Quick Facts

Series

1.	Moraya
2.	A Troll's Truest Companion
3.	Saving the Young
4.	Young and Vicious

Storyline
Echo Isles The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Rise of the Darkspear The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things The Basics: Hitting Things A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start A Rough Start Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit Proving Pit More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected More Than Expected Moraya A Troll's Truest Companion Saving the Young Mercy for the Lost Consort of the Sea Witch Young and Vicious Crab Fishin' Breaking the Line No More Mercy Territorial Fetish An Ancient Enemy Sen'jin Village

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Comments

Comment by 707108

He runs around the small island that the quest giver is on. Use the item on him and you will be able to ride him. Just take him across the north bridge to the pen and it you'll be done.

Comment by 48535

Swiftscale is on the same island that you get the quest on. He runs around the island.

He isn't a red one, but a black/grey one with some stripes on him.

Comment by 27279

I had a friend find it near the middle of the island, and then I found him on the east side on top of a random "block". He wasn't moving at all and was just standing there, got lucky to notice him from the middle. My friend says he moves pretty fast otherwise.

Comment by 707116

If you are in a group, and a groupmate completes the quest and you don't get credit for it. Leave the group then abandon and re-get the quest, the raptor will appear again for you.

Comment by Pnilez

Black Raptor Spawns about 20 yds south of the bridge that leads to the rest of the islands

Comment by 12652

He spawns when you accept the quest. If you pick up the quest and don't do it for a bit, he might be gone - just drop and re-fetch the quest to respawn him.

Comment by 618230

While I was waiting for Swiftclaw to respawn; there were a bunch of people waiting on him too, I went and got some training on the main island. On my way back to get Swiftclaw I jumped into a raptor pen, for no particular reason, and it said, even though I did not have Swiftclaw, that I had completed the part of the queste to take him to a raptor pen. So when I caught him I was able to ride him to the main island without taking him to a pen, but had to dismount to turn the next quest.

Comment by 384133

All you have to do is catch him and ride him to the mainland then dismount and just walk to the raptor pens at your own leisure. And the raptor pens are at co ords 66.1, 88.6 BTW.

Comment by mikochu

He does not spawn when you accept the quest. Possibly, if it's been awhile since anyone has done it, he will spawn when you get it. But I dropped the quest three times because he wasn't showing up, and he spawned before I grabbed it again the last time. I don't know how long it takes for him to respawn, but if he doesn't show just wait a little while.

Comment by SgtFrog

What's interesting to note that Swiftclaw will stop if you steer him into the water. He swims very slowly while you are riding him, though.

Comment by Sleepless

I took the quest and then headed to the main island, having misread the instructions. When I finally figured out that he was supposed to be on the quest giver's island, he must have despawned, because I ran around for about five minutes on that tiny island spamming /tar Swift and never found him. Finally abandoned and retook the quest, and boom, there he was when I hit my macro just once.

Suggestion though: He does run VERY fast, so it's possible that while you're running east he's zipping west, and vice versa. Probably best just to head to the center of the island and stay put. He'll be by soon enough, if you don't pass him on the way there.

Comment by Chilcoot

This quest requires completion of Consort of the Sea Witch before it becomes available.

Comment by 804678

ok i just made a troll shaman and im looking allover. I even put out a finders fee of 10 gold for anybody who has seen him and i got nothing...im gonna let it go and move on....

Comment by Hvitur

This quest must be bugged or something, because I couldn't find Swiftclaw until I abandoned it and picked it up again. (I've done this quest on a few other characters before and always found him right away, first time I got the quest). So if you're having trouble finding him, abandon the quest and try again.

Comment by 685013

Unlike everyone else, my only trouble is returning Swiftclaw to the pens. I've taken him to the area noted on the map - circle of wooden spikes with Bloodtalon Raptors and their eggs in it - but nothing happens. Dismounting him there gives no credit; he simply despawns. I suspect I'm either missing something glaringly obvious or it's a new issue with 4.1. We'll see what news a ticket brings.

Comment by 820855

I was having trouble with the second part of this quest too. I followed the advice of tadyll.. dismounted and then walked into the area and it worked for me that way.

Comment by JeronimoGr

i have the same problem....
I've taken him from the area noted in the map, but then i couldn't accomplish the 2nd part...
i dismounted him at area u said guys but nothink... what can i do? :/
is this a bug or somethink? :/

Comment by miniwidge

Yes it is a bug when you capture him and go to pens. Leave pens, walk around a little then go back in - that worked for me after about 5 min of no completion on or off the raptor.

