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NeutralNetherwing
Netherwing Fields
Main leader IconSmall DragonNether Neltharaku
Secondary leaders IconSmall DragonNether Karynaku
IconSmall DragonNetherIconSmall HighElf Male Mordenaku
Race(s) IconSmall DragonNetherIconSmall DrakeNetherIconSmall WhelpNether Nether dragon
Base of operations Netherwing Fields
Theater of operations Outland
Language(s) Draconic, Common, Orcish
Affiliation Independent
Status Active
Reputation
Quartermaster IconSmall DrakeNetherIconSmall HighElf Male Barthamus
Notable reward(s) IconSmall DrakeNether Nether Drake mounts

The Netherwing, sometimes called the Netherwing dragonflight,[1][2] are the main faction of the nether dragons in Outland.

Although generally hostile to most humanoids based on their treatment by the Dragonmaw clan of orcs in Shadowmoon Valley, they can be swayed to change their attitude if tasks to aid them are completed.

Faction description[]

This unusual brood of dragons was spawned from the eggs of Deathwing's black dragonflight, and infused with raw nether-energies. Now, they seek to find their identity beyond the shadows of their father's destructive heritage.

Hated to Neutral[]

The quest chain begins by speaking with Mordenai, who wanders the Netherwing Fields in the southeast corner of Shadowmoon Valley and is often fighting flayers. When he is in combat, the quest marker will not be visible, making it harder to find him. To get the quest sooner, just assist him in combat. You will need a flying mount for this chain.

  1. N [25-30] Kindness
  2. N [25-30] Seek Out Neltharaku
  3. N [25-30] Neltharaku's Tale
  4. N [25-30] Infiltrating Dragonmaw Fortress
  5. N [25-30] To Netherwing Ledge!
  6. N [25-30] The Force of Neltharaku
  7. N [25-30G] Karynaku
  8. N [25-30G] Zuluhed the Whacked
  9. N [25-30] Ally of the Netherwing (+42000 reputation)

 

shortcut iconSee also: Ally of the Netherwing quest chain

Note: The quests in the Hated-to-Neutral chain are not daily quests. These are one-time-only quests that upon completion bring your reputation with the Netherwing up from hated to neutral. It is not possible to start the daily quests before this entire chain is completed.

The +42000 reputation for Ally of the Netherwing is not subject to the human +10% reputation bonus. However, it is subject to the Spirit of Sharing buff at present. It is also subject to any guild-based reputation bonuses you may have.

If you have Inv misc note 02 [Diplomacy] or another reputation buff, you can go from hated to friendly instead from hated to neutral.

Neutral to Friendly[]

Netherwing Egg

Netherwing Egg

The questline resumes by speaking with Mordenai, 300 riding skill and a flying mount are required to continue. Players who accept the introduction quest have Mordenai use the Dragonflight's magic on them to appear as a fel orc riding a nether drake while in the vicinity of Dragonmaw Fortress and Netherwing Ledge. This makes all fel orcs in the region excluding Dragonmaw Ascendants, Dragonmaw Skybreakers and Dragonmaw Transporters appear friendly to the player. The fake mount provides the same speed bonus as the real thing, giving a nice preview of what all the hard work is for.

  1. N [25-30] Blood Oath of the Netherwing, 300 riding skill is required to accept this quest.
  2. N [25-30] In Service of the Illidari (+250 reputation)
  3. Both of
  4. Dailies unlocked

Players who do not have at least one gathering profession will be unable to complete the gathering based daily quests and so are at a slight disadvantage to players who do have a gathering skill. The Black Blood of Draenor mob found within the nearby mines drops Inv ore feliron 01 [Sludge-Covered Object] that has a chance to contain any of the gathered items, but without a gathering profession, the related quests do not appear.

Friendly to Honored[]

Players receive a trinket that summons a combat pet while in Shadowmoon valley and open up an additional 3 daily quests. Earlier repeatable quests are still available.

Honored to Revered[]

Players receive an upgraded trinket, allowing them to summon a combat pet in all zones. All previous repeatable quests are still available and another daily quest as well as the Dragonmaw Races become available.

