TheWoWDBThe fastest way to complete this is to throw Loose Rocks (8% each) at the Squallhunter Whelplings. Make sure to aim at their feet, otherwise the rock might miss.
Quest
The Brood of Nithogg
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormheim. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Blizz: 'I need you to cull the brood of Nithogg for me!'
Me: 'Well then, surely I'm best off killing the dragons.'
Blizz: 'Oh no, that's too slow...'
Me: 'In that case I will destroy all their eggs, that should help!'
Blizz: 'Nah, too boring. Don't waste your time.'
Me: 'Then what should I do to finish this quickly?'
Blizz: 'Throw rocks at the babies.'
Me: 'What? Surely, I can just finish them off quickly to...'
Blizz: 'THROW ROCKS AT THE BABIES!'Pretty much sums up this whole quest, Blizzard is evil...
Quest facts
Quest ID42431
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(42431))
Objectives
- Adult Squallhunter x 25
- Defeat 63 targets in Stormheim
- Squallhunter Whelpling x 100
- Use 50 objects in Stormheim
- Cull the Squallhunters
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #634 45.0 32.0
Coordinates
- Objective areaStormheim 45.0, 32.0
/way #634 45.0 32.0
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 Stormheim map
- Come at Me, Brul about 200 yards
- The Charge Within about 200 yards
- Eyes of Nashal about 200 yards
- Mysteries of Nature about 200 yards
- Seymour and Agnes about 250 yards
- Mother's Prized Knife about 250 yards
- Red-Eyed Revenge about 250 yards
- Drakol'nir Must Die about 250 yards
- Plight of the Blackfeather about 280 yards
- Nithogg's Tribute about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormheim, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Stormheim:
- Nastrondir
- Stormtorn Foothills, Stormheim
- Forsaken Foothold, Stormheim
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
Adult Squallhunter
KindCreature
Title<Brood of Nithogg>
TypeDragonkin
RankNormal
Needed25
Squallhunter Whelpling
KindCreature
TypeDragonkin
RankNormal
Needed100
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 Stormheim map
- The Trial of Valor
- The Trial of Will
- Wreck of the Skyfire
- The Secret of the Shieldmaidens
- The Trial of Might
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Goblins
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.