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Sharpening Your Talons

A World of Warcraft quest in Sholazar Basin. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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The Snows of Northrend Quest Tree From Whiterock

#)Where in the World is Hemet Nesingwary?──>a)Welcome to Sholazar Basin

b)Venture Co. Misadventure    a)Need an Engine, Take an Engine
b)Wipe That Grin Off His Face b)Have a Part, Give a Part        b)Engineering a Disaster
 ├──┬──────────────────────────┘   ├>e)Aerial Surveillance
 | c)Kick, What Kick?              └>e)An Embarassing Incident
 | c)The Great Hunter's Challenge    e)Reconnaissance Flight      Force of Nature*
 |
 ├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
c)Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator   c)Rhino Mastery: The Test
 |            ├──┬───────────────────────────┘         |  |
 |            | e)Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor | d)A Steak Fit for a Hunter
 |            | e)Still At It                          |
 |            | e)The Taste Test                       |
 |            | #)Fletcher's Lost and Found            | a)It Could Be Anywhere!
 |            └──────┐                                 |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial     |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan      |
 |                                      ║ |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey ║ | d)Rhino Mastery: The Chase
 |                 ║                 ╔══╝ |  ║         |
 |                 ╚═>Lakeside Landing*<══╪══╝         |
 |                                        |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce     |           e)An Offering for Soo-rahm
 |                                        |           e)The Bones of Nozronn
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush   f)Rhino Mastery: The Kill
 |                                        |            |
 ├────────────────────────┬───────────────┴───┬────────┘
 |                        |                   |
g)Sharpening Your Talons g)Securing the Bait g)In Search of Bigger Game
 ├───────────────────────┬┘
 |                       ├>h)Reagent Agent   g)Burning to Help
i)A Mammoth Undertaking  └>h)My Pet Roc
i)Post-partum Aggression

Legend:
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneSholazar Basin
Quest ID12603

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12603))

Requirements

Requires all ofRhino Mastery: The Kill, Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush, Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 22 of 65
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The primordial drakes occupy most of the area to the north and east, and I can feel the heat of their breath even at this distance. Before we can challenge the mightiest among the drakes, we must test our skills against the lesser creatures. Still, don't let your guard down; any one of these beasts can devour a man whole. Once you've familiarized yourself with the combat tactics of these drakes, return and I will tell you our next step.

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 11 mapped points
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for Sharpening Your TalonsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #119 42.3 28.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 42.3, 28.7/way #119 42.3 28.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 47.8, 26.8/way #119 47.8 26.8

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south
  • Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 250 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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 22 of 65.

Previous: In Search of Bigger Game · Next: Securing the Bait

  1. 17The Bones of Nozronn
  2. 18Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush
  3. 19Rhino Mastery: The Kill
  4. 20The Taste Test
  5. 21In Search of Bigger Game
  6. 22Sharpening Your Talons
  7. 23Securing the Bait
  8. 24A Mammoth Undertaking
  9. 25Post-partum Aggression
  10. 26Playing Along
  11. 27The Ape Hunter's Slave
  12. 28Tormenting the Softknuckles

Showing steps 17 to 28 of 65.

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.

  • In Search of Bigger GameSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    Well, <name>, you've certainly proven your mettle as a hunter of all kinds of game animals -- rhinos, cats, and crocolisks. For some members of the expedition, these creatures are sufficient to test their hunting skills, but others, like myself, crave larger challenges.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Securing the BaitSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    We're not likely to get Broodmother Slivina's attention waving our arms around like fools, but if we're smart, we can bait her into fighting us. We'll also secure more, uh, fodder for my little project. <Dorian glances over at Zootfizzle.> But don't worry about that for now.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.