Revered to Exalted[]

Players receive yet another upgrade to the trinket, this time adding 45 stamina, and open up a daily group quest. All earlier repeatable quests are still available. The questline after Hail, Commander! depends on which of the Shattrath City factions players are allied with.

  1. N [25-30] Hail, Commander! (+500 Reputation and Inv misc gem sapphire 01 [Commander's Badge]
  2. N [25-30] Kill Them All! (Scryers) / N [25-30] Kill Them All! (Aldor) (+250 Reputation)
  3. N [25-30] Commander Hobb (Scryers) / N [25-30] Commander Arcus (Aldor)
  4. N [25-30G3 Daily] The Deadliest Trap Ever Laid (Scryers) / N [25-30G3 Daily] The Deadliest Trap Ever Laid (Aldor) (+500 Reputation)

Exalted[]

Netherdrake choice noPC

Choosing a Nether Drake mount in the Lower City.

Players may then talk with the six Netherwing drakes standing next to Barthamus in the Lower City of Shattrath. The mount rewarded depends on which drake the player talks to:

It is not possible to choose the exact color drake which is used for the mounted Fel Orc costume; it is a combination of the Cobalt, Purple, and Violet color choices. However, all drakes will change into this special coloration upon entering Netherwing Ledge thereafter.

Additional quests[]

A few quests become available from items that drop from mobs on the island.

Starting at neutral after completing N [25-30] Enter the Taskmaster, Arvoar the Rapacious will drop the [Partially Digested Hand] as loot, which starts the quest N [25-30G] A Job Unfinished... (+250 Reputation)

The Black Blood of Draenor and Draenor Blood Terrors in the Netherwing Mines drop [Sludge-Covered Objects]. Starting at friendly reputation after completing N [25-30] The Netherwing Mines, opening these may reveal the [Murkblood Escape Plans]. This item leads to the following questline:

Reputation[]

The reputation numbers provided in the quests row of the table indicate the amount of reputation rewarded for completing the non-daily/repeatable quests available at that reputation level, not the total amount of reputation needed to advance to the next level.
  Hated
36000 rep 		Hostile
3000 rep 		Unfriendly
3000 rep 		Neutral
3000 rep 		Friendly
6000 rep 		Honored
12000 rep 		Revered
21000 rep 		Exalted
1000 rep 		Rep Note
Rep by Quests
42000 rep
500 rep
1775 rep
4700 rep
750 rep
1000 rep
 50725 total Out of 85000 needed
Initial Quests 42000 Starts with N [25-30] Kindness
Quests 350 Inv misc shadowegg [Netherwing Egg]
RRQ Quests
N [25-30] Accepting All Eggs (RRQ)
 250 Inv misc shadowegg [Netherwing Egg]
Daily
Quests 		250 Miners / herbalists / skinners only
N [25-30 Daily] Netherwing Crystals
 250
N [25-30 Daily] A Slow Death
 250
250
N [25-30 Daily] Picking Up The Pieces...
 350
350
350
500 In Nagrand
500

Players begin at 0/36000 hated with Netherwing, and must be exalted to obtain a Nether Drake mount. The quest chain/reputation grind is a mostly solo endeavor involving daily quests, one 5-person group quest on the way to neutral, and a daily 3-person group quest once reaching revered. A flying mount is required for this reputation grind, and 300 riding skill is necessary to advance past neutral. Netherwing is one of the only factions in the game where players do not lose reputation by attacking and killing its members.

Ignoring both the egg quest and the human racial reputation bonus, the fastest reputation progression possible by completing the daily quests is:

Completing N [25-30] Accepting All Eggs can significantly reduce the total number of days needed to reach exalted. Some have reported getting there in three to four days.

Since the end of Burning Crusade, there are far fewer people doing these quests, resulting in far more eggs lying around, making it that much easier to get exalted.

