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The Bears Up There

The Bears Up There is a quest for level 30-35 in Mount Hyjal. It is step 50 of 118 in the Mount Hyjal storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Mount Hyjal at 13.7, 32.9. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Do not fear the bears in this grove, <class> - I have pacified them for the moment.

My concern at present is for the welfare of the bear cubs. The fires drove the little ones up the trees, where they've gotten stuck. We've got to get those bears safely to the ground!

Flying creatures frighten them, so you'll have to climb the trees yourself. Look for footholds at the trunks. Climb the trees, grab the bear cubs, and toss them - GENTLY! - onto the target here.

Nothing can go wrong with this plan.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250
Top Comments

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1
447186+117via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

An unusual but reasonably fun quest to do. If you look at the trees around the trampoline, you will see the little bears hanging like berries from the trees. At the base of these trees you will see small ladders leaning up against the tree trunks.

Clicking on these ladders will bring up the mount/vehicle pane with controls to move up or down the tree. You will first need to move up the tree to get near a bear and click on it to grab it. When you have one you need to climb to the top of the tree. Once there you will get the targeting system operational (the green targeting spot on the ground with the green trajectory from your char), its the one you get from vehicles you attack/fight from that we are all familiar with. Target the trampoline and fling your bear at it.

Climb back down, grab another bear. Rinse and repeat.

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3
Premeditated+72via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There appears to be some kind of bug going on while I'm doing this quest. Once I've used the ladder and started up the tree, the buttons to climb up/down are greyed out after the first two times going up. The dismount button is not greyed out, but when I try to click it, it says "You cannot do that right now." or something to that affect, in red text at the top of the screen. I tried dropping the quest, which left me in the tree and still unable to climb up or down. I was a bit panicky, because I couldn't get out of the tree, I couldn't climb up or down, and I couldn't throw the bear cub I had picked up.

I tabbed out to check here to see if anyone else had experienced this issue, but I didn't see any comments having said so. But when I tabbed back in, I was able to use the down arrow, finally. I was able to use it once, and then the buttons greyed out again. I thought "This is dumb... I have to tab out every time I want to press one of these buttons?" but figured at least that would mean I'd get the quest done.

Until I tabbed back in and the buttons were still greyed out...

So I tried clicking the quest giver to see if, by some weird chance, I could pick the quest up again while up the tree. I couldn't, but the buttons were clickable again! Once... sigh. Then I tried the same thing I just had- clicking the quest giver. And the buttons were clickable again! Now I'm getting somehwere!

So it turns out that, for some reason, the buttons were greyed out unless I was targeting something... Strange. I was able to complete the quest by having to target something each time I wanted to move up or down the tree. I don't understand why this is happening... I don't know if it's an addon I have installed, or my UI, or if it's just a bug, but if you're reading this, and having an issue with being able to click the buttons to move up or down the tree, or to throw the bear cub onto the trampoline, then try to target something and see if that will work.

Hope this helps!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +5 Mastery
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for36 gold26 silver
TypeShield Shield
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor77
Stats+4 Strength, +7 Stamina, +5 Mastery, +4 Dodge, +13 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for43 gold95 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Versatility, +7 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for48 gold26 silver

Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +250

Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).

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.

3D Model

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

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapMount HyjalTurn-in marker at 13.7, 32.9, 14 mapped points
World Map

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.

Mount Hyjal Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Mount Hyjal map showing where to go for The Bears Up ThereTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #198 13.7 32.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 13.7, 32.9/way #198 13.7 32.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 13.7, 32.6/way #198 13.7 32.6
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 13.6, 32.7/way #198 13.6 32.7

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 Mount Hyjal map

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

Getting there

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

  • Grove of Aessina, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 270 yards east
  • Wildheart Point, FelwoodAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards south-west
  • Talonbranch Glade, FelwoodAlliance · about 1,000 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Mount Hyjal

Part 50 of 118.

Previous: Good News... and Bad News · Next: Smashing Through Ashes

  1. 45A New Master
  2. 46The Name Never Spoken
  3. 47The Name Never Spoken
  4. 48Black Heart of Flame
  5. 49Good News... and Bad News
  6. 50The Bears Up There
  7. 51Smashing Through Ashes
  8. 52Fresh Bait
  9. 53Hell's Shells
  10. 54Tortolla Speaks
  11. 55Breaking the Bonds
  12. 56Children of Tortolla

Showing steps 45 to 56 of 118.

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.

  • Good News... and Bad NewsMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    <Blackhorn used the power of Thol'embaar's remains to slip his bonds. But at least the inferno seems to be subsiding.> <Matoclaw will want to know what happened here. She's waiting for you back at the Grove of Aessina.>

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Smashing Through AshesMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    <name>, these fiends from the Twilight's Hammer are attempting to scourge this whole mountain clean of all life. Even now they trail behind this inferno, leaving death and ash in their wake.

The storyline at a glance

Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal 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.

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