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Piercing Talons and Slavering Jaws

A World of Warcraft quest in Valley of the Four Winds. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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staynight+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you watch for a few minutes, you can see the hawks swoop down, pick up a sheep, fly high into the air with it, and drop it on the ground. It lands as a bloody splatter. It's pretty hilarious.

If you time it well, you can also fight the hawks with a desperately wiggling sheep clutched in their talons, or the wolves with the sheep in their mouths.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-35
ZoneValley of the Four Winds
Quest ID29916

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29916))

What to do

StorylineValley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields, step 11 of 13
Rewards10g 30s 50c, 3,600 XP

Description

First the hawks came. You've probably seen some of them circling up above. The wolves came shortly after. I think they smelled my weakness. I'm not nearly as brave as Master Shang thought I was. The master will be quite cross with me if I don't do something about these beasts. Can... can you help, sir?

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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.

Valley of the Four Winds Quest turn-in 18 mapped points
Valley of the Four Winds map showing where to go for Piercing Talons and Slavering JawsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #376 78.1 33.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inValley of the Four Winds 78.1, 33.0/way #376 78.1 33.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Valley of the Four Winds 80.3, 32.0/way #376 80.3 32.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Valley of the Four Winds 80.1, 38.3/way #376 80.1 38.3
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 78.1, 32.9/way #376 78.1 32.9

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 Valley of the Four Winds map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Valley of the Four Winds, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Valley of the Four Winds:

  • Grassy Cline, Valley of the Four WindsAlliance and Horde · about 370 yards north-west
  • Pang's Stead, Valley of the Four WindsAlliance and Horde · about 400 yards north-east
  • Tavern in the Mists, The Veiled StairAlliance and Horde · about 580 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 90 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 160 yards south-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.

Related
Money10 gold30 silver
Experience3,600 XP

Storyline

Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields

Part 11 of 13.

Previous: A Neighbor's Duty · Next: Lupello

  1. 1Chen and Li Li
  2. 2A Seemingly Endless Nuisance
  3. 3A Poor Grasp of the Basics
  4. 4Low Turnip Turnout
  5. 5Taking a Crop
  6. 6Practically Perfect Produce
  7. 7The Fabulous Miss Fanny
  8. 8The Meat They'll Eat
  9. 9Back to the Sty
  10. 10A Neighbor's Duty
  11. 11Piercing Talons and Slavering Jaws
  12. 12Lupello
  13. 13A Lesson in Bravery

Also part of: Valley of the Four Winds (part 12 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.

  • A Neighbor's DutyValley of the Four Winds · Level 15-35

    I'm not the only one having trouble with his stock, it seems. One of Francis' sheep has wandered over to my ranch, for the third time this week. I'm beginning to think he needs help tending to his flock. You should check up on him, neighbor. And bring this poor little thing with you.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • LupelloValley of the Four Winds · Level 15-35

    I've been thinking... the wolves might stop attacking if we kill their pack leader. We call him Lupello, and he patrols the opposite riverbank. <Francis' concentration is broken by another attack. Perhaps you should go deal with Lupello yourself.>

The storyline at a glance

Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields has 13 steps, from Chen and Li Li to A Lesson in Bravery.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Valley of the Four Winds (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Valley of the Four Winds 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.