Quick Facts

Series

1.	Save the Wee Animals
2.	Oh, Deer!

Storyline
Mount Hyjal Protect the World Tree The Flameseer's Staff Flamebreaker The Return of Baron Geddon Emerald Allies The Captured Scout Twilight Captivity Return to Alysra A Prisoner of Interest Through the Dream Return to Nordrassil The Return of the Ancients Harrying the Hunters End of the Supply Line The Voice of Goldrinn The Voice of Lo'Gosh Goldrinn's Ferocity Howling Mad Lycanthoth the Corruptor Lycanthoth the Corruptor The Eye of Twilight Mastering Puppets Elementary! Return to Duskwhisper From the Mouth of Madness Free Your Mind, the Rest Follows Cleaning House Cleaning House Lightning in a Bottle Lightning in a Bottle Gar'gol's Gotta Go Get Me Outta Here! Forged of Shadow and Flame Rage of the Wolf Ancient Crushing the Cores Cindermaul, the Portal Master Forgemaster Pyrendius Return from the Firelands Return from the Firelands Disrupting the Rituals Save the Wee Animals Oh, Deer! If You're Not Against Us... Seeds of Their Demise A New Master The Name Never Spoken The Name Never Spoken Black Heart of Flame Good News... and Bad News The Bears Up There Smashing Through Ashes Fresh Bait Hell's Shells Tortolla Speaks Breaking the Bonds Children of Tortolla An Ancient Awakens An Offering for Aviana The Wormwing Problem Scrambling for Eggs A Bird in Hand A Prayer and a Wing Fact-Finding Mission A Gap in Their Armor Disassembly The Codex of Shadows Egg Hunt Sethria's Brood Sethria's Demise Return to the Shrine An Ancient Reborn The Hatchery Must Burn Flight in the Firelands Wave One Wave Two Egg Wave Return to Aviana The Last Living Lorekeeper Firefight Aessina's Miracle The Hammer and the Key The Third Flamegate The Strength of Tortolla Finish Nemesis Tortolla's Triumph The Ancients are With Us Commander Jarod Shadowsong Signed in Blood Your New Identity Trial By Fire In Bloom Waste of Flesh Twilight Training Physical Training: Forced Labor Agility Training: Run Like Hell! Mental Training: Speaking the Truth to Power Walking the Dog A Champion's Collar Grudge Match Gather the Intelligence Seeds of Discord Spiritual Training: Mercy is for the Weak The Greater of Two Evils Twilight Territory Speech Writing for Dummies Head of the Class Graduation Speech Twilight Riot Slash and Burn Might of the Firelord The Sanctum of the Prophets Magma Monarch The Twilight Egg Brood of Evil Death to the Broodmother Secrets of the Flame The Gatekeeper The Firelord

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Comments

Comment by 186578

The sound that plays whenever you pick up an animal is priceless.

Comment by 28922

Must be one of the most annyoing quests I've ever done... How am I supposed to click them when they're running around like that?

Give us a net, just like in Chicken Party! please?

Comment by Vinni

Well, i found out that the easyest way to catch theese, are to run straight against they. Or run behind them. To run from one of theese creatures sides. That is just impossible :P You can catch, Terrified Squirrel & Terrified Rabbit for this quest.
Uploading a Screenshot of one of the creatures now.

-FjuskN

Comment by kemikalkadet

Save the wee animals!

...

Argh, save me from the wee animals!

Comment by 207154

Make a simple macro for:

/tar Panicked

Forget the squirrels. Go to your Key Bindings and find "Interact with Target" (under Targeting Functions). Bind that somewhere handy, use in combination with the macro from above, fast and easy.

Comment by 349887

You can do this quest while mounted, works way better :) Just hop from one rabbit to the other on your flying mount.

Comment by Ainhin

I've battled my way through the ruins of the orc homeworld. I've taken down the Lich King. Deathwing is next on my list.

And yet... I CANNOT CAPTURE THESE DAMN CRITTERS!

