Pilgrim's Bounty - World Event

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It's that time of year again. Time for Pilgrim's Bounty. This world event holiday runs from November 23 - November 30 and is Azeroth's Thanksgiving Celebration. There are 9 achievements to be completed which grant you the 'Pilgrim" title and a Plump Turkey battle pet.

If you want specifics about the event or more information about completing any of the achievements, visit Wowhead for a complete guide guide to all the festivities.

This post is just to highlight a few things that I try not to miss each year.

1. Cooking - Provides one of the fastest, easiest, and cheapest ways in WOW to level up cooking from 1-300. All cooking supplies are available from cooking vendors in Stormwind, Ironforge, & Darnassus, except for the Wild Turkeys which must be hunted in Elwynn Forest (east of Goldshire). This gives a great start for lower level toons to level up their cooking skill!

Here is the process I use to level up my new toons in cooking to level 280 - 300 and the process also usually grants them 1 - 1 1/2 levels of experience if you do the dailies as well.
a. Begin in Stormwind.
b. Pick up the beginning holiday quest from a holiday commoner in front of either auction house.
c. Go out of the front gates of Stormwind and turn in quest and pick up any available quests.
d. Buy 80 Simple Flour + 80 Mild Spices + 100 Ripe Elwynn Pumpkins + 100 Honey + the Bountiful Cookbook from the Bountiful Vendor
e. If you have not trained in Apprentice Cooking, speak to the cooking trainer there to learn Apprentice Cooking and the Spice Bread recipe.
f. Make a cooking fire and cook Spice Bread until level 40.
g. Learn Spiced Bread Stuffing recipe (from the Bountiful Cookbook).
h. Cook Spiced Bread Stuffing until level 75.
i. Speak to the cooking trainer again to learn Journeyman Cooking (and any available recipes if you would like to have them).
j. Keep cooking Spice Bread Stuffing until level 100 (or recipe turns green)
k. Learn the Pumpkin Pie recipe from the Bountiful Cookbook.
l. Cook Pumpkin Pie until level 150.
m. Learn expert cooking from the cooking trainer.
n. Cook Pumpkin Pie until the recipe turns green (around level 163-165)..
o. Learn Cranberry Chutney recipe from the Bountiful Cookbook and grab any of the daily quests you want to if you are doing them as well.
p. ***If you are doing the dailies, then I suggest going into Elwynn Forest and killing at least 20 wild turkeys before proceeding,
q. Take the Deep Run Tram, Fly, or Hearth (if your hearthstone is set to Ironforge) to Ironforge. Proceed to the front entrance corridor of Ironforge. Pick up and complete the dailies you want.
r. Buy 100 Tangy Wetland Cranberries + 60 Honey.
s. Cook Cranberry Chutney until level 225.
t. Speak to the cooking trainer and learn Artisan Cooking then learn the Candied Sweet Potato recipe from the Bountiful Cookbook.
u. Take the Deep Run Tram or hearth back to Stormwind and proceed to Stormwind Harbor and catch the boat to Rut'theran Village. (far left dock). The boat runs every 3-4 minutes.
v. Proceed up the path into Darnassus and to the Warrior's Terrace.
w. Buy 100 Teldrassil Sweet Potatoes +100 Autumnal Herbs + 60 Honey.
x. Cook Candied Sweet Potatoes until level 280.
y. ***If you got the wild turkeys, cook them now until level 300.
y. Complete any daily quests and hearth or take boat back to Stormwind.
z. ***If you want to level to 300, you will need to kill 20 wild turkeys in Elwynn Forest for the last 20 points.


2. Companion Pets -

• Frightened Bush Chicken - This pet was added in 2014 and has a chance to drop from Pilgrim's Bounty which is a reward option from each of the 5 event daily cooking quests.
• Turkey Cage (Plump Turkey) - granted for completing the Pilgrim achievement and has a cute animation (if you get it too near a campfire, it will sense it's destiny and run into the fire and roast itself---lol!!)

