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The Primary Threat

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

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Mypciscraze+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Hi all

I present You Storyline [storyline=1300]. This Storyline is part of Waking Hope which is criteria for Loremaster of the Dragon Isles.

See Video with Storyline if need it - https://youtu.be/psUM4ybBfzk

Storyline in order I done it:

1. For the Benefit of the Queen - Speak with [npc=186795] 55 30.9 then He will take you to Queen 62.3 72.9 , You need to speak with Her and Movie will start
2a. The Mandate of the Red - Speak with 4 NPC in order: 60.7 74 [npc=189261], 59.4 72.4 [npc=189262], 61.5 68.7 [npc=185904] and 62.7 70.4 [npc=189260]. Don't do Training Wings Pick it up but go first to do Skyriding.
2b. Skyriding - Speak with [npc=193287] to get Your DRAGON MOUNT ! After conversation You will get [item=194034] and learn [spell=376027]. Now every time You use [item=194034] [spell=376027] will be activated.
4. How to Glide with Your Dragon - Use [item=194034] then jump off the platform and fly through the circles then land 57.4 59.1 when you will finish quest NPC will teleport You back. When You press jump button You will fly up, Skill 1 Is going fast forward and ect. FROM THIS QUEST IS START GUIDE HOW TO USE DRAGONS FLY.
5. How to Dive with Your Dragon - Use [item=194034] then jump off the platform and fly through the circles then land 57.4 59.1 when you will finish quest NPC will teleport You back. Reward [item=188139]
6. How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon - Use [item=194034] then jump off the platform and fly through the circles then land 57.4 59.1 when you will finish quest NPC will teleport You back. Reward [item=188139]
7. The Skytop Observatory - Use [item=194034] then jump off the platform and fly through the circles then land 75.1 55 and speak with [npc=193359].
8. A New Set of Horns - Use [npc=198464] 74 58.1 is a platform on ground big but i did not see at start xD. Reward [spell=385274] Now You can costomize Your Dragon.
9. Skyriding Talents and You - Collect Dragon Glyph 74.3 57.5 is over ground then speak with [npc=193364] ( 2nd option ) to open dragon skills now you can learn new skill. After all speak with [npc=193411].
10. Return to the Ruby Lifeshrine - Fly to Queen [npc=187290] 62.3 72.9.
11. Training Wings - Now You can go back to this Quest. Use [npc=193979] to Kill: 12 [npc=193994], 6 [npc=194142] and 1 [npc=194159]. I use instant kill 1 for killing and skill 2 to move lower lever to get to other mobs.
12. Who Brought the Ruckus? - Follow [npc=187290] to 59.6 72.5 Movie will start.
13. The Primary Threat - Fly to [npc=187119] 59.4 75.9
14. Basalt Assault - Slay 4 [npc=187090] 59.2 78.2 , 60.9 77.7 , 57.7 76.3 are 2 of them. During this Quest You can do Clear the Battlefield auto Quest.
15a. Egg Evac - Rescue 4 eggs: [npc=190149] 57.3 83.2, [npc=190131] 56.1 81.2, [npc=190127] 55 81, [npc=190124] 55.3 83.2
15b. Proto-Fight - Kill 3 Elite Proto-dragons use [item=192436] for pull and extra dmg to kill them fast.
17. Cut Off the Head - Kill [npc=188447] 53.5 83.4 Use [item=192436] to do it fast then Movie will start.
18. Exeunt, Triumphant - Fly to 46.1 78.3 and speak with [npc=187278] Video will start, Storyline will finish after that.

Main Rewards During This Storyline are: [item=194034], learn using Dragons Skills and Costomize them, As well You will Get [item=197406], [item=197378], [item=197365], [item=197380].

Hope That Help You :)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-70
Quest ID66116

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(66116))

What to do

StorylineIn Defense of Life, step 13 of 18
Rewards14g 4s 50c, 4,750 XP

Description

There are far too many vulnerable eggs to secure. If the enemy breaks through, all is lost! I am sure our guards are mustering on the field to push them back. Speak to Commander Lethanak, and he will use your strength where it will be most helpful.

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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 2 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for The Primary ThreatTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 59.4 75.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 59.4, 75.9/way #2022 59.4 75.9
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 59.5, 72.6/way #2022 59.5 72.6

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:

  • Ruby Lifeshrine, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north-east
  • Ruby Life Pools, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 440 yards north
  • Dragonscale Basecamp, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 yards north

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
Money14 gold4 silver
Experience4,750 XP
ReputationValdrakken Accord +100

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +100

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: How to Glide with Your Dragon (+50), How to Dive with Your Dragon (+50), How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon (+50), Punching Up (+100), A Cultist's Misgivings (+50), The Shadow of His Wings (+150).

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

In Defense of Life

Part 13 of 18.

Previous: Who Brought the Ruckus? · Next: Basalt Assault

  1. 7The Need For Higher Velocities
  2. 8The Skytop Observatory
  3. 9Skyriding Talents and You
  4. 10Return to the Ruby Lifeshrine
  5. 11Training Wings
  6. 12Who Brought the Ruckus?
  7. 13The Primary Threat
  8. 14Basalt Assault
  9. 15Egg Evac
  10. 16Proto-Fight
  11. 17Cut Off the Head
  12. 18Exeunt, Triumphant

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 18.

Also part of: The Waking Shores (part 26 of 52).

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.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Basalt AssaultThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Raszageth and her Primalists have summoned towering earth elementals to break our walls. They must be stopped!

The storyline at a glance

In Defense of Life has 18 steps, from For the Benefit of the Queen to Exeunt, Triumphant.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (18).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Waking Hope Complete the following storylines in the Waking Shores.

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.