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Another Message to the Wildhammer

Otho Moji'ko at Revantusk Village in the Hinterlands wants you to bring him 10 Long Elegant Feathers from the gryphons that inhabit the Hinterlands. Return to him once this task is complete.

Gryphons are known to inhabit every region of the Hinterlands.
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Long Elegant Feather (10)

Description

They say the Wildhammer and gryphon are as close to each other as troll and mate. Disgusting, but we be able to use this to our advantage, mon. We send them another message.

Kill all the gryphons you see in the Hinterlands, collect their feathers. From this we make the final message.

Progress

The last message gonna scare them off for sure. Either that or make them very, very angry.

Completion

Oh, mon, this gonna be good. One more step to go and Wildhammer see that they can't mess with troll!

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 545 experience (32 70 at max. level)

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By Ormriss on 11/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
These feathers are used in some crafting recipes. If you have trouble finding them off mobs, check the AH.
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By chaya on 12/15/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
If you're having trouble finding enough Gryphons to farm the feathers, you can go to Feralas and fight the Frayfeather Hippogryphs in the south there. The drop rate isn't as good, but theres many more mobs closer together, so it goes quicker usually.
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By lichee on 12/30/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
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By rslani on 04/01/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
Witherbark Hideskinner also drop these its like a 9% drop rate but its less hastle than running all over the map they are located at 31, 57
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By Kaos on 02/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
Did this in about thirty minutes, killing the trained razorbeaks quite near Aerie Peak. They have a good drop %, are low level so easy as hell to kill, & while waiting for them to respawn which doesn't take long at all you can easily pop down the path to Hillsbrad & kill Granistad, Kudros and the couple of wild gryphons flying about near them for extra feathery goodness.
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By Enfearius on 04/18/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
I hated this quest. Not only were the stupid gryphons spread far apart, but the respawn is slow, and for me at least, the drop rate was horrible. I killed almost 70 just to get the 10 feathers. And my last feather took 20 gryphons. I sincerely hope everyone else has a way better drop rate.
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By objectmaster on 04/24/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
I also attempted to gather the feathers from the Hinterland Gryphons, but it was too difficult to find any and the drop rate was very disappointing.

After reading a few comments here and on other sites, I tried my luck in Azshara for the Thunderhead Hippogryph's that are located right after entering the area from Ashenvale (you should fly to Splintertree Post and travel the road east). Check here for a map of where to find them: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6375 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=6375

The drop rate was quite good for the Long Elegant Feathers, but above all, you have many Hippogryphs to choose from in a relatively small area. Took me no more than 20 minutes.

PS. Beware the giant ;)
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By Peppermint on 08/04/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
These comments are correct. Wasted hours on rare Skylords with crappy drop-rates in Hinterlands. Went to Azshara and got a nice 50% drop-rate from the many Thunderhead Hippogryphs (dark-blue ones) in the southwestern region (southwest of the Horde camp). Well worth the trip!
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By bigtexs on 12/04/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
good grouping around 17,53...but watch out if you are horde, close to ally territory
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By JohnJSal on 09/05/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
Two things to note about doing this quest in Feralas: don't expect the drop rate to be any better, it's just that there are many more hippogryphs there. Also, I spent a lot of time killing other varieties of hippogryphs and none of them dropped the feather, so I would stick with Fayfeather Hippogryphs only, as they seem to be the ones that drop it.
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By 0thekiller0 on 02/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.6)
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By adamb10 on 07/20/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
I found the trained razorbeaks in Western Hinterlands has a good drop rate for the feathers
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By jleahey on 08/20/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
I waited at ""Featherbeards Hovel"" 13,53. near Aerie Peak. Its a great place to wait for spawns because the hovel is empty and you can run in there if you see Alli and you're Horde. Also its a high point overlooking a small valley.
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By ayingelgirl on 09/29/2007 (Patch 2.2.0)
Definitely the best place to find the feathers is right by Aerie Peak and Featherbeard's Hovel. They are right by the entrance to the Hinterlands from the South West and Plaguemist Ravine North of that. The drop rate was pretty high and the quest only took me about 25 minutes.
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By baneoflife on 10/16/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
go to feralas and get the feathers from those hippgryphs they drop sooo muchfaster i got 4 in like 2 minutes. you can stay in hinterlands but feralas drops are better and faster
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By BloodyMurder on 11/12/2007 (Patch 2.2.3)
This can also be grinded in Azshara from the Thunderhead Hippo's the droprate is 36% the hippo's are 46-48 and plenty of em' around the horde camp.
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By Karek on 11/22/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
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By Magnett on 11/24/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
If you grind for these in Feralas, keep in mind that they only drop from the Frayfeather Hippogryphs. Don't bother killing the other types.
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By flyingtiger on 11/27/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
Just finished this one and the advice to go to Aerie Peak is the best. Was able to knock out all 10 in no time.
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By Blackbaron on 07/11/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
This is the most frustrating quest I've come across in a long, long time. The drop rate is appalling. If Blizzard just wanted you level while attempting this farce then they succeeded. To date I've gone up a level, skinned a over 100 gryphons and still have only 6 feathers. If this wasn't the middle of a chain quest I'd have given it up ages ago. I still mightn't finish it.
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By childofnewlight on 09/11/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
As of 2.3 this quest gives 7850xp at level 53.
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By Coldtail on 02/20/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Although this quest gives good xp and the next quest is easy, it still isn't worth doing it. Better to just skip this quest, while you can get twice the xp for the time you spend on this quest by doing some other quests is what I would suggest.
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By Amathal on 03/14/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)
Buy the feathers off the AH.
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By Mokazumi on 05/21/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
No matter what way you to it this quest will probably be tedious. What I did is I made a path to follow. If you check the locations of the razorbeak skylord's and gryphons in the hinterlands, as well as the trained gryphon you can see a path you can follow from skull rock over near Hiri'watha and then in front of Aerie Peak. Follow this path killing any gryphons you see and then kill the 4-5 near Aerie. Head down into Hillsbrad and kill the 3 there. Come back and repeat.

