Kun-Lai Summit: Storyline, Screenshots, Quests, and More (No replies to this topic)

Spoiler disclaimer: this article contains many spoilers.

Kun-Lai Summit a level 87-89 zone located on the northern part of Pandaria. It is the largest of the zones and is bordered by the Townlong Steppes in the east, the Vale of Eternal Blossoms in the south, and the Jade Forest in the west, although there is no land connection between the Jade Forest and Kun-Lai Summit. For leveling players, Kun-Lai Summit will be accessed by a narrow mountain pass that runs from the Valley of the Four Winds and circumvents the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Kun-Lai Summit can be divided in two parts. The southern part is the Yaungol Advance, an immense plain that the Yaungol have recently invaded, overtaking most of the Pandaren farms. The Yaungol are a Tauren-like race from the Townlong Steppes. Driven mad by the Sha, they crossed the Serpent Spine and started attacking the Pandaren. The northern part is mountainous and this is where Mount Neverest, the highest point on Pandaria, lies. There, you will encounter the Grummle, a race of small humanoids, whose caravans are under constant attacks from the Hozen.

Kun-Lai Summit also houses Xuen, the White Tiger, who is one of the four August Celestials. His temple is located in the northeastern part of the zone.

Storyline

The first part of the storyline focuses on saving Binan Village from the Yaungol before helping your faction establish a stronghold in the Yaungol Advance. Then, the storyline branches out in three different directions:

• Helping the Shado-Pan against the Sha will start the storyline for the Townlong Steppes. The Shado-Pan is the fighting force whose assignment is to guard the Serpent Spine against the Mantid in the Dread Wastes and the Yaungol in the Townlong Steppes.
  
• Going to Muskpaw Ranch will open the Grummle storyline.
  
• Going to One Keg will open the Lorewalker Cho storyline, in which you will help him thwart the Zandalari and the Mo'gu in their plans to revive the Thunder King, the great Mo'gu emperor.

There is also an optional storyline in Inkgill Mere.

If you want to access the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, you will need to open the Gate of the August Celestials by completing a short quest line in the Temple of the White Tiger.

Screenshots

As we were progressing through the zone, we took a number of screenshots. You will find the best ones below. Note that Kun-Lai Summit is the largest zone of Pandaria and as such it features a lot of different landscapes (hence the relatively high number of screenshots).

Quests

On The Way to Kun-Lai

• The Road to Kun-Lai (obtained after completing the main quest lines in Valley of the Four Winds and Krasarang Wilds)
  
• While crossing The Veiled Stair, you can choose to take and complete:
  
  • Robbing Robbers of Robbers
    
  • Educating Saurok
• Take The Spring Drifter, in order to cross the Ancient Passage, and complete it when you reach Binan Village.

Binan Village

• Complete these three quests:
  
  • Hit Medicine
    
  • Call Out Their Leader
    
  • All of the Arrows
• Admiral Taylor has Awakened (Alliance) / General Nazgrim has Awakened

Westwind Rest and Eastwind Rest

• Westwind Rest (Alliance) / Eastwind Rest (Horde)
  
• Challenge Accepted
  
• Complete these six quests:
  
  • Mogu?! Oh No-gu!
    
  • Deanimate the Reanimated
    
  • Profiting off of the Past (taken on the way to the Mo'gu ruins where the two quests above are done)
    
  • Round 'Em Up (Alliance) / Round 'Em Up (Horde)
    
  • Blue Dwarf Needs Food Badly (Alliance) / Best Meals Anywhere! (Horde)
    
  • Trouble on the Farmstead
    
    • followed by Farmhand Freedom and ... and the Pot, Too!
      
    • followed by Back to Westwind Rest (Alliance) / Back to Eastwind Rest (Horde)
• Complete these three quests:
  
  • Pandaren Prisoners
    
  • Barrels of Fun
    
  • In Tents Channeling
    
    • followed by The Ordo Warbringer
• You get these four quests to continue questing in Kun-Lai Summit or the Townlong Steppes:
  
  • Beyond the Wall (to Townlong Steppes, drop by the Shado-Pan Retreat to get more Townlong Steppes quests)
    
  • The Missing Merchant (to Inkgill Mere)
    
  • Cho's Missive (to One Keg, for the main Kun-Lai Summit quest line)
    
  • Muskpaw Ranch

Shado-Pan Retreat and Winter's Blossom

• Take and complete these three quests:
  
  • The Defense of Shado-Pan Fallback
    
  • Holed Up (taken in Firebough Nook)
    
  • Turnabout
    
    • followed by Unmasking the Yaungol and To Winter's Blossom
• Go to Winter's Blossom to complete To Winter's Blossom
  
• Honor, Even in Death and A Line Unbroken
  
• To the Wall!
  