Comment by moddycss

The quest is bugged as of 4.1, the way to complete the quest is to dismount the raptor right outside the pen while facing the pen to the raptor runs into it and then follow it into the pen. I got the quest completed this way.

note: Dismounting inside the pen doesn't work, have to dismount outside and run in

Comment by 821433

What worked for me is I pointed the damn raptor straight at the bonfire in the middle of the ring, so he/she got stuck running in the same place, then simply logged off and when I logged back in I got credit. Hope it helps!

Comment by grandevil

I also followed Tadyll's advice and was able to successfully complete the quest.

Comment by 744278

Yes, the last part of the quest is glitched by patch 4.1. What I did was mount him, return him to the pen (the one to the west of the bridge, and I pressed Leave Vehicle), and walked around the pen for a minute or two. It then gave me credit for it.

I sent a ticket to our GM. I'll edit this with his reply once I receive it.

Comment by 593671

its bugged to the point where i cant even get off the raptor now or even do anything and when i log out i end up back on the other island when i was on the main island

Comment by 679723

I had the same problem, attempting to leave just made the raptor run in place. When you head back towards the pens and there are no other raptors hanging around, then you know it is messed up. I had to log out and back in several times, abandoning and restarting the quest each time, before the quest actually worked as it should.

Comment by 621609

several weeks ago i experienced the difficulties others have described in this thread. today, however, it worked all by itself. i crossed the bridge and ran into the pen immediately to the left. as soon as i got into the pen, the game dismounted me and gave me credit.

before this successful outcome, i tried many of the suggestions given to the bugged version of the quest and none of them worked (manually dismount outside pen & walk in... log out then log in... running stuck on the bonfire, etc.). in frustration, i just ran the raptor into the pen on the left and--presto!--it worked all by itself :)

so it definitely was broken in the past but now seems to be fixed. enjoy!

Comment by sugercake

I am currently (ATTEMPTING) this god awful quest and nothing seems to be working. The logging off/on, manual dismount, anything. He just runs....and runs....and runs.........this sucks!

Comment by 854153

If you accept quest, then log out, later when you log back in you may not see Swiftclaw. Just abandon and retake the quest and he will spawn.

BTW, when I rode him back to the pen, he did an auto-dismount when I entered the pen.

- wg

Comment by 855522

if the raptor doesnt stop and when u go in the pin and the raptor still doesnt stop abandon the quest and then log out log back in and accept the quest again and do catch the raptor and put it back in his pin and there its done

Comment by 304770

Since there are no Paladin or Death Knight versions of the quest chain that begins with The Rise of the Darkspear, none of the Echo Isles quests unlock for these two classes.

Comment by 1038893

i mount him... but he just dont move... dont know wut to do. help please

Comment by 1057176

i cant even lassoo him hes too fast any tips ? everytime he gets close.. it says invalid target?

Comment by tacololo

For those who have trouble with this quest you may try the following.

1 Make a macro /tar swift and put that on your action bar
2 click on the rope in your bags and put it next to the macro on your action bar

If swiftclaw comes by press quickly after each other first the macro and than the rope and then you should be on his back. To make it easier as someone suggested you can then click / on your numpad to slow him down and head for the bonfire at 66.88

Good luck

Comment by DragaFireHawk

I don't know if anyone else is, or has had this issue, but as of 6.0, everytime I auto accepted the quest due to Kijara walking away from me before I had the chance to hit accept, Swiftclaw wouldn't spawn. At first I thought maybe someone else was on the quest, because when I initially got to the island, Swiftclaw was running around. I did my prerequisites for this quest, came back, ended up auto accepting the quest, and he was gone.

After having Kijara walk away from me three more times, (and auto accepting the quest again -.-), I finally got her to stand still long enough so I could actually hit the darned "accept" button. Needless to say, the first time I got to hit "accept" it worked and Swiftclaw spawned.

Comment by 1440987

Young and Vicious http://youtu.be/uPOsVTPGKC4

Comment by Zidane3838

/tar Swiftclaw
/use Bloodtalon Lasso

/way Echo Isles 53.38 63.73 Raptor Pens

Comment by WokkaD

Swiftclaw is a Venomhide Ravasaur. No wonder he's uncontrolable!

Comment by Akushalah

Used /tar swift and looked around for my raptor so I could catch him. He was STOPPED while targeted. I don't know if that's normal, but quite funny.

Comment by 2201631

Here is the full storyline quest and broadcast text, played as a Nightborne Mage.

Storyline Overview:

Location: Darkspear Hold in Echo Isles

Vol'jin:

Moraya has been lookin' for some help with tha raptors. Ya should talk to her on the other side of Darkspear Hold when ya get a chance.

