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A Rough Ride

A World of Warcraft quest in Sholazar Basin. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
Quest ID12536

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12536))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 34 of 65
Rewards2g 62s 50c, 1,050 XP

Description

Zepik is best hunter of the Frenzyheart. Zepik hunts big-tongues... ugly things near swamps that try to steal all stuff they can find. Zepik going on long trek to break big-tongue shrine and try to scare them away. We no want big-tongues in this land anymore. There a crocolisk chained on northeast side of hill, next to tree - go with Zepik and do what Zepik tell you.

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for A Rough RideTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #119 46.3 40.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 46.3, 40.0/way #119 46.3 40.0
  • Objective areaSholazar Basin 57.3, 68.4/way #119 57.3 68.4
  • Objective areaSholazar Basin 46.4, 39.9/way #119 46.4 39.9
  • Objective areaSholazar Basin 55.0, 69.1/way #119 55.0 69.1

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 640 yards south
  • Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-west
  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 950 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 920 yards south-east

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
Money2 gold62 silver
Experience1,050 XP
ReputationFrenzyheart Tribe +350

Reward details

Reputation: Frenzyheart Tribe +350

Driven from their lands by the Scourge, this fierce tribe of wolvar stumbled upon Sholazar Basin, where they intend to make their new home. Their aggressive nature has put them at odds with the various gorloc tribes known collectively as the Oracles.

Reputation group: Sholazar Basin.

Other quests in Sholazar Basin that reward Frenzyheart Tribe reputation: Playing Along (+350), The Ape Hunter's Slave (+350), Tormenting the Softknuckles (+500), The Underground Menace (+500), Flown the Coop! (+350), The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice (+350).

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.

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 34 of 65.

Previous: Mischief in the Making · Next: Lightning Definitely Strikes Twice

  1. 29The Wasp Hunter's Apprentice
  2. 30The Sapphire Queen
  3. 31Flown the Coop!
  4. 32The Underground Menace
  5. 33Mischief in the Making
  6. 34A Rough Ride
  7. 35Lightning Definitely Strikes Twice
  8. 36The Mist Isn't Listening
  9. 37Hoofing It
  10. 38Just Following Orders
  11. 39Fortunate Misunderstandings
  12. 40Make the Bad Snake Go Away

Showing steps 29 to 40 of 65.

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.

  • Mischief in the MakingSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    You good hunter, but Frenzyheart can make you stronger. Harkek think maybe you ready for something more important. Before Rakjak send you on important mission, you need gather things for Rakjak. All along river to south are blue crystals. Rakjak need lots of blue crystals. You go get crystals now.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Lightning Definitely Strikes TwiceSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    Okay, the crystal things... The big-tongues use the crystals to power their rain shrines. Zepik not know quite how it works, but Zepik does know that if they use wrong crystals, the clouds and the rain go crazy! Zepik tried to sneak in at one of their other rain shrines, but it not go so well.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.