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Comment by 10238

never try to perform this jump mounted...
and dont try to jump to the north. you'll prolly land near some dragonkin lvl 60 or so... they killed my shammy lvl 54 with 2 hits O.o

Comment by 34120

I suggest not doing this unless you are a mage or priest or have something to slow your fal cause dying isn't fun. Sure it's cool to go up there but death isnt.

Comment by 53063

How To:
1) bring 20s
2) find Marli Wishrunner 45,16 as your running up the the road going north she is on the left, midlle of the mountain and like two feet off the road
3) get parachute from guy at top of mountain, he is near the middle right next to the lake on top cost is 20s
4) pick your direction i chose south becouse there is a lake to the south to fall into
4a) its a becouse i just rember you should do this, open your bag and put the parachute on your bar
5) read the whole next part till the end then continue
6) JUMP OFF (i did this in travel form and then shapshifted out)
7) count to 5, not 1 missisppi 2, but 1 2 3 4 5, normal speed like
8) click the parachute, you could wait longger in fact i opened mine to fast couse i dropped like three feet to the water but if i was over land at the time i would not have died the thing is wait till you think your close to the ground then hit it it stops you instantly

Comment by sacredxavier

pallies could simply use divine protection/blessing of protection; preferably the latter if they have it already, coz it lasts 2 sec longer, just in case.

btw, while doing this, if you lag - tough luck, you'll probably land with your buff gone and you'll die all the same.

happened couple o' times when i tried jumping off a zep, this wouldnt be an exception.

Comment by 57777

Before I bother, what do you get for this quest other than the opportunity to die?

Comment by 75756

i didnt get 42800 xp!!:(
but it wa funny:)

Comment by 90348

be a priest is so cool!:-D

Comment by 3367

The npc from whom you can buy a Colossal Parachute is: Kalin Windflight

Comment by 133229

this quest riped me off, i did the jump 2 times; 1ste time i died, 2nt time i made it went back and no reward, so i spend 40S on parachute and i dont got ennything in return, it sais 45000xp TOTALY NOT!!!!!! dont do this quest, rip off!

Comment by Pikestaff

My advice: aim for the water =P

Comment by Nethermedic

Priests shouldn't need anything if they have "Levitate" skill. It's a floating skill that allows you to walk above land and water and also gives a slow fall that lasts 2 minutes. It will basicly look like you are taking some invisible stairs down.

Comment by 33644

HA love this scam quest XD you get scammed 20s or a corpse run a by 2 nps ^^ !

Comment by 170419

If you like free falling and can slow yourself or prevent damage, I recomend jumping off the waterfall in Darnassus (behind the portal from rut'theran village) there are 3 steps each of which causes lethal damage freefalling, it lands you on a branch and by going out on the right sub branch, you can jump a long way into the sea below.
I did this useing divine shield and it was realy fun, be aware that it,s a long swim back to rut'theran village so I hearthstoned away :D

Comment by Thottbot

Oh, btw, there is an NPC at the top you'll find, who will sell you a parachute. You can only buy one, so buy it, jump down, and use the parachute as late as possible.

Comment by Thottbot

I used the levitate spell as a priest and mages could use feather fall. Mine worked the entire time. I don't know how it will work for mages.

Comment by Thottbot

Anyone know what lvl you need in fishing? I can't seem to hook anything.

Is there anything to do up on this plateau?

Comment by Thottbot

this is a weird quest.. pretty easy to get..

Comment by Thottbot

I did this quest. Then jumped off, and hit a ledge about halfway down, before I was going to use the parachute. So I walk back as a ghost, and my body is too far away to reach. So I had to walk all the way back to the graveyard and rez there. Wasted alot more time than I had planned.

Comment by Thottbot

Didn´t really read the quest first time. a year ago now and I would´t waste 20s or whatever it is so I just jumped down into the water just below with a druid.

Comment by Thottbot

Re: the fishing question.

My base skill was 226 plus 20 for the BIFP and I was getting the "your fish got away!" msg, so I added a +75 lure and in the 10 minutes caught (all Raw, of course):

6 Mithril Headed Trout,
4 Nightfin Snapper,
5 Sunscale Salmon, and
16 Redgill

I was at 231 when the lure wore off and still got the lost fish msg, so base skill up there has to be in excess of 250.

Comment by Allakhazam

If you're a skydiver or BASE jumper -- go for it!

Definately worth the price just to give it a shot.

Comment by Allakhazam

Does this quest give any experience or faction? Or is it just for the thrill of virtual sky diving?

Comment by Allakhazam

Go see Marli Wishrunner:

There is an npc near the road at the base of the western colossal (tloc 45, 16) who can teleport you to the top of the eastern one.

The npc at the top of the eastern colossal sells a parachute for 20sp to make your way down. The slowfall effect last for 10 seconds. The best jump spot is from the waterfall on the south side, so that you can make a splash landing in the lake without killing yourself when the parachute dies.

npc at the top is Kalin Windflight.

Edited, Oct 27th 2006 at 7:39am PDT by Luqu

Comment by Allakhazam

This is fun. You can get some AWESOME screenshots from the top. You get teleported to the top of the east tower. There is a small pool up there and a vendor who sells parachutes for 20s each.

A suggestion, open the parachute closer to the ground rather than farther, because 10 seconds isn't that far when you're gliding, (I went *SQUISH* the first time).

An alternative to the parachutes is the wonderful Noggenfogger Elixir. I haven't tried it with Noggenfogger yet, but you may be able to get all the way down if you put the effect on at the top.

Edited, Sat Jul 23 17:34:50 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

This freakin' kicks-ass. I am a gnomish cliff diver from way back to the cliffs of westfall. I bought the parachute for an emergency but did not use it, summoned mount and ran toward waterfall jumping while still mounted on way down dismount and landed in the lower pool of waterfall taking no damage. I will definatley be doing this everytime Im in feralas.... Also great view, you are above many of the huge trees that are here.

Edited, Mon Apr 17 00:33:19 2006

Comment by Allakhazam

I advise lower-levels to not jump off the NE corner - there's 60-62 elite mobs roaming around up there.

Comment by LoreMooster

I went to the left side of the waterfall, slipped into the stream, and I fell safely to the pool below where I hopped down to the forest floor into another pool. No need for fancy gnomish or goblin gadgets or magic.

Comment by Angelhearth

The most important thing here, that no one seems to mention, is that IF YOU DO IT, JUMP DOWN, AND DIE, there is no friggin way to get back to your corpse!

Comment by Seirus

Nice little pond up top to fish in peace with a great view!

Comment by Lisq33

Don't open your parachute too early - it has only 10 second duration. If you use it too early - you'll fall from high and die.

Comment by virtueavatar

You know how a 4 second counterspell/stun seems to last an eternity? A 10 second slow fall is really, really quick.

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Would you like to see the view atop one of the twin colossals? I can send you there, <race>.

Do consider how you will get down, though. This is a one way trip only.

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(3567))

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