• Off the Wall! and A Terrible Sacrifice
  
• Lao-Chin's Gambit
  
• Do a Barrel Roll!
  
• Finish This!
  
• Then, you obtain these two quests:
  
  • My Husband..., which enables you to start questing in Townlong Steppes
    
  • Where are My Reinforcements?
    
    • followed by Unbelievable! and Into the Monastery, which sends you into the Shado-Pan Monastery, a 5-man dungeon

One Keg, Valley of Emperors, and Zouchin Province

• Cho's Missive
  
• Path Less Traveled
  
• Instant Courage, Resupplying One Keg, and They Stole My Luck!
  
• Comin' Round the Mountain
  
• One Traveler's Misfortune
  
• Seeker's Folly
  
• The Tongue of Ba-Shon
  
• Staying Connected
  
• Complete these two quests:
  
  • An End to Everything
    
  • It Was Almost Alive, given by an object called Curious Book, not very far from Lorewalker Cho, and followed by The Tomb of Shadows
• Breaking the Emperor's Shield
  
• Stealing Their Thunder... King
  
• Lessons from History
  
• Chasing the Storm
  
• Fisherman's Tale
  
• Complete these five quests:
  
  • It Takes A Village
    
  • Handle With Care
    
  • What's Yours Is Mine
    
  • Make A Fighter Out of Me
    
  • Checking In
    
    • Emergency Care
      
    • Justice, The Scent of Life, and By the Falls, For the Fallen
      
    • Preparing the Remains
      
    • A Funeral
• Enemies At Our Door
  
• Revelations
  
• Prophet Khar'zul

Muskpaw Ranch, The Burlap Trail, and Kota Basecamp

• Muskpaw Ranch
  
• Complete these four quests:
  
  • The Missing Muskpaw (followed by At the Yak Wash)
    
  • Fresh Needle Scent
    
  • Yakity Yak (automatically give when you kill the first Burilgi Despoiler)
    
  • The Late Mrs. Muskpaw
    
    • given by Muskpaw's Keepsake, looted from the first Burilgi Despoiler you kill
      
    • followed by The Fearmaster
• Back in Yak
  
• A Grummle's Luck, Traffic Issues, and Oil Stop
  
• Roadside Assistance
  
• Complete these two quests and their follow up in parallel:
  
  • The Burlap Trail: To Burlap Waystation (followed by The Burlap Trail: To Kota Basecamp)
    
  • The Rabbitsfoot, followed by:
    
    • The Broketooth Ravage
      
    • A Monkey Idol, No Pack Left Behind, and Breaking Broketooth
      
    • Bros before Hozen
      
    • Hozen Love Their Keys, The Snackrifice, and Thumping Knucklethump
      
    • Grummle! Grummle! Grummle! and Unleash The Yeti!
      
    • The Leader Hozen (to Kota Basecamp)
• Go to Kota Basecamp to turn in The Burlap Trail: To Kota Basecamp and The Leader Hozen
  
• Complete these four quests:
  
  • Trouble Brewing
    
  • Gourmet Kafa
    
  • Shut it Down
    
  • Kota Blend (followed by A Fair Trade and The Burlap Grind)

Optional: Inkgil Mere

• The Missing Merchant
  
• Complete these five quests:
  
  • My Son... (followed by Father and Child Reunion)
    
  • Repossession
    
  • Enraged Vengeance
    
  • Free the Dissenters
    
  • The Waterspeaker's Staff
• The Ritual
  
• Cleansing the Mere
  
• The Fall of Shai Hu

From the Temple of the White Tiger to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms

You need to complete these short quest line in order to open the gate that separates Kun-Lai Summit and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

• Temple of the White Tiger (Alliance) / Temple of the White Tiger (Horde)
  
• A Celestial Experience (Alliance) / A Celestial Experience (Horde)
  
• A Witness to History (Alliance) / A Witness to History (Horde)

More

At level 90, you will be able to do daily quests at the Temple of the White Tiger.

Also, the zone features 1 scenario, 1 dungeon, and 2 raids:

• Brewmoon Festival is a scenario that you can enter by talking to Brewmaster Boof in the Veiled Stair, before entering the Ancient Passage (which effectively links Valley of the Four Winds and Kun-Lai Summit).
  
• The Shado-Pan Monastery a 5-man dungeon. The monastery is the home of the Shado-Pan order and is currently compromised due to a Sha outbreak. To regain control of the Monastery, the Sha manifestations need to be cleansed.
  
• The Terrace of the Endless Spring is a raid instance located in the Veiled Stair.
  
• The Mogu'shan Vaults is a raid instance located at the Mogu'shan Terrace, next to the Temple of the White Tiger