Return to the Shrine is a quest for level 30-35 in Mount Hyjal. It is step 70 of 118 in the Mount Hyjal storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Mount Hyjal at 44.4, 46.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 600 experience and money.
Aviana's Egg should have arrived safely back at the Shrine. You should go check on it! Choluna should know how to handle this.
I'll finish the last of our business here and catch up with you later.
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THE RETURN OF THE ANCIENTS Quest Tree From Whiterock
<<Feedback here, please>>Return from the Firelands{H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal | 4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything G)Aviana's Legacy | | S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil* |OR| ┌──────────┴──────────┐ 1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem S)A Plea From Beyond ├─────────────────────┘ 1)A Prayer and a Wing 1)A Bird in Hand ├────────────────────────┘ 2)Fact-Finding Mission ├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ 2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor | 2)Egg Hunt 2)Disassembly ├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ 2)Sethria's Demise 1)Return to the Shrine 1)An Ancient Reborn ├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn | 3)Flight in the Firelands | 3)Wave One | 3)Wave Two | 3)Egg Wave | 1)Return to Aviana | | The Return of the Ancients* | ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us... | 4)Save the Wee Animals | 4)Seeds of Their Demise | 4)Oh, Deer! | 4)A New Master | | | 4)The Name Never Spoken(ver2) | | 4)Disrupting the Rituals 4)Black Heart of Flame | ├──┴─────────────────────────┘ | S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove | 4)The Bears Up There | 5)Smashing Through Ashes | ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak | 6)Fresh Bait 6)Durable Seeds 6)Prepping the Soil | 6)Hell's Shells └────────────────┴──────────┐ | 5)Tortolla Speaks | | ├────────────────────┐ | | 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla | | ├────────────────────┘ | | 5)An Ancient Awakens | ├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘ 6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands{H}* 6)Firefight 4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program 7)Tortolla's Revenge └>7)Lost Wardens ├>7)Breakthrough 7)Pressing the Advantage | 7)The Hammer and the Key 8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed 8)The Strength of Tortolla 8)Finish Nemesis 7)Tortolla's Triumph 9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong* Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
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Guide to Alliance Mount Hyjal Quests, part 1:
Optional initial quests:
Hero's Call
As Hyjal Burns
The Earth Rises
Inciting the Elements and Flames from AboveThen:
Protect the World Tree (unlocks optional War on the Twilight's Hammer)
The Flameseer's Staff
Flamebreaker
The Return of Baron Geddon
Emerald Allies
The Captured Scout
Twilight Captivity
Return to Alysra
A Prisoner of Interest
Through the Dream
Return to NodrassilAt this point, you must awaken three ancients. A Vision of Ysera will appear after each. You must awaken Goldrinn before beginning the Aessina/Tortolla quests but can otherwise work on them in any order.
Goldrinn Quests:
The Return of the Ancients (enables optional Harrying the Hunters and In the Rear with the Gear)
End of the Supply Line
The Voice of Goldrinn
Goldrinn's Ferocity
Lycanthoth the Corruptor enables several optional quest chains:
- The Shrine Reclaimed (optional but do it now if you are are going to do it)
- Gar'gol's Gotta Go and Get Me Outta Here!
- From the Mouth of Madness and Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows
- The Eye of Twilight, Mastering Puppets, Elementary!, and Return to Duskwhisper
Cleaning House (enables optional Sweeping the Shelf)
Lightning in a Bottle (enables optional Into the Maw! / Into the Maw!)
