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The Return of the Ancients

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

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Whiterock+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

BY THE NORDRASSIL'S RIVER Quest Tree From Whiterock

S)Hero's Call: Mount Hyjal!(A) S)Warchief's Command: Mount Hyjal!(H)
 ├──────────────────────────────┘
G)As Hyjal Burns 1)The Earth Rises 	1)Inciting the Elements
 |					1)Flames from Above
2)Protect the World Tree──┐
2)The Flameseer's Staff  2)War on the Twilight's Hammer
2)Flamebreaker			
2)The Return of Baron Geddon	S)This Can Mean Only One Thing...
3)Emerald Allies		9)To the Chamber of Inceneration!
3)The Captured Scout		9)What is This Place?
3)Twilight Captivity		9)The Twilight Forge
3)Return to Alysra		 ├>9)Do My Eyes Deceive Me?
3)A Prisoner of Interest	9)Ascendant Lord Obsidius
3)Through the Dream
1)Return to Nordrassil───────┬>Wings Over Mount Hyjal*
4)The Return of the Ancients ├>Scrambling for Eggs*
 ├>Save the Wee Animals*     └>The Wormwing Problem*
 ├>Disrupting the Rituals*
 ├>Fighting Fire With ... Anything*
 ├>If You're Not Against Us...*
 ├>4)In the Rear With the Gear  6)Gar'gol's Gotta Go
 |				6)Get Me Outta Here!
 ├──────────────────────────┐
4)End of the Supply Line   4)Harrying the Hunters
5)The Voice of Goldrinn(A) 5)The Voice of Lo'Gosh(H)
5)Goldrinn's Ferocity(A)   5)Howling Mad(H)
 ├──────────────────────────┴──────────┐
 ├>6)From the Mouth of Madness        6)The Eye of Twilight
 | 6)Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows 6)Mastering Puppets
 ├>5)Lycanthoth the Corruptor{H}      6)Elementary!
 | G)The Shrine Reclaimed{H}          5)Return to Duskwhisper
 | /
6)Cleaning House{H}───────>7)Sweeping the Shelf{H}
7)Lightning in a Bottle{H}
8)Into the Maw!{A2;H;H2}

8)Forged of Shadow and Flame
 |
 | 8)Crushing the Cores 8)Rage of the Wolf Ancient
 ├──┴────────────────────┘
8)Cindermaul, the Portal Master
8)Forgemaster Pyrendius
8)Return from the Firelands{H}──>The Last Living Lorekeeper*
 ├────────────────────┐
Aviana's Legacy*  The Fires of Mount Hyjal*
Quest zones:
1)Nordrassil_____2)The Verdant Thicket_____3)Hyjal Barrow Dens+Ruins of Lar'donir_____4)Wolf's Run_____5)Shrine of Goldrinn_____6)Gar'gol's Hovel_____7)Lightning Ledge_____8)Firelands Forgeworks_____9)Blackrock Caverns
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.


IMPORTANT INFO:


  2. End of the Supply Line and Harrying the Hunters can be done by both factions, but "The Voice of..." followup requrement is different.

  4. Goldrinn's Ferocity and Howling Mad allows other players to share you quests next on line, but Lycanthoth the Corruptor{H} will let you be in same phase as npc.

  6. Into the Maw!{A2;H;H2}. There are 2Alliance and 2Horde variants, for each faction one from wolf spirit and one backup from main quest guy in Shrine of Goldrinn.

  8. Whole Firelands Forgeworks(8) chain doesn't have any pre-quests. You can get first time to Hyjal and ask warlock to summon you there and do the quests. However Lightning in a Bottle{H} is needed to use the standart teleport.


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

Guide to Mount Hyjal Quests (Alliance), part 2:
After waking all three ancients (see part 1), Ysera or her vision will continue the chain with The Last Living Lorekeeper.