It took me a long time to do this; a good 20 minutes or so. After I hit 8 feathers none dropped for a while. Then I made 2 kills outside of Aerie and got the last ones. 7850 XP as a level 51 shaman. Not a bad return for the work involved, tedious as it was.
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By risbolla on 06/16/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
You know what they say about Wildhammer.<div class=""quote"">They say the Wildhammer and gryphon are as close to each other as troll and mate.
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By oxid3 on 05/06/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
The https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=2657 Trained Razorbeaks have a high chance of dropping the elegant feathers, so focus on them. The only problem is they're close to Aerie Peak check around 19,53 I saw like 4-5, I needed 2 feather and killed 2 and got 'em.
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By Odinlord1 on 07/24/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
I don't care what anyone says, if u want to do this quest just buy the long elegant feathers in the auction house! the drop rate is pathetic!!! im on my 7th feather, killing any gryphon i see, and i have been done with the other Hinterland quests for nearly a week now! buy them, don't waste your time.
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By hamidget on 07/26/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
dont even waste your time unless you find em on the ah. Wish i woulda read this page before attempting this quest....
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By Hongus on 10/07/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
Best drop place: https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=2657 https://vanillawowdb.com/?npc=2657
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By Gvaz on 12/24/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Drop rate on this is !@#$ing $%^&amp;, I've got 7 so far after like 50 kills
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By Teeferbone on 12/01/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
^ this quest can be pretty rough. I'm doing it currently at level 80 for some achievements and have spent over an hour.

These feathers are no longer common in the AH due to the expansions. I've hunted gryphons to extinction four times over combing the entire zone. I've cleared the Witherbark camp at (30,58) 3 times (for a grand total of 1 feather). I have 6 so far.
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By Gwielgi on 02/03/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
Azhara beginning at 18, 58 and north and east. Horde flight at Valormark 21.9, 49.7 is closest - land there and work west and south. I can't say that statistically the drop rate on the Thunderheads is better than other gryphons - however, there are lots and lots of them and I got 5 in less time than it took me to get 1 in The Hinterlands.
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By Berkaland on 06/06/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
I guess the best way to do this quest is to complete https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=7841 Message to the Wildhammer first in this zone then do this one because you will encounter many Razorbeaks during doing other quests so you can just slowly gather the feathers instead of trying getting them in a short time.

I was just swinging between Aerie Peak and the two gryphons on the path to The Hinterlands from Hillsbrad Foothills, Kurdros and Granistad. It was faster than travelling through the whole area.
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By nightcrawler93 on 07/27/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
trained razorbeaks are the best ones to drop feathers and since we are sending a message to wildhammer it makes sense
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By castus on 03/07/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
If you are like me and get frustrated by the plenty of quests in WoW that have lousy droprates, then do NOT attempt to complete this quest. Others here have said ""the droprate is good in the west part of Hinterlands"" but that's definitely not true. I've made this quest on 3 occasions and every time I tell myself why the heck did I ever bother.

Last time I went there I cleared ALL spawns TWICE and managed to collect ONE feather. Other times I get two feathers in two kills, but before you have managed to get 10, you will be bald. This quest is a complete waste of time unless you can buy the feathers off the AH, not to mention the long trip you need to make to reach this part of the zone.

I don't know how Blizzard's quest designers define ""fun"", but this quest does not qualify.

DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS QUEST!
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By shohanu on 05/07/2009 (Patch 3.1.1)
As of patch 3.2 this quest only requires One https://vanillawowdb.com/?item=4589%5C Long Elegant Feather.
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By aniwthos on 10/13/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
If i remember correctly this quest needed 10 feathers. Now patch 3.2 it needs 1 feather only. Easy as pie.
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By Kalakagathosa on 04/11/2009 (Patch 3.0.9)
Changed recently: now you only need 1 feather. Ergo, this quest is absolutely worth doing! Great change, blizz!
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By dblngr on 05/11/2009 (Patch 3.1.1)
Hmm, reading comments here it seems like you used to need 10 (?) feathers. I have never done this quest until now, but as of 3.2.2 you only need 1 feather to complete the quest.
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By hategoddess on 03/25/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
DOES count towards https://vanillawowdb.com/?achievement=1677 Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms
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