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A Blight Upon the Land

A Blight Upon the Land is a Horde-only quest for level 7-30 in Hillsbrad Foothills. It is step 15 of 39 in the Hillsbrad Foothills storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hillsbrad Foothills at 36.3, 60.9. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 6,200 experience. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

With the undead outbreak contained, the time has come for Stillwater and his followers to answer for their crimes. Though we averted a tragedy the likes of which has not been seen since the Scourge invaded, we must ensure that such a thing can never happen again. They will all face true death!

Come, <name>! I will have Stillwater's head!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Experience6,200 XP
ReputationUndercity +500
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
ReputationUndercity+500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Finger
Item level13
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+2 Intellect, +3 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for10 silver1 copper
TypeCloth Back
Item level13
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+2 Agility, +3 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for13 silver96 copper
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level13
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 4 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+2 Agility, +2 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for26 silver46 copper

Reputation: Undercity +500

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Undercity reputation: Empire of Dirt (+250), Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills! (+250), Welcome to the Machine (+250), Trouble at Azurelode (+10), Glorious Harvest (+250), Past Their Prime (+350).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHillsbrad FoothillsTurn-in marker at 36.3, 60.9, 3 mapped points
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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Hillsbrad Foothills Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Hillsbrad Foothills map showing where to go for A Blight Upon the LandTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #25 36.3 60.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 36.3, 60.9/way #25 36.3 60.9
  • Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 36.4, 61.1/way #25 36.4 61.1
  • Objective areaHillsbrad Foothills 40.3, 59.3/way #25 40.3 59.3

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Hillsbrad Foothills map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Hillsbrad Foothills, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hillsbrad Foothills:

  • Southpoint Gate, HillsbradHorde · about 370 yards west
  • 12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 500 yards north
  • Amani FootholdAlliance and Horde · about 500 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 yards east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Hillsbrad Foothills

Part 15 of 39.

Previous: Burnside Must Fall · Next: *Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*

  1. 10A Lost Lad
  2. 11Freedom for Lydon
  3. 12Protocol
  4. 13Do it for Twinkles
  5. 14Burnside Must Fall
  6. 15A Blight Upon the Land
  7. 16*Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*
  8. 17Stormpike Rendezvous
  9. 18Kasha Will Fly Again
  10. 19The Road to Purgation
  11. 20They Will Never Expect This...
  12. 21Heroes of the Horde!

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 39.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Burnside Must FallHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    Magistrate Burnside was once the mayor of this region. In life he was a formidable adversary in the battle over Hillsbrad. In undeath he will surely test us. Burnside channels great arcane magic in the northwest section of the Sludge Fields.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • *Gurgle* HELP! *Gurgle*Hillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    *GURGLE* HELP!*GASP* ORKUS IS DROWNING! HELP ME, QUEST GIVER <name>! *GLUB* Dwarf threw Orkus into the water! Must not die! *GURGLE* The shame would be too great.

Also counted by Hillsbrad Foothills Quests

Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Hillsbrad Foothills has 39 steps, from Welcome to the Machine to Extinction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (39).

Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Hillsbrad Foothills QuestsComplete the Hillsbrad Foothills storylines listed below.10
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A Bit of Espionage
A Bitter Reunion
A Bittersweet Prize
A Bloody Delight
A Bloody Inheritance
A Bloody Mess
A Bloody Mess
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