Moraya:

Hey there, hon. Vol'jin sent you? So sweet of him to be thinkin' of me.

I surely could use da help, but ya have a bit more walkin' ahead of ya.

If ya lookin' for something ta do, we need some more raptors moved over to da pens. If ya head over to da island south of here, you can be meetin' with our caretakers and dey can set ya up.

Dey might appreciate a hand too. Got ta be spreadin' da love, ya know?

Location: Bloodtalon Shore in Echo Isles

Kijara:

Nice ta see new faces 'round here, mon. It's easy ta get ta feelin' isolated since we left Orgrimmar.

I actually have somethin' really important dat I could use help with, if ya be willin', mon.

Our hatchlins' are bein' stolen by someone on da next island. At first I thought dey were just runnin' away or that nature be claimin' dem, but we are missin' more than a dozen of da little guys now.

Please head to Zalazane's Fall to da northwest and point da little hatchlins back dis way. Poor tings.

Location: Zalazane's Fall in Echo Isles

Location: Bloodtalon Shore in Echo Isles

Kijara:

Thank ya so much! They can be vicious when provoked, but most of da time dey don't know betta.

Tegashi:

The fiend who stole our raptors has been corruptin' dem with some kind of magic. Now dat dey've grown with dis corruption inside of them, I fear dere's little we can be doin' to save dem outside grantin' them da peace of death. Go ta Zalazane's Fall, northwest of here, an' see da task done.

I hope ya can stomach dae work. I don't tink I could bring myself ta do da deed, even knowin' that it be needed.

Location: Zalazane's Fall in Echo Isles

Location: Bloodtalon Shore in Echo Isles

Tegashi:

Thank you, <class>.

It will be takin' brave and determined people like you ta drive da Darkspear up again. I hope dere are more people even half as dedicated to come.

I been investigatin' our corrupted Bloodtalons troubles and I think I've found da source. A lone naga. He was holdin' a red orb aloft over our hatchlings and I could see dem... changin'.

I'm certain he tinks his thievery and spellcastin' have gone unnoticed, so ya should be able ta catch him unawares. Kill dis naga and bring me back dat vile orb - you'll be findin' him to da northwest, at Zalazane's Fall.

Location: Zalazane's Fall in Echo Isles

Location: Bloodtalon Shore in Echo Isles

Tegashi:

Da naga have been our enemies for a long, long time, and our previous encounters with dem have not gone well. It be clear dat dis time will be different. Tings have changed, and you be part of dat change.

Well done, <name>! Dis naga has set us back quite some time, but nothin' will be holdin' us down foreva.

It's good ta be havin' ya wit us, <name>. Ya have a fierce heart within ya.

Kijara:

Ya be a good one, <name>.

Moraya was askin' for new raptors ta train. We shouldn't keep her waitin' any longa! I have a few other recruits bringin' some over as well, but I have a special one dat I've been promisin' Moraya for a while.

Swiftclaw be one of our fastest and bravest young raptors yet, but he can be a bit unruly. I'll lend ya da lasso, I just need ya to catch him somewhere on da island here and steer him over to da pens on da main isle. I doubt he'll be makin' it easy on ya though.

Moraya:

Swiftclaw! Kijara was tellin' me about him and he sounded like he'd be a handful. I don't mind da challenge - it's da spirited ones like dat that be makin' da bravest and truest companions when real times of need be comin'.

Tank ya, hon. Ya've been very helpful.

Comment by Gadf7

This happened in WoW Classic Cataclysm: I just tried this quest yesterday. After doing the pre-quest with the baby raptors ( I think it was this q) and handing in the quest; the follow up was this Q. But for some unknown reason the Q-mob ( a Raptor called Swiftclaw) didn't spawn. Even after abandoning and re-taking the quest about 8 times; the raptor still didn't spawn. This caused me to be stuck in the quest-chain for the Echo isles. I even made a new char and it bugged out on me again ! The most annoying part is that I saw the Quest mob running around when I arrived at the location but I wasn't at the right step at that time. Nice 1 Blizzard.
(I saw a comment about maybe waiting a little while for the Raptor to spawn. Personally, I couldn't be bothered and left for the Orc starting area instead.)

Links

Young and Vicious

Capture Swiftclaw and bring him back to the pens near Darkspear Hold.

	Capture Swiftclaw (1)
	Return Swiftclaw to the Raptor Pens (1)

Provided item:

	Bloodtalon Lasso (1)

Description

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Moraya's Belt			Swift Plate Armbands
	Wrangler's Chain Cinch

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with Darkspear Trolls

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24626))