 

3. Toy - Silver-Plated Turkey Shooter covers the target in feathers. This toy was added in 2014 and drops from Pilgrim's Bounty, one of the reward options for completing the event cooking dailies.

4. Cosmetic Armor -  The first 5 pieces are quest reward options from completing the event daily quests.

• Pilgrim's Hat
• Pilgrim's Attire
• Pilgrim's Dress
• Pilgrim's Robe
• Pilgrim's Boots
• Fine Pilgrim's Hat - This head piece was added in 2014 and can be transmogged to any armor type. It has a chance to drop from Pilgrim's Bounty. 

5. Reputation Buff - The Spirit of Sharing buff grants a 10% reputation bonus and stacks with other reputation bonuses!! It lasts 1 hour. You get the buff after eating 5 stacks of all the food(Cranberries, Sweet Potatoes, Pie, Stuffing, & Turkey) at a Bountiful Table. This is super great for those of us trying to get rep for Draenor flying!!

**The Pilgrim's Bounty achievements do not count towards the 'What A Long Strange Trip It's Been' achievement that rewards the Violet Proto-Drake mount.

Deepholm Quest - Quicksilver Submersion

Quicksilver Submersion is one of those rare spy quests where you camouflage yourself and eavesdrop on the enemy. Don't you just love those?

This one takes place in Upper Silver Marsh and requires you to loot a Trogg crate and then disguise yourself using the crate to eavesdrop on the Twilight Hammer's Camp in the eastern end of the Upper Marsh.

The Trogg crate is located at 71,64 and is surrounded by mobs. There is also a wooden fence by the crates. Kill the mobs and loot the crate.

Once you have the crate, go to 75,65. Millhouse Manastorm and some ogres are standing in front of a tent with two purple lampposts on either side of the entrance. There is also a small island directly across the water from the tent.

Equip the crate and enter the water and swim to the area to Millhouse Manastorm's left and the cinematic should begin. Milhouse is small and hard to see but he is located on the left if you are facing the Ogre tent.

Watch the cinematic.

Deepholm Quest - The Forgemaster's Log

This is a fairly straightforward quest but I just wanted to add a couple of screenshots to visually show the location. The Forgemaster's Log  is located at 63.55 in the top of the tower. If you are flying here from the slave area, the yellow question mark is not readily visible until you fly past the tower.

I wasn't able to fly straight in. Instead I had to use the ramp entrance.

Deepholm Quest - Question the Slaves

The 'Question the Slaves' quest requires you to obtain the Twilight Slaver's key and free 6 Enslaved Miners.

The wording of the quest made me think I needed to fight a 'Twilight Slaver' mob to get the key, so the wording is a little misleading. The first time I did this quest, I ran up and down the area where the blue quest area was marked on the map looking for a Twilight Slaver mob, and I saw plenty of enslaved miners, but only saw 'Elemental Overseers'. So, if you did this too, don't feel bad, you aren't alone!

The Twilight Slaver's Key is actually located in the 'Slavemaster's Coffer' in a rust tent in Deathwing's Fall (the lava area to the immediate west of and below the slave area, not in the area where the 'Enslaved Miners' actually are).

The tent is located in the Northeast side of Deathwing's Fall at 62,59.

The Twilight Slaver's Key is located inside the Slavemaster's Coffer which is found inside the tent on the left just inside the opening.

Once you have the key, fly up on the ledge and click on 6 Enslaved Miners to question and free them.

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Deepholm Quest - Gunship Down

I've done the 'Gunship Down' quest in Deepholm a couple of times on different toons and it always shows the wrong location for the first clue. The other two clue locations are spot on but they are very difficult to see since it is so dark and smokey in the Storm's Fury area.

So, I thought I would make this quick tutorial to refer back to when I run my next toon through here in case I forget the location so I don't have to read through pages of wowhead comments to find the location (pics included).

I'm going to go in reverse from clue 3 to clue 1 just because it is easier to find them that way, especially if you don't have some type of coordinates addon.