Rewards[]

Drake Dealer Hurlunk sells additional Nether Drake mounts to players who are exalted with the Netherwing at the Dragonmaw Base Camp. (These prices are at exalted status, you do not get a further discount from the listed 200g)

Drake Dealer Hurlunk
Rep Item Cost Type
Exalted Ability mount netherdrakepurple [Reins of the Azure Netherwing Drake] 200g Mount
Ability mount netherdrakepurple [Reins of the Cobalt Netherwing Drake] 200g Mount
Ability mount netherdrakepurple [Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake] 200g Mount
Ability mount netherdrakepurple [Reins of the Purple Netherwing Drake] 200g Mount
Ability mount netherdrakepurple [Reins of the Veridian Netherwing Drake] 200g Mount
Ability mount netherdrakepurple [Reins of the Violet Netherwing Drake] 200g Mount

Known bugs[]

  • Some of the racers will constantly phase in and out preventing you from interacting with them. Blizzard is currently working on a hotfix for this. GMs cannot reset the racers manually at the moment, so opening a ticket will not make them usable again earlier.
    <GM>Harnbog suggested this temporary solution: "Unfortunately there is no way for us to reset these NPCs at the moment, but it is possible if there is a player with the quest you are supposed to get next, who then shares this with you in a party."
  • The spell effects that knock a player off during races can cause the effects while not displaying the animation visibly making for unavoidable mid-air dismounts.
  • For the Slow Death quest, some of the peon camps are bugged and will not eat the poisoned meat. Generally, the peons in a bugged camp just stand still, doing nothing. After a peon has been disciplined using a Booterang, it also will not accept the meat. Make sure to only poison camps where at least two peons are mining to avoid wasting any Fel Glands. In addition, to avoid causing them to bug out, don't place the meat directly under a slanted crystal formation as these crystals might cause them to not have a place to stand for whatever coding is used to make them run to the meat. However, sometimes this bug cannot be avoided as peons that appear to be functioning normally will not accept the mutton.
  • Typically, you can perform a mid-air dismount by right clicking on your mount's icon in your pet/mount box. However, since your access to the Dragonmaw Netherdrake is a buff, you will not receive it in your pet/mount box, and therefore not be able to dismount mid-air by clicking the "desummon" button of your normal mount. You can still right click the buff however to disable it. Note that this only occurs when you are under the buff, not the when you own the actual Nether Drake.
  • Gaining or losing the Dragonmaw Illusion Buff bugs the visuals of the priest spell Spell shadow shadowform [Shadowform]. While flying into Netherwing Ledge/Dragonmaw Fortress in Spell shadow shadowform [Shadowform], your character loses the dark purple shade and you only look semi-transparent with a purple glow effect. Removing and re-casting Spell shadow shadowform [Shadowform] fixes this.
  • There are a few Netherbrush nodes and Nethercite nodes that are on the shattered islands around the Netherwing Ledge that players cannot get, because being as far out as the nodes are removes the Fel Orc costume.
  • Sometimes the script does not recognize that you are on daily quests and you cannot do them (for example, you smash a peon with your Inv boots chain 01 [Booterang] but it does not count, and also quest items will not drop). Dropping the quest and picking it up again often fixes the problem.
  • During "The Not-so Friendly Skies", the Dragonmaw Transporters can become bugged and Evade attacks; sometimes they even begin swimming in the sky. Killing the "swimming" Transporter will reset this mob.
  • Warlocks with a pet out may automatically have their pet dismissed whenever they use their flying mount, and the warning will be given that "You already have an active summon".
  • If you disconnect while carrying your Dragonmaw Illusion buff, some NPCs may be seen as hostile, but will not attack. This is largely positive, but it also prevents quest turn-ins. Flying out (to lose the buff) and flying back (to get it again) should resolve this.

Notes[]

  • Despite there being several Nether Drakonid in the form of Or'kaos the Insane and the Dragonmaw Ascendants, there are no Nether drakonid that are affiliated with the Netherwing.
    • Several Wyrmrest Protectors can appear using Nether Drakonid appearances; though it is never stated if they are affiliated with the Netherwing as the Netherwing do not interact with the Wyrmrest Accord.
  • An alternate finale involving Toranaku and Or'kaos was cut.

Patch changes[]

References[]

 
  1. ^ N [25-30] Blood Oath of the Netherwing
  2. ^ N [25-30] Ally of the Netherwing

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