Quick Facts

Series

1.	Kick, What Kick?
2.	The Great Hunter's Challenge

Storyline
Sholazar Basin Need an Engine, Take an Engine Have a Part, Give a Part Venture Co. Misadventure Wipe That Grin Off His Face Kick, What Kick? The Great Hunter's Challenge Rhino Mastery: The Test Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey Rhino Mastery: The Chase Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor Still At It Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce An Offering for Soo-rahm The Bones of Nozronn Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush Rhino Mastery: The Kill The Taste Test In Search of Bigger Game Sharpening Your Talons Securing the Bait A Mammoth Undertaking Post-partum Aggression Playing Along The Ape Hunter's Slave Tormenting the Softknuckles The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice The Sapphire Queen Flown the Coop! The Underground Menace Mischief in the Making A Rough Ride Lightning Definitely Strikes Twice The Mist Isn't Listening Hoofing It Just Following Orders Fortunate Misunderstandings Make the Bad Snake Go Away Gods like Shiny Things Making Peace An Issue of Trust Back So Soon? Returned Sevenfold The Lost Mistwhisper Treasure Forced Hand Home Time! The Angry Gorloc Lifeblood of the Mosswalker Shrine The Mosswalker Savior A Hero's Burden The Fallen Pillar Salvaging Life's Strength Cultist Incursion Exterminate the Intruders Weapons of Destruction The Lifewarden's Wrath Freya's Pact Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Perch Powering the Waygate - The Makers' Overlook The Etymidian The Activation Rune Back Through the Waygate Reclamation

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Comments

Comment by 167459

once again the senceless killing of 60 animals atleast the greens the quest give are kick ass

Comment by fewyn

You can easily accomplish this while doing all the Nesingwary hunting quests as it counts any beast kills in the zone it seems.

Comment by qhiiyr

Don't worry about his attempts at mocking you. You do not have to make a conscious effort to beat him. You will win either way.

Comment by Accipitradea

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. . . . . . . . . . DON'T FORGET TO. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . RE-EQUIP YOUR RANGED SLOT! . . . . .
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The prereq, http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12589, makes you equip the gun and then removes it off your paper doll, leaving an empty ranged slot.

Comment by Norseguy

Most likely the mocking was added because killing 60 mobs is very boring, and they had to add something to make it interesting.

Comment by 225880

A few tips and information for this Quest :

TIPS:
- Try to complete this quest while doing other quests.
- A few locations to do this is, Wildgrowth Mangal, and SW of River's Heart.
- There is no 'event' for this, like I thought for about 30 minutes ;)

INFORMATION:
Average XP Gain during quest :

60 kills * 1100 XP = 67600 XP
Quest Reward = 26450 XP
Average Non-Beast Kill (3-5 kills) : 5500 XP

TOTAL AVERAGE XP GAIN : 99500 XP

Comment by 176259

Drostan will start off by winning, then take a nap when he feels that he has enough of a lead so remember:

Slow and steady wins the race.

Comment by Socksabox

This quest is simple! I just grabbed this and did all the quests thru Sholazar and I had it doen very quickly!

Comment by grimholt

Best way to do this, is get the first 30 kills while doing Rhino Mastery: The Test and Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator then head to Wildgrowth Mangel (around 44,54) and kill the cobras and crocodiles. Few other players and tons of mobs close to eachother.

Comment by 61069

60 Dead animals. All had Borean Leather.. no scraps.

Plus all the dead animals that non-skinners have killed for you.

Loads of money to be made here. Keep it in your pants, boys :)

Comment by 146819

Take all the time you want with this "challenge". Drostan's about as much of a threat as the Tickbirds perched on the horns of the Shardhorn Rhinos.
I found this quest to be very profitable. In addition to the nice chunk of XP and the quest rewards (did it alongside the Dreadsaber and Rhino quests), I raked in almost 34g in vendor trash and random greens, as well as over 20 Chilled Meat and 9 Rhino Meat.
Skinners can probably make even more with all of the Leather they'll pick up.

Comment by 58653

The Turtle and the Hare.

"Well, now that i've got a nice lead, I think i'll enjoy a little nap".

We're all just one sexy turtle.

Comment by 275360

just stay around 37 68 snakes everywere and count for the quest you can also do the crock quest with it i done all 60 in about 15 mins or less

Comment by sebbe915

I don't think D.E.T.H.A would like this...

Comment by 301660

This guy is really starting to annoy me. I've had this quest in my log for about a week while farming ore in SB and picked up a few of the 60 kills when killing dreadsabres near ore nodes. I actually start questing in SB again today and all of a sudden this guy starts spawning next to me everytime I kill something and I am not getting credit for the kills for this quest or the Nessingwary quests and he has yet to mock me or anything.

