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The Green Hills of Stranglethorn

Collect the missing pages from The Green Hills of Stranglethorn manuscript. Once all four chapters are complete, return them to Barnil.
Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Chapter I
Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Chapter II
Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Chapter III
Green Hills of Stranglethorn - Chapter IV

Description

Master Nesingwary will be so upset if he finds out!

He trusted me to proofread the manuscript of his novel, The Green Hills of Stranglethorn. Everything was going well, but a large gust of wind blew through the camp and scattered the pages everywhere!

I was able to gather most of the pages but many are still strewn about the jungle. Collect the pages to complete each of the four chapters.

I will help you organize them. Return the chapters to me once you have all four.

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Reward

You will receive:
Jungle Boots
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Thick Armor Kit
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Superior Healing Potion
You will also receive: 0

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
  • 4700 experience ( 28 20 at max. level)

Related

Rating: +452 [-] [+]
By Schlitzohr on 02/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
Chapter 1 - 1, 4, 6, 8
Chapter 2 - 10, 11, 14, 16
Chapter 3 - 18, 20, 21, 24
Chapter 4 - 25, 26, 27
Rating: +89 [-] [+]
By Drakara on 02/26/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
Note that unlike the page collection quest in Ashenvale [https://classicdb.ch/?quest=6504], these pages are not completely sequential. I spent hours on my first character trying to obtain pages like 3,5 and 7 that don't exist.
Rating: +55 [-] [+]
By mlawson03 on 07/07/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
By the way, this is a reference to Ernest Hemingway's safari journal, "The Green Hills of Africa."
Rating: +51 [-] [+]
By PhogHawk on 10/04/2006 (Patch 1.12.1)
This is pretty straightforward. You automatically complete this quest after completing all four of the individual chapter quests. It's worth significantly (5 times) more XP than the individuals, and the reward items are pretty good.
Rating: +47 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/10/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
You know, there's another reason to do this quest.&nbsp Do it in order to read the book.&nbsp From my brief look over the pages, it appears to be a parody of Hemingway's "The Green Hills of Africa".&nbsp Note the similarity between "Ernest Hemingway" (who wrote the real book) with "Hemet Nesingway" (who wrote the in-game book).

If it's even halfway readable, it's worth it to be able to read it.
Rating: +38 [-] [+]
By Phfor on 06/24/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
As soon as I dinged 30 on my warrior, I took 2G to the AH and bought every page required for this quest. Most were under 6s each. It got me almost 30% of the level. Hard deal to beat for 2 gold.

Second best quest in the game.
Rating: +23 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/28/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)
Chapter 1: 1,4,6,8
Chapter 2: 10,11,14,16
Chapter 3: 18,20,21,24
Chapter 4: 25,26,27

hope this helps someone down the road
Rating: +19 [-] [+]
By Thalassicus on 12/13/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
By the way, you can still use this method to keep your quest log and inventory uncluttered:

1) Pick up this quest
2) Pick up one or two chapter quests and turn them in (Can't do this without having 1)
3) Abandon the main quest to free up quest and inventory space until completing other chapters

It removes your existing chapters from your inventory, and you can get them back at any time by speaking to Barnil Stonepot again.
Last edited by Thalassicus on 12/13/2007 (Patch 2.3.0) – edited 5 times
Rating: +18 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 11/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.3)
location 35,10 of Barnil Stonepot
the only pages needed:
chapter 1 = pg 1,4,6,8
chapter 2 = pg 10,11,14,16
Chapter 3 = pg 18,20,21,24
Chapter 4 = pg 25,26,27

TOTAL XP at lvl 45 I got = 7,800
775 for binding each chapter so x4 = 3,100
4700 for turning all chapters

Edited, Wed Nov 16 12:50:59 2005
Rating: +17 [-] [+]
By Truenos on 12/08/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
My biggest piece of advise would be to always have at least 8 or 10 available slots in your bags when looking for these pages. They drop constantly and having to run back and forth to the bank can be a big pain. You don't have to turn in the chapters in order, so once you get one, go back to Barnil to free up some bag-space.
Rating: +17 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 03/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
So it fits on one line, so you can paste this into chat to help other people figure out what they need:

(1 4 6 8) (10 11 14 16) (18 20 21 24) (25 26 27)
Rating: +14 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 04/04/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)
this quest is breeze for work vs reward.

