Wiccaphobia is a Horde-only quest for level 35-60. It is step 4 of 8 in the Drustvar Foothold storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Drustvar at 32.4, 54.6. It rewards 8,150 experience and money.
Do you see that... that shape up in the brambles up ahead? Is that... <Eitrigg shudders.>
Is that goblin... wrapped up in that tree?
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This is a horrific quest before Level 120. Honestly, the whole questline is very poorly executed and inconvenient, but this stands out as a particularly poor design for casual solo players and squishy classes. Few things:
- If you are stealthed, the mobs will fixate you anyways and break stealth during initial spawn. RIP 2/3 rogue specs & Feral Druids.
- As a rogue, vanishing out of the first two mob groups works; the third one can self-heal so she can theoretically torment Gallywix for eternity. One day, on an alt, I might see how long that lasts.
- The two helpers collectively manage about 1% hp every 3-5 seconds. They're useless unless you play rogue and can vanish.
- They all hit extremely hard. Seriously, I spec-swapped to Outlaw halfway through (the rogue spec with the most survivability) and even then every mob was capable of dropping me to <30% health in under 5 seconds.
- If you die near the end of the last mob (who can kill a squishy class from full HP in under 3 seconds), you autofail the quest, even if the two "helpers" finish her off.General advice would be to drop 100g on healing potions and save your survivability cooldowns. I figured it out after 3 deaths in 2 different specs, quick hearth back to Org, a return with potions, and 2 more deaths. My strategy in the end was to tag the mobs, vanish, go to the bathroom for two minutes (for Vanish to go off CD), and come back. Ambush and DPS if needed. Rinse and repeat for second group. Vanish after the mini-dungeon boss spawns, heal up, wait for vanish CD to recover while helpers built threat, and ambush/DPS/interrupt as much as possible until she aggro'd me, at which point I vanished to lose threat. Re-ambush, DPS, pop survivability cooldowns, and she died with me at 5% health.
But the best approach to this quest overall is to not play solo, since this quest was clearly designed for tanks or groups with a tank. Hopefully others don't struggle as much with this quest.
protect Eitrigg? sure. Gallywix though? can't we just let him die? please?
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The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
This is a horrific quest before Level 120. Honestly, the whole questline is very poorly executed and inconvenient, but this stands out as a particularly poor design for casual solo players and squishy classes. Few things:
- If you are stealthed, the mobs will fixate you anyways and break stealth during initial spawn. RIP 2/3 rogue specs & Feral Druids.
- As a rogue, vanishing out of the first two mob groups works; the third one can self-heal so she can theoretically torment Gallywix for eternity. One day, on an alt, I might see how long that lasts.
- The two helpers collectively manage about 1% hp every 3-5 seconds. They're useless unless you play rogue and can vanish.
- They all hit extremely hard. Seriously, I spec-swapped to Outlaw halfway through (the rogue spec with the most survivability) and even then every mob was capable of dropping me to <30% health in under 5 seconds.
- If you die near the end of the last mob (who can kill a squishy class from full HP in under 3 seconds), you autofail the quest, even if the two "helpers" finish her off.General advice would be to drop 100g on healing potions and save your survivability cooldowns. I figured it out after 3 deaths in 2 different specs, quick hearth back to Org, a return with potions, and 2 more deaths. My strategy in the end was to tag the mobs, vanish, go to the bathroom for two minutes (for Vanish to go off CD), and come back. Ambush and DPS if needed. Rinse and repeat for second group. Vanish after the mini-dungeon boss spawns, heal up, wait for vanish CD to recover while helpers built threat, and ambush/DPS/interrupt as much as possible until she aggro'd me, at which point I vanished to lose threat. Re-ambush, DPS, pop survivability cooldowns, and she died with me at 5% health.
But the best approach to this quest overall is to not play solo, since this quest was clearly designed for tanks or groups with a tank. Hopefully others don't struggle as much with this quest.
protect Eitrigg? sure. Gallywix though? can't we just let him die? please?
FYI - This quest can bug out if you are in a group.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 8,150 |
| Money | Gold | 25g 74s |
| Turn-in map | Drustvar | Turn-in marker at 32.4, 54.6, 2 mapped points |
|---|
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #896 32.4 54.6
TheWoWDB/way #896 32.4 54.6/way #896 32.2 55.1Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Drustvar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Drustvar:
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.
Part 4 of 8.
Trade Prince Gallywix has received reports of a large Azerite deposit in Drustvar. You are his escort.
Previous: Profit and Reconnaissance · Next: I Hope There's No Witches in the Mountains
Also part of: Gaining a Foothold (part 24 of 42).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
This was supposed to be a covert operation. Unfortunately, our Trade Prince insisted on coming along... with the loudest, most conspicuous vehicle the Horde has ever conceived. At least you're here with me, <name>. Let's get going, then. We know next to nothing about the Drustvar territory.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<Gallywix looks flustered after his ordeal with the crone.> You know, ah... I think maybe we better set up our foothold somewhere else. Maybe, up in the mountains? You know, like... not here, where the witches are?
Drustvar Foothold has 8 steps, from A Trip Across the Ocean to Return to Zuldazar.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Drustvar (6), Zuldazar (2).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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