Quest

Niuzao's Price

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

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10177712012-09-26T14:57:13-05:00+146via Wowhead

kill the enemies in the north part of the area. The panda that's with u will search them after they've died and will either say yes you've found a statue or not.

9309632012-10-05T22:12:26-05:00+22via Wowhead

This is easily one of the hardest solo quests in the game at the moment. The mantids spawn on the northern shores of Niuzao's island. You have to run through a warzone full of elites just to get to them. Some of the elites bug out and do not leash, so be prepared to die. In fact be prepared to die anyways, because the mantids necessary to complete the quest often spawn in very large groups. The drones are particularly nasty, always coming in packs of 3 with around 330k hp each, and they do a stacking debuff that hurts a lot, as well as enrage.
To complete the quest, just kill the mantids and let your stealthed pandaren buddy loot their corpses for the statue parts. The number of kills needed seems to be random. Might be 10, might be 50.
Unless you're level 90 and geared, I recommend you bring a friend or two. You'll be glad you did.

Cruciatum2012-09-29T04:57:03-05:00+16via Wowhead

Thanks, I was stuck for a good while wondering where the pieces were. Shows how dependent I've become on sparkles showing me the way.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-35

ZoneTownlong Steppes

Quest ID30925

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30925))

What to do

StorylineTownlong Steppes, step 59 of 60

Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

Niuzao owns a statuette which he values greatly: a small icon, in his image, sculpted by one of his long-since fallen sentinels. This statuette was recently stolen by the Sra'thik mantid, and taken to their encampment to our north. Bring back this statuette. Then we will give you - and your Shado-Pan associate - the answers you seek.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inTownlong Steppes 39.3, 62.2/way #388 39.3 62.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 41.4, 48.1/way #388 41.4 48.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 41.7, 46.6/way #388 41.7 46.6

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 Townlong Steppes map

Thunder Calls about 660 yards
Grounded Welcome about 1,040 yards
The Search for Restless Leng about 1,040 yards
Choking the Skies about 1,050 yards
The Exile about 1,640 yards
Honor the Flame about 1,860 yards
In the Wrong Hands about 2,010 yards
Trap Setting about 2,450 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:

Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 720 yards south-east
Rensai's Watchpost, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-east
The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 1,800 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 550 yards north
Objective areaabout 560 yards north
Objective areaabout 520 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.

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Money13 gold74 silver

Experience4,800 XP

ReputationShado-Pan +100, The August Celestials +250

Other quests on the Townlong Steppes map

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +100

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).

Reputation: The August Celestials +250

These brave Pandaren defend the temples of Pandaria from the evils of the Sha.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward The August Celestials reputation: The Unending Siege (+350), Fallen Sentinels (+250), A Blade is a Blade (+250), Paying Tribute (+250), The Siege Swells (+350), The Overwhelming Swarm (+250).

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 59 of 60.

Previous: The Wisdom of Niuzao · Next: The Terrible Truth

Showing steps 49 to 60 of 60.

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 Wisdom of NiuzaoTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35
Niuzao, the Black Ox, rests in the temple to the west. He may know why the mantid are attacking. He may, in fact, know much more than that. I will rendezvous with you at Niuzao Temple, <class>.

After this quest