Quest

The Hammer and the Key

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

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Whiterock2010-12-17T20:53:20-06:00+5via Wowhead

The Return of the Ancients Quest Tree From Whiterock
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Return from the Firelands{H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal
 |				4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything
G)Aviana's Legacy
 |
 | S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil*
 |OR|			  ┌──────────┴──────────┐
1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem
S)A Plea From Beyond	  ├─────────────────────┘
1)A Prayer and a Wing	 1)A Bird in Hand
 ├────────────────────────┘
2)Fact-Finding Mission
 ├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor
 |                2)Egg Hunt             2)Disassembly
 ├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
2)Sethria's Demise
1)Return to the Shrine
1)An Ancient Reborn
 ├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn
 | 3)Flight in the Firelands
 | 3)Wave One
 | 3)Wave Two
 | 3)Egg Wave
 | 1)Return to Aviana
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 | The Return of the Ancients*
 |  ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us...
 | 4)Save the Wee Animals |	4)Seeds of Their Demise
 | 4)Oh, Deer!		  |	4)A New Master
 |  |		 	  |	4)The Name Never Spoken(ver2)
 |  | 4)Disrupting the Rituals	4)Black Heart of Flame
 |  ├──┴─────────────────────────┘
 | S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove
 | 4)The Bears Up There
 | 5)Smashing Through Ashes
 |  ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak
 | 6)Fresh Bait    6)Durable Seeds  6)Prepping the Soil
 | 6)Hell's Shells  └────────────────┴──────────┐
 | 5)Tortolla Speaks				|
 |  ├────────────────────┐			|
 | 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla	|
 |  ├────────────────────┘			|
 | 5)An Ancient Awakens				|
 ├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘
6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands{H}*
6)Firefight
4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program
7)Tortolla's Revenge  └>7)Lost Wardens
 ├>7)Breakthrough	7)Pressing the Advantage
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7)The Hammer and the Key
8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed
8)The Strength of Tortolla
8)Finish Nemesis
7)Tortolla's Triumph
9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong*

Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
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Zidaniel2014-09-12T16:15:31-05:00+4via Wowhead

The glyph can be found looting from the Twilight Field Captain near the little house found at 56 58.
/way Mount Hyjal 56.22 58.79 Twilight Field Captain

2678012010-12-16T22:51:50-06:00+3via Wowhead

Tortolla quest chain

You're most likely coming from Aessina's Miracle

(The map of Hyjal phases at this time. The western part is no longer burnt. Tortolla moved)
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1. Tortolla's Revenge (go to Tortolla)
1. The Hammer and the Key (kill ogre)  2. Lost Wardens (rescue 8)            3. Breakthrough
1. The Third Flamegate                    2. Pressing the Advantage (k 4 ogres) 4. Hyjal Recycling Program
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1. The Time for Mercy has Passed    5. The Strength of Tortolla (bring turtle to crystal)
   (kill 4 + 10)                    5. Finish Nemesis (kill Nemesis in cave)
                                    5. Tortolla's Triumph (go to Tortolla, get ilvl 288 rare)
                                    5. The Ancients are With Us (go to Ysera)
                                       Twilight quest chain begins

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35

ZoneMount Hyjal

Quest ID25904

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25904))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 81 of 118

Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

My Nemesis. Still lives. The servants of fire still come. We must pursue. Into their den. The ogres know the way. Slay the Field Captains. Recover the Glyph of Opening. This is the way.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inMount Hyjal 41.8, 60.9/way #198 41.8 60.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 56.3, 57.9/way #198 56.3 57.9
Objective areaMount Hyjal 41.9, 60.7/way #198 41.9 60.7

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

Aviana's Grace about 380 yards
Attack on the Roost about 470 yards
Mother's Orders about 490 yards
Talon Terror about 520 yards
Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm about 1,150 yards
Moments of Reflection about 1,240 yards
Champion: Minerva Ravensorrow about 1,270 yards
Communing With Malorne about 1,320 yards
A Fresh Trauma about 1,330 yards
Healing Nordrassil about 1,330 yards

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:

Shrine of Aviana, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 520 yards north
Sanctuary of Malorne, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 600 yards west
Grove of Aessina, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 620 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.

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Money13 gold74 silver

Experience4,800 XP

ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250

Other quests on the Mount Hyjal map

Reward details

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.

Storyline

Mount Hyjal

Part 81 of 118.

Previous: Aessina's Miracle · Next: The Third Flamegate

Showing steps 76 to 87 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.

Aessina's MiracleMount Hyjal · Level 30-35
<The finger-like branches of one of Nordu's burning limbs part, revealing an untouched, glimmering seed.> This is the Heart of the Forest. The seed of life. Take this to your Arch Druid at Aessina's Grove - Hamuul Runetotem will know how to invoke its power.

After this quest