Next come:
Firefight
Aessina's Miracle (brief cutscene; phases the zone)
Optional quests now available:


Tortolla's Revenge (enables optional Breakthrough)
The Hammer and the Key
The Third Flamegate (enables optional The Time for Mercy has Passed)
The Strength of Tortolla
Finish Nemesis
Tortolla's Triumph
The Ancients are With Us
Commander Jarod Shadowsong
Signed in Blood (allows you to visit Twilight camp including Edric Downing and Grunka who sell food needed for Cataclysmically Delicious)
Your New Identity
In Bloom, Trial by Fire, and Waste of Flesh
Twilight Training unlocks several additional required chains:
* Gather the Intelligence and Seeds of Discord
* Walking the Dog, A Champion's Collar, and Grudge Match
Physical Training: Forced Labor
Agility Training: Run Like Hell!,
Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power
Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak
Twilight Territory and The Greater of Two Evils

All of the above for
Speech Writing for Dummies
Head of the Class
Graduation Speech
Twilight Riot
Slash and Burn (cutscene)
Three chains, all required:
* Might of the Firelord, The Sanctum of the Prophets, and Magma Monarch
* The Twilight Egg (starts here),Brood of Evil, and Death to the Broodmother
* Secrets of the Flame and The Gatekeeper
Last quest: The Firelord

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneMount Hyjal
Quest ID25584

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25584))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 12 of 118
Rewards6g 87s, 2,400 XP

Description

It'll be crucial to reclaim each of the ancients' shrines, {name}. Follow the road west of the Verdant Thicket, into Wolf's Run. We have operatives stationed there. Aid them in any way that you can and work your way to the first shrine. The wolf god was known to the elves as Goldrinn and to the orcs as Lo'Gosh. He will be a fierce ally in our fight against the enemy.

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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.

Mount Hyjal Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Mount Hyjal map showing where to go for The Return of the AncientsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #198 35.7 19.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 35.7, 19.6/way #198 35.7 19.6
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 62.1, 24.9/way #198 62.1 24.9

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 Mount Hyjal map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mount Hyjal:

  • Shrine of Aviana, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 690 yards south
  • Talonbranch Glade, FelwoodAlliance · about 810 yards north-west
  • Grove of Aessina, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,100 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
Money6 gold87 silver
Experience2,400 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +75

Reward details

Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +75

Faced with the impending devastation of Mount Hyjal, the most powerful members of the Cenarion Circle have joined forces with their Emerald Dragonflight allies to fend off Ragnaros' elemental hordes and the Twilight's Hammer.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Mount Hyjal that reward Guardians of Hyjal reputation: Trial By Fire (+250), In Bloom (+250), End of the Supply Line (+250), In the Rear With the Gear (+250), Harrying the Hunters (+250), The Voice of Goldrinn (+10).

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

Mount Hyjal

Part 12 of 118.

Previous: Return to Nordrassil · Next: Harrying the Hunters

  1. 7Twilight Captivity
  2. 8Return to Alysra
  3. 9A Prisoner of Interest
  4. 10Through the Dream
  5. 11Return to Nordrassil
  6. 12The Return of the Ancients
  7. 13Harrying the Hunters
  8. 14End of the Supply Line
  9. 15The Voice of Goldrinn
  10. 16The Voice of Lo'Gosh
  11. 17Goldrinn's Ferocity
  12. 18Howling Mad

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 118.

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.

  • Return to NordrassilMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    I will take Fandral to Moonglade swiftly. I hope to return soon so I may continue to aid in the battle. In the meantime, report back to Ysera and inform her of these recent developments.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Harrying the HuntersMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    Twilight's Hammer has revealed itself as more than a mere cult. They're a war machine - a swarm of locusts moving up the mountain, devouring anything in their way. The parts of the forest they're not setting ablaze are being scoured of life in order to feed the mortal cultists.

Also counted by Coming Down the Mountain

Its criteria name 16 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Mount Hyjal has 118 steps, from Protect the World Tree to The Firelord.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mount Hyjal (118).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Mount Hyjal 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Coming Down the MountainComplete the Mount Hyjal storylines listed below.10