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Hemet Nesingwary

Title	Enemy of Nature, The Great Game Hunter, The Butcher of Badlands, The Stranglethorn Ripper, Old Man Death, Hemet, Nessie, Ol' Dirty, Ol' Dirty D, Father of the Bounty, The Extinctionator, The Target of D.E.H.T.A.
Gender	Male
Race	Dwarf (Humanoid)
Level	70 - 86 Elite
Character class	Hunter
Health	20,958 - 553,000
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Occupation	Leader of the Nesingwary Safari and Nesingwary Base Camp, Former leader of Nesingwary's Expedition
Location	Nesingwary Safari, Nagrand Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar Basin Nesingwary's Safari, Valley of the Four Winds
Status	Alive
Relative(s)	Hemet Nesingwary Jr. (Son)
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Hemet Nesingwary was first encountered as a quest giver in Stranglethorn Vale, where players participated in his big game hunting for the first time. Those quests were later handed off to his son. He is reintroduced in various other locations with the release of new expansions, including Nagrand, Sholazar Basin, and the Valley of the Four Winds as he seeks to continually track and kill bigger game in Outland, Northrend, and Pandaria.

See List of Nagrand NPCs or List of Sholazar Basin NPCs.

Quests

Outland

This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

Nesingwary Safari^{[70, 41]} , Nagrand

Northrend

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

Nesingwary Base Camp^{[25, 58]} , Sholazar Basin

Involved in

[77] Post-partum Aggression

Pandaria

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

Nesingwary's Safari^{[16.1, 81.9]} , Valley of the Four Winds

[86] Mushan Mastery: Darkhide

Involved in

[86] Parental Mastery

Appearances

Burning Crusade

This section concerns content exclusive to The Burning Crusade.

You meet Hemet's son in Stranglethorn Vale (which became Northern Stranglethorn in Cataclysm), but you don't meet Hemet himself until you happen upon him in the northeast corner of Nagrand. He has gathered with fellow hunters Harold Lane, Shado 'Fitz' Farstrider, and Pilot Marsha <Engineering Supplies> nearby her crashed plane.

Wrath of the Lich King

This section concerns content exclusive to Wrath of the Lich King.

In World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Hemet Nesingwary has returned to Azeroth, moving his operations (via a boat crash landing this time) to the Nesingwary Base Camp, located in Sholazar Basin in western Northrend. (Evidently, his piloting skills have not improved.)

A new organization known as D.E.H.T.A. gives players quests to combat the game hunter's butchery, and even go up against Hemet's hunters.^[1]

Unlike from the original WoW-to-BC transition, Nesingwary can still be found in Nagrand as well as Sholazar Basin. It was previously assumed that Hemet Jr. (or another son) would replace him in Nagrand, but this does not appear to be the case.

Mists of Pandaria

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Hemet ventures into Pandaria with another cadre of hunters, including his son. They set up camp on the edge of the southern cliffs at Nesingwary's Safari in the Valley of the Four Winds.

Hemet Jr. tries to one-up his father's feats, and this leads him into trouble. While attempting to raise a monstrous beast from the depths of the Torjari Pit, he becomes mind controlled. His father leaps to the rescue, enlisting the aid of willing adventurers to free his son.

The quest chain is short; as usual, it involves killing a large number of certain animals.

Quotes

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Mists of Pandaria quotes.

Nagrand

Hemet Nesingwary says: Look out, Fitz, they're coming right for us!
Hemet Nesingwary says: Uh oh, those stags don't look pleased with us!

Sholazar Basin

Hemet Nesingwary says: And then we saw her, the fearsome beast!
Hemet Nesingwary says: Hemet Nesingwary says: Aye, I'll try it.
Hemet Nesingwary says: But, in the end, <name> and I prevailed through our wits and teamwork. And now we have this glorious trophy as a memento of our victory.
Hemet Nesingwary says: Do I detect a bit of jealousy, Dorian?
Hemet Nesingwary says: Eat lead!
Hemet Nesingwary says: Everything was shaking all over the place. I could hardly steady my gun.
Hemet Nesingwary says: Here, beastie. Come to Hemet!
Hemet Nesingwary says: How d'you like that one, eh?
Hemet Nesingwary says: It took all of <name>'s skill to maintain control of Stampy.
Hemet Nesingwary says: It's got my vote! That'll put hair on your chest like nothing else will.
Hemet Nesingwary says: Lure it into the trap!
Hemet Nesingwary says: Take that, beastie!
Hemet Nesingwary says: That's exactly what I needed!
Hemet Nesingwary says: The battle was a haze of blood, lead, and sweat. The broodmother's attacks came faster and faster!
Hemet Nesingwary says: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Hemet Nesingwary says: There we were, riding into battle at full speed on the back of Stampy...
Hemet Nesingwary says: This looks like a good perch. Mark the target and signal me when you've sighted the broodmother and are ready to attack.
Hemet Nesingwary says: What a fight you missed, Dorian! It was one for the ages!

