Quick Facts

Series

1.	The Last of Her Kind
2.	The Warm-Up
3.	Into the Pit
4.	Prepare for Glory
5.	Lok'lira's Parting Gift
6.	The Drakkensryd
7.	Sibling Rivalry
8.	Mending Fences

Storyline
The Storm Peaks Clean Up Just Around the Corner Slightly Unstable A Delicate Touch Reclaimed Rations Expression of Gratitude Ample Inspiration Only Partly Forgotten Bitter Departure Cell Block Tango Know No Fear A Flawless Plan Demolitionist Extraordinaire Offering Thanks Missing Scouts Loyal Companions Stemming the Aggressors Baby Stealers Sirana Iceshriek On Brann's Trail Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Pieces to the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell The Missing Bronzebeard The Nose Knows Sniffing Out the Perpetrator Speak Orcish, Man! Speaking with the Wind's Voice Catching up with Brann Pieces of the Puzzle Data Mining The Library Console Norgannon's Shell Rare Earth Fighting Back Relief for the Fallen Slaves of the Stormforged The Dark Ore The Gifts of Loken Facing the Storm Armor of Darkness The Armor's Secrets Valduran the Stormborn Destroy the Forges! Hit Them Where it Hurts A Colossal Threat The Heart of the Storm The Iron Colossus Aid from the Explorers' League The Frostborn King Fervor of the Frostborn An Experienced Guide Unwelcome Guests The Lonesome Watcher The Hidden Relic Fate of the Titans Fury of the Frostborn King The Master Explorer The Brothers Bronzebeard Going After the Core The Core's Keeper Forging the Keystone Xarantaur, the Witness The Witness and the Hero Memories of Stormhoof Distortions in Time Where Time Went Wrong The Hero's Arms Changing the Wind's Course They Took Our Men! Leave No Goblin Behind The Crone's Bargain Mildred the Cruel Discipline Examples to be Made A Certain Prisoner A Change of Scenery Is That Your Goblin? The Hyldsmeet Taking on All Challengers You'll Need a Bear Bearly Hanging On Cold Hearted Deemed Worthy Making a Harness The Last of Her Kind The Warm-Up Into the Pit Prepare for Glory Lok'lira's Parting Gift The Drakkensryd Sibling Rivalry Mending Fences The Refiner's Fire A Spark of Hope Forging an Alliance You Can't Miss Him Battling the Elements In Memoriam A Monument to the Fallen Forging a Head Placing Hodir's Helm Forging Hodir's Spear A New Beginning Veranus Territorial Trespass Krolmir, Hammer of Storms The Terrace of the Makers The Earthen Oath Loken's Lackeys The Reckoning

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Comments

Comment by 196893

In the middle of the village, in the pit.

Comment by Stagen

If you go low on health and don't want to die, you can just leave the arena and dismount to drink. You won't fail the quest and you can easily enter it again to take on the remaining foes for your quest.

Comment by CitrusMan

No! Not into the pit! IT BURRRRRRRNS!

Comment by Lartoon

If you're not careful, u can get multiple bears attacking you at once. Try to get those either solo around the sides or attack another bear already in combat. You can run out and they will disengage but i didnt find a need to do so really.

Also again. just charge, maul and smash when ur charge is almost up again. If they do a knockback on you. Run towards them to avoid their Charge and Stun effect. Easy quest and fun.

Comment by 151995

This may or may not be a reference to one of Testament's best songs, found on The New Order album also titled Into the Pit.

Comment by 283881

i cant seem to get this quest...anybody know why?

Comment by Nimffadora

You have to have completed the entire quest line that starts with They Took Our Men! for this quest line to open up. This quest line starts with The last of her kind.

Comment by kerluna

I had an issue with newly spawned riders attacking me instead of my bear. I simply dismounted right there in the pit, bandaged up and remounted.

Comment by 290374

I'm not sure why, but I'm not getting credit for my kills.

Comment by 214352

You have to make sure that you kill "Un tagged" mobs, I was wondering why I dident get any "kill counts", but found out that if NPC's has been fighting and you join in on the fight and kill em both, you wont get kill counts for it, atleast I dident (:

Comment by psyberdemon

totally simple. never dropped below 25k hp.

spam the swipe attack
hit knock back
take a couple steps backward
charge
rinse and repeat
?
profit.

