You're given a Bone Gryphon which comes with four abilities (listed in the order they are located on the action bar):
1) Frost Breath - instant primary spam attack; no cooldown
2) Plague Strike - deals a small amount of direct damage and applies a DoT; has a 12 second cooldown
3) Bone Armor - instantly gives your gryphon four "bones" that absorb damage (basically a shield); has a 20 second cooldown
4) Speed Burst - doubles your flight speed for 8 seconds; has a 1 minute cooldownHead over to Onslaught Harbor to the west of Death's Rise and find a safe spot to land, then use the the Bone Gryphon to hop on. Use Bone Armor whenever the cooldown is finished. When fighting the Onslaught Gryphon Riders, start off with Plague Strike and spam Frost Breath until the rider is dead. Kill ten riders to complete the quest.
If your Bone Gryphon's health is low, find a safe spot to dismount and re-summon it. You'll hop on a new Bone Gryphon will full health.
When turning in the quest, make sure to dismount your Bone Gryphon and use your own mount to fly back to Death's Rise. If you leave Onslaught Harbor, you will get a warning that says you might lose your Bone Gryphon. Although it's possible to get to Death's Rise while on the Bone Gryphon, you should just play it safe and use your own mount.
Of course, you can always kill the riders the old fashioned way: with your own weapons and spells. :)
Quest
No Fly Zone
A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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SHADOW VAULT Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + 12/30/2008 Starzinger aswell.1)It's All Fun and Games{H} 1)I Have an Idea, But First... 1)Free Your Mind 1)If He Cannot Be Turned{H} Orgrim's Hammer(H)* 1)The Shadow Vault{H} The Skybreaker(A)* | / |->Blackwatch* \ | Opportunity(H)* | Exploiting an Opening(A)* 1)The Duke | | 2)Eliminate the Competition 2)Honor Challenge-------->2)Get the Key 3)The Bone Witch |->2)Shadow Vault Decree 2)Let the Baron Know |->3)Reading the Bones |____________________/ | R)Reading the Bones |->3)Vandalizing Jotunheim | |->D)Leave Our Mark |->4)Deep in the Bowels of The Underhalls |->3)Crush Dem Vrykuls! | | D)Vile Like Fire! |->4)Revenge for the Vargul | | N)Vaelen Has Returned 4)The Sum is Greater than the Parts 3)Ebon Blade Prisoners | |->D)Shoot 'Em Up 3)The Art of Being a Water Terror | | N)To the Rise with all Due Haste! 3)Through the Eye 6)The Story Thus Far... | |->D)From Their Corpses, Rise! 3)Find the Ancient Hero |->7)Blood in the Water | | 7)You'll Need a Gryphon 3)Not-So-Honorable Combat | D)No Fly Zone | |->D)Intelligence Gathering 3)Banshee's Revenge 7)The Grand (Admiral's) Plan | 7)In Strict Confidence 5)Battle at Valhalas 7)Second Chances 5)Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes 7)The Admiral Revealed 5)Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master 5)Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn 5)Battle at Valhalas: Carnage! 5)Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow 5)Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge Quest zones:
1)Shadow Vault_____2)Savage Ledge_____3)Jotunheim_____4)The Underhalls_____5)Valhalas_____6)Death's Rise_____7)Onslaught Harbor
D)Daily_____N)Not-needed_____R)Repeatable
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Do it with http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12813 and http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12838. You can kill the gryphon riders and loot the keys as well as turn them into undead.
Quest facts
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12815))
Requirements
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Description
Now that you got your bone gryphon, I wantcha to take it back down there everyday and make a no fly zone over Onslaught Harbor. I gotta admit, mon, I don't really care if you use the bone gryphon to kill them gryphon riders or not. But I'm guessin' that if you do, you'll find it much easier to get to 'em. Besides, it's got lots of neat tricks you can use.
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Reward details
Reputation: Knights of the Ebon Blade +250
Freed from the grasp of the Lich King, his former Death Knights have regrouped against him under the banner of Highlord Darion Mograine.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Icecrown that reward Knights of the Ebon Blade reputation: To the Rise with all Due Haste! (+10), The Story Thus Far... (+10), Blood in the Water (+250), From Their Corpses, Rise! (+250), You'll Need a Gryphon (+250), Intelligence Gathering (+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.
Where this quest fits
Other daily quests in Icecrown
- From Their Corpses, Rise!
- Intelligence Gathering
- Leave Our Mark
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Vile Like Fire!
- No Mercy!
- Make Them Pay!
- Volatility
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.