Whack-a-Gnoll (quest)
 Whack-a-Gnoll | |
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| Start | Detry Hornswald |
| End | Detry Hornswald |
| Level | 65-68 |
| Category | The Azure Span |
| Experience | 12,750 |
| Reputation |
+100 Valdrakken Accord +200 Iskaara Tuskarr |
| Rewards |
 [Renewed Proto-Drake: Horned Jaw]One from:  [Spineripper's Fang] [Crude Wind Charm]53  82 96 |
| Previous |
 [65-68] Third Try's the Charm & [65-68] Just To Be Sure |
Objectives
Defeat the would-be warlords.
- Reach the challengers
- Would-be warlords defeated (0/100%)
Description
Oh, Light... there are more on their way! How could this happen?
All my careful planning! The days spent hiding in this rancid lake! The assassinations!
This should have thrown them into chaos and caused their settlement to crumble, but we've barely slowed them down!
Maybe... maybe you're right, <name>. I've been wrong all along...
No! Impossible! We're in too deep now anyway.
Go...deal with these new arrivals. I need time to collect myself.
Rewards
You will receive:
- 53 82 96
- 12,750 XP
- +100 reputation with Valdrakken Accord
- +200 reputation with Iskaara Tuskarr
- [Renewed Proto-Drake: Horned Jaw]
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[Spineripper's Fang] | 
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[Crude Wind Charm] |
Progress
What are you waiting for?
Completion
They're just going to keep fighting until they find a new leader? That settles it then. If I'm ever going to have a base of operations here, we'll have to kill all of them.
The plan is that we...
Wait, you're leaving? You don't want any part of this? What am I going to do? I can't leave this lake now that I've made an enemy of the gnolls!
Fine! Side with those flea-bitten miscreants!
Take what I promised and go. You're not the only "champion" in these woods! I'll find someone else to help me!
Notes
Enter the ring and the Brackenhide Announcer starts announcing the enemies that have to be killed.
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: We have new, strong meat for you today! Strong enough to kill old bosses!
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: Whoever strong enough to kill them strong enough to take charge! As is tradition! As is right!
- Spineripper (15%)
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: First challenger love nothing more than cracking open prey's back!
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: It the boss back breaker! It SPINERIPPER!
- Deathwind (20%)
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: Our next challenger not very silent, but they very deadly...
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: It DEATHWIND!
- Facebreaker (5%), Charfang (5%), Hacklung (5%)
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: We have special treat for you now! Three gnolls enter, one gnoll leaves!
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: Will meat survive triple threat? Charfang! Facebreaker! Hacklung!
- Doomblood
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: He new, but with name like this he must be mean!
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: It DOOMBLOOD!
- Objective completed
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: Meat win! All challengers weak!
- Brackenhide Announcer yells: No boss today! Try again tomorrow! Same pit! Same time!
Completing the quest also awards the "Brackenhide Water Hole" criterion of 
[Sojourner of Azure Span].
Progression
- [65-68] A Minor Setback
- [65-68] Waste Water Cleanup
- [65-68] A Precision Approach & [65-68] Disarmed and Docile
- [65-68] Who's Next?, [65-68] Filthy Mongrels & [65-68] M.E.T.A.
- [65-68] Third Try's the Charm & [65-68] Just To Be Sure
- [65-68] Whack-a-Gnoll
Patch changes
Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Added.