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A Growing Problem

A Growing Problem is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Northern Barrens. It is step 15 of 62 in the Northern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Southern Barrens at 62.6, 33.4. It rewards 4,100 experience and money.

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.

Rewards

Money7 gold87 silver50 copper
Experience4,100 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Etreum+212via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

When 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.

3
gverderamo+30via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

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.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold7g 87s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSouthern BarrensTurn-in marker at 62.6, 33.4, 2 mapped points
Objective areaNorthern Barrens1 mapped point
World Map

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.

Southern Barrens Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Southern Barrens map showing where to go for A Growing ProblemTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #199 62.6 33.4

Northern Barrens Objective area 1 mapped point
Northern Barrens map showing where to go for A Growing ProblemObjective area

In-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

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 BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 740 yards north-east
  • The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards north-west
  • Vendetta Point, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,700 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 40 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards north-west (on the Northern Barrens map)

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

Northern Barrens

Part 15 of 62.

Previous: Kolkar Leaders · Next: In Fungus We Trust

  1. 10The Kodo's Return
  2. 11Crossroads Caravan Delivery
  3. 12The Forgotten Pools
  4. 13Fungal Spores
  5. 14Kolkar Leaders
  6. 15A Growing Problem
  7. 16In Fungus We Trust
  8. 17The Stagnant Oasis
  9. 18Altered Beings
  10. 19Flushing Out Verog
  11. 20Verog the Dervish
  12. 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 LeadersNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    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 TrustNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    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

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.

Related
A Grizzly End
A Gronnling Problem
A Growing Crisis
A Growing Darkness
A Growing Threat
A Guiding Thread
A Gulper Ate the Rolly
A Hand in Cultivation

Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.

Database

Quest Location and Connections

More Quests in Northern Barrens

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Downloads

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