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Wave One

Wave One is a quest for level 30-35 in Mount Hyjal. It is step 74 of 118 in the Mount Hyjal storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Mount Hyjal at 37.6, 56.6. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Here they come, <name>! The Twilight Knight Riders, astride black buzzards birthed in the scorching sulfurous breeding pools of the Firelands. The only way to defeat them is from the sky!

Take wing once more, <class>, and slay them.

Run into enemy riders with your lance to destroy them.

Go forth. Fly, fool. Fly!

Rewards

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

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Kyuudo+38via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This whole chain is a reference to the classic arcade game Joust, which I think most people remember playing on the Atari 2600 (it was later ported to the NES and other systems of the time). It was a game where you rode around on a bird, carrying a lance, and jousted buzzard riding bad guys out of the sky. It played the same way these quests do (you mash the Jump button for altitude, and let gravity do the rest).

For the people who dislike the control scheme, it becomes very intuitive in time. Simply flapping quickly for speed and falling into the buzzards works fine. Just know that it's very rare that you fly right into enemies, and it's a lot easier to hit them coming in from various angles.

...also, fool of a Took.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationGuardians of Hyjal+250

Reward details

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: Trial By Fire (+250), 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).

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 mapMount HyjalTurn-in marker at 37.6, 56.6, 14 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.

Mount Hyjal Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #198 37.6 56.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMount Hyjal 37.6, 56.6/way #198 37.6 56.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mount Hyjal 37.4, 57.6/way #198 37.4 57.6
  • Objective areaMount Hyjal 37.6, 56.7/way #198 37.6 56.7

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 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:

  • Shrine of Aviana, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards north
  • Sanctuary of Malorne, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 460 yards south-west
  • Grove of Aessina, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 950 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 30 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Mount Hyjal

Part 74 of 118.

Previous: Flight in the Firelands · Next: Wave Two

  1. 69Sethria's Demise
  2. 70Return to the Shrine
  3. 71An Ancient Reborn
  4. 72The Hatchery Must Burn
  5. 73Flight in the Firelands
  6. 74Wave One
  7. 75Wave Two
  8. 76Egg Wave
  9. 77Return to Aviana
  10. 78The Last Living Lorekeeper
  11. 79Firefight
  12. 80Aessina's Miracle

Showing steps 69 to 80 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.

  • Flight in the FirelandsMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    <name>, our enemy is using this grotto in the Firelands to prepare an invasion. We're going to hit them hard right where they live. But first, you'll need to get your wings. Flight in the Firelands does not work as it does in the outside world. Something about the dense, superheated air.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Wave TwoMount Hyjal · Level 30-35

    You've stirred up the hornets, <name>. The ceiling is coming down on us! And their strongest fighters are taking wing on creatures warped and twisted by this world of flame. Get back out there and take them down! Watch out for flaming boulders.

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.

Related
Water of Life
Water Snakes
Water-Breathing Dragon
Watershed Patrol
Wave Two
Wavespeaker's Trail
Wax On, Pot Off
Wax On, Wax Off
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