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  • Level: 50
  • Requires level: 40
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  • Start: Yeh'kinya
  • End: Yeh'kinya
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The Ancient Egg

Bring the Ancient Egg to Yeh'kinya in Tanaris.
Ancient Egg

Description

The Prophecy of Mosh'aru speaks of an ancient egg. It is a relic of a time when trolls ruled vast empires, and it has the power to hold the essence of Hakkar. It may be the only way to keep our world safe from his evil.

Bring me the ancient egg, <name>. It is said to lay hidden deep within Jintha'Alor in the Hinterlands, in a cave behind the amphitheater at the top of the city.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
  • 5900 experience ( 35 40 at max. level)

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Rating: +45 [-] [+]
By mootwo on 11/04/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
This is part of a long chain quest designed to familiarize you with Zul'Gurub and the Zandalar Tribe. Much of the rewards are decent for their level. The Faded Hakkari Cloak is only slightly worse than everyone's favorite Hide of the Wild. Definitely a worthwhile chain for someone that doesn't want to shell out for the Hide.

Here's the full quest chain:
- Screecher Spirits(Feralas) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=3520
- The Prophecy of Mosh'aru(Zul'Farrak) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=3520
- The Ancient Egg(Hinterlands) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=4787
- The God Hakkar(Temple of Atal'Hakkar) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=3528
- The Lost Tablets of Mosh'aru(Eastern Plaguelands) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=5065
- The Final Tablets(Lower Blackrock Spire) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=4788
- Confront Yeh'kinya(Tanaris) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=8181
- The Hand of Rastakhan(Stranglethorn Vale) - https://classicdb.ch/?quest=8182
Rating: +43 [-] [+]
By ffcloud2000 on 05/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
egg can be located @ 57,86
Rating: +42 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
1. Talk to Yeh'Kinya at Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris for the Screeching Spirits quest which takes you to Feralas.&nbsp Just go left after you get off the boat from Feathermoon.&nbsp &nbsp https://classicdb.ch/quest=1328

2. Turn it to Yeh'Kinya.&nbsp The second quest is The Prophecy of Mosh'Aru.&nbsp You need to go into Zul Farrak for this one. https://classicdb.ch/quest=839

3. Turn it to Yeh'Kinya.&nbsp He will give you the Ancient Egg quest.&nbsp It is the same area in Jintha'Alor in Hinterlands where you would purify the mallet of Zul Farrak.&nbsp I would suggest you get the mallet from the Altar of Zul in Hinterlands first (2 lvl 50's elites) so you can do both quests at the same time.&nbsp The place to purify the mallet is the altar before you go into the cave for the egg.&nbsp This altar will be guarded by one elite wolf (49?) and one lvl 50 elite.&nbsp There are also other elites in the area, but not right at the altar.&nbsp https://classicdb.ch/quest=764&nbsp 

4. There is a princess patroling this altar who is another part of a quest, Saving Sharpbeak.&nbsp You need to do the chain for Stonebeak and then the last part is to kill the princess for the key to unlock Sharpbeak's cage.&nbsp This cage is also in Jintha'Alor, but another area near the egg cave.&nbsp Regardess, the items mentioned above is at the top of Jintha'Alor, so don't worry about it when you are fighting your way up.&nbsp https://classicdb.ch/quest=1103

If you can, I would gather all 4 quests first before going to Jintha'Alor.&nbsp Good luck!
Rating: +24 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
58,87 in the cave
Rating: +24 [-] [+]
By raddudedan on 07/28/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Sorry guys, this may seem not obvious to some people, like me. But the egg, to be clearer, is located in a cave. (As stated ^^) Heres how to get there. (Bring a fiend, suggested)

