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Thick Hydra Scales

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

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Vaatarau+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I have found that the lake bed crater in the center of the Dead Mire has a better drop rate from its Parched Hydras than in Umbrafen Lake, I would say it has about a 50% drop rate as opposed to 10-30%. The Hydras are a bit tougher, but easy for a level 61 to 62 to take out.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneZangarmarsh
Quest ID9774

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(9774))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineZangarmarsh, step 29 of 64
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Reavij was wise to bring leather armor. This swamp will render my mail useless before long. I've been replacing the scales bit by bit as I'm able. The hydra in the marsh have thick, protective scales that stand up well to the dampness of their home. Finding suitable ones is a tedious process, though. All too often, the best scales are torn or worn too thin for use in armor. Bring me any good ones that you might get from the hydra in the larger lakes.

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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.

Zangarmarsh Quest turn-in 40 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #102 85.3 54.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZangarmarsh 85.3, 54.8/way #102 85.3 54.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zangarmarsh 50.4, 40.3/way #102 50.4 40.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zangarmarsh 81.4, 38.9/way #102 81.4 38.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zangarmarsh 56.9, 62.2/way #102 56.9 62.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zangarmarsh 77.0, 74.7/way #102 77.0 74.7

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 Zangarmarsh map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zangarmarsh:

  • Swamprat Post, ZangarmarshHorde · about 30 yards west
  • Falcon Watch, Hellfire PeninsulaHorde · about 1,300 yards south-east
  • Shattrath, Terokkar ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,900 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,800 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 570 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 1,400 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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationDarkspear Trolls +250

Reward details

Reputation: Darkspear Trolls +250

This tribe of exiled trolls has joined forces with Thrall and the Horde. They now call Durotar their home, which they share with their orc allies.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Zangarmarsh that reward Darkspear Trolls reputation: There's No Explanation for Fashion (+250), Menacing Marshfangs (+250), Searching for Scout Jyoba (+250), Jyoba's Report (+250), No More Mushrooms! (+250), Burstcap Mushrooms, Mon! (+250).

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

Zangarmarsh

Part 29 of 64.

Previous: The Respect of Another · Next: Searching for Scout Jyoba

  1. 24There's No Explanation for Fashion
  2. 25No More Mushrooms!
  3. 26A Job Undone
  4. 27Menacing Marshfangs
  5. 28The Respect of Another
  6. 29Thick Hydra Scales
  7. 30Searching for Scout Jyoba
  8. 31Jyoba's Report
  9. 32Observing the Sporelings
  10. 33A Question of Gluttony
  11. 34Familiar Fungi
  12. 35Stealing Back the Mushrooms

Showing steps 24 to 35 of 64.

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 Respect of AnotherZangarmarsh · Level 10-30

    Magasha is the fiercest troll in the Marsh, but she only respects mighty hunters. I tried to prove myself to her, but the one beast that could impress her is beyond my skill. Maybe you could help me out?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Searching for Scout JyobaZangarmarsh · Level 10-30

    Now that you're familiar with the terrain, I'd like to ask your help with something else. The Dead Mire, we've taken to calling the area to the northwest, is an eerie place. No one has ever reported seeing anything alive there, but they didn't stay for very long, either.

The storyline at a glance

Zangarmarsh has 64 steps, from Disturbance at Umbrafen Lake to Message to the Daggerfen.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zangarmarsh (63), Hellfire Peninsula (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Zangarmarsh 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.