Quest

The Motives of the Mantid

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

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dreedo2012-09-25T19:39:07-05:00+130via Wowhead

For this quest all you have to do is kill mobs while your friend, the shadow panda will search their bodies while you kill them.
So all you have to do is kill all the bugs you see till you got all 4 clues.
But be aware, they hit like a truck!

kgurnhill2012-10-08T09:10:10-05:00+39via Wowhead

Tai Ho says: Look at the size of these! This one is definitely a breeding male.
Did he just tell me to look at a bugs nuts? o.O
Who the hell looks at an insects testicles when looking for clues? lol

pixielynn2024-05-25T00:24:54-05:00+20via Wowhead

In Panda Remix doing this quest as well as "Set The Mantids Back" and "Natural Antiseptic" and all the quest givers in the area keep disappearing as I approach them. I've closed the game and re-opened and checked all my addons. This is frustrating so I guess I'm putting in a ticket.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-35

ZoneTownlong Steppes

Quest ID30921

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30921))

What to do

StorylineTownlong Steppes, step 56 of 60

Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

{class}. You may be of assistance. The Shado-Pan wishes to know why the mantid are attacking so violently. We have our suspicions, but we cannot be sure. Furthermore, we do not want the mantid to know that we are investigating them. That's where you come in. I need you to kill the mantid of Kri'vess, in the north. I will lurk behind you in the shadows, and search for clues on their bodies.

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-inTownlong Steppes 49.1, 71.2/way #388 49.1 71.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 56.8, 52.3/way #388 56.8 52.3

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 Townlong Steppes map

Thunder Calls about 100 yards
Grounded Welcome about 380 yards
The Search for Restless Leng about 380 yards
Choking the Skies about 470 yards
The Exile about 1,280 yards
In the Wrong Hands about 1,350 yards
Honor the Flame about 1,410 yards
Trap Setting about 1,810 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Townlong Steppes:

Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 60 yards south-east
Rensai's Watchpost, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards south-east
The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 850 yards north-east
Objective areaabout 850 yards north-east
Objective areaabout 830 yards north-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

ReputationShado-Pan +100

Other quests on the Townlong Steppes map

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +100

The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).

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

Townlong Steppes

Part 56 of 60.

Previous: The Sha of Hatred · Next: Set the Mantid Back

Showing steps 49 to 60 of 60.

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 Sha of HatredTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35
The end of our hunt is upon us. We have gathered the strongest the Shado-Pan have to offer, and with your strength to aid us, we will defeat the Sha of Hatred and choke out its influence on the world. When we enter the tunnel, stay close, and keep hatred clear from your heart.

After this quest