Costly Menace
Costly Menace is a level 34 quest for the Alliance, open from level 30 in Hillsbrad Foothills. You take it from Darren Malvew (52.4, 56.0) and turn it in to Darren Malvew (52.4, 56.0). Reward: 2,700 XP, one item of 2 to choose, Recipe: Tasty Lion Steak, Tasty Lion Steak and +250 with Stormwind.
Classic data, to confirm on Forever
Quick facts
- Quest level
- 34
- Required level
- 30
- Faction
- Alliance
- Zone
- Hillsbrad Foothills
- Start
- Darren Malvew(52.4, 56.0)
- Turn in
- Darren Malvew(52.4, 56.0)
Where to take and turn in Costly Menace
Our map of Hillsbrad Foothills shows where you take the quest, where its objectives are and where you turn it in, from Classic spawn points: check them in game.
Wheel (after a click on the map) or + and - to zoom, drag or arrow keys to move, double-click to zoom in, 0 to fit the route, Escape to leave full screen.
Our map of Hillsbrad Foothills, drawn from the game's data: subzones and named places from Forever's game files, flight points from its tables, the other NPCs from Classic. North is up. Not a game image.
Inns, trainers, repairs, stables and banks come from Classic data (cMaNGOS): check them in game.
- 1.Take the quest: Darren Malvew(52.4, 56.0)
- 2.Objective: Mountain Lion(36.8, 18.9)
- 3.Objective: Hulking Mountain Lion(48.2, 16.0)
- 4.Turn in: Darren Malvew(52.4, 56.0)
Objectives
2 objectives, from the Classic data:
Kill Mountain Lion: 8
Where: 36.8, 18.9 ; 39.3, 21.9 ; 35.1, 24.2 ; 42.1, 25.2 ; 34.9, 14.8 ; 35.4, 10.8
Kill Hulking Mountain Lion: 10
Where: 48.2, 16.0 ; 81.7, 5.2 ; 51.6, 21.1 ; 47.1, 19.1 ; 43.5, 29.2 ; 35.9, 22.6
Rewards
What the Classic data gives for Costly Menace. Experience is the full amount at the quest's level: in Classic a player 6 or more levels above gets less.
- Experience
- 2,700 XP
- Choose one
- You also get
- Reputation
- +250 with Stormwind
Quest chain
Costly Menace stands alone in the Classic data: no quest before it, none after it.
In our leveling guide
The free leveling route of Hillsbrad Foothills (Alliance) names this quest: open it at its step to see it in order with the others, or why the route skips it.
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.