I'm about to abandon this quest just so I can complete the Nessingwary stuff.

Edit: Apparently it was bugged, dropped it and re-accepted and it works fine.

Comment by 207907

I kept thinking back to the "loot-crazed hunters" for this. I could just hear Blizzard in the back of my head going, "Ha! Look at the crazy fools slaughtering herds of animals for gear! Now go kill 60 animals to get a hat."

Comment by 325423

This quest is easy just ignore the dwarf and also pick up Rhino Mastery and Dreadsaber mastery so you get 3 quests done.

Comment by 94517

For some reason the NPC "Tipsy" McManus about 15 yards to east of Drostan counts as a kill for this quest, but he is friendly... A rivalry between them, perhaps?

Comment by Serith

You will win the race.

Drostan hunts at the speed of plot.

Comment by 438183

You have to kill 60 mobs? One at a time?

This kind of cheaply designed, cut-n-paste grindy quest crap should be a thing of the past. Having to kill / collect anything beyond 10, maybe 15 at a push, is a prime candidate for my Abandon bin when I see them.

It's the kind of quest that gets created by a WoW developer probably on a late Friday afternoon when it's nearly home time and they have to turn out just one more quest to meet their work quota before hheading off for drinks with friends. Simply kill this and multiply by 60, fracking inspired. For the love of all that's playable, put some damned effort and time into quest design.

I expect better things from each WoW expansion and this kind of repetative nonsense is not it. I thought there was a move away from this inane grind mentality? It's anal, boring, mindless and shows a distinct lack of imagination on the part of the quest creator.

I can't imagine why anyone would consider this an enjoyable task, and if you do, then you're patently easily amused and should strive to raise your expectations to higher levels for the cash you pay each month to play WoW.

Blizzard's WoW team really do seem to be stuck in their ways and resting on their laurels if this kind of thing forms WOTLK content. There are some really nice improvements in WOTLK but they're far and few between. It's mostly what we've already experienced in Classic and BC content.

From what I'm hearing from Bioware and their new Star Wars MMO, they have the right idea on the kind of content that should take up your time in an modern MMO - fully voiced quests, quality story behind each quest, attention to detail. Hopefully when it's released it will shake up the MMO industry and will be the death of mindless, grinding trash like this.

I vote whoever designs these type of grind-manic quests be taken outside and beaten sensless...wait, it's apparent they already are senseless.

Where's my Abandon button :)

Comment by MilknessDalvengy

While doing this quest, Drostan will randomly appear. At first he'll have a steady lead, and then you'll catch up on him, then beat him.
It seemed as though everyone offered support, but not as to what it attained to :).
Edit: The prequest to this is not attainable when you first hit the camp. There are 3 quests I did before I got it, not sure which one makes it avaliable: get 7 spare parts, killing Meatpie and the robot, and escorting the engineer.

Comment by 154866

For some reason the drop rate of Artic Fur seemed to INCREASE on this quest. I usally get of these to drop every other day, but while doing this quest I got 8. I dont think I was skinning anymore than usal either.

Comment by 466688

how do i start the hunt? who do i talk to ?

Comment by 388246

like the other comments suggest. take all the other hunting quests and that will knock the number down as u do them. also easy way to get 2 at once is to draw aggro from one of the girafe things and get a tiger also. cuts down on the time.

Comment by 493392

Strangely enough a curious dwarf is wanted for this quest. (Cool hyperlink bro)

He is NOT a beast. He IS PVP ENABLED but to who? Nominated for the most curious npcs of all. (Other then maybe Finkle Einhorn)

Comment by DIZIX96

drostan can be reffered as Guy from Naruto. When Orochimaru attacked the Konoha village Guy and Kakashi made a competion like this.

Comment by 273749

This quest uses (possibly inadvertently) a sort of "false panic" which is quite popular to designers recently for some reason. It gives you a sense that you're not doing enough and that you NEED to go faster, although keeping your pace, or in this case even stopping, will not hurt you. The Escapist had an article about this some time ago; they used Half-Life2 and MGS 4 as examples, though.

It's a pretty cool read.

Comment by 549359

So Basically You can go and take a nap/Eat a kit kat and come back 10 days later and still win! Ain't that awesome!

Comment by Andrea87

pack this quest with all the other two mastery jobs, you are going to gain a lot of exp, gold, equip and maybe leather if you are a lw.

