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A Race Against Time

A Race Against Time is a quest for level 10-30 in Borean Tundra. It is step 83 of 182 in the Borean Tundra storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Borean Tundra at 45.3, 33.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

So it's true. They have her.

It's clear what must be done, <race>. She WILL be saved.

I must remain here and aid in the rescue preparations. I call upon you again; this time to collect the prison key. All we know of this Salrand figure is that she cannot be harmed so long as her shield is intact.

We've customized a special explosive that should strip her of this protection, allowing you to perform your duty. Return to me when you've collected the key.

Hurry, <name>. Lady Evanor is suffering!

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationKirin Tor +250
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You don't get on a dragon to do this part - you get on the dragon for the next part in the chain...

In this part, you just go the center blue ring, use the detonator, kill the caster, loot the box, and go turn it in at Amber Ledge.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationKirin Tor+250

Reward details

Reputation: Kirin Tor +250

The mages and archmages running the city of Dalaran. Faced with the rising threats of the Blue Dragonflight and the Scourge, they've transported their city to the heart of Northrend.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Kirin Tor reputation: Monitoring the Rift: Cleftcliff Anomaly (+150), Monitoring the Rift: Sundered Chasm (+150), Prison Break (+250), Abduction (+250), The Borean Inquisition (+25), The Art of Persuasion (+150).

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 mapBorean TundraTurn-in marker at 45.3, 33.4, 2 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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for A Race Against TimeTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 45.3 33.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 45.3, 33.4/way #114 45.3 33.4
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 41.8, 39.2/way #114 41.8 39.2

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 30 yards south-west
  • Transitus Shield, ColdarraAlliance and Horde · about 700 yards west
  • Warsong Hold, Borean TundraHorde · about 750 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 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

Borean Tundra

Part 83 of 182.

Previous: Sharing Intelligence · Next: Reforging the Key

  1. 78Prison Break
  2. 79Abduction
  3. 80The Borean Inquisition
  4. 81The Art of Persuasion
  5. 82Sharing Intelligence
  6. 83A Race Against Time
  7. 84Reforging the Key
  8. 85Taking Wing
  9. 86Rescuing Evanor
  10. 87Dragonspeak
  11. 88Traversing the Rift
  12. 89Nuts for Berries

Showing steps 78 to 89 of 182.

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.

  • Sharing IntelligenceBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Thank you, <class>! The information you've extracted is of vital importance to the Kirin Tor. Return at once to Donathan as we make plans for the rescue of Lady Evanor.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Reforging the KeyBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Delays, delays... the one thing we cannot afford right now! As much as I hate to disturb Lord Surristrasz, he's our only hope of saving our beloved Evanor. Bring him the key fragments and hope that his mood is favorable. Hurry, <class>, our assault team is waiting.

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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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