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The Twilight Skymaster

The Twilight Skymaster is a quest for level 15-30 in Thousand Needles. It is step 94 of 107 in the Thousand Needles storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Thousand Needles at 12.8, 34.0. It rewards 4 reward items, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Twilight Skymaster Richtofen is at the Twilight Aerie up above and to the southeast. No matter what we do down here, if he's not dealt with, all hope is lost for Highperch.

While Heartrazor is too injured to help you with the fight, he can fly you up there. The rest is up to you, <name>.

Good luck.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Legs
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+7 Intellect, +10 Stamina, +8 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for16 gold

“No pridelings were harmed in the making of these leggings.”

TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for12 gold2 silver

“From the skin of the carcass Heartrazor so thoughtfully brought for you.”

TypeMail Legs
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for16 gold13 silver

“Must have fallen off.”

TypePlate Chest
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor23
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +9 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for16 gold19 silver

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.

3D Model

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

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThousand NeedlesTurn-in marker at 12.8, 34.0, 3 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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for The Twilight SkymasterTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #64 12.8 34.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThousand Needles 12.8, 34.0/way #64 12.8 34.0
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 12.9, 34.0/way #64 12.9 34.0
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 19.5, 48.8/way #64 19.5 48.8

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 Thousand Needles map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:

  • Westreach Summit, Thousand NeedlesHorde · about 660 yards north
  • Shadebough, FeralasAlliance · about 1,100 yards west
  • Camp Mojache, FeralasHorde · about 1,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 520 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Thousand Needles

Part 94 of 107.

Previous: Release Heartrazor · Next: On to the Bulwark

  1. 89Invoking the Serpent
  2. 90Trouble at Highperch
  3. 91Free the Pridelings
  4. 92Death to all Trappers!
  5. 93Release Heartrazor
  6. 94The Twilight Skymaster
  7. 95On to the Bulwark
  8. 96Something to Wear
  9. 97Break Them Out
  10. 98Behind You!
  11. 99Codemaster's Code
  12. 100The Elder Crone

Showing steps 89 to 100 of 107.

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.

  • Release HeartrazorThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    The Twilight's Hammer have the alpha male of Highperch pinned down. You must head east up the ramp and release Heartrazor before the pride loses its patriarch!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • On to the BulwarkThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    <name>, while you and the pridelings were taking care of the skymaster, Lakota Windsong came by. She told me to tell you to meet her east at the Twilight Bulwark. That must be where they're holding Magatha Grimtotem.

Also counted by Thousand Needles Quests

Its criteria name 8 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).

Other storylines on the Thousand Needles 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.

Thousand Needles QuestsComplete the Thousand Needles storylines listed below.10
Related
The Twilight Lexicon
The Twilight Master
The Twilight Mystery
The Twilight Overlook
The Twilight Survivor
The Twilight Survivor
The Twilight's Hammer Revealed
The Twin Clefts of Nagrand
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