just do other quests in area, i did 3 other quests and i had all pages except 4, i bought those off other players, this quest took no effort, only minor cramp when it comes to space if you are missing pages across sets instead of in same sets. i got 700ish exp off each set, then close to another 5k for turning the sets in, it was a thanks.

that one post says to sell them to vendor, which is pretty dumb, selling the rewards off quest in AH + extra pages in AH is LOTS more money, on top of the exp reward. vendors dont pay crap for real things, better off selling pages/kit/potions in AH if you just want the money. why drop them to vendor for 4s if players will pay around 20s?(ponders)

just dont run around and camp mobs for pages, do other quests in zone, before you know it you'll have almost all pages or most of them, then you can buy missing ones for like 10-25s off players in area, or AH if you get real desperate. some players even give them to you for free, or you could do page trades.

you should also know that reward is 2 armor kits and 3 potions, not 1 of each, so reward is more then listing up tops says it is. it says 1 of each, but it isnt, quest gave me 2 armor kits and 3 potions.

the drop rate for all pages looked completly equal to me, i got few spares and not all i needed, but i didnt pay enough attention to that. all mobs in zone seem to drop pages, while doing quests i got pages off venture co workers, naga, bloodsail, and zanzil mobs. i would guess higher mobs have higher drop rates, but you'd have to look if you are trying certain lvl vs drop rate.
Rating: +13 [-] [+]
By Falenassasin on 11/19/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
As of 2.3: 6550 exp + 1110 exp for each chapter.
Rating: +11 [-] [+]
By crescentwindx on 10/05/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)
On my server, the pages are exorbitantly expensive on the alliance AH - but you can buy them for a fraction of the price on the neutral auction house in Booty Bay. So be sure to check there if the prices on your faction's auction house are too high!
Rating: +9 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/10/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
Took me an entire level (36-37) to finish it and I bought 4 pages to get it done. One of the biggest problems was how much of your backpack and bags the pages took up (8 or 9 slots at one point). And the current rewards (mail boots, thick armor kit & superior healing potion) are not fabulous. But I got 7100 total XP and that's pretty good. It's the highest I've ever received from a single or series quest.

AND you can solo this, so you can do it in your spare time.
Rating: +9 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/10/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
I found all these pages when fighting the Kurzon whilst doing the quests for the Rebel Camp.

They seem to be 10 a penny every other Kurzon mage, fighter, commando etc had one. They are found in the Kurzon encampment North East in Stranglethorn.

The trolls near the hunters camp where you obtain this quest seem to drop quite a few aswell.

The surrounding beasts don't tend to drop as many while i was fighting them. Best sticking to humanoids.

Check in the AH for missing pages, clear all fields/filters and do a search on the word - Stranglethorn.

And thanks to the poster far above for letting us know the required pages! Nice one )
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 03/05/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
Trolls at ruins had the largest number of drops while the dwarves to the east at the river were a bit more tight with the pages.

After an afternoon of solo killing I had just over half the pages and 2-3 copies each.

Went to faction-specific (non-neutral) AH and bought the rest for an average price of 12s each.&nbsp Taking a look they had enough pages to make at least 4 books for less than 1g 50s each...faster and easier than killing all day just not as much fun-)

The turn-in for me as a lvl 39 Hunter was 775 XP for each chapter and 4300 XP for the book.&nbsp 7400 XP for those more mathmagically challenged...VERY NICE INDEED:)

Vendored the plate boots (soulbound), reserved the use of the thick leather patches for when I get to use the awesome mail a friend is going to make me when I hit 40 and promptly used the superior healing potions in RFD.

Most people I've seen have had much better than the sword that was previously offered by the time they got to this quest...all hail AH...so I'm not missing it a bit.

- Atria - Hellbound Horde - Garona
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/10/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
you can trade for the pages, or just kill to find them again
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 03/05/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
This was the easiest 4800 xp ever bought all pages from AH..i did this quest like 3min =)
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 07/17/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)
Back in the day the Olmann Sewer reward was great.

