Emerald Skyfang

Reward of the achievement Pro Poison Patroller: complete 250 Temple Patrols in the Vaults of Atal'Utek, the underground temple inside the mountain of The Coiled Isle. A patrol is a small task of a minute or two (burn six slain warriors, free six soldiers, gather eight weapons from the ground); a few are up at any time, a new set comes every 10 minutes, and any kind counts. Progress is counted for the whole account.

Guides Wowhead: The Vaults of Atal'Utek Patch 12.1 Zone Guide - Activities, Rewards, and Player Power · Method: Emerald Skyfang Mount Guide

• The Coiled Isle opened: The Curse of Ula'tek campaign, chapter 1 and chapter 2 as far as What Lies Beyond the Fog, which leads to the isle and the Vaults · about 3 h
• The Vaults' introduction: Into the Vaults of Atal'Utek from Warleader Abdumati or Mok'sa the Stone and its follow-up A Toxic Tour, which opens the Temple Assault events. Done once, it opens them for the whole warband · about 0.5 h
• 250 Temple Patrols · about 12 h

In all: about 15.5 h of play, starting from nothing.

/way is for the TomTom addon. Travel times are estimates: flying at 55 yards a second in a straight line and 30 seconds for a portal. A star marks a portal that needs a quest or other unlock done first.

Achievement 63653, added in patch 12.1.0: a single hidden counter to 250 patrols, with account-wide progress (Wowhead). It is a long count rather than a trip, so the time is in the requirement and not in the time on the spot.

It can be spread out: patrols also count for the Vaults' daily quest Patrolling the Temple and the weekly Purging the Vaults. One commenter was at 164 by early September 2026 from daily play alone; others finished within six days of the patch, or 'after several days of doing nothing but these patrols' (2026). One finished the meta-achievement Assault the Vault with only 93 done (2026), so that achievement does not bring this one along: Pro Poison Patroller is not one of its ten achievements (the list in the Venomous Coiler's notes; Wowhead's guide gives it a tab of its own).

Of the twelve kinds, five are in rotation at a time, changing twice a week (Wowhead's guide, wiki):

• Ash to Ash
• Breath and Bile
• Broken Bonds
• Scavenged Weapons
• Slay the Restless
• Slay Children of Ula'tek
• Laid to Rest
• Calming the Dead
• Vengeance for the Dead
• Congealed Venom
• Dragged Below
• Siphon Venom

How many are up at once is where the sources differ:

• Wowhead's guide (2026): three every 10 minutes in one place, 'at least three' in another
• the commenter: five
• Method (2026): only that they move every 10 minutes

A patrol shows on the map only when the character is near it (2026 comments), and some start just by walking close; Warleader Abdumati cancels one that is not wanted (Wowhead's guide). Each patrol also pays 20 Corrosive Coins (guide). Flying is off inside the Vaults.

Advice from the comments:

• walk the high paths in a circle, take the set, wait at the camp for the next one
• a tank specialization lets the enemies on the way be ignored
• the top-rated comment (2026) recommends the Sulfurous Sludgefish, a fish from The Coiled Isle that lowers the chance of being noticed by enemies there for 5 minutes (Wowhead tooltip), so that only what a patrol asks for has to be fought

The gates on The Coiled Isle's map (Wowhead's guide, wiki):

• Gate of the Western Fang 31.8, 64.9
• Gate of the Serpent's Eye 43.4, 44.2
• Gate of the Eastern Fang 45.4, 64.9

The place given above is Warleader Abdumati's pin on the Vaults' own map in Wowhead's guide (47.2, 60.8; Mok'sa the Stone is at 54.0, 39.6). The Venomous Coiler is placed at the Altar of Corrosion a few steps away (51.2, 62.6).

Confidence in this entry: medium. Looked up in 2026.

Sources

• Wowhead: pro poison patroller
• Wowhead: vaults of atalutek patch 12 1 zone activities rewards player power
• Wowhead tooltip: achievement 63653
• Wowhead tooltip: item 274590
• Wiki: Emerald Skyfang
• Wiki: Pro Poison Patroller
• Wiki: Vaults of Atal'Utek
• Method: emerald skyfang mount guide