Jade Forest Storyline, Screenshots, Quests, and More (No replies to this topic)

Spoiler disclaimer: this article contains many spoilers.

Jade Forest is the entry zone of the Pandaria continent. Whether you play Alliance or Horde, you will begin questing there before moving on to the Valley of the Four Winds.

Storyline

Jade Forest is the zone where both the Alliance and the Horde will establish their first stronghold in Pandaria. It is still unclear how the discovery of Pandaria is linked to the Discovery of the Wandering Isle.

After a naval battle opposing forces from the Alliance and the Horde, Alliance ships wash up in Wayward Landing, in the southern part of the zone, where there are under attacks from both the Horde vessels and the Hozen, an indigenous ape species. The Alliance eventually manages to overcome their enemies.

Similarly, the Sky Shark, a Horde aircraft crashes on the northern part of the area. After fending off attacks from upset Hozens, the Horde survivors manage to build a settlement, Hellscream's Fist.

From there on, both the Alliance and the Horde start moving inland, in order to look for support and explore Jade Forest. The Alliance eventually befriends the Jinyu, an indigenous species of fish-like humanoids. At the same time, the Horde befriends the Hozen, who turn out to be the sworn enemies of the Jinyu.

Meanwhile, Lorewalker Cho, a curious Pandaren, makes contact with Alliance and Horde players alike to educate them about his race and Pandaria. He introduces the players to Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent, who protects the Temple of the Jade Serpent. Cho also asks the players to help him build a new Jade statue from which Yu'lon's successor will be born. Unfortunately, the conflict between the Alliance (and their Jinyu allies) against the Horde (and their Hozen allies) awakens the Sha, an ancient evil, which destroys the statue and takes over Yu'lon's temple.

Screenshots

As we were progressing through the zone, we took a number of screenshots. You will find the best ones below.

Quests

Depending whether you play Alliance or Horde, part of the quest lines in Jade Forest will be different.

Alliance: Wayward Landing

1. Complete these four quests:
   • Tipping the Scales
   • Fighting the Flames
   • They Came From Behind!
   • Captain Blackcrag
2. Complete these four other quests:
   • No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
     • Steaking a Claim
   • Grove Stalkers
   • Flightmaster Down
     • Saving Snowpuff
   • Against the Odds
     • The Hardest Task

Alliance: the Jinyu, Anduin, and Lorewalker Cho

1. Complete these two quests given in Wayward Landing:
   • The Mission Continues
     1. The White Pawn, Sunken Junk, and Thinning the Herd
     2. Explosive Evidence
     3. Without a Trace
   • The Missing Admiral
2. The Path of War, Freeing Our Brothers, and Ancient Power
3. Kung Din
4. Jailbreak
5. The Pearlfin Situation, Road Rations, and Zen Healing
6. Family Heirlooms
7. The Elder's Instruments
8. Spirits of the Water
9. The Scouts Return
10. SI:7 Report: Lost in the Woods
11. SI:7 Report: Fire From the Sky
12. SI:7 Report: Hostile Natives
13. SI:7 Report: Take No Prisoners
14. A Perfect Match
15. Bigger Fish to Fry
16. Let Them Burn and Carp Diem
    • During these quests, you can obtain Trail of the White Pawn by combining 3 Alliance Scrap, which are dropped by enemies.
17. Seek Out the Lorewalker
18. Borrowed Brew
19. A Visit with Loremaster Cho
20. Potency, Body, and Hue
21. Finding Your Center
22. Sacred Waters, Rest in Peace, and The Vale of Eternal Blossoms
23. Anduin's Decision
24. In Search of Wisdom

Horde: Sky Shark Crash Site and Hellscream's Fist

1. The General's Edge
2. Complete the following quests:
   • Horde Justice
   • Wet Work!
     • Sixteen Fluid Ounces of Prevention
   • Burial at Sea
   • Standard Protocol
   • Higher Ground, during which the following quests become available:
     • What Goes Down, Must Come Up!
     • My Stars!
   • Cryin' My Eyes Out (on the way to Hellscream's Fist)
     • Seein' Red
   • Monstrosity (on the way to Hellscream's Fist)
3. Complete these two quests:
   • Missed Me By... That Much!
     • They're So Thorny
   • Forensic Science
     • Acid Rain

