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Borean Tundra

There are two Dailies in Borean Tundra, both available to Alliance and Horde. There is no order in doing them as they are both in separate locations.

[71] Drake Hunt (Both)
From: Raelorasz at the Transitus Shield on the south-east edge of Coldarra, location 33.2, 34.4
Objective: Raelorasz wants you to use the Blood-tipped Spear to subdue a Nexus Drake Hatchling with the Raelorasz's Spear provided, and return it to him at the Transitus Shield
Reward: 20100 experience and 7g 10s, Sweltering Robes and 250 reputation with The Wyrmres Accord for the first hand in. 20100 experience, 4g 70s and 250 reputation with The Wyrmres Accord for each daily completion.

Getting there: The Coldarra is a huge rocky island just out from Borean Tundra, you can't really get there by foot. If you have not been there before, you will need to make your way to Amber Ledge, where you can speak to Surristrasz, the large dragon, for a flight. This will land you inside the Transitus Shield where you can speak to Raelorasz.

Pre-requisites: Before you can accept the Drake Hunt daily quest, you will need to do a couple of quests for Raelorasz. The first one offered is Basic Training, which is an easy kill quest. Simply kill 10 Coldarra Spellweavers which can be found basically everywhere. After you have completed that, the next one is Hatching a Plan which requires you to kill Coldarra Wyrmkin and use the frozen axes they drop to break 5 blue dragon eggs. Each axe only breaks one egg, so you will need to collect 5 axes, then head down to the area right outside The Nexus and break the eggs by right clicking on them. Eggs look like they have spikes and will be sparkly.

Once you have done those two quests, Drake Hunt becomes available for you and you can do it each day.

The drakes for this quest are flying around Coldarra, at well over 30 yards up in the sky. You can reach them with the spear provided, so no need to wait for them to come close to ground. You also don't have to kill them, simply 'tank' them for 25 seconds until they turn friendly. Don't start running back as soon as you harpoon them as they will stay at that spot and you will get too far away, causing the hatchling to break free. Simply stand there for 25 seconds, and once you have successfully captured it and it turns friendly, return it to Raelorasz before the 3 minute timer is up.

Tip: Take the elevator of the western platform, and capture the hatchling that pass over it. Simply head straight out (west) from the quest giver and down into the ravene that runs around The Nexus. Following it clockwise (left) you want the first exit out which will bring you up right in front of the elevataor. Once at the top, spam your macro (below) until you have your drake.

Note: You can mount to return the drake. If you are having trouble seeing the drake's, you may need to turn your video settings up. The following macro might also simplify your life ...

/target Nexus Drake Hatchling
/use Raelorasz's Spear

[72] Preparing for the Worst (Both)
From: Utaik at Kaskala
Objective: Utaik wants you to gather 8 Kaskala Supplies in Kaskala.
Reward: 20300 experience, 9g 86s and 500 reputation with The Kalu'ak for the first hand in. 20300 experience, 5g and 500 reputation with The Kalu'ak for each additional daily hand in.

Pre-requisites: No real pre-requisites for this. The quest is available immediately, and becomes a daily after you have completed it for the first time.

Really easy quest. The Kaskala Supplies are scattered all around the Kaskala camp and look like picnic hampers - sparkling picnic hampers. If you are doing this quest for the first time, you can combine it with Not Without a Fight! which is accepted from Ataika right near Utaik.

[80] Aces High! (Both)

From: Corastrasza on the upper ring of the Nexus in Coldarra

Objective: Ride Corastrasza's drake and kill 5 Scalesworn Elites

Reward: 14g 80s, Incursion Vestments and 350 reputation with The Wyrmrest Accord the first hand in. 7g 40s and 350 reputation for each additional hand in.

Pre-requisites: The first version of Aces High!, which opens up to the daily.

Corastrasza is located on top of one of the floating rings above Coldarra, approximate location 29, 25, so you will need a flying mount to reach her. Many feel this quest is great practice for the Malygos encounter, as it provides access to riding a drake with identical abilities to those found during phase 3 of his encounter. The drake you are riding has 5 abilities:

Flame Spike - Damaging fire attack causing 943-1057 fire damage and awarding 1 combo point at the cost of 10 energy.

Engulf in Flames - Finishing move which launches a blast of flame igniting target for 1500 fire damage every 3 seconds. The effect can stack and will last longer per combo point up to 22 seconds. Costs 50 energy.

Revivify - A Heal over time that lasts for 10 seconds healing 500 per second and awarding 1 combo point at the cost of 10 energy.

Life Burst - Huge healing finishing move which increases the casters healing done by 50% and lasts longer per combo point. Max combo points award a 15k heal over 25 seconds. Costs 50 energy.

Flame Shield - Finishing move to protect your drake. Shield surrounds you reducing all damage taken by 80% and lasting up to 6 seconds for max combo points. Costs 25 energy with a 30 second cooldown.

The general idea is to keep up Revivify to 5 stacks and open with 5 Flame Spikes then an Engulf in Flames. From there it's a balancing act of refreshing Revivify to keep the 5 stack and using Flame Spikes and Engulf in Flames. The faster you can stack Engulf in Flames, the better, but it's expensive and you need to always have energy and hopefully a combo point available for when the blue dragon casts Arcane Surge. The Arcane Surge deals a lot of damage and that's when you need to use Flame Shield. Just like rogues, they have a one-second global cool down and changing targets wipes combo points.

Once you have killed your Scalesworn, return to Corastrasza to hand in.