TheWoWDBWhen I first went up to the totem, the eagle disappeared, but nothing happened.
I went half way down the hill, summoned the eagle and went up the hill again. This time the eagle did not disappear, but took off, flew a circle around the totem and the quest completed.
Quest
A Growing Problem
A World of Warcraft quest in Northern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Summon the eagle well away from the summit. Make sure it's with you as you approach. If you're too close when you summon it, the quest won't complete. You'll know it's worked when the eagle flies away from you and circles the totem.
I summoned the eagle (use quest item) down on the ground and walked up the hill with the bird in tow. Once I got to the top nothing happened. I walked around a little bit, inside the circle, and the bird flew off and the quest popped with the ghost's appearance.
Start your climb up the hill at 56.56 84.72
It is pretty much a straight shot up the hill from there.
Quest facts
Quest ID13988
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13988))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereSouthern Barrens, Northern Barrens
StorylineNorthern Barrens, step 15 of 62
Rewards7g 87s 50c, 4,100 XP
Description
An explosion of life from barren soil... My companion Jerrik has described similar events happening elsewhere in the Barrens. I shall have to see this for myself, but I cannot abandon my post. Here, {name}, I will loan you my 'eyes.' My eagle companion here has served me since I was named. Please accompany him to Thunderhead Summit, where Jerrik awaits, and we will investigate. To get to the peak, follow the road east out of the Crossroads. Turn south when you reach a large stone scrawled with paintings.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 62.6 33.4
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #10 49.5 58.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 62.6, 33.4
/way #199 62.6 33.4 - Objective areaSouthern Barrens 62.8, 34.1
/way #199 62.8 34.1 - Objective areaNorthern Barrens 49.5, 58.7
/way #10 49.5 58.7
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 Southern Barrens map
- A Curious Bloom about 970 yards
- Biological Intervention about 970 yards
- To Harvest Chaos about 970 yards
- The Nightmare Scar about 970 yards
- Sowing a Solution about 970 yards
- Adder Subtraction about 970 yards
- Lashvine Seeds about 970 yards
- When Plants Attack about 1,350 yards
- Keeping the Dogs at Bay about 1,360 yards
- Bad to Worse about 1,360 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Ratchet, Northern Barrens
- The Crossroads, Northern Barrens
- Vendetta Point, Southern Barrens
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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.
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Money7 gold87 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Other quests on the Southern Barrens map
Storyline
Northern Barrens
Part 15 of 62.
Previous: Kolkar Leaders · Next: In Fungus We Trust
- 10The Kodo's Return
- 11Crossroads Caravan Delivery
- 12The Forgotten Pools
- 13Fungal Spores
- 14Kolkar Leaders
- 15A Growing Problem
- 16In Fungus We Trust
- 17The Stagnant Oasis
- 18Altered Beings
- 19Flushing Out Verog
- 20Verog the Dervish
- 21Hezrul Bloodmark
Showing steps 10 to 21 of 62.
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.
- Kolkar Leaders
The centaurs have plagued the tauren for years. And recently, the Kolkar centaurs of the Barrens have grown into a real threat. Normally they were disorganized in these lands, but new leaders have risen among them. Rallying them.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- In Fungus We Trust
I've cultured these unusual spores you dug up with a most magnificent cocktail of ... reagents ... that I'm fond of. I'm eager to see how my manipulated spores react to the waters of the Crossroads oases.
The storyline at a glance
Northern Barrens has 62 steps, from In Defense of Far Watch to Mor'shan Caravan Delivery.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Barrens (61), Southern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Southern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.