1. Enter Jintha'Alor, you'll notice it's full of nasty troll elites.
2. Work your way to the top of the "temple" (i suppose you can call it.) This isn't hard, just follow the roads and go up every set of stairs you come across.
3. Keep gonig up until you see a the cave that is marked on your map. This is not the right cave, but it is close to it.
4. Facing the cave, turn left. It is the very left route. You will enter a very opened - spaced, what you might call, ritual area. It is guarded by elite dogs, elite guards, and a named NPC.
5. You will see also there is an altar in the middle of this place, with a horde troll on it, in a dead position. This marks the entry to the cave. The cave entrance is around where the troll is.
6. Work your way through the cave. This may require some naked suicidal runs to save repair bills, and lots of corpse runs, which thankfully, are around the horde base, so it isn't too far.
7. You'll come to the end of the cave, where there is another named NPC, and two guards patrolling in circles around the egg. It is very hard to kill these people to reach the egg, and can only be looted if they are not attacking you somehow. You cannot be bubbled, stealthed etc. I suggest bringing a friend with you so u can ninja loot it ^^
8. Get the hell outta there, and pray you will never have to return. : )

I hope this helps!!
Good luck!
Rating: +23 [-] [+]
By corndawg on 07/27/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
The egg is that the back of a cave at the very top of Jintha'Alor, so if you're horde, be sure to pick up all these quests from Raventusk village:

http://classicdb.ch/?quest=7850 
(Tons of vessels to grab as you make your way up to the top)

http://classicdb.ch/?quest=7862 
(80 elites to kill, it sucks, but you can get half of them on the way up, and half on the way down)

http://classicdb.ch/?quest=7849 
(Might as well get these while you're going up, right? Good xp and gold)

http://classicdb.ch/?quest=7861 
(The princess is at the top, and you'll run into more than 20 guards as you go into the cave to get the egg)

http://classicdb.ch/?quest=7845 
(The egg is guarded by Hitah'ya the Keeper, who drops the key for the second part of this chain)

And if you haven't already done Zul'Farrak, be sure to pick up the sacred mallet too: http://classicdb.ch/?item=9241

Do all of these at the same time, trust me, you don't want to have to go back... Jintha'Alor is such a terrible place to be!

At least Hordes have all these quests for Jintha'Alor, I ALMOST feel bad that Alliance have to go through everything JUST for the egg.
Rating: +18 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
solo'd it, 54 Priest, horse trained to the cave, died, rez'd, ran half way thru the cave died, rez'd, ran to the egg, died, rez'd in the little nook. Ran up hit the caster, then feared, grabbed egg then died.
Rating: +16 [-] [+]
By Tyronyca on 03/02/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
Soloed with a 48 engineer rogue. (5/5 MoD, imp sap)

1. Stealthed up to the egg - No probs.
2. Distracted the group of three.
3. Sapped the named one.
** Be sure to be away from the single guard to the north **
4. (Still in stealth) Used Gnomish net-o-matic projector on a guard.
5. Now out of stealth, used blind on the other guard.
6. Loot the egg.
7. Vanish.
8. Get outta there.

Good luck and hope this helped.
Rating: +15 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
Ancient egg: 57,86 .

remember its in a cave . so if u take a look on ur map its located somewhere in the mountains.

the mobs are up to lvl 52 in that cave.

personally i think its a maximum annoying quest.
the way up is really long and the cave is filled up with those trolls.

i got killed several times (lvl 50 druid) because the lvl 51/52 guys break ur stealth easily. ill wait till lvl 55 then stealth-> walk up there again-> invisibility potion-> grab egg-> die -> rezz.

if u are able to find a nice group to manage this u are really lucky . have much fun with this one.
Rating: +15 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
cave entrance 58,78
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By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
Reach the cave by whatever means. You can mount all the way if you want. Right up to the entrance.

The important part... at the end of the cave, the egg is in the center. 3 patrols circle it. The first 2 (in my spawns) were chicks. The last one was a guy.

I'll label it A - 1st chick, B - 2nd chick, C - 3rd chick.

After trying to retrieve the egg in my first time (and dying before i can... they interrupted me..) I observed in spirit form and noticed that...

In the room, towards the WALL, looking ACROSS, chick B walks awfully close to the egg.. but then later moves TOWARDS (sorta looks like they're merging) with chick A. So when chick B moves AWAY&nbsp from the egg and TOWARDS chick A, thats when you can accept your corpse, or release stealth, and click on the egg. By the time they find out and run towards you, you've already have gotten the egg.

