Pick a Yak is a quest for level 25-35 in Townlong Steppes. It rewards 1 reward item, 4,800 experience and money.
I can't find a single good yak here. ALL the yaks are bad!
Some are too stinky, some too fight-y, others just scared.
You look like a lucky <race>. Here, take a lasso. See if you can find a good yak for me.
You will receive:
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It may seem random, but actually the Yaks will be found to be the following (in this order):
- Mean
- Smelly
- Angry
- Stabby
- Mean Angry
- Stabby Smelly
- Angry Stabby
- Mean Smelly
- Mean, Smelly, Angry, Stabby, Very Bad Townlong Yak
- Suitable Yak
So, basically... kill 9 yaks, the 10th will be the best.
Does this remind anyone else of the children's book: "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?" :)
Really surprised this information isn't here, but in order for this quest to appear you must complete the two quests:
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Both from Tai Ho at Shando-Pan Garrison (49,72).
He'll give you a quest afterwards called The Wisdom of Niuzao. Just fly over to the turn in (you don't actually have to turn it in), and accept the quest from Bluesaddle (standing right next to the turn in) called Bad Yak. Do that real quick and he'll appear at 35,57 with this quest.
You can run away to reset the yak, which saves on a lot of time spent killing - it'll still move on to the next step in the chain even if you don't actually kill it. (You can also just keep lassoing the same yak this way!)
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 4,800 |
| Money | Gold | 13g 74s |
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.
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