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WoW Forever Roguefeather Den: layering and Test of Endurance problems
Reports from Thousand Needles describe crowded harpy spawns and a Test of Endurance objective problem. What to check before spending your leveling session in the cave.
Which quests are affected by the reported crowding?
A November 8 Wowhead report describes heavy competition inside Roguefeather Den in Thousand Needles. It names Test of Endurance, Stop the Screeching and Stolen Freewind Supplies as quests bringing players into the harpy cave.
The report describes players attacking invisible targets and silence effects appearing to cross layers. It suspects a layering problem, but this is not a published technical diagnosis from Blizzard.
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Test of Endurance: claw looted, objective still incomplete
Wowhead separately reports that Test of Endurance can fail to update after the claw is looted, and suggests logging out and back in to trigger the objective. Treat this as a reported workaround, not a guaranteed fix.
Before trying it, check whether the item is actually in your bags and read the current quest objective. If you are still waiting to obtain the item, that is a different problem. Get to a safe place before logging out and check the quest again when you return.
Should you wait for the harpy spawns?
Grenka Bloodscreech and Screeching Windcaller are singled out in the report as particularly contested spawns.
Our advice is to set a stopping point before you begin waiting. If you have made no progress and another available quest is nearby, leave this outing for later. Keep a note of the unfinished objective so you can return without trying to remember which part you completed.
If you join a party, agree what everyone needs before starting. Ask whether the group is waiting for one named target or finishing all its cave objectives. Do not promise that grouping will repair the layer or make every drop shared.
Keep quest progress and visibility problems separate
A crowded spawn, an invisible enemy and a quest that fails to update are different observations. Record the quest name, objective count, location and whether you were grouped. A screenshot of the tracker alongside the problem gives a bug report useful context.
Avoid abandoning a partly completed chain simply because someone else solved a different issue that way. First check the item and quest state you actually have. Repeating completed steps is a cost worth avoiding.
This report is specific to Roguefeather Den. It does not show that all Thousand Needles quests are broken or that you need to stop leveling in the zone.
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Sources and review notes
Checked November 8 against Wowhead’s report and screenshot. We have not reproduced the cave issue or verified the suggested relog workaround ourselves.
