TheWoWDBApproximately 65.7, 71.6 in Dread Wastes- its a clickable object on the ground, it will show up on your minimap. Interacting with it spawns a ~800k health scorpion (Untamed Ambertail) who dies easily to your OP dread wastes buffs. Loot him for the quest item.
Quest
The First Riddle: Mercy
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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SE corner of Dread Wastes. (65.7, 71.7)
Clicking on Untamed Amber spawns an Untamed Ambertail that drops the required quest item.
If you don't find where to return these quests, it's in krasarang wilds, back at lions landing (88,31).
Quest facts
Quest ID32332
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(32332))
Description
So, you wake up the Monkey King for a mallet hmmm? Answer first, these riddles three, and then the mallet you shall see. First riddle! "Softly singing a song of pain There is a creature tortured and lame. Way down south and beyond the wall, It hides from its wikket masters' call. Seek out the creature sad and somber, And free it from its untamed amber." Bring me the untamed amber.
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 #418 88.9 31.7
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #422 65.9 71.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inKrasarang Wilds 88.9, 31.7
/way #418 88.9 31.7 - Objective areaDread Wastes 65.9, 71.8
/way #422 65.9 71.8
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 Krasarang Wilds map
- Finding Yi-Mo about 850 yards
- Materia Medica about 940 yards
- Apply Directly to the Forehead about 940 yards
- Cheer Up, Yi-Mo about 970 yards
- What's Eating Zhu's Watch? about 970 yards
- Why So Serious? about 970 yards
- Zhu's Despair about 970 yards
- The Arcanic Oubliette about 1,000 yards
- The Lost Dynasty about 1,000 yards
- Where are the Pools about 1,000 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Krasarang Wilds, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Krasarang Wilds:
- Lion's Landing, Krasarang Wilds
- Zhu's Watch, Krasarang Wilds
- Paw'Don Village, Jade Forest
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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Operation: Shieldwallx 75,000
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Reward details
Currency: Operation: Shieldwall x 75,000
Grants Reputation with Operation: Shieldwall.
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.
Storyline
Operation Shieldwall
Part 34 of 43.
Previous: The Monkey King · Next: The Second Riddle: Fellowship
- 29Cashing Out
- 30Nowhere to Run
- 31What Had To Be Done
- 32The Harmonic Mallet
- 33The Monkey King
- 34The First Riddle: Mercy
- 35The Second Riddle: Fellowship
- 36The Third Riddle: Strength
- 37The Greatest Prank
- 38The Handle
- 39The Head
- 40The Harmonic Ointment
Showing steps 29 to 40 of 43.
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 Monkey King
Ever since the Horde captured the Divine Bell I have been searching for a means to counter its power. My research got as far as this tomb. I am going inside. If you follow me, I will share the rest as we go. If we get separated, meet me back here at the entrance to the tomb.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Second Riddle: Fellowship
You want to stop the Divine Bell? We need the mallet first. You want the mallet? We need to be friends first. You want to be friends? We need a Metal brew first. You want a Metal brew? You need to go to the Shrine of Fellowship first. You want to go to the Shrine of Fellowship? Great!
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Operation Shieldwall has 43 steps, from Meet the Scout to The Silence.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Kun-Lai Summit (14), Krasarang Wilds (12), Dalaran (8), Deeprun Tram (3).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Krasarang Wilds map
- Krasarang Wilds
- Dominance Offensive
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.