TheWoWDBBefore you engage [npc=160143], you’ll want to pet [npc=171148], located at the small hill at 63.2, 30.8.
The [npc=160143] starts in a cave, with the entrance being 62.2, 28.9. After damaging her a bit, she burrows to another cave, entrance 61.4, 33.4. Only after that does she show up in the "Matriarch's Den", where [npc=160155] is waiting. Don't make the mistake of waiting in that chamber for her to spawn, because she never will until you fight her in the other two caves.
Ultimately, the quest objectives on the map will lead you to where you need to go!
Quest
One Big Problem
A World of Warcraft quest in Ardenweald. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You can use the [item=173534] ability on the [npc=160143], and it will stun her like it does for the other gorms. Helps to neutralize most of the things she does.
Side note - if you are running around this general area and wondering why you keep getting dismounted, it is because the [npc=170227]e burst when run over. The burst does damage, and is apparently capable of dazing you.
EDIT: After doing this quest and its world quest equivalent numerous times now on live servers, it seems the damage from the larva burst has been removed.
That moment when you run around for 10 minutes looking for the entrance and then you remember you have to pet a tiny npc. Yeah, this is a great quest.
Quest facts
Quest ID58023
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(58023))
What to do
WhereMatriarch's Den, Ardenweald
StorylineWhen a Gorm Eats a God, step 3 of 6
Rewards37g 20s 60c, 11,450 XP
Description
We must go after Master Sha'lor. Tirna Vaal needs him! And I... I... I will report to the droman. They must know that Sha'lor is in danger. Then, I will enter the burrows myself from the south and help you defeat it. For now, see what you can find. I refuse to believe that he is gone. That monster will know the fury of a vorkai.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1565 63.2 30.8
Coordinates
- Objective areaArdenweald 63.2, 30.8
/way #1565 63.2 30.8 - Objective areaArdenweald 62.5, 27.6
/way #1565 62.5 27.6 - Objective areaArdenweald 62.3, 33.7
/way #1565 62.3 33.7 - Objective areaArdenweald 59.3, 33.8
/way #1565 59.3 33.8 - Objective areaArdenweald 62.9, 32.1
/way #1565 62.9 32.1
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Matriarch's Den:
- Tirna Vaal, Ardenweald
- Glitterfall Basin, Ardenweald
- Hibernal Hollow, Ardenweald
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Matriarch's Den map
Reward details
Reputation: The Wild Hunt +160
Called to serve the Winter Queen in times of dire need, the Wild Hunt assembles the finest huntresses and hunters in all of Ardenweald. In the face of drought and peril, the Wild Hunt stands ready to defend the forest.
Reputation group: Shadowlands.
Other quests in Ardenweald that reward The Wild Hunt reputation: Supplies Needed: Amber Grease (+160), Unsafe Workplace (+160), Supplies Needed: More Husks! (+160), Gifts of the Forest (+160), Tied Totem Toter (+160), Ages-Echoing Wisdom (+160).
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
When a Gorm Eats a God
Part 3 of 6.
Previous: Finish What He Started · Next: Burrows Away
- 1The Absent-Minded Artisan
- 2Finish What He Started
- 3One Big Problem
- 4Burrows Away
- 5Queen of the Underground
- 6When a Gorm Eats a God
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.
- Finish What He Started
Finding Sha'lor is our main priority. But there is another opportunity. Take the Gormherd Branch that he dropped. I know he was tinkering with it so that it would work on wild gorm. Use it on the gorm in the burrows, and see if you can collect any of their gorm gris.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Burrows Away
<The ground has been freshly dug, and there are signs of more tunnels all over the place. Collapsing a few burrows would go a long way toward keeping Tirna Vaal safe from gorm infestation.>
The storyline at a glance
When a Gorm Eats a God has 6 steps, from The Absent-Minded Artisan to When a Gorm Eats a God.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ardenweald (5), Matriarch's Den (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Ardenweald map
- Drust to Drust
- Aiding Tirna Vaal
- Waning Grove
- For Queen and Grove!
- The Horned Hunter
- A Vessel of Ardenweald
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.