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Shifting Ground

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

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Buuloki+81via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[h3]Tremblor - Shifting Ground - The Forbidden Reach[/h3]
World Quest: Shifting Ground
Location: /way #2151 67.25, 12.38 Tremblor
Pet: [npc=200690]


[icon name=quest_start][/icon]Unique Mechanic: This pet can be fought as a Legendary, Epic or Rare pet. To reduce the difficulty of this pet, defeat the [npc=200678] around the area until Tremblor reaches your desired difficulty. Defeating Tremblor on Rare (the easiest) difficulty will reward you a pet.

[icon name=quest_start][/icon]Easy Strategy: Use 3 level 1's with Aquatic type abilities.




Pet
Abilities
Breed Used
[npc=71163]
[pet-ability=210], [pet-ability=218], [spell=48181]
H/H
[npc=86447]
Any, [pet-ability=919], [pet-ability=581]
P/S
[npc=67443]
[pet-ability=112], [pet-ability=256], [pet-ability=517]
P/S


[toggler id=21512 hidden]Rematch String[/toggler]
[div id=21512 hidden]


Tremblor:63VK:121616M:11181FS:121811C:N:Curse of Doom\n Haunt\n Black Claw\n Flock\n Flock (you'll die)\n Call Darkness\n Nocturnal Strike\n Peck until you win


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  1. Curse of Doom

  2. Haunt

  3. Black Claw

  4. Flock

  5. Flock (you'll die)

  6. Call Darkness

  7. Nocturnal Strike

  8. Peck until you win


Notes: Tested on Legendary difficulty. Missing because of Sandstorm can make this fight annoying depending on when you miss. You may have to restart.



[h5]Replacements[/h5]

Unborn Val'kyr
Ikky
Crow
None
[npc=143564]
[npc=148984]
[npc=77137]
[npc=63098]

Looking for more pet battle world quest teams or alternate strategies? Check out the official Wowhead guides - [guide=19300] & [guide=17818]!

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

  • Location of [npc=200693]: The Forbidden Reach /way #2151 67.25, 12.38

  • Objective of World Quest: Shifting Ground

  • The stats & quality of the enemy can be reduced from Legendary > Epic > Rare if you defeat two (sometimes three) [npc=200678]s in the small area around the enemy. This weakening will time out, causing them to regain their previous qualities, and you will need to re-battle the [npc=200678]s to re-weaken [npc=200693] again. It appears that other players can benefit from someone else weakening the enemy, so if you weaken it down to rare it will weaken down to rare for everyone there at the time, too.

  • Additional Information: Defeating this enemy in its RARE form will also reward [item=202411] which teaches a pet by the same name: [npc=200770]. You will not receive the pet while defeating the Legendary or Epic versions. However, you can receive credit for the WQ while fighting their Legendary & Epic versions.

Teams for the [npc=200678]s

Slot 1: Minfernal (2,x,2) / Netherspace Abyssal (2,2,x)
Slot 2: Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling (2,x,1) / Darkmoon Zeppelin (2,2,x)
Slot 3: Father Winter's Helper (x,x,2) / Winter's Little Helper (x,x,2)

Moves for both teams:

Turn 1: Immolate
Turn 2: Explode
Bring in your Flyby/Explode pet
Turn 3: Flyby
Turn 4: Explode
Bring in your Gift of Winter's Veil pet
Turn 5: Gift of Winter's Veil

pbScript for both:

ability(Immolate:178) [!enemy.aura(Immolate:177).exists]
ability(Flyby:515) [!enemy.aura(Weakened Defenses:516).exists]
ability(Explode:282)
ability(Gift of Winter's Veil:586)
change(next)

Team for [npc=200693]

This team is meant for all three versions of Tremblor, with varying moves for each version.

Enchanted Lantern (1,1,1)
Scurrying Mawrat (2,1,2) with > 281 speed
Amberglow Stinger (2,1,2)

Legendary Moves

Turn 1 Illuminate
Turn 2 Swap to your Scurrying Mawrat
Turn 3 Creeping Insanity
Turn 4 Rabid Strike
Turn 5 Corpse Explosion

