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Comment by Lazey

Head to Ohn'ahran Plains and find a Centaur hut with clickable Essence of Awakening at /way #2023 85.71 20.73
Interacting will apply a 1-hour Essence of Awakening buff on you to enable seeing residual spirit elements in the Ohn'ahran Plains. (unfortunately the buff is removed on death, but the object seems to be clickable again after a few seconds so no longer a problem compared to the Beta)
Only with that buff active you can see Ancestor Spirits for the Honor Our Ancestors achievement and The Quackcestor critters in the Primordial Vale area /way #2023 42 45.
Some of them are wild pet battles (with 2 teammates) so go and capture yours!

The steps described within this toggler are no longer needed because Blizzard added one or more clickable Essence of Awakening object(s) last minute (Dragonflight release date patch) that don't even require Level 70. No idea why they kept that weird purchase and level requirement for the original stuff...

~~You need to be Level 70 to apply the mandatory Essence of Awakening buff.~~
~~You'll need Maruuk Centaur Renown Level 7 to access the buff item (or a friend who has it and is willing to trade the Essence).~~
With that Renown you (or your friend) can get one Essence of Awakening by completing Good at Doings, Not Understandings (pops up when you reach that Renown Level on one character, so you can get more free ones on other characters).
~~This will also unlock its purchase (1x Occasional Sand + 50x Dragon Isles Supplies) at their Renown Quartermaster Huseng /way #2023 60.39 37.72~~
~~This item will be consumed when used and applies a 1 hour Essence of Awakening buff.~~

Comment by sbagstad

This is actually WAY simpler. As the other comment says, you can find the Essence at 86,21 - it's inside a tent with what looks like a chemistry set, one of the containers there on your left as you enter the tent.
Get it, fly to the 42,45 area and capture your duck! I did it on a Level 64 toon that had barely started in the Plains, so actually no real Renown needed either going this route.
Good luck!

Comment by Fyonella

I'm at the spot, with the buff and there's nothing to be seen. Been here over an hour...how long do I have to wait, even assuming that someone captured the last spawn seconds before I arrived!

Comment by Amerelock

You can find these as a rare spawn once you have the buff.

They respawn VERY, VERY quickly. So don't be afraid to kill them until you get a rare and/or specific breed you are looking for.
I only spent about 15 minutes going around the circle of their spawn area, killing until a rare spawned for me to capture!

Comment by Snowshoes

For those looking for the hut at 86/20... it's not inside the camp at Timberstep Outpost. Take the path that leads north out of the camp (it's the path that starts next to Agurahl the Butcher), and the hut is just ahead on the right. The essence is on a small table on the left, inside the hut, it's a small bright purple item, very easy to see amonst all of the brown.

Comment by DaemoniKira

Note #1:

The buff from Essence of Awakening does not need to remain up on your character during the entire Pet Battle, for you to be able to succesfully capture The Quackcestor -- even if it ends during your Pet Battle, you will still receive the pet. You only need the buff to be active in order to see and engage with the The Quackcestor.

Tip #1:

It seems that The Quackcestor is always accompanied by two Critter pets: a Pricklefury Hare and a Treeflitter. As such, it may make the most sense to use a Dragonkin Battle Pet as your starter pet (I like Dream Whelpling for its Emerald Presence and Healing Flame) since it takes less damage from The Quackcestor's Flying abilities, and then round off your team with two Battle Pets that have Beast abilities (I like Kun-Lai Runt and Hogs because they're Humanoids with Beast abilities -- so they take less damage from Critter abilities while doing more damage to them). I can complete the entire Pet Battle with just Dream Whelpling, but swapping to either of the other two will make it end faster.

Tip #2:

Be careful while fighting in your Pet Battle to capture The Quackcestor:

For some inexplicable reason, unlike in any other Pet Battle, your character may not be immune to Fyrakk's Shadowflame when he is flying overhead, nuking everything in his path. That is, if you see in chat his

You dare to steal from my crucibles? I am coming for you, little worms. You will perish in flames!

then I suggest you try to finish your Pet Battle as quickly as possible, because as it stands currently, you very well may end up taking damage from him, even while you are still in your Pet Battle -- which means you may die before you complete your Pet Battle, thus not catching your The Quackcestor. Considering players are supposed to be completely immune to all damage while they are in a Pet Battle, I figured I'd leave the warning here for others who also assumed the fires wouldn't touch them.

Luckily, I was fighting the last enemy pet when I started taking damage, and I managed to survive and finish the fight. I sent a Bug Report about this, so hopefully this won't be an issue in the future.

By the way...
If you summon your The Quackcestor and click on it, it actually "quacks" like a ghost duck!
(The "quack" has an ethereal, ghostly quality to it!)
:D

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