TheWoWDBThe quest beings in Boralus with the image of Mimron, located between the transmog NPC and the Snug Harbo Inn.
After many deaths and some trial and error, I discovered that you have to be within MELEE range of Hati for the essence collector to work. If you attempt to shoot Hati from range, he will root you for 20 seconds and summon three arcane balls of energy that explode when they hit you, doing MASSIVE damage. And now you're dead. He also casts a straight line of frost energy toward your direction. This will interrupt your attempt to collect his essence. But you eventually get it all. A dwarf, Grif Wildheart, and Thorim will assist you during the two battles with Hati. Be prepared for a lot of travel. You will begin in Boralus, go to Storm Peaks in Northrend for the Temple of Storms and the Halls of Invention, then on to Silithus, and back to Storm Peaks to enter Ulduar. You will finish the quest line back at the Temple of Storms. Oh, and before I forget, you battle three progressively difficult waves of mobs in the Halls of Invention. They will appear out of portals while Mimron is attempting to locate Hati's essence. You can take them down pretty fast. No problems to worry about there.
Enjoy your six versions of Hati. It's only cosmetic, unfortunately. His abilities do not change from one version to the other. You can collect all six and put each in your stable (which is conveniently provided for you next to Thorim's throne via a clockwork gnome) or you can carry five different aspects on your person that you can choose according to your own preference. Hati is also a full pet now. You can control him and he has Spirit Beast abilities. Your faithful companion is once again fighting by your side!
I hope this little synopsis is helpful. Happy hunting!
Quest
Spark of Genius
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Saw no other comments about this, but just to confirm, this will not show up until level 50. Just in case anyone else was confused about it since the shadowlands level squish.
In case you're wondering, you can do this quest chain fine on a character who never completed (or even started) any of the weapon quests in Legion.
At a glance
Spark of Genius is a quest for level 50. It is step 1 of 9 in the Never Hunt Alone storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Storm Peaks at 37.5, 46.5. It rewards 850 experience and money.
Never Hunt Alone: step 1 of 9
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(54913))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
{name}, I have wondrous news! A recent energy signature tripped several detection relays I installed after that unfortunate incident with Sargeras. I require further data to know for certain, but initial diagnostics suggest that these energies are coming from Hati! We might still be able to save him! Hati's spirit is still bound to your own, so I'll need your help. Meet me at my library in the Storm Peaks right away!
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.
Turn-inIn-game waypoint: /way #120 37.5 46.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Storm Peaks 37.5, 46.5
/way #120 37.5 46.5
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 Storm Peaks map
- Norgannon's Shell same spot
- The Library Console about 20 yards
- The Missing Bronzebeard about 150 yards
- Catching up with Brann about 150 yards
- Forging the Keystone about 150 yards
- Speaking with the Wind's Voice about 150 yards
- Speak Orcish, Man! about 150 yards
- Pieces of the Puzzle about 240 yards
- Data Mining about 260 yards
- Pieces to the Puzzle about 260 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Storm Peaks, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Storm Peaks:
- Grom'arsh Crash-Site, The Storm Peaks
- Bouldercrag's Refuge, The Storm Peaks
- Ulduar, The Storm Peaks
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.
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Storyline
Never Hunt Alone
Part 1 of 9.
Next: Spark of Genius
- 1Spark of Genius
- 2Spark of Genius
- 3Telemetry Online
- 4The Huntsman's Creed
- 5Paid in Blood
- 6Spark of Imagination
- 7Bonds of Thunder
- 8Homeward Bound
- 9Reverberation
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.
- Telemetry Online
When Titanstrike's power was expended in Silithus, Hati's essence managed to sever itself from the Thunderspark just in time to avoid destruction. The only problem is that his essence was then scattered across Azeroth, and we don't know where.
The storyline at a glance
Never Hunt Alone has 9 steps, from Spark of Genius to Reverberation.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (8), Silithus (1).
Other storylines on The Storm Peaks map
- The Storm Peaks
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- Titanstrike
- Hunt for the Harbinger
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.