BTW, this can be easily done with distract it seems.. but the tip was for non-rogues.
Rating: +9 [-] [+]
By dlp3719 on 04/16/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
Alchemy doesnt work. (Lesser) Invisibility or Invulnerability - tried both several times.

Invisibility - you come out as soon as you start opening the egg (regardless of time remaining on potion).
Invulnerability - told me I "could not perform that task while immune."

I wasted a lot of time and effort for nothing.
Rating: +7 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
58 Shamman and myself (54 Holy Priest) tried to do it the normal way (you know pull mob -kill it move on to next mob rinse + repeat). We got into the cave in back of the amphitheatre and made it most of the way there. Its hard. We were not that patient, because the shamman had an appointment to go to, and that is probably what got us killed.

I would recommend doing this in a group of 3 or more lvl 53-56. Having a pet/minion would also be a plus.

P/S -> Its R-O-G-U-E not "rouge," thats either make-up or the color red in French :P
Rating: +7 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 09/10/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
There is no trick to it. Once you die urself into the room were the egg is, just stand in the water against the NE wall of the egg, slightly ahead of the incline which would let u stand on the plataform and wait for the mobs to be almost opposite to you. Rez yourself and click on the egg...you should have enough time to grab it before they interrupt you. This should help all classes.
Rating: +7 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 01/17/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)
This leads to another quest that takes you to the sunken temple. That quest's reward is a very nice dagger.
Rating: +7 [-] [+]
By Tenjou on 11/12/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
YAY for 2.3!

The Avatar of Hakkar will spawn more often, as this has generally been the biggest bottleneck for the quest. This quest will be as easy as pie now that post-2.3, all outdoor mobs will become non-elite.

Before: 3 elites guarding the egg, including a healer.
Now: 3 non-elites, easy as pie. =D
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/03/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)
Apparently this site isn't used for location anymore... yeah... coords are great - but useless with this pretty much bc u have to go thru a city to get there....

found this on allakhazam.....

The map shows A cave in Jin'Thara but it's not the right cave.&nbsp The one you want is located behind the altar that you use for the enchanted mallet quest. The cave that's shown in the map is where the missing gryphon is.

Anyway, it's a long zig-zag trail through the city to get to this point, full of level 47 elite through level 50 elite trolls. Some are easier to avoid than others.

You don't have to kill the guys standing at the altar to get to the cave.. just sneak around behind them.

Once inside the cave, all three paths lead to the egg HOWEVER, there are a LOT of enemies in here.

If you have more than one person doing the quest, you have to wait for the egg to reappear once one person gets it (roughly a 15 second wait).

Once you get the egg, exit the cave, make a clear enough area to get on your horse, and hightail it out of there. If you follow the stone path to the stairs and DO NOT STOP, you should be fine.

The regeneration rate in that city is ridiculously fast.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 02/26/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
I soloed this with my lvl 48 rogue. I did not succeed on the first attempt as I was detected and interupted just before I completed opening the egg.
The location is, as was said, not in the cave you see onthe map but you do have to make your way to the highest area of the city. I did not use vanish until i attempted to take the egg, I was always in stealth mode.
The second attempt, I positioned myself to the right of the egg as you enter the room, i went arround once following the three guards and then when stopped to let them advance 1/3 way around, i was able to open the egg but was hidden from their view for a few secs and clicked vanish and then opened the egg and got it, then was killed, then I simply was rezzed and HS back to Ogri.
Rating: +5 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 05/24/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
58 80 CAVE ENTERANCE
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By Anonymous on 03/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
For all those players having trouble looting the egg.
Stand south west side of rock where the egg is on.
As the 3 pats goes to the east side, they stop for a sec. thats when you hit res, and click on the egg.
I did this my first try, worked well and managed to get the egg. AUTO LOOT is a must :D

Good luck to ya all!
Rating: +5 [-] [+]
By CharlzO on 07/17/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
To get to the egg, you must go through the cave to the end, through a bunch of 50s elites. The egg itself, is guarded by 3 mobs. You either need a group, or a good strategy to solo to get it.

