Quick Facts

Storyline
Terokkar Forest Vessels of Power Olemba Seeds Stymying the Arakkoa Thin the Flock Unruly Neighbors The Firewing Liaison Thinning the Ranks Fel Orc Plans Timber Worg Tails The Elusive Ironjaw WANTED: Bonelashers Dead! Torgos! Speak with Private Weeks Who Are They? Kill the Shadow Council! Olemba Seed Oil And Now, the Moment of Truth Arakkoa War Path Stymying the Arakkoa An Unwelcome Presence The Firewing Liaison What Happens in Terokkar Stays in Terokkar An Unseen Hand Vestments of the Wolf Spirit Patriarch Ironjaw Welcoming the Wolf Spirit WANTED: Bonelashers Dead! Torgos! Speak with Scout Neftis Who Are They? Kill the Shadow Council! Strange Energy Clues in the Thicket It's Watching You! By Any Means Necessary Wind Trader Lathrai A Personal Favor Investigate Tuurem What Are These Things? What Are These Things? Report to the Allerian Post Report to Stonebreaker Camp Attack on Firewing Point Attack on Firewing Point The Final Code The Final Code Letting Earthbinder Tavgren Know Letting Earthbinder Tavgren Know Speak with Rilak the Redeemed The Eyes of Skettis Seek Out Kirrik Veil Skith: Darkstone of Terokk Veil Rhaze: Unliving Evil Veil Lithic: Preemptive Strike Veil Shalas: Signal Fires Return to Shattrath The Skettis Offensive Missing Friends The Tomb of Lights Vengeful Souls Recover the Bones Helping the Lost Find Their Way Before Darkness Falls The Infested Protectors Cabal Orders The Shadow Tomb Taken in the Night For the Fallen Terokkarantula Return to Sha'tari Base Camp The Dread Relic Evil Draws Near Digging Through Bones Fumping The Big Bone Worm An Improper Burial A Hero Is Needed The Fallen Exarch

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Comment by Lustral

Captive children are freed from Veil Skith Cages at the Skith camp south of Shattrath by using Veil Skith Prison Keys. The keys drop from both the Dreadhawk's and Windrippers at the camp, at about a 20-25% rate.

There are four cages at the camp, two on the ground (one on the east side another on the west side toward the western tree tower), and two up in the trees (one on each tree top). The ground cages free 2 children each and the tree cages free 4 each, so it's more efficient to use keys on the tree cages whenever the children have respawned inside those.

Comment by 12659

Captive Child slain (12) nice quest info :D

Comment by Jessi330

You cannot get this quest until you complete one from Rilak the Redeemed in Shattrath City.

Comment by 4119

Kids will add up in a cage over time, its not random. However many kids are in the cage is how much you get.

Comment by Chudz

Loc: 31.41

Comment by 14029

Be sure that any kids are inside, or else you'll lose the key without any kid beeing counted in the quest log.And yes after you open a cage... you lose 1 key, so you need more than 1 to do the quest.

Comment by Crypticism

Yes, I just found six kids in one cage. They add up over time.

Comment by CBR1kboy

It's most efficient if you do this in a group:

More people means more mob kills which means faster key accumulation.

If one person burns a key, everyone in the group gets the kids. These are "free" kids for the party members who did not use their key.

Multiple people can hit multiple cages.

Get a party of 5 and do this quest in 5-10 minutes, easily.

Comment by Nafets

Ehm.. Is says here:

" Captive Child slain (12) "

Shouldent you go to rescue them? :)

Comment by 20987

The drop rate on this for me was about one out of every five. Took me about 5 total keys to get all the little rascals

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Comment by 27993

Can't get this one either ... requires a certain rep? Only Neutral atm.

Comment by Darkhide

As soon as you turn in http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10849 (Seek out Kirrik) the "!" appears on Ethan.

Comment by 34132

Perhaps the drop rate has changed. I was getting a key for every 2-3 Mobs I killed. By the end of the quest I actually had 2 spare keys left.....

Comment by 32729

This quest does NOT involve Shadow Labyrinth as Wowhead implies on the Shadow Lab page.

Comment by Stiverton

When you release the children they sometimes say "Woot!", a little bit of humor from the devs.

Comment by 52057

drop rate is sufficient enough that by the time you clear to the cages, you'll have enough keys. The children are locked within 3 cages I believe, just follow the ramp and go up the tree houses and you'll free all of them.

The tank reward is awesome too.

Comment by 39479

I think you need friendly with lower city first, Im neutral and am unable to get the quest from the boy at this time. 64 lock

Comment by lurai

Id like to also let ppl knwo that u onli need to get four keys u dont have to waste time try and grind for 12 keys. I actualy oni needed 3

Comment by PirateNipple

How do you explain to these kids that you aren't going to open their cage because there's not enough kids locked inside of it? :(

Comment by bat696

In Veil Skeith 31.42

You have to obtain one key for each cage you open.

