Quick Facts

Series

1.	Test of Mettle
2.	Words of Warning

Storyline
Grizzly Hills Local Support Close the Deal A Tentative Pact An Exercise in Diplomacy Northern Hospitality Wolfsbane Root Filling the Cages Truce? Vial of Visions Subject to Interpretation Sacrifices Must be Made Heart of the Ancients My Heart is in Your Hands Voices From the Dust Test of Mettle Words of Warning Escape from Silverbrook A Swift Response Secrets of the Flamebinders Thinning the Ranks Descent into Darkness Report to Gryan Stoutmantle... Again Hollowstone Mine The Damaged Journal The Runic Keystone The Runic Prophecies Softening the Blow Brothers in Battle Uncovering the Tunnels The Fate of Orlond Steady as a Rock? Check Up on Raegar The Perfect Plan Why Fabricate When You Can Appropriate? We Have the Power ... Or Maybe We Don't The Iron Thane and His Anvil Blackout The Captive Prospectors Looking the Part Cultivating an Image Put on Your Best Face for Loken Souls at Unrest A Name from the Past Ruuna the Blind The Failed World Tree The Thane of Voldrune A Dark Influence A Possible Link Children of Ursoc Vordrassil's Sapling Vordrassil's Seeds Ursoc, the Bear God Ruuna's Request Out of Body Experience Fate and Coincidence Anatoly Will Talk Sasha's Hunt A Sister's Pledge Hour of the Worg Nice to Meat You Therapy It Takes Guts.... Dun-da-Dun-tah! Drak'aguul's Mallet See You on the Other Side Chill Out, Mon Jin'arrak's End Raining Down Destruction Rallying the Troops Into the Breach Gavrock Runes of Compulsion Latent Power Free at Last

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Comments

Comment by 8323

Found at 21, 29

Comment by 64159

Just kill Sergeant Bonesnap then talk to the girl beside him

Comment by scr00chy

Leads to Words of Warning.

Comment by vandroy

To get this I had to do Wolfsbane Root given by Katja, north west of Sergei.

Comment by mckaysalisbury

I had to do both wolfsbane root and "Northern Hospitality" (I did roots first, and it didn't enable the quest)

Comment by 267801

This is part of a very long quest chain.
Part 1 (Into Grizzly Hills, making friends)

The Hills Have Us (Ride a gryphon from Dragonblight to Amberpine Lodge in Grizzly Hills)
Local Support (Collect Cedar Chest (in a house guarded by 3 hordes))
Close the Deal (Simply go to Ivan)
A Tentative Pact (Simply go back to Lieutenant Dumont)
An Exercise in Diplomacy (Yet another go-to quest. Go to Envoy Ducal)
Total: 46700 xp, 575 Valiance Expedition rep

Part 2 (Helping the northern locals)
Finishing part 1 unlocks 2 independent quests

Wolfsbane Root (Collect 8 Wolfsbane Roots around 28.5, 38.5)
Northern Hospitality (Kill 8 Conquest Hold Marauders)
Do these 2 quest together
Total: 41500 xp, 0 rep

Part 3 (Is there something suspicious?)
Finishing part 2 unlocks this chain

Test of Mettle (Kill Sergeant Bonesnap and a guard next to him. Ignore the provided quest item)
Words of Warning (Go to Caged Prisoner)
Total: 31100 xp, 250 Alliance Vanguard rep

Part 4 (Something's wrong)

Escape from Silverbrook (Escort quest on a specialized vehicle)
A Swift Response (Kill 7 Silverbrook Hunters and Vladek)
Total: 41500 xp, 500 Valiance Expedition rep

Part 5 (Beginning of the World Tree chain)
Finishing part 4 unlocks 2 independent quests from and elf Hierophant Thayreen outside the house)

A Dark Influence (Use the provided item in 3 caved. Map here.)
The Failed World Tree (Kill Entropic Ooze to get 6 Slime Samples around the said caves)
Do these 2 quest together
Total: 41500 xp, 250 Valiance Expedition rep

Part 6 (Further investigation)
Finishing part 5 unlocks 2 independent quests

A Possible Link (Kill Frostpaw Furbolgs to get 8 Crazed Furbolg Blood)
Children of Ursoc (Listen to the stories of 2 bears in 2 caves at here)
Do these 2 quest together
Total: 41650 xp, 350 Valiance Expedition rep