Comment by Thanatos

The way she acts and speaks invokes images of anime girls who can't get their faces out of a ^____________^ expression.

Comment by sopor30

Did anyone else swear a lot while doing this quest?

Comment by Shoto

I'm feeling disgustingly nice when saveing these cute little bunnies who sound like female gnomes :<

Comment by silkfire

Click on them twice in fast succession to gather 2 animals from one!

Comment by 130626

For a druid, use the interact keybind with swift flight form. Target the critter from high up, then swoop in while spamming your interact key to snatch it up just like a real bird of prey.

Comment by Khadhar

I was asked to save wee wolves in barrens, wee deer in hillsbrad, and now wee bunnies and squirrels here.

All this cute and fuzzy good will towards all creatures is giving me an urge to punch someone. Is that weird?

And what's with all the animals being "wee"!

Comment by 267801

Aessina quest chain

1. The Fires of Mount Hyjal (breadcrumb quest)
1. Fighting Fire With ... Anything (kill 10 firestorms)

2. Save the Wee Animals (gather 10 animals)
2. Oh, Deer! (escort 3 fawns)

3. If You're Not Against Us... (Persuade Blackhorn)
3. Seeds of Their Demise (gather 8 Bileberries)
3. A New Master (Use quest object on a dead orc)
3. The Name Never Spoken (toggle 3 objects)
The Name Never Spoken
3. Black Heart of Flame --. (use quest object to call Thol'embaar and kill it)
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4. Disrupting the Rituals V (kill 6 Inferno Lords)
4. Last Stand at Whistling Grove (need Black heart of Flame)(go to Taldros)
4. The Bears Up There (climb tree, save cubs)
4. Smashing Through Ashes (kill 8 Charbringers, IN HYJAL)
4. Durable Seeds (collect 10 seeds) |
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5. Fresh Bait (get 4 entrails from hounds ) <-----> 6. Firebreak (kill 10 lava surgers)
5. Hell's Shells (use bait, toggle Nemesis) 6. Prepping the Soil (toggle object, defend it)
5. Tortolla Speaks -------------------.
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6. Breaking the Bonds (unchain Tortolla) <-----> 7. Children of Tortolla (kill 6 corruptors in lake, get ilvl 288 rare)
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8. An Ancient Awakens (go back to Hamuul Runetotem)

9. The Last Living Lorekeeper (go to Nordu)
9. Firefight (kill 5 tormentors)
9. Aessina's Miracle (go to Hamuul Runetotem, get ilvl 288 rare)

(The map of Hyjal phases at this time. The western part is no longer burnt. Tortolla moved)

