uhh, how can you 'skin' an orc? if so, then i'd like to lvl my skinning.
Quest
Test of Mettle
A World of Warcraft quest in Grizzly Hills. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Stop! Put that knife away. You don't have to do... whatever they sent you to do. You're not like them yet!Umm actually ... I'm a Worgen Death Knight, so yeah, I kinda AM like them....
From a lore perspective this whole quest chain was kinda odd/funny running it on a Worgen.
This is part of a very long quest chain.
Part 1 (Into Grizzly Hills, making friends)
- [73] The Hills Have Us (Ride a gryphon from Dragonblight to Amberpine Lodge in Grizzly Hills)
- [74] Local Support (Collect Cedar Chest (in a house guarded by 3 hordes))
- [74] Close the Deal (Simply go to Ivan)
- [74] A Tentative Pact (Simply go back to Lieutenant Dumont)
- [74] An Exercise in Diplomacy (Yet another go-to quest. Go to Envoy Ducal)
- Total: 46700 xp, 575 Valiance Expedition rep
Part 2 (Helping the northern locals)
Finishing part 1 unlocks 2 independent quests
- [74] Wolfsbane Root (Collect 8 Wolfsbane Roots around 28.5, 38.5)
- [74] Northern Hospitality (Kill 8 Conquest Hold Marauders)
- Do these 2 quest together
- Total: 41500 xp, 0 rep
Part 3 (Is there something suspicious?)
Finishing part 2 unlocks this chain
- [74] Test of Mettle (Kill Sergeant Bonesnap and a guard next to him. Ignore the provided quest item)
- [74] Words of Warning (Go to Caged Prisoner)
- Total: 31100 xp, 250 Alliance Vanguard rep
Part 4 (Something's wrong)
- [74] Escape from Silverbrook (Escort quest on a specialized vehicle)
- [74] A Swift Response (Kill 7 Silverbrook Hunters and Vladek)
- Total: 41500 xp, 500 Valiance Expedition rep
Part 5 (Beginning of the World Tree chain)
Finishing part 4 unlocks 2 independent quests from and elf Hierophant Thayreen outside the house)
- [74] A Dark Influence (Use the provided item in 3 caved. Map here.)
- [74] The Failed World Tree (Kill Entropic Ooze to get 6 Slime Samples around the said caves)
- Do these 2 quest together
- Total: 41500 xp, 250 Valiance Expedition rep
Part 6 (Further investigation)
Finishing part 5 unlocks 2 independent quests
- [74] A Possible Link (Kill Frostpaw Furbolgs to get 8 Crazed Furbolg Blood)
- [75] Children of Ursoc (Listen to the stories of 2 bears in 2 caves at here)
- Do these 2 quest together
- Total: 41650 xp, 350 Valiance Expedition rep
Part 7 (Into the Tree)
Finishing part 6 unlocks 2 independent quests
- [75] Vordrassil's Sapling (Use the provided torch at the bottom of the center of the Tree. Being able to fly helps a lot.)
- [75] Vordrassil's Seeds (Collect 8 Vordrassil's Seeds)
- Do these 2 quest together
- Total: 41900 xp, 500 Valiance Expedition rep
Part 8 (Finale)
- [75G3] Ursoc, the Bear God (talk to Tur Ragepaw the druid to start the event. Kill Ursoc. Use the provided item on corpse. People have reported that this is soloable.)
- Rewards: (1) Choose 1 of 5 rare pants (2) A shield that vendors for 7.5563g (3) 17.7g (4) 31450 xp (5) ? rep
Grand total of quest rewards: 285,850 xp (18% or 3.6 bars at lvl 74, 17.8% or 3.56 bars at lvl 75), 1925 Valiance Expedition rep
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Alright, friend. You've done us a favor or two, but that's not the true test of a person's courage. Around these parts, you're not a real hunter unless you wear your prey's skin. <Sergei unsheathes his skinning knife and hands it to you.> The leader of those motherless orcs attacking our town is called Bonesnap; you'll find him at a camp further northwest. That's right. You're going to skin the monster.
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-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #116 21.9 29.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inGrizzly Hills 21.9, 29.9
/way #116 21.9 29.9 - Objective areaGrizzly Hills 21.9, 29.8
/way #116 21.9 29.8 - Objective areaGrizzly Hills 26.5, 35.8
/way #116 26.5 35.8
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 Grizzly Hills map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,110 yards
- Hero's Call: Grizzly Hills! about 1,180 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,240 yards
- The Second Trial of Ursol about 1,520 yards
- The Third Trial of Ursol about 1,520 yards
- The First Trial of Ursol about 1,520 yards
- To The Hills about 1,560 yards
- When Dreams Become Nightmares about 1,560 yards
- In Worg's Clothing about 1,840 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Grizzly Hills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Grizzly Hills:
- Light's Breach, Zul'Drak
- The Argent Stand, Zul'Drak
- Amberpine Lodge, Grizzly Hills
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Grizzly Hills map
Storyline
Grizzly Hills
Part 24 of 115.
Previous: Voices From the Dust · Next: Words of Warning
- 19Subject to Interpretation
- 20Sacrifices Must be Made
- 21Heart of the Ancients
- 22My Heart is in Your Hands
- 23Voices From the Dust
- 24Test of Mettle
- 25Words of Warning
- 26Escape from Silverbrook
- 27A Swift Response
- 28Secrets of the Flamebinders
- 29Thinning the Ranks
- 30Descent into Darkness
Showing steps 19 to 30 of 115.
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.
- Voices From the Dust
<Drakuru places the Eye of the Prophets on his brow and the Heart of the Ancients on his chest.> We be close, mon, very close! The Drakkari Tablets be all dat remain ta be found. Nobody be knowin' how old dey be or what dey be sayin', but with the eye and the heart Drakuru can be readin' dem.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Words of Warning
Thanks for helping me, <name>. My name's Sasha. Listen, I have to get the hell out of here. The people that sent you here... my people... they've changed. They're not good people anymore... and they want to turn you into one of... one of them. This... 'test' they sent you on is just the beginning.
The storyline at a glance
Grizzly Hills has 115 steps, from Local Support to Loken's Orders.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Grizzly Hills (115).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Grizzly Hills map
- Howling Fjord
- The Claws of Ursoc
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.