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Shiny, But Deadly

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

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Marcelomb+30via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I had a problem finding Apprentice Rosalyn. I was looking for her at the entrance of the cave, where she gave me the quests "Shiny, But Deadly" and "The Soulkeeper's Fate".
The problem was that the UI was telling me she was at the entrance, while tracking "Shiny, But Deadly", but when I clicked to track "The Soulkeeper's Fate", the wow ui showed me exactly where she was located, at the bottom of the cave.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
LocationHighmountain, Mucksnout Den
Quest ID39764

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39764))

What to do

WhereHighmountain, Mucksnout Den
StorylineMucksnout Den, step 1 of 3
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

Soulkeeper Uriah and I were transporting demon prisoners to Allari in Azsuna when our caravan was attacked by kobolds. Those mindless vermin made off with the soul chambers that house our demonic captives. The crystals may be shiny, but they're also deadly. If they are damaged in any way, the demons trapped within may escape. Head into the cave nearby and recover the soul chambers before it's too late.

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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.

Highmountain Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Highmountain map showing where to go for Shiny, But DeadlyTurn-inTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #650 38.9 43.7

Mucksnout Den Quest turn-in no plotted point

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHighmountain 38.9, 43.7/way #650 38.9 43.7
  • Turn-inHighmountain 41.2, 47.5/way #650 41.2 47.5

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Witchwood, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 220 yards north
  • Nesingwary's Retreat, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 430 yards south
  • Trueshot LodgeAlliance and Horde · about 470 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 140 yards north-east (on the Mucksnout Den map)
  • Objective areaabout 240 yards south-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
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

Mucksnout Den

Part 1 of 3.

Next: The Soulkeeper's Fate

  1. 1Shiny, But Deadly
  2. 2The Soulkeeper's Fate
  3. 3Demon Detainment

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Soulkeeper's FateHighmountain · Level 10-45

    Soulkeeper Uriah was injured in the kobold attack, but insisted on venturing further into the cave to recover the stolen soul shards. He told me to wait here with our remaining supplies until he returned, but I fear the worst. Please find Uriah. He is the only one who knows how to trap the demons.

The storyline at a glance

Mucksnout Den has 3 steps, from Shiny, But Deadly to Demon Detainment.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (2), Mucksnout Den (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.