Quest

Wave One

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

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

Kyuudo2010-08-26T15:57:54-05:00+38via Wowhead

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.

2216622010-12-09T12:40:12-06:00+33via Wowhead

I play with 700 ping so I had to find another way to do this. What I did was go AFK on one of the rocks on a patrol route so they flew right into my lance. Took 10 mins but I got it in the end.

1419242010-12-08T04:47:59-06:00+29via Wowhead

One of the most horrendous set of game mechanics I've encountered yet. Just let me fly normally, god damn.

Read all 120 on Wowhead ↗

Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35

ZoneMount Hyjal

Quest ID25525

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25525))

What to do

StorylineMount Hyjal, step 74 of 118

Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

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!

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.

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

Aviana's Grace about 380 yards
Mother's Orders about 380 yards
Attack on the Roost about 390 yards
Talon Terror about 420 yards
Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm about 1,220 yards
Moments of Reflection about 1,290 yards
Champion: Minerva Ravensorrow about 1,300 yards
Communing With Malorne about 1,350 yards
A Fresh Trauma about 1,370 yards
Healing Nordrassil about 1,370 yards

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 120 comments

Top 3 shown above

The comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.

The top 3 are shown in Top Comments above. Read all 120 on Wowhead.

Money13 gold74 silver

Experience4,800 XP

ReputationGuardians of Hyjal +250

Other quests on the Mount Hyjal map

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.

Storyline

Mount Hyjal

Part 74 of 118.

Previous: Flight in the Firelands · Next: Wave Two

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