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A Line in the Dirt (Alliance)

A Line in the Dirt is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Southern Barrens. It is step 43 of 89 in the Southern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Southern Barrens at 49.9, 49.7. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Strategically, control of a region requires constant observation. See here on this map - I've identified a number of strategic hills, similar to this one, that the Alliance must acquire if we are to keep the enemy under our thumb.

My scouts have already marked their location on the field. What I need is someone to spearhead their capture, and you're the man for the job.

Seek out neutral grey flags on hills to the north, east, and south of the Taurajo Ruins. Capture one and defend it!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationStormwind +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationStormwind+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeShield Shield
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor60
Stats+3 Strength, +5 Stamina, +10 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for1 gold3 silver
TypeCloth Chest
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for1 gold11 silver
TypeLeather Legs
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 gold18 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold11 silver

Reputation: Stormwind +250

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Stormwind reputation: Running the Gauntlet (+250), Breaking the Siege (+250), Report to Aubrey (+75), Repel Boarders! (+250), The Guns of Northwatch (+75), Run Out the Guns (+250).

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 mapSouthern BarrensTurn-in marker at 49.9, 49.7, 4 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.

Southern Barrens Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Southern Barrens map showing where to go for A Line in the DirtTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #199 49.9 49.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSouthern Barrens 49.9, 49.7/way #199 49.9 49.7
  • Objective areaSouthern Barrens 48.9, 53.3/way #199 48.9 53.3
  • Objective areaSouthern Barrens 46.4, 47.8/way #199 46.4 47.8
  • Objective areaSouthern Barrens 46.0, 56.8/way #199 46.0 56.8

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

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:

  • Fort Triumph, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 900 yards south
  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 1,200 yards east
  • Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 280 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 460 yards south-west

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

Southern Barrens

Part 43 of 89.

Previous: Fields of Blood · Next: Clap 'Em In Irons

  1. 38The Nightmare Scar
  2. 39Diplomacy By Another Means
  3. 40Lion's Pride
  4. 41Marching On Our Stomachs
  5. 42Fields of Blood
  6. 43A Line in the Dirt
  7. 44Clap 'Em In Irons
  8. 45The Taurajo Briefs
  9. 46Pick-a-Part
  10. 47Powder Play
  11. 48Batteries Not Yet Included
  12. 49Claim the Battlescar

Showing steps 38 to 49 of 89.

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.

  • Fields of BloodSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    The Horde has taken to calling this region the "Fields of Blood." It's an apt name: these reeds run red with the blood of some of my best men. I've sent out recon patrols to crush the quilboar and report on the Horde troop movements, but not all of them return. They could use your support out there.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Clap 'Em In IronsSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    Our policy of conscripting non-violent criminals from the Stormwind Stockades has come back to haunt us, <name>. Some of my less-scrupulous soldiers broke ranks after our victory in Taurajo and are looting the remains of the city. This is a breakdown in discipline.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Southern Barrens · Level 10-30.

The storyline at a glance

Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name A Line in the Dirt. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

QuestFactionRewardsID
A Line in the Dirt (this page)Alliance4,100 XP, Hawthorne's Shield, Robes of the Bloody Field, Taurajo Leggings, Taurajo Greaves25045
A Line in the DirtHorde4,100 XP, Sternhorn's Shield, Taurajo Leggings, Robes of the Bloody Field, Taurajo Greaves24546
Related
A Light in the Darkness
A Light of the Dark
A Lighter Shade of Fel
A Line in the Dirt
A Line in the Sand
A Line Unbroken
A Lingering Suspicion
A Link to the Past
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