CLUE #3: Unexploded Artillery Shell (56,76)
If you are facing the second half of the wrecked gunship, the shell is on the ground to the right of a ramp leading to an arched doorway. See how dark it is here?

CLUE #2: Slain Cannoneer (56,74)
After you click on clue 3 (the unexploded artillery shell), turn around and face the opposite direction. You should see a fiery sphere in front of you. The slain cannoneer is on the ground to the right of that sphere of fire!

Clue #1: Captain Skullshatter (53,73)
After clicking on the slain cannoneer, mount up and fly straight up just a few yards off the ground and look ahead and to your left. You should see two doors, one on ground level and one above and slightly to the left of the first one that is shaped like the Horde symbol. Captain Skullshatter is inside that room.

Once inside the room the Captain's body is on the floor to the left. right next to the Captain's Log. Pick up the Captain's Log quest ad click on the captain's body.

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Stonecore - Vitreous Stone Drake

The Stonecore is a 5-man dungeon located in the top of the Temple of Earth in Deepholm. Solo access requires a flying mount and is located on the west-northwest side of the temple.

Slabhide, the second boss, drops the Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake.

Once you defeat Slabhide, a blue glowy portal will appear directly behind him that will port you back to the dungeon entrance.

***As of Patch 6.2.3 a new rare mount, Reins of the Infinite Timereaver, has been added as a random drop from any Timewalking Dungeon Boss, which includes the bosses of Stonecore during any Cataclysm Timewalking event. (requires level 86+)

For more information on the new Timewalking Events, see this great this great guide at Wowhead.

Getting Around Azeroth

One of the first reminders I need when going back through old content on a new toon or doing World Event achievements on my higher level toons is how to travel around the world as efficiently as possible. Since Blizzard tends to revise transportation options with each expansion, it can be hard to keep track of all the ways to get around so here is my cheat sheet!

Boat & Zeppelin Map: (all images sourced from World of Warcraft)

**not pictured - Deeprun Tram runs between Dwarven District, Stormwind and Tinker Town, Ironforge
Alliance Portals - From >> To: (excludes Mage Portals)

From Eastern Kingdoms:

Ironforge to >>

• Blasted Lands, Eastern Kingdoms

Dark Portal, Blasted Lands to >>

• Draenor (to starting quest hub if new to Draenor or to Stormshield if already completed)

Stormwind to >>

• Ashran, Draenor (War Room, Stormwind Keep - on right side)
• Blasted Lands, Eastern Kingdoms (top of entrance ramp just inside mage tower in Mage Quarter)
• Deepholm, The Maelstrom ((after initial quests completed - from small island in NE corner of city)
• Hellfire Peninsula, Outlands (top of mage tower in Mage Quarter)
• Jade Forest, Pandaria (Paw'don Village) (from small island in NE corner of city - after initial quest)
• Hyjal, Kalimdor (after initial quests completed - from small island in NE corner of city)
• Tol Barad (from small island in NE corner of city)
• Twilight Highlands, Eastern Kingdoms (from small island in NE corner of city)
• Uldam, Kalimdor (after initial quests completed - from small island in NE corner of city)
• Vashj'ir, Eastern Kingdoms (after initial quests completed - from small island in NE corner of city)

Tol Barad to >>

• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms (by daily quest hub or downstairs in Baradin Hold if your faction controls)

Twilight Highlands to >>

• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms (from Highbank)

From Kalimdor:

Darnasssus to >>

• Blasted Lands, Eastern Kingdoms (from Temple of the Moon)
• Exodar, Kalimdor (from Temple of the Moon to Valaar's Breath)

The Exodar to >>

• Blasted Lands, Eastern Kingdoms

Nodrassil, Hyjal to >>

• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms

From Outlands:

Shattrath to >>

• Ironforge, Eastern Kingdoms
• Isle of Quel'danas
• Caverns of Time, Kalimdor (from World's End Tavern if revered with Keepers of Time)
• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms

Hellfire Peninsula to >>

• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms (from Stair of Destiny next to Dark Portal)