I was able to do it as a 50 Warrior. I had to die / spirit run the whole way through the cave, and then basically, pop Bloodrage while getting beat on enough to try an Intimidating Shout. The first time, two mobs resisted. The second, they all feared, giving me JUST enough time to loot the egg before dying..I spirit rezzed, and hearthed out to finish. Not an easy way, but possible.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
Took me about six deaths but I finally figured out how to do it.&nbsp As a ghost, position yourself at water level on the ne side of the egg.&nbsp when they're on the far side (nearly as far as they get from the egg) and they cannot see you, rez then hit blessing of salvation on yourself (lowers your threat 30%).&nbsp I had an extra second after grabbing the egg 'fore they killed me.

lvl 46 paladin.&nbsp heh, beat that rogues :)
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/17/2005 (Patch 1.8.0)
1) Sap (45secs)
2) Blind (8-10secs)
3) Gauge (4secs)
4) Loot Egg
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 06/29/2006 (Patch 1.11.1)
I did it with my lvl 52 dwarf priest solo! u can mount untill u reach the cave, the u take off ya cloths and corpse run. When u are at the egg u start with a instant heal ( desprate prayer, potion ) and make a shield and fear the egguards. then u can open and take egg
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 03/12/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
If you're gonna go to this place, it's recommendable that you do the other quests here too:

Saving Sharpbeak. Given from the guy in the aviari behind the Alliance FP in The Hinterlands. It's a detective quest that ends in Jintha'Alor with your freeing Sharpbeak, a cute baby gryphon.

The Mallet of Zul'Farak - not actually a quest. You have to kill some easy elite priests at one of the other temples in the Hinterlands to get the Sacred Mallet. Then you go to the Altar of Jintha'Alor - right in front of the cave with the ancient egg - and right click the mallet, and voila, you've got The Mallet of Zul'Farak - which is needed to summon Gahz'Rilla in ZF.
There's a quest in Shimmering Flats where you need to summon and kill Gahz'Rilla to get one of his scales, to get a carot on a stick (+3% mount speed). You need the Mallet of Zul'Farak to summon Gahz'Rilla. Annoying part: The carrot on a stick quest is level 42.
Rating: +3 [-] [+]
By ryan4nayr on 05/16/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
That's the million dollar pickle.

On the 1st trip, alliance player turns Sacred Mallet into Mallet of Zul'Farrak. Heads to ZF for the Carrot-on-A-Stick quest.

2nd trip, alliance player finished the mosharu tablets quests from ZF & now needs to rescue Sharpbeak... guess where.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 04/11/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)
I was lucky enough to get a group together of people hanging out in the Hinterlands (4 of us total).

The map shows A cave in Jin'Thara but it's not the right cave. The one you want is located behind the altar that you use for the enchanted mallet quest. The cave that's shown in the map is where the missing gryphon is.

Anyway, it's a long zig-zag trail through the city to get to this point, full of level 47 elite through level 50 elite trolls. Some are easier to avoid than others.

You don't have to kill the guys standing at the altar to get to the cave.. just sneak around behind them.

Once inside the cave, all three paths lead to the egg HOWEVER, there are a LOT of enemies in here.

With luck on my side again, another group showed up to help fight the enemies.

If you have more than one person doing the quest, you have to wait for the egg to reappear once one person gets it (roughly a 15 second wait).

Once you get the egg, exit the cave, make a clear enough area to get on your horse, and hightail it out of there. If you follow the stone path to the stairs and DO NOT STOP, you should be fine.

The regeneration rate in that city is ridiculously fast.
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By Aichi on 01/05/2008 (Patch 2.3.0)
Solo'd as a 48 mage. I ran up to where the egg is, suicided, ran back, res'd on top of the egg, frost nova'd, then polymorphed the spellcaster. I grabbed the egg and then died. But I still got it :)
Rating: +2 [-] [+]
By bulentgercek on 03/10/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
It's very easy for Shadow Priest (lvl 50).