10. Tortolla's Revenge (go to Tortolla)
Tortolla quest chain begins

Comment by Whiterock

The Return of the Ancients Quest Tree From Whiterock
<<Feedback here, please>>

Return from the Firelands {H}*──>G)The Fires of Mount Hyjal
| 4)Fighting Fire With ... Anything
G)Aviana's Legacy
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| S)Wings Over Mount Hyjal<──Return to Nordrassil*
|OR| ┌──────────┴──────────┐
1)An Offering for Aviana 1)Scrambling for Eggs 1)The Wormwing Problem
S)A Plea From Beyond ├─────────────────────┘
1)A Prayer and a Wing 1)A Bird in Hand
├────────────────────────┘
2)Fact-Finding Mission
├─────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
2)Sethria's Brood 2)The Codex of Shadows 2)A Gap in Their Armor
| 2)Egg Hunt 2)Disassembly
├─────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
2)Sethria's Demise
1)Return to the Shrine
1)An Ancient Reborn
├>3)The Hatchery Must Burn
| 3)Flight in the Firelands
| 3)Wave One
| 3)Wave Two
| 3)Egg Wave
| 1)Return to Aviana
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| The Return of the Ancients*
| ├─────────────────────┬────>4)If You're Not Against Us...
| 4)Save the Wee Animals | 4)Seeds of Their Demise
| 4)Oh, Deer! | 4)A New Master
| | | 4)The Name Never Spoken (ver2)
| | 4)Disrupting the Rituals 4)Black Heart of Flame
| ├──┴─────────────────────────┘
| S)Last Stand at Whistling Grove
| 4)The Bears Up There
| 5)Smashing Through Ashes
| ├───────────────┬──────────────>6)Firebreak
| 6)Fresh Bait 6)Durable Seeds 6)Prepping the Soil
| 6)Hell's Shells └────────────────┴──────────┐
| 5)Tortolla Speaks |
| ├────────────────────┐ |
| 5)Breaking the Bonds 5)Children of Tortolla |
| ├────────────────────┘ |
| 5)An Ancient Awakens |
├──┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘
6)The Last Living Lorekeeper<──Return from the Firelands {H}*
6)Firefight
4)Aessina's Miracle───┬>7)Hyjal Recycling Program
7)Tortolla's Revenge └>7)Lost Wardens
├>7)Breakthrough 7)Pressing the Advantage
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7)The Hammer and the Key
8)The Third Flamegate─────>8)The Time for Mercy has Passed
8)The Strength of Tortolla
8)Finish Nemesis
7)Tortolla's Triumph
9)The Ancients are With Us──>Commander Jarod Shadowsong*

Quest zones:
1)Shrine of Aviana_____2)Sethria's Roost_____3)Firelands Hatchery_____4)Grove of Aessina+The Inferno_____5)Ashen Lake+Sanctuary of Malorne_____6)The Flamewake_____7)The Scorched Plain_____8)The Crucible of Flame_____9)Nordrassil
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.

<<Feedback here, please>>

Comment by Icemagic

I found the easiest way to capture these is to change your mouse settings to 'click-to-move'.
Go to your game menu, interface, then mouse, then select click-to-move.

You can then right click the critter once at any distance and you will autorun to them and pick them up!

Comment by lenzius

This has to be one of the most annoying quests I have encountered in the game thus far. My issue with critter collection quests hinges on the fact that I move with my mouse. It is near impossible to move with the mouse and then click on the critter while it is close enough.

My suggestion is to move the radius of the interaction on these little critters out a little more so it is easier to catch them. Such a simple quest should not collect so much aggro from me. grrrr!

Comment by 70814

Oh em gee why so much hatred for the wee animals? This is like my favorite quest in the game next to the bear trampoline! IMO a much-needed break from quests like A Hero's Burden (A Hero's Burden) where you had the option of killing cute but kinda evil little wolf dude or scarey but totally innocent and victimized oracle! VERY VERY SAD.

How can anyone like watching poor little oracles getting dragged around by meat hooks, in shock saying "we didn't do anything" more than this quest? You're saving the wee animals! I did this quest with my mouse and no macros every time and had no problem with it.

What is this world coming to?

Comment by 732122

If you're stupid like me, you need to be going after the healthy animals running around; not the already injured ones lying on the ground. Run after them, right click to loot - as other comments have said, it might take a while given that they're running in random directions.

Comment by 44284

At least this time you don't have to scrub them.

Comment by welat

Don't pickup squirrels, if u do u will get an debuff named "u got sqaids!".

true story.

Comment by Iilrane

Tooltip for the actual Frightened Animals: "Expressing gratitude by trying to claw and bite you."

{sigh} Well, from their perspective, we DO look a lot like the Twilight Inferno Lords who were setting the place ablaze in the first place...

Mylune actually says "Squueeeee!" when you return the captives. "Anime girl" (or at least the stereotype of one) indeed.

Um...wait a minute..."Did the nice Mrs. shaman pull you from the flames, little friend?"...Er, my character isn't married, you know...

Comment by 103961

They run in patterns. Stand in their path and mash click on them until you catch one. Took me 5 minutes, not too bad :) Not as bad as that jousting bird thing -.-

Comment by huldu

How do you even start the quest? It says nothing. The stuff is up in the trees, ladders you cant climp, jump pad that dont do much. No quest points whatsoever.

