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The Head of the Beast

The Head of the Beast is a level 31 quest for the Alliance, open from level 16 in Stormwind City. You take it from Elling Trias (66.0, 74.1) and turn it in to Master Mathias Shaw (78.3, 70.7). Reward: 250 XP.

Classic data, to confirm on Forever

Quick facts

Quest level
31
Required level
16
Faction
Alliance
Zone
Stormwind City
Start
Elling Trias(66.0, 74.1)
Turn in
Master Mathias Shaw(78.3, 70.7)

Where to take and turn in The Head of the Beast

Our map of Stormwind City shows where you take the quest, where its objectives are and where you turn it in, from Classic spawn points: check them in game.

No drawn map for Stormwind City yet: the coordinates below are in % of the game's map, like /way and the map addons.

  1. 1.Take the quest: Elling Trias(66.0, 74.1)
  2. 2.Turn in: Master Mathias Shaw(78.3, 70.7)

Objectives

No objective to fill: you only talk to the NPC or bring the quest back.

Rewards

What the Classic data gives for The Head of the Beast. Experience is the full amount at the quest's level: in Classic a player 6 or more levels above gets less.

Experience
250 XP

Quest chain

Where The Head of the Beast sits in its chain, from the Classic data: what opens it and what it opens.

Whole chain (12 parts)

  1. 1.The Unsent Letter[22]
  2. 2.Bazil Thredd[22]
  3. 3.The Stockade Riots[29]
  4. 4.The Curious Visitor[29]
  5. 5.Shadow of the Past[29]
  6. 6.Look to an Old Friend[31]
  7. 7.Infiltrating the Castle[31]
  8. 8.Items of Some Consequence[31]
  9. 9.The Attack![31]
  10. 10.The Head of the Beast(this quest)
  11. 11.Brotherhood's End[31]
  12. 12.An Audience with the King[31]

Done before it

Next quest

In our leveling guide

None of our leveling routes names this quest (a city, class, profession or dungeon quest, or a zone without a route yet).

On Forever

Not confirmed on Forever yet: no player record of this quest so far. Everything above is Classic's, and Forever changed some zones (new quests, levels raised): check the quest giver in game.

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