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A Poor Grasp of the Basics

A World of Warcraft quest in Valley of the Four Winds. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-35
ZoneValley of the Four Winds
LocationValley of the Four Winds, The Veiled Stair
Quest ID29877

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29877))

What to do

WhereValley of the Four Winds, The Veiled Stair
StorylineValley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields, step 3 of 13
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

Virmen - they no just eat our food. They trying to start farms of their own. The problem is... well, they ookin' dumb. You no believe Muno? Last night, they break into tool sheds... steal equipment. When we wake up, we find rakes and wheelbarrows planted in ground. They was WATERING them. They was trying to GROW WHEELBARROWS. Please, while you out there, unbury our stuff.

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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.

Valley of the Four Winds Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Valley of the Four Winds map showing where to go for A Poor Grasp of the BasicsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #376 82.7 21.2

The Veiled Stair Objective area 1 mapped point
The Veiled Stair map showing where to go for A Poor Grasp of the BasicsObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #433 76.9 96.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inValley of the Four Winds 82.7, 21.2/way #376 82.7 21.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Valley of the Four Winds 80.7, 20.9/way #376 80.7 20.9
  • Objective areaThe Veiled Stair 76.9, 96.1/way #433 76.9 96.1

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 Valley of the Four Winds map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Valley of the Four Winds, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Valley of the Four Winds:

  • Pang's Stead, Valley of the Four WindsAlliance and Horde · about 70 yards east
  • Tavern in the Mists, The Veiled StairAlliance and Horde · about 440 yards north-west
  • Grassy Cline, Valley of the Four WindsAlliance and Horde · about 470 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards 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.

Related
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Storyline

Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields

Part 3 of 13.

Previous: A Seemingly Endless Nuisance · Next: Low Turnip Turnout

  1. 1Chen and Li Li
  2. 2A Seemingly Endless Nuisance
  3. 3A Poor Grasp of the Basics
  4. 4Low Turnip Turnout
  5. 5Taking a Crop
  6. 6Practically Perfect Produce
  7. 7The Fabulous Miss Fanny
  8. 8The Meat They'll Eat
  9. 9Back to the Sty
  10. 10A Neighbor's Duty
  11. 11Piercing Talons and Slavering Jaws
  12. 12Lupello
  13. 13A Lesson in Bravery

Also part of: Valley of the Four Winds (part 3 of 60).

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.

  • A Seemingly Endless NuisanceValley of the Four Winds · Level 15-35

    I apologize for the state of things around here. The virmen - those rabbity creatures, down the hill - have been pushing further and further into my family's farm, and our crops - which are normally bigger, and more delicious, by the way - have been suffering because of it. I'm no soldier...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Low Turnip TurnoutValley of the Four Winds · Level 15-35

    Your help here is appreciated, <name>. I'd like to give you another job, if you're interested. My son, Ang, runs the small farm just down this hill. He should have brought me some fruits and vegetables this morning, but I haven't seen him all day. Would you go down there and see what's going on?

The storyline at a glance

Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields has 13 steps, from Chen and Li Li to A Lesson in Bravery.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Valley of the Four Winds (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Valley of the Four Winds 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.