Bring in your Amberglow Stinger

Turn 6 Glowing Toxin
Turn 7 Amber Prison
Turn 8 Swap to your Enchanted Lantern
Turn 9 Soul Ward
Turn 10 Illuminate
Turn 11 Swap to your Amberglow Stinger
Turn 12 Predatory Strike

pbScript

change(#1) [enemy.aura(Corpse Explosion:664).duration=2]
change(#3) [self(#2).dead & self(#1).active & !self.ability(Illuminate:460).usable]
ability(Soul Ward:751) [round>2]
ability(Illuminate:460)
ability(Beam:114) [self(#3).dead]
ability(Creeping Insanity:1760)
ability(Rabid Strike:666) [!enemy.aura(Rabies:807).exists]
ability(Corpse Explosion:663)
ability(Predatory Strike:518) [enemy.hpp<25]
ability(Amber Prison:1026) [enemy.ability(Sandstorm:453).usable]
ability(Glowing Toxin:270) [!enemy.aura(Glowing Toxin:271).exists]
change(next)

Epic Moves

Turn 1 Soul Ward
Turn 2 Illuminate
Turn 3 Swap to your Scurrying Mawrat
Turn 4 Creeping Insanity
Turn 5 Rabid Strike
Turn 6 Corpse Explosion

Bring in your Amberglow Stinger

Turn 7 Amber Prison
Turn 8 Glowing Toxin
Turn 9 Swap to your Enchanted Lantern
Turn 10 Soul Ward
Turn 11 Illuminate
Turn 12 Swap to your Amberglow Stinger
Turn 13 Predatory Strike

pbScript

change(#1) [enemy.aura(Corpse Explosion:664).duration=2]
change(#3) [self(#2).dead & self(#1).active & !self.ability(Illuminate:460).usable]
ability(Soul Ward:751)
ability(Illuminate:460)
ability(Beam:114) [self(#2).dead]
ability(Creeping Insanity:1760)
ability(Rabid Strike:666) [!enemy.aura(Rabies:807).exists]
ability(Corpse Explosion:663)
ability(Predatory Strike:518) [enemy.hpp<25]
ability(Amber Prison:1026) [enemy.ability(Sandstorm:453).usable]
ability(Glowing Toxin:270) [!enemy.aura(Glowing Toxin:271).exists]
change(next)

Rare Moves

Turn 1 Soul Ward
Turn 2 Illuminate
Turn 3 Swap to your Scurrying Mawrat
Turn 4 Creeping Insanity
Turn 5 Rabid Strike
Turn 6 Corpse Explosion

Bring in your Amberglow Stinger

Turn 7 Amber Prison
Turn 8 Glowing Toxin
Turn 9 Swap to your Enchanted Lantern
Turn 10 Soul Ward
Turn 11 Illuminate
If needed:
Turn 12 Swap to your Amberglow Stinger
Turn 13 Predatory Strike

change(#1) [enemy.aura(Corpse Explosion:664).duration=2]
change(#3) [self(#2).dead & self(#1).active & !self.ability(Illuminate:460).usable]
ability(Soul Ward:751)
ability(Illuminate:460)
ability(Beam:114) [self(#2).dead]
ability(Creeping Insanity:1760)
ability(Rabid Strike:666) [!enemy.aura(Rabies:807).exists]
ability(Corpse Explosion:663)
ability(Predatory Strike:518) [enemy.hpp<25]
ability(Amber Prison:1026) [enemy.ability(Sandstorm:453).usable]
ability(Glowing Toxin:270) [!enemy.aura(Glowing Toxin:271).exists]
change(next)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 70
SideBoth
SharableNo
Added inDragonflight
Quest ID73147

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(73147))

Requirements

Quest typeBattle Pet World Quest

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

  • [DNT] Kill Credit
  • [DNT] Defeat Storm Pet - Legendary
  • [DNT] Defeat Storm Pet - Epic
  • [DNT] Defeat Storm Pet - Rare

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.

The Forbidden Reach Objective area 1 mapped point
The Forbidden Reach map showing where to go for Shifting GroundObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2151 67.2 12.5

Coordinates

  • Objective areaThe Forbidden Reach 67.2, 12.5/way #2151 67.2 12.5

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 The Forbidden Reach map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on The Forbidden Reach:

  • Morqut Village, The Forbidden ReachAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards south-west
  • Morqut Islet, Forbidden ReachAlliance and Horde · about 2,300 yards south-west
  • Veiled Ossuary, ThaldraszusAlliance and Horde · about 5,000 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.

Objective targets

Tremblor

KindBattle pet
FamilyElemental

Tremblor

KindBattle pet
FamilyElemental

Tremblor

KindBattle pet
FamilyElemental

Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.

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Where this quest fits

Other storylines on The Forbidden Reach 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.