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The Protectors

The Protectors is a quest for level 10-45. It is step 2 of 19 in The Eternal Dream II storyline. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

To fully unlock the powers of the Idol, we will need four manifestations of the wilds - an essence of ferocity, essence of regrowth, essence of balance, and essence of tenacity.

To find these essences, we must consult the protectors of the forest.

Go to the Emerald Dreamway and call upon the powers of the ancient druidic stones. The protectors will only show themselves to those who can prove their connection to the wilds.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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Trognarr+1525via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Note! You can do it in ANY spec.

There are 4 stones in Emerald Dreamway. Each summons npc. NPC give you 4 quests.

Communed with the Feral Stone:
Appears if you use stealth near feral stone (prowl ability in cat form)

Communed with the Guardian Stone:
Appears if you shift into bear form near guardian stone.

Communed with the Balance Stone
Appears if you cast Moonfire on the Ritual Candle near balance stone.

Communed with the Restoration Stone
Appears after healing the Sapling near restoration stone.

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Aaahead+266via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Enter the Emerald Dreamway (e.g., cast Dreamwalk). Any spec works. Do these things right next to each stone:


  • Feral stone: 30.8, 37.6, cast Prowl. (Between Grizzly Hills and Feralas portals.)

  • Guardian stone: 34.0, 62.7, go Bear Form and wait a moment. (Between Duskwood and Moonglade portals.)

  • Resto stone: 41.3, 58.4, cast [spell=5185] on [npc=112551]. (Between Hinterlands and Duskwood portals.)

  • Balance stone: 30.4, 51.8, cast Moonfire on small [npc=112550] on ground. (Southeast of Feralas portal.)

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Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Trognarr+1525via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Note! You can do it in ANY spec.

There are 4 stones in Emerald Dreamway. Each summons npc. NPC give you 4 quests.

Communed with the Feral Stone:
Appears if you use stealth near feral stone (prowl ability in cat form)

Communed with the Guardian Stone:
Appears if you shift into bear form near guardian stone.

Communed with the Balance Stone
Appears if you cast Moonfire on the Ritual Candle near balance stone.

Communed with the Restoration Stone
Appears after healing the Sapling near restoration stone.

2
Aaahead+266via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Enter the Emerald Dreamway (e.g., cast Dreamwalk). Any spec works. Do these things right next to each stone:


  • Feral stone: 30.8, 37.6, cast Prowl. (Between Grizzly Hills and Feralas portals.)

  • Guardian stone: 34.0, 62.7, go Bear Form and wait a moment. (Between Duskwood and Moonglade portals.)

  • Resto stone: 41.3, 58.4, cast [spell=5185] on [npc=112551]. (Between Hinterlands and Duskwood portals.)

  • Balance stone: 30.4, 51.8, cast Moonfire on small [npc=112550] on ground. (Southeast of Feralas portal.)

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Boxofbeer+160via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

All stones are outside of The Dreamgrove, in Emerald Dreamway. To communicate you have to do the following:


  • Feral stone - shapeshift into cat form and cast Prowl ability.

  • Restoration stone - cast [spell=5185] ability on small sapling next to the stone.

  • Balance stone - cast Moonfire on small candle next to the stone.

  • Guardian stone - just shapeshift into Bear form, that's enough to recall the spirit.

The Protectors, www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpkT3jrv8ds

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Dreamgrove
Objective areaEmerald Dreamway4 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 Dreamgrove Quest turn-in
Emerald Dreamway Objective area 4 mapped points
Emerald Dreamway map showing where to go for The ProtectorsObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #715 31.1 36.6

Coordinates

  • Objective areaEmerald Dreamway 31.1, 36.6/way #715 31.1 36.6
  • Objective areaEmerald Dreamway 34.7, 62.2/way #715 34.7 62.2
  • Objective areaEmerald Dreamway 30.7, 51.0/way #715 30.7 51.0
  • Objective areaEmerald Dreamway 40.9, 59.1/way #715 40.9 59.1

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 Dreamgrove map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Dreamgrove, Val'sharah (Druids Only)Alliance and Horde · about 190 yards north-east
  • The DreamgroveAlliance and Horde · about 490 yards north-east
  • Bradensbrook, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 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 Eternal Dream II

Part 2 of 19.

Previous: Gathering the Dreamweavers · Next: Neltharion's Lair: Essence of Tenacity

  1. 1Gathering the Dreamweavers
  2. 2The Protectors
  3. 3Neltharion's Lair: Essence of Tenacity
  4. 4Halls of Valor: Essence of Ferocity
  5. 5Darkheart Thicket: Essence of Regrowth
  6. 6Eye of Azshara: Essence of Balance
  7. 7The Way to Nordrassil
  8. 8Enduring the Nightmare
  9. 9Teensy Weensies!
  10. 10Cleaning Up
  11. 11A Dying Dream
  12. 12Communing With Malorne

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 19.

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.

  • Gathering the DreamweaversLevel 10-45

    Now that you've recovered the Idol of the Wilds, it's time to put it to use to commune with Malorne. However, the ritual will need the combined power of many druids. Send your champions to gather the druids of our order, and tell them to meet us in Nordrassil. We will need to do this together.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Neltharion's Lair: Essence of TenacityLevel 10-45

    Greetings, Archdruid. I hear that you seek the essence of tenacity. There is none more unyielding and unbreakable than a creature of stone. In Neltharion's Lair is a monster known as Rokmora. Slay him, and draw from him the essence that you need.

The storyline at a glance

The Eternal Dream II has 19 steps, from Gathering the Dreamweavers to Champion: Brightwing.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Dreamgrove (9), Emerald Dreamway (9), Mount Hyjal (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Dreamgrove 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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The Prophet's Dying Words
The Prophet's Gambit
The Prophet's Ploy
The Proscenium
The Prototype
The Public Servant
The Pulsing Madness
The Pupil Returns
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