From The Maelstrom:

Deepholm to >>

• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms (left alcove inside the Temple of Earth)

From Northrend:

Dalaran to >>

• Caverns of Time, Kalimdor (from Violet Citadel - to left of stairs)
• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms (from Silver Enclave)

Wintergrasp to >>

• Dalaran, Northrend (for winning faction - closes 15 min before next battle)

From Pandaria:

Jade Forest to >>

• Stormwind, Eastern kingdoms (from Paw'don Village)

Shrine of Seven Stars, Vale of Eternal Blossoms (2nd floor, left wing) to >>

• Dalaran, Northrend
• Darnassus, Kalimdor
• Exodar, Kalimdor
• Ironforge, Eastern Kingdoms
• Shattrath, Outlands
• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms

From Draenor:

Garrison >>

• Ashran, Draenor (requires level 3 garrison - top of tower next to mines & fishing shack)
• Gorgrond Outpost, Draenor ('Home Away From Home' quest + Iron Siegeworks = mole machine outside garrison)
• Spires of Arak Outpost, Draenor ('Home Away From Home' quest + Brewery)

Gorgrond to >>

• Timeless Isle, Pandaria (use Grim Campfire)

Stormshield >>

• Darnassus, Kalimdor
• Ironforge, Eastern Kingdoms
• Stormwind, Eastern Kingdoms

Pebbles - Lost In The Deep

I've been working on trying to complete achievements I missed in previous expansions and I noticed that I still haven't completed 'Rock Lover'  which requires you to complete the Therazane daily quest 'Lost in the Deeps' 10 times. The reward is the pet 'Pebble.'

During Cataclysm I was able to complete 6/10, but just forgot about it after MOP dropped. Completing this achievement is a real grind and it seems from reading the forums that the RNG is horrible. Some people say they have never even seen this quest on their server, so I wanted to go over the requirements so that you can make sure that you have completed the pre-requisite that allows the quest to spawn

1. Complete all Deepholm quests. I think there is around 115 or so.  This should get you to honored with the Therazane faction and unlocks the Therazane dailies which can be picked up in Therazane's Throne. There should be five daily quests you can complete at honored and six at revered.

2. 'Lost in the Deeps' is a random daily and is totally RNG dependent so you must check the  Pyrite Stonetender  quest giver each day. He is fairly small and easy to overlook. If he does not have a blue exclamation mark over his head then it isn't available that day. He is located across from Therazane (Stonemother) and between larger NPC's, Felsen & Terrath.

Once you get the quest, fly over to the Crumbling Depths. You will see a huge pink hole in the rockface below. This is the entrance.

Once inside, stay mounted and proceed straight ahead until you come to a fork in the tunnel. To your left is a rock wall blocking your path so you can only go right, but wait for the Colossal Gyreworm to pass in front of you, He follows a circular pattern.

Once he passes you, follow him until you get to a large open cavern ( the second opening on right).

Once inside the main large main cavern, if you look straight ahead you should see Pebble up on a ledge (you will only see him if you have the quest which I don't in the photo below) and a tunnel to your right. Proceed across the main cavern and take the tunnel to the right and then the tunnel to the immediate left to get to Pebble. You are just making a loop up to the ledge.

Pebble will be sitting on the ledge with green tendrils coming out of the ground around him.

Click on Pebble and his name will turn from green to blue. This means he is ready to follow you out of the Crumbling Depths. Jump off ledge and proceed across the main cavern back to the large cavern opening where you came in. After the Colossal Gyreworm goes by, then exit cavern to the right, just as before.

After you exit the main cavern into the right tunnel, jump over the rock wall and turn right.

Then continue straight ahead to escort Pebble out of the Crumbling Depths.

That's all there is to it! Turn in the quest back at Therazane's Throne to Pyrite Stonetender.

If you still need help finding Pebble, here is a video from Insane Pain Game that shows you exactly how to complete it.

Can't see the video? Click here.

I'll post a pic of Pebble when whenever I get him! Good Luck!