Part 7 (Into the Tree)
Finishing part 6 unlocks 2 independent quests

Vordrassil's Sapling (Use the provided torch at the bottom of the center of the Tree. Being able to fly helps a lot.)
Vordrassil's Seeds (Collect 8 Vordrassil's Seeds)
Do these 2 quest together
Total: 41900 xp, 500 Valiance Expedition rep

Part 8 (Finale)

Ursoc, the Bear God (talk to Tur Ragepaw the druid to start the event. Kill Ursoc. Use the provided item on corpse. People have reported that this is soloable.)
Rewards: (1) Choose 1 of 5 rare pants (2) A shield that vendors for 7.5563g (3) 17.7g (4) 31450 xp (5) ? rep

Grand total of quest rewards: 285,850 xp (18% or 3.6 bars at lvl 74, 17.8% or 3.56 bars at lvl 75), 1925 Valiance Expedition rep

Comment by iindigo

I'd like to add that in order for this quest to complete correctly, one must have at least one free slot open in his inventory when he kills Sergeant Bonesnap. It seems that some item swapping has to happen before the quest can complete.

Comment by LoKHor

He is on an incredibly long respawn timer. Ten minutes and counting as I type this.

Comment by piomasaki

For rogues, if you sap the marauder and try to single out Sergeant Bonesnap the girl will attack, and basically hold agro while you take out Bonesnap, so no worries. Also, in 3.1 the respawn is less then 2-3 mins now.

Comment by 53267

Hey can somebody tell me how I skin him... there seems to be no way to use the item on his corpse :(

Comment by 346973

Hey im killing the orc guy but then it comes as a incomplete quest for the girl

Comment by 131361

to bad we cant choose if you want to skin him or not...so you could become a worgen or fight them

Comment by 80158

I just finished this quest, he respawned almost instantly. Didn't even have time to finish the contact with the 'girl'.

Comment by 424849

Note you do NOT have to complete the first part of that quest chain

Comment by 463904

uhh, how can you 'skin' an orc? if so, then i'd like to lvl my skinning.

Comment by ritmix

this qeust doesnt work for me i kill the orc the giral sais stop... then nothing happens and sometime later the orc spwns again how fun

this video on youtube shows what should happen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwG8jTdycE4

Comment by tendou

Downgrade this all you want, but I just wanted my piece known. (This is for those who play on PvE servers) If you are playing as a priest and decide to MC one of the two orcs at the camp, do it on Sergeant Bonesnap. I mc'd the guard next to Sgt. Bonesnap and I got flagged.

Comment by Xbander

The very text from this quest should tell you something strange is going on. You CAN'T skin humanoids! Much less actually wear it, ala 'Buffalo Bill' from Silence of the Lambs.

Comment by kiarathecat

It's true that you don't need to do anything except kill Sergeant Bonesnap, but if you click on his corpse and attempt to use the quest item, then this will happen. (I just found this interesting)

Captured Trapper says: Stop! Put that knife away. You don't have to do... whatever they sent you to do. You're not like them yet!

Comment by 763146

You know it would be nice if there was a screen shot of who I had to kill. Where is he and how do I get to him?

Comment by 767953

I also wanted to add that you do not have to use the scalping tool to complete the quest...He will tell you to put the knife away...Then the quest is done...

Comment by Traynwreck

Stop! Put that knife away. You don't have to do... whatever they sent you to do. You're not like them yet!

Umm actually ... I'm a Worgen Death Knight, so yeah, I kinda AM like them....

From a lore perspective this whole quest chain was kinda odd/funny running it on a Worgen.

Comment by MiltiadesBooga

Sergei seems to be off his meds.

WTB drug plans for cuckoos, Varian, pliz.

Comment by 1440987

Test of Mettle http://youtu.be/iOD8y7Sit48

Comment by Boxofbeer

Test of Mettle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvwlmj6qiIA

Comment by riotangel

Essentially Sergei wants to know if you're badass enough to become a Predator.

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Test of Mettle

Find Sergeant Bonesnap northwest of Silverbrook and pass the Test of Mettle.

	Test of Mettle (1)

Provided item:

	Bloodied Scalping Knife (1)

Description

Alright, friend. You've done us a favor or two, but that's not the true test of a person's courage.

Around these parts, you're not a real hunter unless you wear your prey's skin.

<Sergei unsheathes his skinning knife and hands it to you.>

The leader of those motherless orcs attacking our town is called Bonesnap; you'll find him at a camp further northwest.

That's right. You're going to skin the monster.

Progress

Completion

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12300))