I Mind Soothed all the mobs on the stairs to the cave. in the cave, killed some mobs and mind soothed again. I saw 3 guard is standing for the egg. First used shield and quickly killed healer. While killing healer i casted Shadow Word : Pain and Devouring Plague to the other mobs. After killing healer the other guards have 3/1 health:) And killed easly. Taked the egg and finaly used my heartstone to go to Tanaris to give the egg to the Quest giver:)

Thats the way with Shadow Priest ;)

YOSCURA
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/01/2005 (Patch 1.8.3)
Soloed This at 44. Distracted when they were on opposite side, only got two, the priest resisted, started walking toward the egg when she saw me vanished looted the egg, by the time of the first hit had egg in inventory, then ran my ass out of there.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 06/05/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
There are two caves, one marked on the map and one at 58, 79. You want the cave at 58, 79. It is inbetween two pools behind a span of steps.

The egg is at 57, 86. Hitah'ya and two guards roam in a circle around the egg which is on a pedastool in a small pool of water. They are the farthest away from the egg when they hit the north west portion of their walk.

I corpsed dragged my 47 priest all the way back into the cave and took two attempts at the egg to get it. I used Power Word: Shield and a Lesser Invisibility Potion.

So it is not fun, but possible to do.

Edited, Mon Jun 5 04:14:15 2006
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 03/04/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)
solod as a 52 pally. no fear or anything. just kept dieing but getting closer to the egg til i was finally right at it. wait til the patrol is on the opposite side of the altar, and i opened it... i barely finished before they started hitting me. bubble hearth out.
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 10/19/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
i - hunter - and druid + paladin was near egg - we before kill guards and lady but we cant open egg - why?

Edited, Oct 18th 2006 at 4:46pm PDT by Apokalio
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By Anonymous on 05/14/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
It is quite easy to do as a priest (Nighelf especially) if you do the following

1. Mind soothe on the trolls
2. Stay clear of the wolves and voidwalkers

Shadowmeld really helps when someone is too close for your liking.

Once you get to the egg you soothe the first one and run around the three guards. Stand as far from the first guy as possible and when the three trolls starts to attack you use fear and take the egg.

After that you die and resurrect at spirit healer or go back and soothe your way out.

Only died two times and one was because I messed up and got to close to a wolf
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 06/02/2006 (Patch 1.10.2)
managed to solo this quest as a lvl 53 warrior. How? I used my Gnomish mind control cap to MC one guard (i'm pretty sure the named would've been immune) and i made him attack at least once both of them to be sure he has the aggro, then managed to loot the egg.

(i know the MC cap will be "nerfed" next patch (1.11) but it will still be doable as the target is not in combat when you MC him)
Rating: +1 [-] [+]
By Anonymous on 12/29/2005 (Patch 1.8.4)
Got 4804 experience and 216 reputation with this quest at level 48.
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By Anonymous on 11/01/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
Soloed as 53 frost mage:

Corpse dragged right to the egg (2 deaths), ressed in a safe corner, popped ice barrier, sheeped caster, waited for the 2 adds to come to me, frost nova'd them, ran over to egg, got it, died, GY ressed.

simple enough.
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By Anonymous on 09/02/2005 (Patch 1.6.1)
i'm only doing this quest because it leads to a ST quest :((

i wish all instance-quests weren't chained... :(
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By Anonymous on 04/28/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)
I found it best to fd in the hall right before the egg and kill the patrol and the single mob before using my pet to aggro the 3 mobs guarding the egg. Make sure you use cheetah before sending pet to tank all 3 guards at the egg and use a freeze trap on one mob if you need to.
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By Anonymous on 06/29/2006 (Patch 1.11.1)
i got lucky!

i was a lvl 50 rogue and i wanted to do this quest but there were LOADS of alliance including 2 lvl 60s. i just stealthed and let them clear the entire run. then i looted the egg as soon as they were gone and voila, 5900 xp for free!