Comment by 161328

This would be a perfect use for the Loot-A-Rang

Comment by Boshnak

Chasing them around is really annoying. Wish I got a net or something.. heh. Oh well, it was only offset by the sound of female gnomes getting crit when you pick the animals up. hehe!

Comment by 709793

I was having trouble with one squirrel i kept chasing him round in circles and finally got him ^-^, but i was thinkin, "why don't you want to be saved!,"
but i suppose if i was them i would run away from me too, i've smited so many critters :P

Comment by MadFerret

....Does the title make anyone else think of the simpsons?

"If I don't save the wee turtles, who will? *Runs into the school*

...

*Comes back out*

AGH! Save me from the wee turtles! They were too quick for me!"

Comment by 803506

Most annoying quest ever. This should've been a 5-man group quest with a blue reward :).

Comment by Abnelos

This was the most annoying quest until I used the key bind and macro's above. Once done, the key bind made it a snap. Next time though, maybe I'll just call animal control and ask them to send me something useful, like a troll, to chase these things with. :D

When in doubt.. bind 'em out. Shift F12 for me... lol

Comment by poggg

I'm not the only one who wanted to let them burn just to make the dryad sad, am I?

Comment by 70784

P.E.T.A

Comment by Lostelf

Due to the massive love this quest got all hyjal quests starting patch 4.1.11 will involve saving cute animals...dont believe me go to wow armory n read patch notes for 4.1.11

Comment by 314843

I will never feel remorse for murdering a dryad again...

Comment by vade365

If you're a hunter putting on Aspect of the Cheetah or Pack makes you run fast enough to chase them down. The rest is just about spammig clicks

On another note, Mylune <3

Comment by 54591

This quest combines every annoying interface shortcoming into a jelly-filled love roll of clicky madness.

The Horde should be grabbing squirrels and rabbits, popping their heads off like a bottle caps and extinquishing fires by squeezing what remained. Then they would roll their bodies up like tooth-paste tubes and squirt the remaining mix on the blazing fires, just because as a hero of the horde, they would go that extra mile.

Seriously, what happened to putting bombs on mammoths for meatplosions? D.E.H.T.A. is some buzz-killing alliance hug brigade that needs to be destroyed. I wash the deck of my ships with Old Roy's blubber and other nasty bits, wear musk from the bears I chopped down, I count and am rewarded for the kills of fairly harmless animals, and if it is something rare that carries anything of value then it needs to be slain.

Welcome to WARcraft - we kill everything.

Comment by Derren

why I cant save fire beetles? WHY? :(

Comment by 218953

<She slaps her palms over her eyes.>
I'm not thinking!

Am I the only one who thinks that "not thinking" is something she likes to do? a lot?

Comment by Froswaldthegreat

Most hated quest for warlocks and Death Knights

Also at the end I was called Mrs. mage. Did my mage do something while I was offline?

Comment by insinu8

I would rather spend the rest of my life as a dwarven female than to do this quest.

Comment by rb4havoc

This quest has only increased my desire to kill critters. It was so annoying to try and chase them all around X.x

Comment by 338957

1. Open up your keybindings; under Targeting Functions, bind "Interact with Target" to a key.
2. Turn on "Click to Move" under Mouse Options if you haven't already.
3. Profit

Comment by Xarthat

Another hint how to make this quest easier: those critters run in patterns. Stand in a place where the critter stands or just stoof. Even if it runs away from you, in a couple of seconds it will be back there for another stop, and you will be prepared to grab it as soon as it appears this time.

Comment by Infiniti

I don't know what you guys are complaining about, I finished this in about 1 minute. Granted, I was a in Swift Flight Form, but that can't make a big difference....

Comment by Oxstorm

I brought Mylune a Fire Beetle, but she didn't want it.
I brought her an Injured Fawn, she said to put it back and get it later.
I'm starting to think she's playing favourites here...

Comment by 841815

The macro's tip was SO helpful; I had no clue about the key binding for interact with target, thanks!

