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Quest

The Only Way Past Is Through

A World of Warcraft quest in The Waking Shores. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1
Ashirin+110via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you are blind like me and wonder how to combine the lure - there is an extra action button you have to use

If you should not see the button you can


  • use /reload to reload your interface,

  • go into edit mode and see if you moved it somewhere inconvenient or

  • use /click ExtraActionButton1

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Jeolene+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As a fellow hunter, this one hit home for me. I went through numerous pets up through WotLK, never fully understanding what each was best for. I only started two weeks before BC dropped, so I had a lot of catching up to do, thus I wasn't able to spend a lot of time in each expansion and learn all of the secrets. It wasn't until the very beginning of Cata that I learned of the Northrend Spirit Beasts, most notably, Loque'nahak. I spent hours searching for her and finally found her one day, tamed her and have kept her as my companion ever since. I have a couple other pets for utility reasons, but Loque'nahak has been my companion since the early days of Cata. Always by my side, never replaced.

May your hunts never end and may your companions always bestride with you.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 36-80
ZoneThe Waking Shores
Quest ID66415

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(66415))

What to do

StorylineThe Chieftain's Duty, step 11 of 13
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

Unujaak told you to come, didn't he? He was the one who helped me find Ipko when I became a hunter--or, rather, helped Ipko find me. They choose and we are chosen. He is hurting. Everyone is hurting because of me. I know that they need me to lead, but I have been half of a leader without her. If I couldn't protect her, how can I protect all of Uktulut? <He takes a deep breath.> I cannot forgive myself. But I cannot let that weight keep me from putting at least one foot on the path I must walk.

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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 Waking Shores Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for The Only Way Past Is ThroughTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 53.9 41.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 53.9, 41.3/way #2022 53.9 41.3
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 52.9, 41.0/way #2022 52.9 41.0
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 54.1, 40.2/way #2022 54.1 40.2
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 52.9, 39.3/way #2022 52.9 39.3
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 54.3, 42.0/way #2022 54.3 42.0

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 The Waking Shores map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Uktulut Backwater, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 230 yards north
  • Skytop Lookout (QD), The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 280 yards east
  • Uktulut Pier, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 970 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 60 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 50 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
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP

Storyline

The Chieftain's Duty

Part 11 of 13.

Previous: In Mourning · Next: Calling the Hunting Party

  1. 1A Lost Tribe
  2. 2Sudden Isolation
  3. 3Pressing Matters
  4. 4Worst Impressions
  5. 5Troubled Waters
  6. 6Salvaging Supplies
  7. 7Testing the Tuskarrsenal
  8. 8All But One
  9. 9Closure
  10. 10In Mourning
  11. 11The Only Way Past Is Through
  12. 12Calling the Hunting Party
  13. 13While the Iron Is Hot

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.

  • In MourningThe Waking Shores · Level 36-80

    This did not need to happen. Those cowardly djaradin... slaughtering our ottuks and leaving them for their twisted beasts to pick clean... I do not take Tutaqan's grief lightly, but I worry for the future of our people if he dwells in darkness and grief for too long. We need to act.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Calling the Hunting PartyThe Waking Shores · Level 36-80

    <The resounding call of a hunting horn rumbles from the center of the village, calling the Uktulut hunters to attention. You should investigate.>

The storyline at a glance

The Chieftain's Duty has 13 steps, from A Lost Tribe to While the Iron Is Hot.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (12), The Azure Span (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Waking Shores 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.