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While the Iron Is Hot

A World of Warcraft quest in The Waking Shores. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1
LadyVictoria+52via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The ability to tame ottuks does appear to be account-wide!

I just reached [faction=2511] renown 11 and finished the questline on my level-70 hunter main and was immediately able to tame an ottuk. I then switched over to another hunter character who is level 64 and Iskaara renown 1, and that character, too, successfully tamed an ottuk!

I'd assume that even a non-hunter going finishing this quest would unlock ottuk taming for hunters on the account, but I don't have any way of confirming.

BTW, I think the "quest done" flag that's set can be checked/confirmed with the following command:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(71184))

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Janin+43via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Just popping by to say I completed the chain on my warrior.
Logged on my hunter, got to level 63 and figured I'd see if I could tame an ottuk.
Turns out I could. So it unlocks regardless of class, for any hunter on your account :)
Happy taming!

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backcab+35via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Wild Ottuks near the quest area are NOT tamable. If you try to tame these, you will get a "not tamable" message.

The River Ottuks in Rusza'thar Reach in Ohn'ahran Plains ARE tamable. These are located at 85.37, 31.97 in the Ohn'ahran Plains.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 36-80
ZoneThe Waking Shores
Quest ID66444

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(66444))

What to do

StorylineThe Chieftain's Duty, step 13 of 13
Rewards56g 18s, 11,900 XP

Description

I spoke to our lookouts on the way down. They say this djaradin--Zhurtan the Riverboiler--has begun his heinous ritual southwest of here, close to the waterfalls where many of our ottuks build their nests. If they're boiling the river upstream from us now, I assume they've decided to be done with us more quickly. We would be forced to starve or retreat. We will do neither. They've prodded us like cowards afraid of a true fight. So let's bring the fight to them this time, shall we?

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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.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for While the Iron Is HotTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 53.6 38.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 53.6, 38.0/way #2022 53.6 38.0
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 48.6, 46.0/way #2022 48.6 46.0
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 53.9, 38.2/way #2022 53.9 38.2

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 The Waking Shores map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Uktulut Backwater, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 80 yards north-east
  • Skytop Lookout (QD), The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 390 yards south-east
  • Uktulut Pier, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 830 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 590 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.

Related
  • Spell: Ottuk TamingAllows hunters to tame ottuks within the Dragon Isles.
Money56 gold18 silver
Experience11,900 XP

Storyline

The Chieftain's Duty

Part 13 of 13.

Previous: Calling the Hunting Party

  1. 1A Lost Tribe
  2. 2Sudden Isolation
  3. 3Pressing Matters
  4. 4Worst Impressions
  5. 5Troubled Waters
  6. 6Salvaging Supplies
  7. 7Testing the Tuskarrsenal
  8. 8All But One
  9. 9Closure
  10. 10In Mourning
  11. 11The Only Way Past Is Through
  12. 12Calling the Hunting Party
  13. 13While the Iron Is Hot

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.

  • Calling the Hunting PartyThe Waking Shores · Level 36-80

    <The resounding call of a hunting horn rumbles from the center of the village, calling the Uktulut hunters to attention. You should investigate.>

Also counted by Friend of the Dragon Isles

Its criteria name 6 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Chieftain's Duty has 13 steps, from A Lost Tribe to While the Iron Is Hot.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (12), The Azure Span (1).

Other storylines on The Waking Shores 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Friend of the Dragon IslesComplete the Dragon Isles renown campaigns listed below.15