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You Have to Start Somewhere

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

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Buuloki+161via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

[h3]Setimothes - World Quest Strategy[/h3]
World Quest: You Have to Start Somewhere
Location: /way #2025 56.2 49.2 Setimothes
Pets: [npc=197375], [npc=197382], [npc=197384]


[icon name=quest_start][/icon]Easy Strategy: Use any 3 level 1 pets. It is best to use 1 pet with a Beast ability, 1 pet with a Mechanical ability and 1 pet with a Magic ability.




Pet
Abilities
Breed Used
[npc=77221]
[pet-ability=459], Any, [pet-ability=208]
P/P
[npc=68845]
[pet-ability=122], [pet-ability=489], [pet-ability=589]
P/P
Any Pet
Any Abilities
Any


[toggler id=10 hidden]Rematch String[/toggler]
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Setimothes:60N6:11141BB:122414D:ZR0:N:Wind-Up\n Supercharge\n Wind-Up (Cockroach dies)\n Wind-Up\n Powerball\n Supercharge\n Wind-Up (Cat dies)\n Wind-Up\n Wind-Up until Starlette Dies\n Arcane Storm\n Mana Surge


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  1. Wind-Up

  2. Supercharge

  3. Wind-Up (Cockroach dies)

  4. Wind-Up

  5. Powerball

  6. Supercharge

  7. Wind-Up (Cat dies)

  8. Wind-Up

  9. Wind-Up until Starlette Dies

  10. Arcane Storm

  11. Mana Surge

Notes: You could probably bring any Magic attack ability pet instead of Nexus Whelpling if you don't have one.



[h5]Replacements[/h5]

[npc=77221]
[npc=68845]
None
[npc=97205]




Looking for more strategies, including two more strategies for this fight? Check out the official Wowhead guide - [guide=17818]!

2
Kamraten+14via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Iron Starlette solo this fight (unless you get critted in the end, if so bring second pet to finish it off:

Pet 1

Toxic Smoke -> Wind-Up -> Wind Up

Pet 2

Toxic Smoke -> Wind-Up -> Wind Up

Pet 3

Wind-Up -> Supercharge -> Wind-Up

3
Fusmester+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Humanoid:
Anubisath Idol - 1, 1, 1

Almost soloed the whole team - you can time deflection to avoid Roach's Apocalpyse
I've also added Father Winter's Helper 2, 1, 2 and Rotten Little Helper 2, 1, 2 for sure and finally killed chicken with Gift of Winter's Veil 888 dmg overkill.

Hope it helps.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-70
LocationThaldraszus
SideBoth
SharableNo
Added inDragonflight
Quest ID71180

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(71180))

Requirements

Quest typeBattle Pet World Quest

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

  • Defeat Setimothes in a Pet Battle

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.

Thaldraszus Objective area 1 mapped point
Thaldraszus map showing where to go for You Have to Start SomewhereObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2025 56.3 49.2

Coordinates

  • Objective areaThaldraszus 56.3, 49.2/way #2025 56.3 49.2

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 Thaldraszus map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Thaldraszus:

  • Algeth'era, ThaldraszusAlliance and Horde · about 850 yards north-west
  • Gelikyr Post, ThaldraszusAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 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

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Where this quest fits

Other storylines on the Thaldraszus 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.