Comment by 431579

I can't believe I did this quest. A Death Knight chasing after bunnies and squirrels, then defending injured fawns? What do I look like, Alliance? D.E.H.T.A? Both? Man, my old boss would've dropped dead on his Frozen Throne.

Comment by allenjj19

Having the companion Creepy Crate makes this quest more difficult since it "eats" the critters

Comment by 443993

Heh.. if you have the Creepy Crate it makes it really hard to do this quest.. because it keeps eating them when they run past

Comment by Sklette

The very first thing I thought of when I read "wee noseys" was Queen Elizabeth I from the Blackadder The Second TV series. If you haven't heard of it, you NEED to check it out. Best British comedy I've ever seen!

Comment by Myebika

I would not suggest attempting this without professional assistance (or macros) if you have "click to move" enabled.

Your keyboard, mouse, monitor, and most likely anything within arms reach will go through your livingroom's bay window.

Comment by QuickBASIC

Thought it was particularly odd on my Druid with Travel Form... I imagine the last thing a frightened animal wants to see is a big bird swooping in to pick them up. Poor little bunnies probably had a heart attack.

Comment by 720922

I wish these little bastards were yellow so I could kill them when they piss me off trying to capture them

Comment by Goddessa39

This should be one of those quests that you pick up because its simple and you can do it while you finish slightly harder quests or ones that take up you time. It should be, but it is NOT. The squirrells and bunnies nevah slow down. It reminds me of the NPC near Ironforge that you buy the pet bunny from or the NPC you buy the toad/from/whatever for Darkmoon Faire. He never quits moving when he is alone.

Of course, when you click on the NPC he will walk to you for a sec. These dudes.... don't.

HOWEVER: I found this a little easier once I got a hang of it. From a few yards away, I would right click them (I move when my mouse right clicks) and when I move towards it, it passes me by and I get one out of ten. It took me a minute and three kills to complete it.

Comment by stormeagle6

Worst quest in the game by far.

Comment by 956186

The macro
/target Panicked Bunnies
and key binding Interact with Target was awesome...made the quest easy peasy!

Comment by 812251

Not really sure why so many people have issues catching them, you don't even have to dismount. Of course, its still relatively annoying anyway but the sound they make when you capture them makes it all worth the effort.

Comment by 999038

worst quest ever :(

Comment by Matt0193

Hands down one of the worst quests. Mylune is too happy as well which makes it all the more annoying.

Comment by 811385

this quest is blizz;s way of giving you the middle finger

Comment by entropos

Add
/script SetRaidTargetIcon("target", 8)

to your macro

/tar Panicked
/script SetRaidTargetIcon("target", 8)

Interact using your "interact with target" key bind.

If you haven't set up your "interact with target" keybind, look for it in the targeting section of the keybinds. Do it now, it's useful for a bunch of other quests down the line.

Comment by Takata

Well you can do this mounted now, don't know if you could before.

Comment by kam44

What a stupid quest...Carpal tunnel anyone?

Comment by thepandoraeffect

I braved the scalding heat of Molten Core to bring an end to the Firelord, Ragnaros. I cut short the life of Nefarian of the Black Dragonflight of Blackwing Lair. I marched upon Black Temple to purge Outlands of the demon-elf, Illidan. I plumbed the deepest depths of Ulduar to rid the world of an Old God. I ended the reign of the Lich King in the snowy north.

All of this has tempered me, made me stronger, preparing me for what is clearly my finest hour.

...saving bunnies from a fire.

Comment by 1020729

I picked this up a few wks ago, but came over to Hyjal again to finish the zone, cuz I like it..and I cant pick up Last Stand at Whistling Grove...Apparently you have to do these cutsey ones to be able to continue the chain..

Sure, I wanna save the cute critters, but holy crap is this annoying! The one time I think my usual awful lagging would help, it's the one time I have no lag..lul -.-

I feel better cuz I wasnt th only one running around like a spaz at the time heh

Comment by Simonds22

To Hades with macros. Put your cursor near your feet and keep right clicking as you "run over" the animals. Only one rabbit gave me trouble.

