister's daughter and her flight have entered the Emerald Dream in an attempt to empower their own oathstone, but we have heard nothing since their slumber began.

Seek out the centaur that rule over the Ohn'ahran Plains. You may well need their connection to the land and its spirits if you are to rouse the greens.

They are a proud and territorial people who do not suffer insult lightly. Speak with our ambassador and he will prepare you.

Rewards

Money14 gold4 silver50 copper
Experience4,750 XP
ReputationValdrakken Accord +50
Top Comments

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Mypciscraze+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Hi all

I present You Storyline [storyline=1303]. This Storyline is part of Ohn'a'Roll which is criteria for Loremaster of the Dragon Isles.

See Video with Storyline if need it - https://youtu.be/z0rlZ8Zj9L8

Storyline in order I done it:

1. Next Steppes - Fly to 48.2 88.6
2. Into the Plains - Move to 77.7 23.9
3. Proving Oneself - Slay Blazing Proto-Dragon 78.7 26.8
4. Welcome at Our Fire - Move to 85.3 25.3
5. The Shikaar - Speak with Sansok Khan 85.7 25.3
6a. Making Introductions - Speak with 3 NPC - [npc=186176] 85.7 26.5 , [npc=186183] 83.9 25.9 and [npc=184595] 85.6 20.9
6b. Supplies for the Journey - Pick up 5 [item=192812] ( around villade ) and 4 [item=191055] ( 86.1 25.3 inside bulding , 84.2 27.1 , 84.3 24.8 , 84.3 23.1 )
8. Toward the City - Go to 83.2 23.7 and speak with [npc=185882] to start caravan, now you can listen stories or just fly 75.6 31.6.
9a. For Food and Rivalry - Kill animals around to get 30 [item=191100].
9b. Mysterious Beast - Quest start from [object=379321] 76.7 32 go to cave 77.7 35.4 and slay [npc=194544] to get [item=198517].
11. By Broken Road - Now you can listen stories or just fly 69.9 37.9
12. Connection to Ohn'ahra - Get 3 thinks:
- 4 [item=191101] from grass [object=376152] around river.
- 8 [item=191102] get from [npc=190708] You don't need to kill them.
- 1 [item=191103] drop from [npc=190961] is not 100% drop i get after 4 kills.
13. Omens on the Wind - First speak with [npc=184595] then place 3 totems.
14. Maruukai - Go to 61.4 39.5 That will finish Storyline and You will unlock [spell=395358].

Hope That help You :)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,750
MoneyGold14g 4s
ReputationValdrakken Accord+50

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +50

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: How to Glide with Your Dragon (+50), How to Dive with Your Dragon (+50), How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon (+50), Punching Up (+100), A Cultist's Misgivings (+50), The Shadow of His Wings (+150).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Waking ShoresTurn-in marker at 48.3, 88.7, 2 mapped points
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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.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for Next SteppesTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 48.3 88.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 48.3, 88.7/way #2022 48.3 88.7
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 61.6, 68.6/way #2022 61.6 68.6

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 Waking Shores map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Rubyscale Outpost, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 120 yards south-west
  • Dragonscale Basecamp, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 290 yards north
  • Timberstep Outpost, Ohn'ahran PlainsAlliance and Horde · about 630 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,500 yards north-east

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Into the Plains

Part 1 of 14.

Next: Into the Plains

  1. 1Next Steppes
  2. 2Into the Plains
  3. 3Proving Oneself
  4. 4Welcome at Our Fire
  5. 5The Shikaar
  6. 6Making Introductions
  7. 7Supplies for the Journey
  8. 8Toward the City
  9. 9For Food and Rivalry
  10. 10Mysterious Beast
  11. 11By Broken Road
  12. 12Connection to Ohn'ahra
  13. 13Omens on the Wind
  14. 14Maruukai

Also part of: The Ohn'ahran Plains (part 54 of 55).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Into the PlainsOhn'ahran Plains · Level 20-70

    The green dragonflight has returned to their gardens in the nearby plains. Queen Alexstrasza wishes for you to make contact with Merithra of the Dream. The centaur of those plains are fierce hunters. To reach the Emerald Gardens, you will need to establish diplomacy with them first.

The storyline at a glance

Into the Plains has 14 steps, from Next Steppes to Maruukai.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ohn'ahran Plains (13), The Waking Shores (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Ohn'a'Roll Complete the following storylines in the Ohn'ahran Plains.

Other storylines on The Waking Shores 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.

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