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Sholazar Basin - Choosing your faction!

Before you can begin doing the daily quests, you need to first complete a lot of pre-requisites which end in you choosing which faction you would like to support. The 'Oracles vs Frenzyheart' is the Northrend equivalent to the Scryers vs Aldors, only instead of simply following an NPC around and choosing at the end, you have to work for your choice here. I'm not going to go into great detail on how to complete every quest, they are all pretty self explanatory, below is more a brief overview.

Note: These quests only apply if you are doing this for the first time, ie choosing your faction. It's a different set of quests to switch factions, which is outlined below.

The Quest Chain!

[76] The Part-time Hunter
From: Tamara Wobblesprocket at Lakeside Landing
Objective: Obtain Pitch's Remains
Rewards: 21150 experience (or a 12g 69s compensation at level 80), and a further 6g 20s.

This quest kicks off the long chain that ends in choosing your faction. It simply requires you to kill Pitch, a large black panther, and return his remains to Tamara Wobblesprocket at Lakeside Landing. You will find Pitch at location 50, 77. Just left of the The Skyreach Pillar. (map) When you kill Pitch, Tracker Gekgek located just near Pitch will begin the quest line.

[77] Playing Along
From: Tracker Gekgek
Objective: Report to High-Shaman Rakjak at Frenzyheart Hill as the new "slave."
Rewards: 5350 experience (or a 3g 212 compensation at level 80), a further 1g 66s and 700 reputation with Frenzyheart Tribe

Frenzyheart Hill is just north of Pitch and Gekgek's location. Location 55, 69 - located at the top of the mountain.

Note: Once you hand in, you become unfriendly with The Oracles. This is ok. The following quest line makes it seem as if you are choosing the Frenzyheart Tribe faction, however, it is all simply part of the chain. Don't worry about that for now, it does not affect your final choice.

- The Ape Hunter's Slave from High-Shaman Rakjak at Frenzyheart Hill
- Tormenting the Softknuckles from Goregek the Gorilla Hunter who becomes your pet when you accept the above quest

When you accept The Ape Hunter's Slave, Goregek the Gorilla Hunter appears as your pet. He will have a quest for you which you want to accept as they are done in the same area. You will find both the Foragers and Chargers all near by.

• Hardknuckle Foragers
• Hardknuckle Chargers

In order to draw the Hardknuckle Matriarch out of hiding, you need to 'poke' the Softknuckles, which are the adorable baby Gorillas. The poker is in your inventory, so target and then right click. To get the matriarch to come out poke 3 softknuckles so that they are all running around at the same time. The matriarch will scream and than come out to attack you. Don't worry, no Softknuckles are hurt completing this quest. You will find the softknuckles and Matriarch around location 66, 74. (map) Once you have completed both, return to High-Shaman Rakjak and hand in.


- The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice from High-Shaman Rakjak in Frenzyheart Hill
- The Sapphire Queen from Elder Harkek in Frenzyheart Hill
Directly east of Frenzyheart Hill you will find the Sapphire Hive. This is where you will find the Wasps and packs of Drones. Inside the cave is the Sapphire Queen who drops the stinger. Very easy quests. Once done, return to High-Shaman Rakjak and hand in. This should now have your reputation at a Friendly level.


- Flown the Coop! from Elder Harkek in Frenzyheart Hill
This quest gives you good practice for the daily version of it. The Chickens are all around the base of the Frenzyheart Hill running around like their heads are cut off. Tip: You can do this quest while mounted! If you hit Ctrl + V it will bring up the name plates which make the chickens much easier to find. If you use Dajik's Worn Chalk to summon Dajik, he will tell you to make chicken sounds and maybe they'll come to you. /Chicken and they will come running. Makes it easy to net and loot them. Alternatively just run around on your mount throwing the net down and looting.


- The Underground Menace from Elder Harkek
- Mischief in the Making from High-Shaman Rakjak
Serfex is one of the burrowing worms, who has two 'spawn' locations - approx 58, 85 and 49, 84. If you follow the river just under The Skyreach Pillar, you should be able to track him down, look for the tell tale dirt cloud. While you are looking for him, keep your eye out for the Skyreach Crystal Formations to loot. Again, nice and easy quests.


- A Rough Ride from High-Shaman Rakjak
Quests don't get much easier. The Captive Crocolisk is just out from the tribe area, just above the 'H' on your map. (see here) Speaking to it places you atop is head and he leads you to the Mistwhisper Refuge. Hand into Zepik the Gorloc Hunter who should be beside you.


- Lightning Definitely Strike Twice from Zepik the Gorloc Hunter
- The Mist Isn't Listening from Zepik the Gorloc Hunter
In your inventory you will find the Skyreach Crystal Clusters. Fight your way into the Mistwhisper Refuge you are at until you find the 'lake', which is actually a little puddle of water in the middle of the village, not the gigantic lake that Mistwhisper Refuge borders. Right click the Crystal Cluster from your inventory to place it, then right click the placed version to crush it. After you've done that, continue killing until you have killed 12 Mistwhisper Gorlocs. Hand in both quests to Zeptik.


