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Playing Possum

Playing Possum is an Alliance-only quest for level 7-30 in Ashenvale. It is step 19 of 50 in the Ashenvale, Alliance storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ashenvale at 59.2, 59.7. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The last piece of the rod is held by druids of the claw. I asked their leader, Oso Bramblescar, to give it to me, but he and his guardians nearly killed me! Clearly they too were affected by the Horde's corruption of the Forest Heart.

But, I have an idea for how you can get into Oso's cave and grab the pommel.

Ever since I was a faun, I've been pretty good at playing possum. It works great against bears! I can teach you! Go east to the Shady Nook, and if they try to get you, just use my technique.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationDarnassus +250
Top Comments

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Tantrevalles+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For those who like a little rough-and-tumble when questing, note that Oso hits like a freaking truck and takes a lot of damage. I downed him as a ret pally yesterday: level 25 geared in quest reward gear from Redridge and Ashenvale (with the exception of the 2-hander I got from Shadowfang, and the goggles I made from crafting).

It was a long fight and I spent at least half of it spamming my self-heals just to stay in the game. Most satisfying melee in months, I dare say. Very enjoyable.

Edit: By long, of course, I mean "longer than three seconds," which can feel like an eternity in this age of nerfed content. Figure the fight went on for 20 seconds, which is a by-gosh relative epoch in quest-melee years.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationDarnassus+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Wrist
Item level14
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+2 Intellect, +3 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for12 silver8 copper
TypeLeather Feet
Item level14
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +4 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for18 silver5 copper
TypePlate Wrist
Item level14
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+2 Strength or Intellect, +3 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for12 silver16 copper
TypeMail Feet
Item level14
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +4 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for17 silver44 copper

Reputation: Darnassus +250

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Ashenvale that reward Darnassus reputation: Supplies to Auberdine (+500), Don't Forget the Horde (+250), Of Their Own Design (+250), Naga of the Strand (+250), West to the Strand (+10), Delivery for Orendil (+25).

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 it comes from
Turn-in mapAshenvaleTurn-in marker at 59.2, 59.7, 2 mapped points
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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.

Ashenvale Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Ashenvale map showing where to go for Playing PossumTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #63 59.2 59.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAshenvale 59.2, 59.7/way #63 59.2 59.7
  • Objective areaAshenvale 62.5, 60.3/way #63 62.5 60.3

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 Ashenvale map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ashenvale:

  • Stardust Spire, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,500 yards west
  • Astranaar, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,500 yards west
  • Forest Song, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,600 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Ashenvale, Alliance

Part 19 of 50.

Previous: Search the Bole · Next: Retaking Mystral Lake

  1. 14He Who Would Be Forgiven
  2. 15In the Hands of the Perverse
  3. 16All's Well
  4. 17Dryad Delivery
  5. 18Search the Bole
  6. 19Playing Possum
  7. 20Retaking Mystral Lake
  8. 21The Goblin Braintrust
  9. 22Three Friends of the Forest
  10. 23In a Bind
  11. 24Clear the Shrine
  12. 25The Last Stand

Showing steps 14 to 25 of 50.

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.

  • Search the BoleAshenvale · Level 7-30

    I wish your tidings were better. Raene is correct, I know about Dartol's creation and the treants in the area--at least I did once. They've become corrupted now, their nature twisted. To find the next piece of the rod, you'll have to find the key to open the chest it's in.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Retaking Mystral LakeAshenvale · Level 7-30

    We could easily have held Silverwind Refuge from the Horde had they not taken control of our water elemental defenders on Mystral Lake. One of their shaman summoned in Tideress, an old and angry water spirit of the forest who befouled our elementals and turned them against us.

The storyline at a glance

Ashenvale, Alliance has 50 steps, from Bathran's Hair to The Forest Heart.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ashenvale (50).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ashenvale 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.

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