Quest

Under Down

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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kavarek2016-09-01T09:20:46-05:00+58via Wowhead

This quest requires you first complete Unfinished Treatise on the Properties of Stormscale which drops from any mob that skins into Stormscale. It will lead a breadcrumb to both Giselle and Seymour.

maitri2016-09-20T19:42:49-05:00+51via Wowhead

I know it's weird, but I felt really terrible to go around killing hippogryphs for this quest. For anyone else who feels terrible about the massacre of hippogryphs, go to the area north of Azurewing repose (should show up as a blue area on the map as one of the places you can fulfill the quest). Here there are aggressive "Tormented Hippogryphs" who need to be put out of their misery. This can assuage the guilt a bit! :D

Toffifee132016-10-15T02:26:39-05:00+11via Wowhead

I have zero hippogryphs in the area I am supposed to farm them. Zero.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45

LocationAzsuna, Val'sharah

CategorySkinning

Quest ID40145

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40145))

Description

I can train you, though. Everyone knows about the bright stormscales on the hippogryph's hindquarters, but did you know that they also have a few scales beneath their feathers? You just need to know where to look. <The night elf spirit indicates a few places near the hippogryph's wing joints.> Now go see if you can get some on your own.

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 map showing where to go for Under Down — **Val'sharah** Objective area 16 mapped points

Coordinates

Turn-inAzsuna 47.0, 45.1/way #630 47.0 45.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 49.9, 58.4/way #630 49.9 58.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 43.0, 34.4/way #630 43.0 34.4
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 45.5, 54.0/way #630 45.5 54.0
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 46.4, 10.6/way #630 46.4 10.6
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azsuna 46.6, 64.5/way #630 46.6 64.5
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Val'sharah 48.0, 95.3/way #641 48.0 95.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Val'sharah 64.3, 83.8/way #641 64.3 83.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Val'sharah 58.6, 83.2/way #641 58.6 83.2

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 Azsuna map

Champion: Zabra Hexx about 50 yards
Champion: Yalia Sagewhisper about 50 yards
Problem Salver about 50 yards
Links in the Chain about 50 yards
Best Served Cold about 50 yards
Naga Know-How about 50 yards
Getting the Kinks Out about 50 yards
Reclaimed Cargo about 50 yards
A Debt Paid about 50 yards
Scales of the Arcane about 50 yards

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

Getting there

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

Illidari Stand, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 170 yards west
Azurewing Repose, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 760 yards north
Shackle's Den, AzsunaAlliance and Horde · about 860 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 620 yards south
Objective areaabout 540 yards north-west
Objective areaabout 400 yards south

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.

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Spell: Skinning Technique: Stormscale (Rank 2)Teaches you how to find rare materials when gathering stormscales.

Money20 gold22 silver

Experience6,150 XP

Uncovering the Orb of Sciallax

Uncovering the Tunnels

Uncrowned's Cold Case

Under Cover of Darkness

Under False Colors

Under Fire

Under Lock and Keys

Storyline

Legion Skinning

Part 6 of 14.

Previous: Seymour and Agnes · Next: Mother's Prized Knife

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.

Seymour and AgnesLevel 10-45
The other skinner - pair of skinners, to be honest - that comes to mind when you show me this scroll is a student of mine, named Seymour, and his mother Agnes. Last I heard, they were in Stormheim, hunting the storm drakes.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Mother's Prized KnifeLevel 10-45
The other day, Mother and I were up at the top of the nearby mountain, and she threw her skinning knife at me because the view wasn't good enough. Her knife is still up there, somewhere. I'd feel horrible just leaving it.

The storyline at a glance

Legion Skinning has 14 steps, from Stormscale Sample to Ske'rit's Scale-Skinning Suggestions.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormheim (7), Suramar (3), Dalaran (2), Azsuna (2).

Other storylines on the Azsuna map

Defending Azurewing Repose19 steps, starts with Journey to the Repose
Azsuna versus Azshara20 steps, starts with Those Who Remember
Legion Inscription42 steps, starts with Sign This
Legion Enchanting29 steps, starts with Some Enchanted Evening
Behind Legion Lines14 steps, starts with Paradise Lost
Balance of Power35 steps, starts with The Power Within

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.