- Hoofing It from Zepik
Simply find your way back to Frenzyheart Hill. Handing in this now makes you Honored with Frenzyheart, but as mentioned above, you don't need to be concerned.


- Just Following Orders from High-Shaman Rakjak

Remember: This is all part of the chain. Don't be upset when your faction switches.

Locate Shaman Vekjik who is overlooking the Rivers Heart (map). Speak to him and, enjoy the dip... that's all I'm saying. Return to High-Oracle Soo-say once done.


- Back So Soon? from High-Oracle Soo-say
As the quest says, travel to Mistwhisper Refuge and speak to Mistcaller Soo-gan. (map)


- The Lost Mistwhisper Treasure from Mistcaller Soo-gan
- Forced Hand from Mistcaller Soo-gan
From Mistwhisper Refuge, head North to Spearborn Encampment, approximate location 40, 22. You will find the Frenzyheart Spearbearers and Scavengers all around the camp, so killing those is easy. For Warlord Tartek you need to locate the 'treasure', which looks more like a crystal ball than a pot of gold. When you get close to the ball, Warlord Tartek and his Warlord Tartek ride will approach. Kill both (the dragon and Tartek) and then loot the treasure.


- Home Time! from Mistcaller Soo-gan
As the quest says, return to Rainspeaker Canopy. You hand in to High-Oracle Soo-say.


- The Angry Gorloc from High-Oracle Soo-say
This quest isn't exactly self explanitory. You are given Moodle's Stress Ball, which in fact 'Moodle' himself. You need to locate the Mosswalker Village, and upon discovering it, Moodle's question mark turns yellow and you can hand in. You will find Mosswalker Village east of Rainspeaker Canopy, around location 75, 51. (map)


- The Mosswalker Savior from Moodle
- Lifeblood of the Mosswalker Shrine from Moodle
The Mosswalker Victims are either dragged behind some scourge, or lying around through out the camp. Right click and check for a pulse and you will either save them (hurray) or it is too late and they will leave behind their belongings in the form of a lootable bag. You just need to keep checking pulses until you rescue six. You also want to be checking the bags as they can drop the Lifeblood Shards you need. Don't worry too much if about trying to collect them from the bags after you have rescued your six, you're better off the follow the path south-west and loot them straight off the ground. (map) Hand into Moodle - right click the stress ball in your inventory if he has despawned on you.

• If you want to do Frenzyheart Dailies - kill Jaloot
• If you want to do Oracle Dailies - kill Zeptik

Sholazar Basin - Switching Factions

If you've already chosen a faction and simply want to switch, the process is a lot easier. All you need to do is the final stage of the above chain - killing Artruis the Heartless. Read the above for details on the fight itself. Remember, you need to kill which ever one you DON'T want to ally yourself with!

• If you want to switch from Oracles to Frenzyheart - kill Jaloot
• If you want to switch from Frenzyheart to Oraclse - kill Zeptik

Sholazar Basin - Oracles


[77] Appeasing the Great Rain Stone
From: High-Oracle Soo-say in Rainspeaker Canopy
Objective: Take a companion to dig up and collect 6 Shiny Treasures.
Reward: 21400 experience, 6g 50s and 500 reputation with The Oracles
Achievement: Savior of the Oracles Complete the 8 daily quests for the Oracles.

This is the daily version of Gods like Shiny Things which you did in the original chain to select your faction. You will need a gorloc buddy tagging along to unearth the treasures, but it doesn't have to be Lafoo. If you'd prefer the assistance of Jaloot or Moodle, they will work just as well. Moodle is clearly unenthusiastic, though, and will complain loudly about having to dig for what he considers to be worthless trinkets. I personally prefer Jaloot not only for the enthusiasm, but the +10% movement speed and 100% swimming speed buff. To obtain your assistant, simply speak to High-Oracle Soo-say and choose the text option for the one you want.

As with "Gods Like Shiny Things", search for glints of light sparking just above the ground. They won't look like loot sparkles, but rather singular white gleams that pulse in and out. Once your gorloc gets close, he will start digging. Sometimes your gorloc won't find treasure, but instead will dig up Glinting Bugs or a Sparkling Hare. The bugs will put you into combat, but won't actually attack you. Jafoot and Lafoo will enthusiastically hunt them down, but Moodle disdainfully ignores them. If you kill the hare, you will get a minute-long speed buff.

The sparkling treasures can look like gems or little piles of gold.

Oracle Soo-nee's Quests
Oracle Soo-nee at Rainspeaker Canopy has four (4) daily quests, however you will only do one at a time. Like the Zul'Drak dailies, the quest will be chosen at random. Each quest rewards the same - 21400 experience, 13g 60s (or 12g 84s if you're level 80) and 500 reputation with The Oracles. They also all contribute to the Savior of the Oracles achievement. The quests are:

[80] A Cleansing Song
Objective: Play the Cleansing Chime at Bittertide Lake, Wintergrasp River and River's Heart and slay the evil spirits that plague the waters there.

