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The Strength of Tortolla

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

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Thortok2000+29via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Lessee. The 'Child of Tortolla' is a child, so it could be argued that they are Teenage. In turtle years.
They're not your normal turtle, being related to an ancient, so one could call them Mutant.
When you fight one of the nearby enemies, they will go and get behind them and attack them from behind, kinda like a Ninja.
Boy, don't you love Turtles?

(And don't forget, these Heroes in a halfshell give you the [spell=77736] buff when they're with you. ^_^)

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greger1234+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Still broken in 6.0.2, doing it as a Mage i have dismissed my Pet, and EVERY addon. Tried to abandon approximately 34 times and also asking for a new turtle. Even tried the "no-buff-at-all" thing, nothing working... Cant get the buff!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneMount Hyjal
Quest ID25915

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25915))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 83 of 118
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

The dark usurper Nemesis fled here when the fires of Hyjal receded. We are not yet strong enough to defeat Nemesis, {name}, but we may be able to turn his own strength against him. I will send a child of Tortolla with you, one of the children you freed earlier from the Twilight's corruption. Search the depths of this cave for a Nemesis Crystal, and allow the young turtle to examine it. See me if you lose your companion!

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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 5 mapped points
Mount Hyjal map showing where to go for The Strength of TortollaTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #198 64.3 53.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 64.3, 53.6/way #198 64.3 53.6
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 65.7, 61.3/way #198 65.7 61.3
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 66.1, 60.0/way #198 66.1 60.0
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 65.9, 58.1/way #198 65.9 58.1

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 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:

  • Gates of Sothann, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 690 yards south-east
  • Nordrassil, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 910 yards north
  • Shrine of Aviana, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 220 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 200 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 150 yards south-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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250

Reward details

Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +250

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 83 of 118.

Previous: The Third Flamegate · Next: Finish Nemesis

  1. 78The Last Living Lorekeeper
  2. 79Firefight
  3. 80Aessina's Miracle
  4. 81The Hammer and the Key
  5. 82The Third Flamegate
  6. 83The Strength of Tortolla
  7. 84Finish Nemesis
  8. 85Tortolla's Triumph
  9. 86The Ancients are With Us
  10. 87Commander Jarod Shadowsong
  11. 88Signed in Blood
  12. 89Your New Identity

Showing steps 78 to 89 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.

  • The Third FlamegateMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    Memorize the glyph. Take it within yourself. Draw it on the ground before the flamegate. East of here. Enter the Firelands. I cannot come with you. But my children await. Inside. Find Garunda Mountainpeak within the realm of flame.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Finish NemesisMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    Your turtle companion can use this newfound power to render the two of you invulnerable for a short period of time. You can "turtle up" to avoid the worst of Nemesis and his fury. To do so, simply invoke this totem. This is all I can do for you.

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.