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Trial By Fire

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

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Guide to Alliance Mount Hyjal Quests, part 1:

Optional initial quests:
Hero's Call
As Hyjal Burns
The Earth Rises
Inciting the Elements and Flames from Above

Then:
Protect the World Tree (unlocks optional War on the Twilight's Hammer)
The Flameseer's Staff
Flamebreaker
The Return of Baron Geddon
Emerald Allies
The Captured Scout
Twilight Captivity
Return to Alysra
A Prisoner of Interest
Through the Dream
Return to Nodrassil

At this point, you must awaken three ancients. A Vision of Ysera will appear after each. You must awaken Goldrinn before beginning the Aessina/Tortolla quests but can otherwise work on them in any order.

Goldrinn Quests:
The Return of the Ancients (enables optional Harrying the Hunters and In the Rear with the Gear)
End of the Supply Line
The Voice of Goldrinn
Goldrinn's Ferocity
Lycanthoth the Corruptor enables several optional quest chains:

Cleaning House (enables optional Sweeping the Shelf)
Lightning in a Bottle (enables optional Into the Maw! / Into the Maw!)
Rage of the Wolf Ancient, Forged of Shadow and Flame, and Crushing the Cores
Cindermaul, the Portal Master
Forgemaster Pyrendius
Return from the Firelands [vision of Ysera]

Aviana Quests:
(optional linking quests ofWings over Mount Hyjal or Aviana's Legacy)
Two chains:
* An Offering for Aviana, A Plea from Beyond, and A Prayer and a Wing
* The Wormwing problem, Scrambling for Eggs, and then A Bird in Hand

Next comes Fact-Finding Mission which enables these required quests:

Finish the above for
Sethria's Demise
Return to the Shrine
An Ancient Reborn [Vision of Ysera]

Optional bonus:
The Hatchery Must Burn
Flight in the Firelands
Wave One
Wave Two
Egg Wave [gives Beware of the 'Unbeatable?' Pterodacyl and choice of Gold Mini Jouster or Blue Mini Jouster]
Return to Aviana

Aessina/Tortolla Quests (must do Goldrinn first)
The Fires of Mount Hyjal (optional)
Save the Wee Animals and Oh, Deer!
Fighting Fire With ... Anything (optional, but must complete before Aessina's Miracle)
Disrupting the Rituals
If you're Not Against Us...
Seeds of Their Demise
A New Master
The Name Never Spoken
Black Heart of Flame
Good News... and Bad News (auto-accepted; can not be obtained later)
Last Stand at Whistling Grove
The Bears Up There (a good time to do Bounce!)
Smashing Through Ashes enables additional required quests:


Fresh Bait
Hell's Shells
Tortolla Speaks
An Ancient Awakens [Vision after all chains].

After waking all the ancients, the third vision gives The Last Living Lorekeeper.

Continued in part 2.

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Twilight quest chain

1. The Ancients are With Us (go to Ysera)
1. Commander Jarod Shadowsong (go to Ortell)
1. Signed in Blood (talk to 1 recruit then kill)
1. Your New Identity (go to Condenna the Pitiless)

Trial By Fire (kill 8 instructors)      In Bloom (gather 5 blossoms)     Waste of Flesh (save 4 supplicants)

2. Twilight Training (go to Mylva)
2. Physical Training: Forced Labor (toggle 5 objects) 3. Gather the Intelligence  4. Walking the Dog
2. Agility Training: Run Like Hell! (run from fire)   3. Seeds of Discord         4. A Champion's Collar
5. Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power (answer 10 Q's)                   6. Grudge Match
7. Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak

8. The Greater of Two Evils (use quest object to kill ogre) 9. Twilight Territory (kill 10 horrorguards)

Speech Writing for Dummies
Hyjal final quest chain begins
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Hyjal Burns Quest Tree From Whiterock
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The Ancients are With Us*
 |
1)Commander Jarod Shadowsong
1)Signed in Blood
2)Your New Identity
 ├──────────┬───────────────┐
2)In Bloom 2)Trial By Fire 2)Waste of Flesh
 ├──────────┴───────────────┘
3)Twilight Training
 ├──┬───────────────────>1)Physical Training: Forced Labor
 | 1)Walking the Dog	 3)Agility Training: Run Like Hell!
 | 1)A Champion's Collar 3)Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power
 | 5)Grudge Match	 4)Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak
 |  ├─────────────────────┴────┐
 | 6)The Greater of Two Evils 6)Twilight Territory
 |  └─────────────────────┬────┘
3)Gather the Intelligence |
5)Seeds of Discord	  |
 ├────────────────────────┘
1)Speech Writing for Dummies
3)Head of the Class
4)Graduation Speech
6)Twilight Riot
1)Slash and Burn────────────┬──────>7)Might of the Firelord
 |			    |	    7)The Sanctum of the Prophets
7)The Twilight Egg	    |	    8)Magma Monarch
7)Brood of Evil		    |			  |
7)Death to the Broodmother 7)Secrets of the Flame |
 |			   7)The Gatekeeper	  |
 ├──────────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘
9)The Firelord
G)The Battle Is Won, The War Goes On{H}
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The Maelstrom*

Quest zones:
1)Darkwhisper Gorge_____2)The Twilight Gauntlet_____3)The Forge of Supplication_____4)Doom's Vigil_____5)Seat of the Chosen_____6)Gates of Sothann_____7)Ascendant's Rise_____8)The Throne of Flame_____9)The Inner Spire
G)Gluing Separate Questlines
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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
Quest ID25223

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25223))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 90 of 118

Description

I'd love to say that with the tides turning against us in Hyjal, every recruit helps our cause and so on... but to be perfectly blunt, most of you are nothing but a burden. If I had a copper for every peasant who got too scared when the cataclysm hit and now wishes to join our side... well, let's just say I'd be a rich woman. Fortunately we have checks in place to separate the wheat from the chaff. Go and prove yourself to the fiery instructors below. Hopefully you'll do better than the others.

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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 7 mapped points
Mount Hyjal map showing where to go for Trial By FireTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #198 76.9 62.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 76.9, 62.1/way #198 76.9 62.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 81.7, 62.0/way #198 81.7 62.0

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 440 yards south-west
  • Nordrassil, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north-west
  • Valormok, AzsharaHorde · about 1,500 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for38 gold14 silver
TypePlate Chest
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor26
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +8 Mastery
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for50 gold78 silver

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: 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), The Voice of Lo'Gosh (+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 90 of 118.

Previous: Your New Identity · Next: In Bloom

  1. 85Tortolla's Triumph
  2. 86The Ancients are With Us
  3. 87Commander Jarod Shadowsong
  4. 88Signed in Blood
  5. 89Your New Identity
  6. 90Trial By Fire
  7. 91In Bloom
  8. 92Waste of Flesh
  9. 93Twilight Training
  10. 94Physical Training: Forced Labor
  11. 95Agility Training: Run Like Hell!
  12. 96Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power

Showing steps 85 to 96 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.

  • Your New IdentityMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    There. Not my best work, but certainly not my worst. You will be known as "<name>damus" among the cultists. These papers will bump you ahead of the other recruits and allow you to speak directly to the Twilight instructors. Go to the proving grounds and show these to Condenna the Pitiless.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • In BloomMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    It is customary for new recruits to be sent on a difficult or sometimes impossible task. I was sent to obtain a black dragon's scale; last year's instructors demanded a feather from a phoenix. Your lot has it relatively easy. Find me a handful of flame blossoms.

Quests that require this one

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.