When helping with the quest [77] Post-partum Aggression

Hemet Nesingwary says: And then we saw her, the fearsome beast!
Hemet Nesingwary says: But, in the end, <name> and I prevailed through our wits and teamwork. And now we have this glorious trophy as a memento of our victory.
Hemet Nesingwary says: Do I detect a bit of jealousy, Dorian?
Hemet Nesingwary says: Eat lead!
Hemet Nesingwary says: Everything was shaking all over the place. I could hardly steady my gun.
Hemet Nesingwary says: Here, beastie. Come to Hemet!
Hemet Nesingwary says: How d'you like that one, eh?
Hemet Nesingwary says: It took all of <name>'s skill to maintain control of Stampy.
Hemet Nesingwary says: Lure it into the trap!
Hemet Nesingwary says: Take that, beastie!
Hemet Nesingwary says: The battle was a haze of blood, lead, and sweat. The broodmother's attacks came faster and faster!
Hemet Nesingwary says: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Hemet Nesingwary says: There we were, riding into battle at full speed on the back of Stampy...
Hemet Nesingwary says: What a fight you missed, Dorian! It was one for the ages!

Mount Hyjal

When random spawned during [85Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal

Hemet Nesingwary says: Blam! Right between the eyes!
Hemet Nesingwary says: I hope ye had as much fun as I did.
Hemet Nesingwary says: I've got a present for ye! Here, let me just get it out of my gun...
Hemet Nesingwary says: Let me at 'em! I'll blast 'em off the side o' the mountain!
Hemet Nesingwary says: The thrill of the hunt, right lads?!

Notes

His name is an anagram of the author Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was an avid hunter, fisherman, and safari traveler. The theme of the "Great White Hunter" is common in his books. The Green Hills of Stranglethorn is a parody of Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa, a nonfiction work describing his safari adventures. Also, the achievements for finishing Hemet's quests in Outland ( Hills Like White Elekk 10 ) and Northrend ( The Snows of Northrend 10 ) are a reference to other Hemingway books: Hills Like White Elephants and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
Before Patch 2.0.1, Hemet Nesingwary could be found at Nesingwary's Expedition in Stranglethorn Vale. Now his son, Hemet Nesingwary Jr., looks after the camp.
Sometimes a gnome, Kristen Dipswitch, might appear from the road leading to Zangarmarsh and get attacked at the safari by another NPC — an assassin. Killing the assassin will provide the player with the quest [65] I'm Saved!.
The US PvE realm Server:Nesingwary US of the Emberstorm battlegroup is named after Hemet.
Strangely, Hemet found himself guarding 3 Frostsaber cubs from their attackers in Volume 3 of Warcraft: Legends.
As of Patch 4.2, Hemet is a random helper as part of the daily quest [85Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal in Mount Hyjal.

Patch changes

β Patch 5.0.1 (Beta): Added in Valley of the Four Winds.
Patch 4.2.0 (28-Jun-2011): Added in as helper for daily quest [85Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal in Mount Hyjal.
Patch 3.0.1 (Beta): Added in Sholazar Basin.
Patch 2.2.0 (25-Sep-2007): Added in Nagrand.
Patch 1.11.1 (28-Jun-2006): Added in Stranglethorn Vale.

References

^ WotLK Report May 2008.

External links

News
WoW Insider Mists of Pandaria Beta: The return of Hemet Nesingwary by Anne Stickney Apr 16th 2012 at 9:00AM WoW Insider New continent, old friends by Alex Ziebart Nov 19th 2008 at 5:00PM WoW Insider Nesingwary's extinction plan (hasn't worked) by Mike Schramm Aug 28th 2008 at 3:30PM
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[0] WotLK Report May 2008.

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