Comment by 202640

Upon completing the previous quest in the chain, she will state that you have a good bear. And nevertheless it has much more health than the others!

Comment by 346370

where do you find the matriarch? i accepted the quest but i dont see the bear anywhere

Comment by 328178

Maybe someone at Blizzard likes Testament and decided to make this a reference to the song with the same title? :D

Comment by Postmannen

Make sure you don't Smash your oppenents too far out of the ring because if you do your opponents HP will be reset and you'll leave combat.

Comment by mrdummy

There is chance you're fighting to another npc outride the ring but HP is not resetted.
And while on mount, you can run around... But you cannot mount outside the ring.
Outside the village area, the mount is removed.

Comment by 453812

The quest name could be a reference to the song Into The Pit by Testament, one of their most famous ones.

Comment by 497143

Like the previous quest, do not forget to press to Auto-attack.

Comment by 174223

my action bars disappeared, still did the quest. had to relog to get them back.

Comment by 613106

Thanks for the tip about smashing them outside of the ring. This is a terribly frustrating quest because you have to kill the ones on the outer ring to avoid getting aggro from the center mobs, yet you can't smash them outside or they de-aggro on you completely. The best way seems to be to kill the ones on the outer ring and mostly use maul.

Comment by Demitrius

these guys hurt YOU too, not just your bear. just keep on eye on you hp and you should be fine. if u get off the bear then all the bad guys turn "green" again so you can eat.

Comment by 234080

NO! Not into the pit! It burns!

Comment by 568688

OK there is a saddle in your bags that the Matriarch gives to you. It summons the bear mount needed for this quest. A friend and I just spent SO long trying to figure out where to get that stupid bear!

Comment by WinFail

I gotta problem with this quest, I've now killed about 12 bears but I don't get credit for it. I'm taking on solo bears who werent in fight and then I kill them, but no credit. Does this not count because my bear kills them or wtf? it's starting to get annoying.

Comment by annabel88

How do you get off the darn bear to turn in your quest. mine is complete but i cannot click on her. She does have the yellow question on top of her head and everything.
BTW, my bear died on me twice. i just ran over to an open spot in the ring and rezzed it again and finished the quest. i hope, if i can turn it in. it says complete in the log.

Comment by 917988

Thak you Tainter! I was going insane looking for the stupid bear to mount! Lmao...

Comment by 92043

Ran into an issue with this quest and the previous one, The Warm-Up. I couldn't use the primary attack ability while running it on a level 78 Goblin Shaman. Dismounted from the bear and remounted several times, and used the /reload command to reload the UI. Don't know if any of my add-ons caused the issue, but I've not had trouble with them doing funny things to the vehicle UI before.

Comment by kakserpom

For hunters:
1. place your Explosive trap
2. take a mount (bear)
3. pull some bears near the trap.
4. ? ? ?
5. PROFIT!

Comment by revrob

If you can weasel your way between two NPC's fighting, and join in, you will get credit for the kills. Wait until they are almost done killing each other, and then finish them off. You have to target the 2nd one very quickly, so their health doesn't reset.

Comment by fordahord

I had a hard time getting credit for kills. I must have put down more than 20 stinking bears.

However, I learned that I could dismount at any time, then remount with a fresh bear. It took a while, but I finished with full health.

Comment by GitGudGuides

Into the Pit http://youtu.be/9ob1xtAYXRw

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIKdu9PS4p0&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Boxofbeer

Into the Pit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4-vgOoHJn4

Comment by allOf

Into the Pit https://youtu.be/17BVhnnOXrg

Links

Into the Pit

Astrid Bjornrittar, in Brunnhildar Village, wants you to use the Reins of the Warbear Matriarch inside the Pit of the Fang and defeat 6 Hyldsmeet Warbears.

	Hyldsmeet Warbear slain (6)

Provided item:

	Reins of the Warbear Matriarch (1)

Description

Besting a tethered opponent is one thing. Fighting other bear riders on equal footing is another.

Head into the Pit of the Fang and use what you've learned to defeat your opponents. Good luck, sister.

Glory awaits, should you succeed.

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Reins of the Warbear Matriarch

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12997))

Guides

A Fortnight in Dalaran: Farming Northrend Mounts and Pets