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The Third Flamegate

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

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356756+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I came here to find info about this quest, not for all comments about all these quest chains. So next time when you comment in a quest comment section, keep it to info about this quest and not a whole quest chain tree >_<

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Whiterock+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Return of the Ancients Quest Tree From Whiterock
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Return from the Firelands{H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal
 |				4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything
G)Aviana's Legacy
 |
 | S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil*
 |OR|			  ┌──────────┴──────────┐
1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem
S)A Plea From Beyond	  ├─────────────────────┘
1)A Prayer and a Wing	 1)A Bird in Hand
 ├────────────────────────┘
2)Fact-Finding Mission
 ├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor
 |                2)Egg Hunt             2)Disassembly
 ├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
2)Sethria's Demise
1)Return to the Shrine
1)An Ancient Reborn
 ├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn
 | 3)Flight in the Firelands
 | 3)Wave One
 | 3)Wave Two
 | 3)Egg Wave
 | 1)Return to Aviana
 |
 | The Return of the Ancients*
 |  ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us...
 | 4)Save the Wee Animals |	4)Seeds of Their Demise
 | 4)Oh, Deer!		  |	4)A New Master
 |  |		 	  |	4)The Name Never Spoken(ver2)
 |  | 4)Disrupting the Rituals	4)Black Heart of Flame
 |  ├──┴─────────────────────────┘
 | S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove
 | 4)The Bears Up There
 | 5)Smashing Through Ashes
 |  ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak
 | 6)Fresh Bait    6)Durable Seeds  6)Prepping the Soil
 | 6)Hell's Shells  └────────────────┴──────────┐
 | 5)Tortolla Speaks				|
 |  ├────────────────────┐			|
 | 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla	|
 |  ├────────────────────┘			|
 | 5)An Ancient Awakens				|
 ├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘
6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands{H}*
6)Firefight
4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program
7)Tortolla's Revenge  └>7)Lost Wardens
 ├>7)Breakthrough	7)Pressing the Advantage
 |
7)The Hammer and the Key
8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed
8)The Strength of Tortolla
8)Finish Nemesis
7)Tortolla's Triumph
9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong*

Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneMount Hyjal
Quest ID25906

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25906))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 82 of 118
RewardsGlyphtrace Ritual Knife, Rescuers Shoulderguards, Leggings of Fiery Travail, 1g 37s 40c, 600 XP

Description

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.

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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 Third FlamegateTurn-inObjective 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 41.9, 60.7/way #198 41.9 60.7

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 970 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money1 gold37 silver
Experience600 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +10

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 5 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Mastery, +4 Haste
Suited toDestruction, Demonology, Affliction, Restoration, Elemental, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Balance, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation
Sells to vendors for71 gold25 silver
TypePlate Shoulder
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor18
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +6 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for37 gold6 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +7 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for49 gold69 silver

Reputation: Guardians of Hyjal +10

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 82 of 118.

Previous: The Hammer and the Key · Next: The Strength of Tortolla

  1. 77Return to Aviana
  2. 78The Last Living Lorekeeper
  3. 79Firefight
  4. 80Aessina's Miracle
  5. 81The Hammer and the Key
  6. 82The Third Flamegate
  7. 83The Strength of Tortolla
  8. 84Finish Nemesis
  9. 85Tortolla's Triumph
  10. 86The Ancients are With Us
  11. 87Commander Jarod Shadowsong
  12. 88Signed in Blood

Showing steps 77 to 88 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 Hammer and the KeyMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    My Nemesis. Still lives. The servants of fire still come. We must pursue. Into their den. The ogres know the way. Slay the Field Captains. Recover the Glyph of Opening. This is the way.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Strength of TortollaMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    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.

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.