Rage of the Wolf Ancient, Forged of Shadow and Flame, and Crushing the Cores
Cindermaul, the Portal Master
Forgemaster Pyrendius
Return from the Firelands [vision of Ysera]Aviana Quests:
(optional linking quests ofWings over Mount Hyjal or Aviana's Legacy)
Two chains:
* An Offering for Aviana, A Plea from Beyond, and A Prayer and a Wing
* The Wormwing problem, Scrambling for Eggs, and then A Bird in HandNext comes Fact-Finding Mission which enables these required quests:
- Setheria's Brood
- A Gap in Their Armor and Disassembly
- The Codex of Shadows [from here ] leads to Egg Hunt
Finish the above for
Sethria's Demise
Return to the Shrine
An Ancient Reborn [Vision of Ysera]Optional bonus:
The Hatchery Must Burn
Flight in the Firelands
Wave One
Wave Two
Egg Wave [gives Beware of the 'Unbeatable?' Pterodacyl and choice of Gold Mini Jouster or Blue Mini Jouster]
Return to AvianaAessina/Tortolla Quests (must do Goldrinn first)
The Fires of Mount Hyjal (optional)
Save the Wee Animals and Oh, Deer!
Fighting Fire With ... Anything (optional, but must complete before Aessina's Miracle)
Disrupting the Rituals
If you're Not Against Us...
Seeds of Their Demise
A New Master
The Name Never Spoken
Black Heart of Flame
Good News... and Bad News (auto-accepted; can not be obtained later)
Last Stand at Whistling Grove
The Bears Up There (a good time to do Bounce!)
Smashing Through Ashes enables additional required quests:
Fresh Bait
Hell's Shells
Tortolla Speaks
An Ancient Awakens [Vision after all chains].After waking all the ancients, the third vision gives The Last Living Lorekeeper.
Continued in part 2.
Guide to Mount Hyjal Quests (Alliance), part 2:
After waking all three ancients (see part 1), Ysera or her vision will continue the chain with The Last Living Lorekeeper.Next come:
Firefight
Aessina's Miracle (brief cutscene; phases the zone)
Optional quests now available:
Tortolla's Revenge (enables optional Breakthrough)
The Hammer and the Key
The Third Flamegate (enables optional The Time for Mercy has Passed)
The Strength of Tortolla
Finish Nemesis
Tortolla's Triumph
The Ancients are With Us
Commander Jarod Shadowsong
Signed in Blood (allows you to visit Twilight camp including Edric Downing and Grunka who sell food needed for Cataclysmically Delicious)
Your New Identity
In Bloom, Trial by Fire, and Waste of Flesh
Twilight Training unlocks several additional required chains:
* Gather the Intelligence and Seeds of Discord
* Walking the Dog, A Champion's Collar, and Grudge Match
Physical Training: Forced Labor
Agility Training: Run Like Hell!,
Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power
Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak
Twilight Territory and The Greater of Two EvilsAll of the above for
Speech Writing for Dummies
Head of the Class
Graduation Speech
Twilight Riot
Slash and Burn (cutscene)
Three chains, all required:
* Might of the Firelord, The Sanctum of the Prophets, and Magma Monarch
* The Twilight Egg (starts here),Brood of Evil, and Death to the Broodmother
* Secrets of the Flame and The Gatekeeper
Last quest: The Firelord
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 600 |
| Money | Gold | 1g 37s |
| Reputation | Guardians of Hyjal | +10 |
Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).
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.
| Turn-in map | Mount Hyjal | Turn-in marker at 44.4, 46.2, 2 mapped points |
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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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #198 44.4 46.2
TheWoWDB
/way #198 44.4 46.2/way #198 32.8 70.7Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Mount Hyjal, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 70 of 118.
Previous: Sethria's Demise · Next: An Ancient Reborn
Showing steps 65 to 76 of 118.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
While you've been raiding Sethria's nest, messages have been flying back and forth between here and the shrine. Skylord Omnuron was at first reluctant, but I've persuaded my fellow druids to risk a direct assault on Sethria herself. Everyone agreed to my plan... provided YOU spearhead the attack.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
I'm convinced that YOU are the herald of Aviana, <name>. It was you who first saw her and rescued her essence from the claws of a dragon. Yes, I believe Aviana is to be reborn into our world. And you shall have the honor of ushering her over the threshold.
Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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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