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The Challenger's Fires

The Challenger's Fires is a quest for level 1-20 in The Wandering Isle. It is step 21 of 74 in The Wandering Isle storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Wandering Isle at 38.8, 25.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 2,750 experience and money.

Description

You're strong of mind and strong of will, but you lack the skills to face me in combat. You must fight with your body, but in truth, it is your character that is being tested.

Let us even the playing field.

Take this torch, light it in the brazier next to me, and then use it to light the three unlit braziers around the pool.

Rewards

Money5 gold35 silver
Experience2,750 XP
ReputationShang Xi's Academy +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
jaquis+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest has become horrible and the false macro is making it worse. I just completed it with a little graphics trick. Set your graphics to lowest setting, and then switch to ultra. It can help to bog system with loading some browser windows. It took me 3 tries, but it does work. You need to bog down your graphics card a bit so the other players load slowly. Since they are last in priority and features are higher up... the brazier will appear before they will. Some folks are logging, but the same effect can be achieved with a ui reload too.

If you have an incredible gaming machine... try it on an old machine...

2
Krastopic+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is not a well designed quest but is not as miserable as everyone is making it out to be.

In the same room as the quest giver are four fires. The first one is the Challenger which is right next to the quest giver. The remaining fire pits light up at the corners of the water pool.

Light the Challenger fire first - then the rest start to sparkle.

The torch was given to you and is in your bag.

Read all 9 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP2,750
MoneyGold5g 35s
ReputationShang Xi's Academy+250

Reward details

Reputation: Shang Xi's Academy +250

For nearly three generations, the esteemed Shang Xi has prepared pandaren heroes for lives of adventure.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in The Wandering Isle that reward Shang Xi's Academy reputation: Much to Learn (+10), The Lesson of the Iron Staff (+250), The Lesson of the Sandy Fist (+250), The First Sign of Winter (+250), The Lesson of the Burning Scroll (+250), The Disciple's Challenge (+250).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Wandering IsleTurn-in marker at 38.8, 25.5, 5 mapped points
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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.

The Wandering Isle Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
The Wandering Isle map showing where to go for The Challenger's FiresTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #378 38.8 25.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Wandering Isle 38.8, 25.5/way #378 38.8 25.5
  • Objective areaThe Wandering Isle 38.7, 25.4/way #378 38.7 25.4
  • Objective areaThe Wandering Isle 39.0, 23.5/way #378 39.0 23.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 40 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

The Wandering Isle

Part 21 of 74.

Previous: The Spirit's Guardian · Next: Only the Worthy Shall Pass

  1. 16Ji of the Huojin
  2. 17The Way of the Huojin
  3. 18Kindling the Fire
  4. 19Fanning the Flames
  5. 20The Spirit's Guardian
  6. 21The Challenger's Fires
  7. 22Only the Worthy Shall Pass
  8. 23Huo, the Spirit of Fire
  9. 24The Passion of Shen-zin Su
  10. 25The Singing Pools
  11. 26The Lesson of Dry Fur
  12. 27The Lesson of the Balanced Rock

Showing steps 16 to 27 of 74.

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.

  • The Spirit's GuardianThe Wandering Isle · Level 1-20

    You've done very well this far, my student. You have the materials you need to rekindle Huo, the spirit of fire. In the cave to the southwest he awaits, but he is guarded by Master Li Fei, the pandaren elder you met in the Cave of Meditation. Go to Master Li Fei with the offerings.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Only the Worthy Shall PassThe Wandering Isle · Level 1-20

    It is time for you to face me. With these three fires illuminating your potential, we will see with certainty whether your resolved soul is truly worthy of passing.

The storyline at a glance

The Wandering Isle has 74 steps, from The Lesson of the Iron Bough to Joining the Horde.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Wandering Isle (71), Elwynn Forest (1), Stormwind City (1), Orgrimmar (1).

Other storylines on the Elwynn Forest 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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