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The First Step

Quest #25685 Level 55 Blasted Lands Horde only 1 run – thin

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What to do

Obtain 9 vials of Snickerfang Hyena Blood and 9 vials of Redstone Basilisk Blood.

Objective by objective

The quest's own structured objectives. How many of each you need is set by the game when you accept it, so it is not stored here – the sentence above is the quest's own wording.

The quest giver's words

To perform the ritual you've requested - and perhaps some more rituals in the near future - we're going to need blood. The Blasted Lands are filled with every type of reagent we might need for our blood magic... it's just a matter of the correct combination.

<Lynnore quickly confers with Drazial for a moment.>

Basilisks and hyenas, even amounts. And we're going to need plenty of it. Head east, to the center of the Blasted Lands. And don't forget... you can use that teleporter!

Progress

Ogre blood only takes you so far. Do you have it?

Completion

<Lynnore eyes the blood hungrily.>

More than enough, and still warm! Now, let's get this ritual started, shall we?

Category: Blasted Lands.

What you need

Nothing: no quest item is handed out and none is required to start.

The reward

No item reward.

Money
85s
and 75s more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
Experience
12,250
at level 60 or lower; less above
By character level
LevelExperienceShare
54–60 12,250 100%
61 9,800 80%
62 7,350 60%
63 4,900 40%
64 2,450 20%
65–89 1,250 10%
90 none 75s more money

The game pays the full figure up to five levels above the quest, then 20 % less for each level more, down to a tenth, and none at the level cap. A bonus of your own (a guild perk, a holiday) comes on top.

Observed, what players here were paid: 13,475 experience (median of 1 run), 85s (median of 1 run).

The listed figures and the players here disagree, so both are shown rather than one picked.

  • Experience: players were paid 10% more than the 12,250 listed. An experience bonus (heirlooms, a guild perk) pays more; a character well above the quest's level earns less.

Reputation

Who it is for

Faction
Horde only
Race
any race
Class
any class
Level
quest level 55, requires level 54
Profession
none
Repeats
once only

The chain

Before this

After this

Where it starts and ends

Starts at
Hand in to
Where The First Step starts and ends in Blasted Lands
Where The First Step starts and ends in Blasted Lands
  • pick up
  • turn in

These two markers are the quest giver's and the hand-in's own positions – not where anybody was standing. The recorded positions are further down, under the community data.

Relevant locations

Relevant locations in Blasted Lands
Relevant locations in Blasted Lands
  • Blasted Lands
    • Bloodmage Lynnore Starts the quest · 39.2, 36.3
    • Bloodmage Lynnore Hand the quest in · 39.2, 36.3
    • Snickerfang Hyena Quest objective · 50.0, 34.4
    • Redstone Basilisk Quest objective · 55.6, 31.2

The pins are the game's own map markers; the coordinates are the game's 0–100, as /way takes them.


What players recorded

Everything below this line is a different kind of knowledge from everything above it. Above: what the quest is, the same on every realm. Below: what actually happened when people played it, uploaded by them, with the number of runs printed against every figure. It is an observation, not a fact about the quest.

This guide rests on 1 completed run. That is enough to show where people went and not enough to trust the timings – treat them as one player's evening.

How precise this guide is

Early guide Built from 1 run by 1 player – low confidence. Every upload of this quest sharpens it: the hotspots tighten, the order and the timings settle, and the parts below unlock as the sample grows.

  • Where to go – pick-up, objectives and hand-in available
  • Typical time and objective order – median and middle half needs 3 completed runs (now 1) not yet
  • Tips – what most players do needs 5 runs (now 1) not yet
  • Where players die – death hotspots on the map needs 5 characters from at least 2 different people (now 1 from 1) not yet

Timings

Observed, not a fact about the game: 1 completed run behind the medians, 1 recorded attempt in total.
21 min 12 s median time (accept → turn in) from 1 run

Based on 1 completed run. Published by the analyser – low confidence.

21 min 12 s fastest recorded run slowest 21 min 12 s

Same 1 run; mean 21 min 12 s.

1 / 1 turned in / attempted nobody abandoned it

Counting every recorded attempt, finished or not.

0.0 deaths per attempt 0 deaths in total

18 tracked kills, typically 13,475 XP, done around level 57.

The route

An early route: drawn from the first runs and sharper with every upload. Pick-up, hand-in and the objective hotspots are where the quest is, so they are shown from the first run.

Map coordinates are the addon's own 0–1 zone coordinates (Blasted Lands), origin top-left, x to the right and y downward. Drag the zone map to pan, ctrl/⌘ + scroll or the buttons to zoom; the grid lines are tenths of the zone.

Overview of The First Step in Blasted Lands
Overview of The First Step in Blasted Lands
  • hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
  • where players were
  • pick up
  • turn in
Pick up
0.390, 0.360 median of 1 recorded accept on Blasted Lands
Turn in
0.390, 0.360 median of 1 recorded turn-in on Blasted Lands
Deaths during this quest
None recorded – nobody died doing this.

Objectives, in the order players do them

Order published by the analyser from 1 run.

Objective 1 — needs 9

Players finish it about 10 min 52 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet

Go to (published hotspots):

  1. 0.505, 0.345 weight 0.67, 12 points

9 recorded positions in Blasted Lands.

Objective 1 of The First Step in Blasted Lands
Objective 1 of The First Step in Blasted Lands
  • hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
  • where players were
  • pick up
  • turn in

Objective 2 — needs 9

Players finish it about 19 min 49 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet

Go to (published hotspots):

  1. 0.523, 0.280 weight 0.53, 9 points

9 recorded positions in Blasted Lands.

Objective 2 of The First Step in Blasted Lands
Objective 2 of The First Step in Blasted Lands
  • hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
  • where players were
  • pick up
  • turn in

Tips

No tips yet – they need a handful of runs before they say anything true.

Recorded runs

The most recent 1 of 1 attempt; the median above is built from 1 completed run.
Character Time Deaths Level Reward
Bananaroot-HoptallusPandaQuest supporter 21 min 12 s 0 57 85s

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