Comment by BlackMantha

I am a worgen. This is not what I should be doing with cute fluffy animals.

Comment by 1002544

i just tagged them and stood in the path they ran in and keep clicking them eventually i will get did it pretty fast too

Comment by zeiz

This quest is STILL my nemesis. I'm pretty slow at reactions and these animals move CONSTANTLY. I remember spending almost an HOUR to complete this quest at its worst.

Comment by Jayfan34

Not a turtle to be found for groundskeeper Willie.

We do save some turtles a little later, they're just...not so wee.

Comment by Malthmazar

The most ridiculous quest i've done in a long time.

Comment by Vlad

Use macro to select closest critter:
/cleartarget
/tar Panicked
/stopmacro
/tar Terrified
Bind a key under "Targeting Functions" for "Interact With Target"
Make sure both are easily accessible and click accordingly to target then "loot" the critters.

Comment by ir0nmike

This quest is a perfect use for Blazing Sigil of Ordos

Comment by 1193256

A very annoying quest

Comment by Dumdidum

I have a suspicion that the inspiration for this quest was Hammy the squirrel from the movie "Over the Hedge".

The animals move like 5 years old kids on Monster or Red Bull.

Comment by 363646

Not sure if someone allready mentioned it, but it seems thats these creatures are terrified on those burning mobs that wandering around.
By killing these surround them and wait for a while, they begin to move slower, where you eventually can catch them way more easy.

Comment by Yewb

This quest was awful, but the fact that while handing the quest in I was referred to as "the nice Mr. Death Knight" made it all worth it.

Comment by Twodotsonekb

You know how people say "I'm so mad I could kick small furry animals"

This quest is why.

Comment by Gnomerama

I know this comment will die in here alone and long forgotten.
Use your ground mount, it's easier.

Comment by Congelatore

There is a very simple way to do this quest.

Zoom in your camera about 50% of total zoom distance.
Get on a smaller scale flying mount (i.e., not a huge drake).
Put your cursor over your character and spam right click while keyboard turning and auto-running (seriously).
Run directly over the critters and your right-click spam will save the wee animals!

If you grab aggro from the surrounding mobs simply fly up until you are out of combat. It took me less than than 1 minute to complete this quest doing the above.

Comment by 1440987

Save the Wee Animals http://youtu.be/Tm_SxTkr9eU

Comment by Boxofbeer

Save the Wee Animals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BJp2zRXD3U

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=XlkipEhj3Jo&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Shadorinn

I've recorded a video for anyone who may be having difficulties with this quest. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLg4X-6YI7w

This video is from quest acceptance to quest completion. Hope it's of some help!

Comment by wasaiiii1

I modified the macros posted above because I was having issues finding the little guys that I targeted (it didn't target the closest one in most cases). I added a raid icon to my target for easier tracking. I also realized you can click on these little guys while mounted, which makes it so much easier as well!

/target panicked
/target terrified
/script SetRaidTarget("target",8)

Comment by DrexlerLZ

This quest can be easily completed since the release of Dragon Flight thanks to a new accessibility feature "interactive key action" (which replaces clicking with the mouse with pressing a key on the keyboard for interactions with NPCs).

Comment by wow808

Can we just put them out of their dang misery instead! ARRRRRRGH!

Links

Save the Wee Animals

Go into the Inferno and rescue any combination of 10 Panicked Bunnies or Terrified Squirrels.

	Frightened Animal (10)

Description

Help us, <class>! The forest is aflame, and the wee animals can't find their way out. They can't fight for themselves, with their teeny-tiny little teeth and their soft furry paws! They're fluffy and sweet.

They have wet little noses!

If you don't save them, I don't want to even THINK about it.

<She slaps her palms over her eyes.>

I'm not thinking!

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Guardians of Hyjal

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25385))

Guides

Restoration Druid Artifact Weapon: G'Hanir the Mother Tree