Horde: the Hozen, Anduin, and Lorewalker Cho

1. Lay of The Land
2. Stay a While, and Listen
3. A Mile in My Shoes
4. If These Stones Could Speak
5. Peering Into the Past
6. Family Tree
7. Swallowed Whole
8. Orders are Orders, on the way to Fort Grookin, you can do the following quests:
   • Kill Kher Shan
   • The Bees' Knees
   • Wicked Wikkets
   • Captain Jack's Dead (obtained from killing Jack Arrow during Wicked Wikkets)
9. Instant Messaging
10. Beyond the Horizon
    • Furious Fowl
      • Boom Bait and Silly Wikket, Slickies are for Hozen
    • What's in a Name Name?
11. The Scouts Return
12. Scouting Report: Hostile Natives
13. Scouting Report: On the Right Track
14. Scouting Report: The Friend of My Enemy
15. Scouting Report: Like Jinyu in a Barrel
16. Complete these two quests:
    • Guerillas in our Midst
      • Burning Down the House
    • Green-ish Energy (taken during Guerillas in our Midst)
      • Boom Goes the Doonamite
17. Dawn's Blossom

Dawn's Blossom and Temple of the Jade Serpent

1. Welcome to Dawn's Blossom
2. The Silkwood Road and The Threads that Stick
3. The Double Hozu Dare and Down Kitty! (given a bit later by An Windfur when she is following you)
   • The Jade Witch
4. All We Can Spare
5. I Have No Jade And I Must Scream
   • Calamity Jade
   • Mann's Man
     1. Trapped!
     2. What's Mined Is Yours
6. The Serpent's Heart
7. Love's Labor
8. The Temple of the Jade Serpent
   • The Scryer's Dilemma
     • A New Vision
   • The Librarian's Quandary
     1. Pages of History and Moth-Ridden
     2. Everything In Its Place
   • The Rider's Bind
   • Lighting Up the Sky
9. The Jade Serpent
10. Get Back Here! (Alliance / Horde)
11. Alliance: Helping the Cause and An Unexpected Advantage
12. Horde: Gauging Our Progress and Sufficient Motivation
13. Last Piece of the Puzzle
14. The Seal is Broken
15. Residual Fallout, Emergency Response (Alliance / Horde), and Jaded Heart
16. Moving On

Tian Monastery Optional Questline

1. The High Elder
2. A Courteous Guest
3. The Great Banquet
4. Complete the following quest lines:
   • Groundskeeper Wu
     1. A Proper Weapon
     2. A Strong Back, A Steady Hand, And a Heavy Fist (take Burning Bright on the way)
   • Your Training Starts Now
     1. Perfection
     2. Attention
   • Becoming Battle-Ready
     1. Zhi-Zhi, the Dextrous and Husshun, the Wizened
     2. Xiao, the Eater
     3. A Test of Endurance
     4. The Rumpus
5. Flying Colors

Ruins of Gan-Shi Optional Quest Line

This quest line starts east of the Jade mines. It should show up on your map when you are at the mines.

1. Some "Pupil of Nature"
2. The Sprites' Plight
3. Break the Cycle and Simulacrumble (taken from inside the Terrace of Ten Thunders)
4. An Urgent Plea
5. Ritual Artifacts, Vessels of the Spirit, and The Wayward Dead
6. Back to Nature and A Humble Offering
7. To Bridge Earth and Sky
8. Pei-Back

Lo and Syra Optional Quest Line

This quest line starts in Dawn's Blossom, after All We Can Spare becomes available.

1. Find the Boy
2. Shrine of Dawn
3. Getting Permission

At the same time, you can do the 2 quests proposed at the Arboretum: Quill of Stingers and The Perfect Color.

Nectarbreeze Orchard Optional Quest Line

1. Defiance, Rally the Survivors, Orchard-Supplied Hardware, and Spitfire
2. The Splintered Path
3. Unbound and Getting Down to Business

More

Jade Forest will have some importance to level 90 players. This is due to the presence of two factions: Order of the Cloud Serpent and The Anglers. It has been speculated that, through this faction, you will be able to raise your own Serpent mount(s). The Anglers will probably give fishing daily quests.

On the beta servers, experience with the Hozen and the Jinyu is gained very rapidly... so rapidly that by the time you move on to the Valley of the Four Winds, you are already exalted with your new allies. We believe that things will be different on live servers and that there will probably be daily quest hubs in Pearlfin Village for the Jinyu and in Grookin Hill for the Hozen.

The Windspire is currently serving no purpose other than the nice view on the Temple of the Jade Serpent. We need to wait and see if Blizzard has any plan for this subzone.