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The Path of War

The Path of War is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-35 in The Jade Forest. It is step 4 of 13 in The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Jade Forest at 54.2, 82.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

I see you want to save your friend. I can help you, if you will help me.

First of all, it should be obvious that the fewer the Slingtail roaming around, the easier it will be to escape.

Kill the hozen guards around us, and we will be one step closer to freedom.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationPearlfin Jinyu +2,000
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationPearlfin Jinyu+2,000

Reward details

Reputation: Pearlfin Jinyu +2,000

A reserved, methodical race of fish people.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in The Jade Forest that reward Pearlfin Jinyu reputation: Freeing Our Brothers (+2,000), Ancient Power (+2,000), Jailbreak (+1,000), Kung Din (+4,000), Family Heirlooms (+2,500), The Pearlfin Situation (+2,500).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Jade ForestTurn-in marker at 54.2, 82.4, 13 mapped points
World Map

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 Jade Forest Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #371 54.2 82.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 54.2, 82.4/way #371 54.2 82.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Jade Forest 54.6, 81.4/way #371 54.6 81.4

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 Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Pearlfin Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 260 yards east
  • Paw'Don Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 580 yards west
  • Jade Temple Grounds, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 960 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony

Part 4 of 13.

Previous: The Missing Admiral · Next: Freeing Our Brothers

  1. 1The White Pawn
  2. 2Hozen Aren't Your Friends, Hozen Are Your Enemies
  3. 3The Missing Admiral
  4. 4The Path of War
  5. 5Freeing Our Brothers
  6. 6Ancient Power
  7. 7Kung Din
  8. 8Jailbreak
  9. 9The Pearlfin Situation
  10. 10Road Rations
  11. 11The Elder's Instruments
  12. 12Family Heirlooms
  13. 13Spirits of the Water

Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 21 of 88).

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 Missing AdmiralThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    Alright. According to the clues you found, that was Anduin's ship, and Admiral Taylor was the captain. And Admiral Taylor's last entry says he was going to fight off the hozen and protect the vessel after the shipwreck.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Freeing Our BrothersThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    You may be an outsider, but you and I have a common enemy in the hozen. Many members of my tribe are trapped in cages nearby. I have also seen your... Alliance... soldiers as well. I cannot leave without freeing my brethren, just as you cannot leave yours. The Slingtail hold the keys to those cages.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony has 13 steps, from The White Pawn to Spirits of the Water.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest 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.

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