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The Great Hunter's Challenge

A World of Warcraft quest in Sholazar Basin. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Accipitradea+81via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

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. . . . . . . . . . DON'T FORGET TO. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . RE-EQUIP YOUR RANGED SLOT! . . . . .
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The prereq, http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12589, makes you equip the gun and then removes it off your paper doll, leaving an empty ranged slot.

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Breotan+57via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I don't even know where to start with you guys. This is a SCRIPTED EVENT like Smithe in VC. It does not matter how long it takes. As you hit certain "benchmarks" Drostan appears by you and insults you. You can take an hour or a week to do this. You will always win. Once again for the noobs, this is not TIMED. Just keep doing your regular kill quests and turn those in. You'll eventually get this done, too.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneSholazar Basin
Quest ID12592

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12592))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 6 of 65
RewardsFingers of Dextrous Decimation, Bracers of Rapid Death, Faceguard of Flawless Aim, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

So y'have something of a hunter's instinct. You're not a bad shot, and Hemet hasn't driven you out, so he must be planning on including you in the hunt. How'd you like to have a bit of a competition, just me and you? Hemet and the others will ask you to help in their hunting. Along the way, you and I will count up the kills we contribute to their goals. Now, this isn't something you can win in the blink of an eye, and you'll find yourself killing many different kinds of creatures. Good luck!

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 37 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #119 27.1 59.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 27.1, 59.9/way #119 27.1 59.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 27.7, 48.3/way #119 27.7 48.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 24.2, 69.6/way #119 24.2 69.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Sholazar Basin 42.8, 58.0/way #119 42.8 58.0

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 90 yards north-west
  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards east
  • Bor'gorok Outpost, Borean TundraHorde · about 1,100 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 340 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 310 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 690 yards east

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Hands
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for23 gold50 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for23 gold76 silver
TypeMail Head
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for35 gold66 silver
TypePlate Head
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor19
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for35 gold66 silver

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

Sholazar Basin

Part 6 of 65.

Previous: Kick, What Kick? · Next: Rhino Mastery: The Test

  1. 1Need an Engine, Take an Engine
  2. 2Have a Part, Give a Part
  3. 3Venture Co. Misadventure
  4. 4Wipe That Grin Off His Face
  5. 5Kick, What Kick?
  6. 6The Great Hunter's Challenge
  7. 7Rhino Mastery: The Test
  8. 8Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator
  9. 9Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey
  10. 10Rhino Mastery: The Chase
  11. 11Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial
  12. 12Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 65.

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.

  • Kick, What Kick?Sholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    So you think you can shoot? Well, let's give it a try. Here, we'll start you out with something nice and gentle. Don't worry, it's got no kick to it at all. Remember, don't point that gun at anything you don't intend to fire at.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Rhino Mastery: The TestSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    No rough landing is going to stop ol' Hemet from mastering the largest game Sholazar has to offer. In the wilds northwest of the camp, the jungles are ruled by the mighty shardhorn rhino.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.