Estimating 60 kills at 850exp each (as a level 78), plus 68750xp from the three quests, you are making about 120k xp, which isn't bad at all, nearly a tenth of a level easily. Gold income will be good too, 28g 80s for the three quests, 5-8g for green rewards sold, plus all the junk you will loot (10g?), and any other greenie to auction.

As a leatherworker, during this quest run, I've made three arctic furs and 57 borean leathers, which is indeed good, for a quest line that took about half an hour for my moonkin. I haven't counted spare beasts left alone by other players you are going to skin, for about ~10-15 more boreans.

prequests needed:

Need an Engine, take an Engine

Have a part, Take a Part

Along with this quest, pick up also:

Rhino Mastery: The Test

Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator

Comment by Quilan

If this isn't the BIGGEST Lord of the Rings refrencing Quest then I don't know what is, the mocking throughout the killing as said is a refrence to Lord of the Rings, Gimli and Legolas continue to bet who can kill more, they continue to mock eachother throughout the movies. Its also a refrence to Tortise and the Hare when the quest giver sleeps.

Comment by 500067

Slow and steady wins the race.

Comment by Whiterock

The Snows of Northrend Quest Tree From Whiterock
#)Where in the World is Hemet Nesingwary?──>a)Welcome to Sholazar Basin

b)Venture Co. Misadventure a)Need an Engine, Take an Engine
b)Wipe That Grin Off His Face b)Have a Part, Give a Part b)Engineering a Disaster
├──┬──────────────────────────┘ ├>e)Aerial Surveillance
| c)Kick, What Kick? └>e)An Embarassing Incident
| c)The Great Hunter's Challenge e)Reconnaissance Flight Force of Nature*
|
├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
c)Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator c)Rhino Mastery: The Test
| ├──┬───────────────────────────┘ | |
| | e)Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor | d)A Steak Fit for a Hunter
| | e)Still At It |
| | e)The Taste Test |
| | #)Fletcher's Lost and Found | a)It Could Be Anywhere!
| └──────┐ |
| e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial |
| e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan |
| ║ | |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey ║ | d)Rhino Mastery: The Chase
| ║ ╔══╝ | ║ |
| ╚═>Lakeside Landing*<══╪══╝ |
| | |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce | e)An Offering for Soo-rahm
| | e)The Bones of Nozronn
| e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush f)Rhino Mastery: The Kill
| | |
├────────────────────────┬───────────────┴───┬────────┘
| | |
g)Sharpening Your Talons g)Securing the Bait g)In Search of Bigger Game
├───────────────────────┬┘
| ├>h)Reagent Agent g)Burning to Help
i)A Mammoth Undertaking └>h)My Pet Roc
i)Post-partum Aggression

Legend:
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.

Comment by RandomQ80

Think im gonna reroll skinning / lw for this quest xD

Comment by 1131778

Damn, grinded all they way from 76 to 80 while doing this quest

Comment by 1440987

The Great Hunter's Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAKV8NhfP7E

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JfS5CrXN6A&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Great Hunter's Challenge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY0oCsiMNN8

Comment by Willemsii

His interaction with you when you are 'racing' Drostan.

After kill 6:

Number 9! I could do this with my eyes closed!

After kill 20:

My mother could hunt faster than you <name>

After kill 28:

Well, now that I've got a nice lead, I think I'll enjoy a little nap.

After kill 35:

Well, that was a relaxing nap. How's the game hunting going over there?
I've got a nice lead, yet. Think I'll do some fishin'.

After kill 41:

Hey! I was just lining up a shot on that one. Kill stealer!

After kill 49:

Someone's been killing all the game out from under me. Hard-won number 48, here.

After kill 56:

Ha, 54! In the home stretch now!

Comment by allOf

The Great Hunter's Challenge https://youtu.be/8o5trpdE9OE

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The Great Hunter's Challenge

Kill 60 Game Animals while you aid Hemet and his companions in their hunting. When you've killed your 60, return to Drostan at the Nesingwary Base Camp to compare numbers.

Game Animals Killed (60) (1)

Description

So y'have something of a hunter's instinct. You're not a bad shot, and Hemet hasn't driven you out, so he must be planning on including you in the hunt.

How'd you like to have a bit of a competition, just me and you?

Hemet and the others will ask you to help in their hunting. Along the way, you and I will count up the kills we contribute to their goals. Now, this isn't something you can win in the blink of an eye, and you'll find yourself killing many different kinds of creatures. Good luck!

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Fingers of Dextrous Decimation			Bracers of Rapid Death
	Faceguard of Flawless Aim			Helm of Brutal Slaughter

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12592))