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Quest

The Scent of Blood

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

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Obuibo+13via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

It's great that he is back in fine form and letting us know that he...

"has won a hundred wars? he, who stood alone against thousands and still shouted for my enemies to come?"

But... then there is that awkward moment mid battle when Kil'ruk drops in all Angel of Death like and one shots all the enemies he has been working on.

Welcome back mate.

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984218+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

When you commence the quest and while you remain in the cave afterwards, you're given a buff called 'Scent of Blood' which I can't seem to locate in the database.

Interestingly, it reads

Fighting with Skeer the Destroyer,
which grants the passive ability, Scent
of Blood. Scent of Blood heals and
grants haste and movement speed
upon killing an enemy while in
Saltscale Grotto.

This is curious because it refers to 'Skeer the Destroyer'; not Skeer the Bloodseeker, and 'Saltscale Grotto'; not Muckscale Grotto, where the quest takes place. Something missed during development cleanup, perhaps?

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDread Wastes
Quest ID31179

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31179))

Requirements

Requires all ofA Strange Appetite, Fine Dining, A Bloody Delight

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDread Wastes, step 34 of 72
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

I'm afraid that I wet my hands with saurok blood while you were away. I'm sorry, but I could not help myself. Now, watch them attack me. Pitiful! Do they think to take vengeance for their fallen? Do they come challenge ME? I, who have won a hundred wars? I, who stood alone against thousands and still shouted for my enemies to come? No, these... saurok... will crumple before me like paper before the flame! I shall show you my might, Wakener. Fight alongside me and see. Here they come!

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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.

Dread Wastes Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Dread Wastes map showing where to go for The Scent of BloodTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #422 55.1 35.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDread Wastes 55.1, 35.9/way #422 55.1 35.9
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 25.8, 52.1/way #422 25.8 52.1
  • Objective areaDread Wastes 25.7, 50.3/way #422 25.7 50.3

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 Dread Wastes map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dread Wastes:

  • Klaxxi'vess, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 50 yards north-east
  • The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards north
  • The Briny Muck, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 970 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards west

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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Reward details

Currency: The Klaxxi x 75,000

Grants Reputation with The Klaxxi.

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

Dread Wastes

Part 34 of 72.

Previous: A Bloody Delight · Next: Amber Is Life

  1. 29Falling to Pieces
  2. 30Skeer the Bloodseeker
  3. 31A Strange Appetite
  4. 32Fine Dining
  5. 33A Bloody Delight
  6. 34The Scent of Blood
  7. 35Amber Is Life
  8. 36Feeding the Beast
  9. 37Living Amber
  10. 38Kypari Zar
  11. 39The Root of the Problem
  12. 40Mazu's Breath

Showing steps 29 to 40 of 72.

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.

  • A Bloody DelightDread Wastes · Level 30-35

    A warrior is not ready for battle until he tastes the blood of his enemies. I am still too weak to hunt, so you must go in my stead. Only the blood from the fiercest predators will do. I can smell their presence in the waters outside this cave!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Amber Is LifeDread Wastes · Level 30-35

    In order for our efforts against the mantid empire to continue, we require more amber. There is a great deposit of amber underneath the lake to the south, but the area is inhabited by a savage saurok tribe. I cannot spare anyone else. You must go to the lake and test the tribe's strength.

Also counted by Amber is the Color of My Energy

Its criteria name 10 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Dread Wastes has 72 steps, from Falling Down to Blood of Ancients.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dread Wastes (69), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dread Wastes 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.

Amber is the Color of My EnergyRecover the following Klaxxi Paragons.10