While the Iron Is Hot
- For the naval mission, see While the Iron Is Hot (mission).
 While the Iron Is Hot | |
|---|---|
| Start | Tutaqan[53.9, 38.6] |
| End | Tutaqan[53.9, 38.6] |
| Level | 70 (Requires 70) |
| Category | Iskaara Tuskarr |
| Rewards |
 [Ottuk Taming] [Tutaqan's Commendation]56  18 |
| Previous |
 [70] Calling the Hunting Party |
While the Iron Is Hot concludes the Renown 11 chapter of the Iskaara Tuskarr campaign.
Objectives
Slay Zhurtan the Riverboiler.
Description
I spoke to our lookouts on the way down. They say this djaradin--Zhurtan the Riverboiler--has begun his heinous ritual southwest of here, close to the waterfalls where many of our ottuks build their nests.
If they're boiling the river upstream from us now, I assume they've decided to be done with us more quickly. We would be forced to starve or retreat. We will do neither.
They've prodded us like cowards afraid of a true fight. So let's bring the fight to them this time, shall we?
Rewards
The following will be cast on you:
- [Ottuk Taming] — Allows hunters to tame ottuks within the Dragon Isles.
You will also receive:
- 56 18
- [Tutaqan's Commendation]
- Completion of "The Chieftain's Duty" for
[Friend of the Dragon Isles]
Progress
We have your back, as you have ours.
Completion
Our river--and our people--could not have been saved without your help.
The Uktulut tribe owes you a great debt.
Notes
- On accept
- Tutaqan says: Come, Qipi! I will armor you.
- Tutaqan runs off, and Qipi follows.
- Crafter Kuliqa says: I don't know what you did to turn him around, <name>, but I'm happy something finally got through to him.
- Guard Hakota says: Agreed. he might be a stubborn fool, but there's no tuskarr better with a spear than Tutaqan. In the end, I would trust no one else at the head of Uktulut.
- Elder Unujaak says: A chieftain is not the head of a village, but the spine. Now that he is with us, we may once again stand tall--yet we must still all do our part.
- Guard Hakota says: So we will. Hunters! Guards! Gather your weapons from Kuliqa and follow Tutaqan. If the djaradin send reinforcements, make sure none of them breaks through.
- Zhurtan the Riverboiler
Aggro:
- Zhurtan the Riverboiler says: Our flames will devour these lands and reforge them in the name of the Qalashi! All will witness our strength!
During combat:
- Tutaqan and Qipi join the fight.
- Tutaqan yells: Come, Qipi! Together we will rid Uktulut of this monster!
- Zhurtan casts
Lava Shield on himself and encases Qipi in a 
Rock Prison. Tutaqan hacks at the prison. - Zhurtan the Riverboiler yells: Let's see how you fight without your precious little pet!
- Tutaqan yells: Qipi! No! Not again... Not again!
- Tutaqan yells: So long as I draw breath, Qipi, they will never take you!
Rock Prison broken:
- Zhurtan drops his lava shield and resumes attacking.
- Zhurtan the Riverboiler yells: Pathetic creatures! Now you will succumb to the fire!
Death:
- Zhurtan the Riverboiler says: My body... feeds... the flames!
- Tutaqan says: Our enemies are many, Qipi. This was but the first to fall.
- Tutaqan says: We share the responsibilities of chieftain now. Our people will look to us to safeguard them.
- Tutaqan says: I cannot fail them again. I cannot fail you.
- On return
- Tutaqan says: ...and we will stand stronger than ever because of it. We may be tucked away here, far from Iskaara, but that distance need not truly separate us.
- Tutaqan says: Trade will start again as soon as possible. I will personally gather our hunting party to protect our workers for as long as we are needed. Uktulut will flourish again.
- On completion
- Tutaqan says: You have proven yourself a friend to me, <name>--and, more importantly, a friend to our people.
- Tutaqan says: You are always welcome in the Uktulut Backwater.
Additionally, the NPCs of the town all turn friendly and offer their typical services, including a flight path.
Progression
- [70] A Lost Tribe
- [70] Sudden Isolation
- [70] Pressing Matters
- [70] Worst Impressions
- [70] Troubled Waters & [70] Salvaging Supplies
- Side quest: [70] Encroaching Heat
- Side quest:
- [70] Testing the Tuskarrsenal
- [70] All But One
- [70] Closure
- [70] In Mourning
- [70] The Only Way Past Is Through
- [70] Calling the Hunting Party
- [70] While the Iron Is Hot
Patch changes
Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Added.