The Mantidote

Use Ken-Ken's Mask on 5 Ik'thik Wing Commanders, then defeat the Manifestations of Fear that come out.

• Use Ken-Ken's Mask on Ik'thik Wing Commanders x5
• Ken-Ken's Mask (The Mantidote) (provided)

<Mei motions towards the battlefield.>

You see those huge mantid commanders out there? They have an aura about them that reminds me of the sadness we saw at Zhu's Watch.

Perhaps... they're under the influence of the sha, too?

I kept Ken-Ken's mask - the one he used to remove the sha from Yi-Mo. I believe that, if we use it on the mantid, we can convince them to turn back.

It looks like the mantid are definitely under the sway of the sha... the sha of fear.

Perhaps they're not attacking after all - perhaps they are running away from something. What could possibly be on the other side of that wall?

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After completing all of all of the Valley of the Four Winds storyline and the Krasarang Wilds storyline up to this point (The Golden Dream, Training and Discipline, and Warn Stoneplow), a cutscene happens in Stoneplow and the phase advances. This quest is offered when the cutscene ends.

Pick up The Swarm Begins and It Does You No Good In The Keg before heading out.

Head out and start killing the non-elite mantid. Use Ken-Ken's Mask on the elites to summon Manifestation of Fear, a sha. Kill them and the elite will fly off. Mei's quest will complete automatically after the fifth sha has been killed, so feel free to turn it in out in the field.

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Finally, Oakenshield can be found near the end of the northern path around Stoneplow Fields, not far from the wall just north of the scarred earth. Turn in to him for The Swarm Begins.