The cages you want are upright retangle bamboo cages, not the pointy topped ones.

Cage - 31.42 in top of tree
Cage - 31.44 in top of tree
Cage - 30.43 on ground level
Cage - 31.41 on ground level

At 30, 43 in the tree platform there is a cage that will spawn multiple kids.

Comment by 121651

You have to do the quest (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10847) before you can get this quest. You get the quest from Rilak the Redeemed in Shattrath City. He is in the Lower City at one of the two red "balls" on the map. The East one. When you have done that quest you can take "Missing Friends" from Ethan. You have to kill Skithian Windrippers / Dreadhawks to receive a key to unlock the cages, there's about 10% drop rate. You can find the camp under the "C" in "Shattrath City", the camp is called "Veil Skith". Every time you open a cage you use a key. So be carefull. Good Luck ^^

Comment by 82273

Kill Skithian Windrippers and Skithian Dreadhawks around 30, 42 until they drop Veil Skith Prison Keys, then find cages with Captive Children inside, open to release them. I only open the ones that have at least 3 children inside to minimize the grinding.

Comment by Arkke

The cages in the trees by Urdak are definitely the way to go; between the two cages up there I got 10 kids, likely due to how few people look up there, let alone do this quest. Using the cages in the trees means you can easily finish the quest with 3 keys.

Comment by 180981

Did this solo as a 64 sub spec rogue. after a little ally problems to begin with... but i got lucky pick pocketing got me a couple boxes to save, and keys dropped every time and i got 4+ kids per cage

Comment by 205906

Imo. it's actually a great grinding quest.
They drop Often, and also gives xp:)
Gold + XP + Quest = Gr8
I do really recommend doing this quest!

Comment by 232965

No one mention this quest is in reference to "Lost" the TV series? First time I did this quest when BC launch it made me smile cause everyone who watched Lost knows Ethan.

Comment by 243362

Wéll this seems to be the bird's way of gettin back at humans, u know those big farms where chickens are locked up, too many in too few cages, well lets just say the arakkoa are gettin' back at us for all those chick's

Comment by Unimpresed

Captured child says: Woot!

lol blizzard i love you. the accuracy is amazing. this is EXACTLY what captured children say irl too!

Comment by biggaz69

Easy enough for me around 31.41. Drop rate was one every three kills. Being able to fly at 60 in outlands now makes getting to the towers easier for alot of these quests involving the Skettis.

Comment by FuryWar

I managed to finish this quest by opening only two cages full of kids in the towers when I did it just now. Each cage had 6 kids. So go after the crowded cages up in the trees! :-)

Comment by Kemaria

Did anyone else feel like a tool for accepting Battered Steam Tonk Controller as the quest reward? Poor kid's gone through rough times and doesn't have many toys, and yet he gives one away. I wanted there to be an option in the quest dialogue for me to tell him, "No, you keep your toy - now that you have your friends back, you can all play together."

Comment by 1033333

I think it may be bugged currently. The top cage, that's by the named, normally is packed with kids that give you like half. But the cage doesn't seem to let you interact with it right now. So I'm stuck hovering as I wait for other cages to repopulate.

Comment by 1440987

Missing Friends http://youtu.be/3iHpcxqTdcc

Comment by AellaEvelon

Frankly they need to do something because I've been fighting over these few cages with about 15 other people all trying to complete this same quest ._.

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=MkuEP18Xn8w

Comment by Boxofbeer

Missing Friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEixQKUaWQc

Comment by Aurleis1

Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uQm3RbAfI4

1. Missing Friends
• Accept the quest, Missing Friends, from Ethan at coords 37.6, 51.4 (Refugee Caravan).
• Travel northwest, to Veil Skith, to the area of coords 30, 42.
• Kill Skithian Windripper and Skithian Dreadhawk, looting the Veil Skith Prison Key off their corpses.
• Rescue 12 Captive Child from the cages, by clicking on the Veil Skith Cage (make sure that the cage has children inside, and you will obviously need at least one Veil Skith Prison Key to open a cage).
• Travel southeast, to the Refugee Caravan, to coords 37.6, 51.4
• Turn in the quest to Ethan.

Links

Missing Friends

Ethan wants you to find 12 of his missing friends in Veil Skith and then return to him at the Refugee Caravan.

	Children Rescued (12)
	Veil Skith Prison Key (4)

Description

We broke down here because some guys came in the night and made a lot of noise. It was scary. I don't know when we are going to get moving again.

Some of my friends are missing though. I don't know where they are. I think those scary bird men took them away to the northwest. They probably are all locked up in cages and stuff. If you find them that would be great. I'm kind of worried about them.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Battered Steam Tonk Controller

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Lower City

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10852))