As the quest text states, simply take the Chime of Cleansing provided and play it at the three locations. Each time a spirit will attack you which you need to kill. The quest itself is extremely easy, the only delay you will have it waiting for the 2 minute cool down on the chime... since it only takes about 30 seconds to fly between the different areas.

• The Spirit of Koosa can be summoned anywhere along the river between River's Heart and The Skyreach Pillar.
• The Spirit of Ha-Khalan is summoned from River's Heart itself.
• While The Spirit of Atha can be summoned at Bittertide Lake, the north-west most patch of water, directly west of Glimmering Pillar.

[80] Song of Fecundity
Objective: Go to the Stormwright's Shelf, northwest of the Maker's Perch, and play the Horn of Fecundity near 8 piles Soaked Fertile Dirt.

Very easy. You've probably seen the patches of dirt around the Stormwright's Shelf already if you've spent any time there. For this quest, all you need to do it stand near one and play the Horn.



[80] Song of Wind and Water
Objective: Use the Tempest Drums at the Stormwright's Shelf and help Haiphoon devour 3 Storm Revenants and 3 Monsoon Revenants.

The Stormwright's Shelf is the plateau between the Maker's Perch and the North Sea in the northwest part of Sholazar Basin. Once you're there, use the Drums of the Tempest to transform into Haiphoon. Initially you'll be in his water form, so go after one of the Storm Revenants. You'll have a Water Bolt for your attack and Frost Nova to hold it in place. Once it's low on health, use the Devour Wind power. This will kill the revenant and transform you into Haiphoon's air elemental phase. Now you'll want to go after an Aqueous Spirit. Alternate between Lightning Bolt and Windshear, the latter of which has a knockback, until its low on health. Then use Devour Water to go back to the water form. Alternate between the two types of mobs until you've completed the quest.

There are a few things to be aware of:

1. Be careful not to kill the quest mobs with Haiphoon's normal attacks. You must devour them to receive quest credit.
2. In addition to the elementals, golems called Stormwatchers patrol the area. They're not elite, and you can kill them in either form.
3. You can kill both water and air elementals in either form, but you can only use your Devour ability on the opposing element.
4. While you're riding Haiphoon, you cannot loot. The corpses do seem to stick around for awhile, though, so if you finish the quest quickly enough you'll be able to loot them before they disappear.

[80] Song of Reflection
Objective: Use the Didgeridoo of Contemplation at the top of the Glimmering Pillar, the Suntouched Pillar, the Mosslight Pillar and the Skyreach Pillar.

There are four major pillars in Sholazar Basin, which you can see when you open your map. For this quest, you simply need to fly to the tops of the four intact pillars and activate the Didgeridoo (provided) near the crystals in the center. You may have to take out some Cultist Saboteurs at the top of the northern Glimmering Pillar, but otherwise there's no fighting involved. I tend to do this quest in a big loops, leaving Rainspeaker Canopy towards The Glimmering Pillar, and then follow it around anti-clockwise until I'm at the last pillar, Skyreach. The pillars are hard to miss, but the coordinates are:

• The Glimmering Pillar: 49, 37
• The Suntouched Pillar: 33, 52
• The Mosslight Pillar: 36, 75
• The Skyreach Pillar: 53, 79

You don't have to be exactly on the crystals to activate the didgeridoo, just close to the center.



Oracle Soo-dow's Quests
Like Oracle Soo-nee, Soo-dow offers a random quest each day. Each quest rewards the same - 21400 experience, 13g 60s (or 12g 84s if you're level 80) and 700 reputation with The Oracles. They also all contribute to the Savior of the Oracles achievement. There are three quests available from Soo-dow, however you take note that you hand into a different NPC. You hand all three into Lightningcaller Soo-met at Sparktouched Haven(map). The Quests are:

[78] Mastery of the Crystals
Objective: Retrive the crystal defenses at Sparktouched Haven and use them to kill 50 of the nearby Frenzyheart wolvar.

Around the Sparktouched Haven you will find a small chest that contains the crystals. I found the chest right near Lightningcaller Soo-met who you hand in to, but they can spawn at random locations within the area. The chest contains three cystals:

• Crystal of the Violent Storm - Place the Crystal of the Violent Storm, summoning a storm to damage all nearby wolvar.
• Crystal of the Frozen Grip - Place the Crystal of the Frozen Grip, severely hindering the movement of all nearby wolvar.
• Crystal of Unstable Energy - Place the Crystal of Unstable Energy, firing frequent bolts of energy at nearby wolvar.

You don't need the cystals in order to complete the quest, you can kill the wolvar on your own and still get the kill count. But the crystals do certainly make it must more fun. There's a platform on the west side of Kartak's Hold with 22 Frenzyhearts on it. With your flying mount, drop down onto this platform and drop all 3 crystals. You should kill all with little trouble. Note that if you let the crystals do all the work you won't be able to loot them, so I suggest using rank 1 Rain of Fire or similar AoE ability, or doing a little damage to each one before you use the crystals.

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