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Thorny Dancing

Thorny Dancing is a quest for level 10-45 in Val'sharah. It is step 1 of 3 in the Lunarwing Shallows storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Val'sharah at 53.8, 79.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 6,150 experience and money.

Description

The Thistleleaf sprites have gone completely mad.

I suspect they are being manipulated by some very mischievous Thorndancers.

Please, friend of the forest, seek out these seductive troublemakers and bring peace to the shallows.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationDreamweavers +150
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
ReputationDreamweavers+150

Reward details

Reputation: Dreamweavers +150

The druids and their allies in Val'sharah have guarded the Emerald Dream since time immemorial.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Val'sharah that reward Dreamweavers reputation: Archdruid of the Claw (+10), Awakening the Archdruid (+150), The Demons Below (+150), Out of the Dream (+150), The Chieftain's Beads (+150), Entangled Dreams (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapVal'sharahTurn-in marker at 53.8, 79.8, 6 mapped points
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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.

Val'sharah Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Val'sharah map showing where to go for Thorny DancingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #641 53.8 79.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVal'sharah 53.8, 79.8/way #641 53.8 79.8
  • Objective areaVal'sharah 53.2, 85.3/way #641 53.2 85.3
  • Objective areaVal'sharah 55.9, 83.7/way #641 55.9 83.7
  • Objective areaVal'sharah 52.3, 83.2/way #641 52.3 83.2
  • Objective areaVal'sharah 55.1, 81.5/way #641 55.1 81.5
  • Objective areaVal'sharah 52.0, 80.5/way #641 52.0 80.5

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 Val'sharah map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Val'sharah:

  • Lorlathil, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 280 yards north
  • Challiane's Terrace, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 800 yards south-west
  • Garden of the Moon, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 190 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 150 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Lunarwing Shallows

Part 1 of 3.

Next: Spread Your Lunarwings and Fly

  1. 1Thorny Dancing
  2. 2Spread Your Lunarwings and Fly
  3. 3Thieving Thistleleaf

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Spread Your Lunarwings and FlyVal'sharah · Level 10-45

    These poor faerie dragons are being tortured! What's worse, when the thistleleaf become bored they ensnare their victims to continue their torment later. This behavior is simply unacceptable. Please free any trapped Lunarwings you can find.

The storyline at a glance

Lunarwing Shallows has 3 steps, from Thorny Dancing to Thieving Thistleleaf.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Val'sharah (3).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Val'sharah 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.

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Database

Quest Location and Connections

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