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Shear Will

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

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420211+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is part of a quest chain in which the player aids Kalecgos (the new blue dragon aspect) in finding Azuregos and protecting him from the black dragonflight. It spans much of the land of Azshara and is composed of many quests, several of which are completely original in their concepts.

1.)Azshara Blues
2.)Friends Come In All Colors

Helping out Ergll:
3.)A Little Pick-me-up
4.)Absorbent
---5.)Full of Hot Water
6.)That's Just Rude!

Finding Archmage Xylem:
7.)The Way to a Mage's Heart
8.)Wash Out
9.)Dressed to Impress

Helping Xylem and his Apprentices:
10.)Shear Will
11.)Waste of Thyme
12.)Renewable Resource

13.)Manual Labor
14.)Trouble Under Foot

Getting to Xylem's Trials
15.)The Pinnacle of Learning
16.)Watch Your Step

Xylem's Trials
17.)The Trial of Fire
---Achievement: Glutton for Fiery Punishment
18.)The Trial of Frost
---Achievement: Glutton for Icy Punishment
19.)The Trial of Shadow
---Achievement: Glutton for Shadowy Punishment

Finding Azuregos
20.)Xylem's Asylum
21.)Wasn't It Obvious?
22.)Easy is Boring
23.)Turning the Tables

The Final Battle
24.)Fade to Black

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Chilela+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Each hippogryph drops 1 feather as of 7/3/10, so you have to kill 80 hippogryphs to complete this quest. As it turns out, you get more XP from the kills on this quest than you do for completing this quest.

EDIT: As stated in the reply, the above status is no longer correct.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneAzshara
Quest ID14249

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(14249))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineAzshara, step 63 of 88
RewardsScissor Blade, Glued Feather Boots, Robotronic Vest, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I'd be amazing! At archmagery. Amazing! He won't even talk to me because I don't have a stupid robe and hat. Pffft. The most amazing archmage this land has ever seen can't just have any robe and hat. I need to show him that I'm something special, and I know just how to do it. Go out there and kill some of those hippogryph things. Bring me back a TON of feathers. You heard me! A whole bunch of feathers! Go go, I'll have the robe ready for them by the time you get back.

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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.

Azshara Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Azshara map showing where to go for Shear WillTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #76 47.1 21.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzshara 47.1, 21.1/way #76 47.1 21.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azshara 46.9, 20.8/way #76 46.9 20.8

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 Azshara map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:

  • Northern Rocketway, AzsharaHorde · about 1,100 yards east
  • Bilgewater Harbor, AzsharaHorde · about 1,100 yards south
  • Southern Rocketway, AzsharaHorde · about 2,000 yards south

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 3 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+1 Agility, +1 Stamina, +2 Critical Strike
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for11 silver88 copper
TypeLeather Feet
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +3 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for6 silver73 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+3 Strength or Intellect, +4 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for9 silver9 copper
TypeMail Feet
Item level11
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +3 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for6 silver75 copper

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.

Storyline

Azshara

Part 63 of 88.

Previous: Renewable Resource · Next: Manual Labor

  1. 58Full of Hot Water
  2. 59Wash Out
  3. 60Dressed to Impress
  4. 61Waste of Thyme
  5. 62Renewable Resource
  6. 63Shear Will
  7. 64Manual Labor
  8. 65Trouble Under Foot
  9. 66The Pinnacle of Learning
  10. 67Watch Your Step
  11. 68The Trial of Fire
  12. 69The Trial of Frost

Showing steps 58 to 69 of 88.

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.

  • Renewable ResourceAzshara · Level 5-30

    We're going to need some more animate basalt. There's only one reliable source for that in the area, a mountain giant named Balboa. We can't be killing the mountain giant if we want to keep stocked in the stuff long term, so we've just been chipping off pieces at a time.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Manual LaborAzshara · Level 5-30

    The local demons seem to get quite a kick out of stealing all of our arcane manuals. I highly doubt most of them can even read, so they're probably doing it just to spite us.

The storyline at a glance

Azshara has 88 steps, from Runaway Shredder! to The Conquest of Azshara.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (88).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Azshara 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Azshara.