(Item #4116) junk now is just for selling, only good of the quest is exp, it's a shame.
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By Blackdraq on 12/05/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
As an addendum to Truenos, with instant mail between your characters, I STRONGLY advise rolling a level 1 "bank" character in SW/IF or ORG and mailing all your pages to it as you get them. You can sell your pages for about 10-30 silver on the AH, and you can save/purchase the pages as you need without sacrificing valuable bag space. (Added perk is any mailbox is now effectively an auction house.) Happy hunting!
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/25/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
i didnt notice that you only needed certain pages at first, so i banked a whole lot of stuff. page 14 was the most common, i ended up with 7 of those. the least common seemed to be page 10. i only had 1 page 10 to hand in, while all the others had at lesat 3.

i did all of my grinding on headhunters and stuff in zul'kunda and they drop these things quite frequently.

i sold a bunch of the pages for "more than 7s" in the general chat and players took it upon themselves to give me 15 or 20s per page. thanks!

[edit] oops! forgot to mention that i got 750 xp every time i created a whole chapter, and then 4900 xp when i handed in all four complete chapters. all of this at level 42.

Edited, Fri Feb 25 01:10:55 2005
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 09/01/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
Anybody know how early you can do this and if you are able to do it early, do you get more exp at a lower lvl? Thanks.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 08/16/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
32 Hunter, bought half the pages from AH and looted the rest.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/22/2007 (Patch 2.0.5)
i lost the chapter 3 or destroyed it by accident. how you can get the quest back or something to get it back because i completed the quest chapter 3. And then lost that one:(. Now i cant complete it.

Raerdion Server twisting nether
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/20/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
Do yourself a favor. Don't concentrate on this quest. Pick up any pages that may drop while doing other quests. Buy whatever you don't have from other players and sell duplicates. Trying specifically to complete this quest will lead to insanity and a miniscule reward compared to the amount of time put in.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 04/13/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)
reward actually includes 3 health pots, not 1, and 2 armor kits, not 1,

and alot of free bag space :)

Edited, Thu Apr 13 11:21:25 2006
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/05/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
You can get this quest as Horde also it is not an Allience only quest
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 04/16/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)
in where encounter paginas.. I do not find them. I kill the mostruos and me they do not give aid please it....
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/28/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
I baught most of my pages on auction for 5-15s each. have all the pages now going to aquire the quest.

completed in about 2 min.
25 just for talking to him and hemet
775 X4
4700
supirior healing potion X3
jungle boots
thick armor kit X2

Edited, Wed Dec 28 02:57:34 2005
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/02/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
If you are looking for a specific page try the AH. The drops are all random, all over the Vale. Mostly Humanoids. No easy way to complete this quest. No coords. Just keep grinding.

Edited, Feb 2nd 2007 4:51am by lakersforce
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/08/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
Pages popped frequently on humanoid mobs in Stranglethorn and occasionally on others. Just keep doing the quests with fast payback and the pages will come. For those last pages you can't wait for, AH has them and they go for 5-10s if you're patient. There are no "rare" pages as far as AH prices, but when I needed only a couple pages to complete the quest, the mobs wouldn't drop what I needed...go figure.

EXP 4700 at LvL 37
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 09/18/2005 (Patch 1.7.0)
The total count seems to be 27 pages, but someone told me ingame that you only need 15 pages worth? Which is correct?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 07/01/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)
Anyone know the minimum level you can get this quest? I have a ton of pages rotting in the mailbox for an alt.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 07/25/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)
I did all 4 chapters, when i try to turn in, he says i lost chapter 1, but i left it rite here. Still giving the Yellow Question mark but i dont have Cahp 1 now and can't seem to find it, even though he says it rihgt here, Anyone have this problem?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 11/28/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
seems i haven't had trouble with this one, except for pg. 26....been checking out the AH for days with no luck...anyone have any ideas as were to find it?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 04/16/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)
How much pages all together are there? also what is minimum lvl to do this?
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 09/30/2005 (Patch 1.7.1)
4700 xp at lvl 43 Alliance plus
3 x healing potions
1 x jungle boots
1 x thick armour kit

as at 30 Sep 05
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/16/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
LOL stupid question... but how do I combine the pages to make a chapter? Or do I give all the required pages to the quest giver and he will do it?

thanks for the help.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 04/17/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)
As a Druid 37 I got 775 xp each for compiling the chapters and 4700 xp for the final completed manual.

Level 40 seems a bit high for this quest.