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A Foot in the Door

A Foot in the Door is a quest for level 25-35 in Townlong Steppes. It is step 1 of 60 in the Townlong Steppes storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Townlong Steppes at 71.1, 56.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

<Lord Taran immediately pins you down with his steely gaze.>

<class>, you bear the marks of many a past battle.

Good! We need more seasoned people like you to hold back the front.

We've managed to secure a foothold here, but the yaungol are desperate to remove our presence.

If you wish to prove your worth, go down the hill and show the yaungol that we will not back down.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationShado-Pan +75
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationShado-Pan+75

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +75

The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).

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 mapTownlong SteppesTurn-in marker at 71.1, 56.7, 8 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.

Townlong Steppes Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Townlong Steppes map showing where to go for A Foot in the DoorTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #388 71.1 56.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTownlong Steppes 71.1, 56.7/way #388 71.1 56.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 70.6, 51.5/way #388 70.6 51.5

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 Townlong Steppes map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Townlong Steppes:

  • Longying Outpost, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 20 yards south
  • Serpent's Spine, Kun-Lai SummitHorde · about 490 yards south-east
  • Winter's Blossom, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 830 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards north

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

Townlong Steppes

Part 1 of 60.

Next: First Assault

  1. 1A Foot in the Door
  2. 2First Assault
  3. 3Running Rampant
  4. 4Perfect Pitch
  5. 5Seeing Red
  6. 6Pitching In
  7. 7Ranger Rescue
  8. 8Jung Duk
  9. 9In Search of Suna
  10. 10Dust to Dust
  11. 11Slaying the Scavengers
  12. 12Totemic Research

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 60.

Also part of: Townlong Steppes (part 1 of 53).

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

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • First AssaultTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    Now that we have had time to assess our enemies' weaknesses, it is time for us to deal the yaungol a direct blow. Go and confront the Osul Sharphorn up the mesa to the west. Let them know that we are here, and that we are not scared of their threats.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Townlong Steppes has 60 steps, from A Foot in the Door to The Terrible Truth.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Townlong Steppes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (4), Dread Wastes (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Townlong Steppes 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.

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A Flight from Darkness
A Floating Ruin
A Foe of the Dark
A Foe Unseen
A Forge Gone Cold
A Forgotten Enemy
A Forgotten Enemy
A Forlorn Hope
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Quest Location and Connections

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