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A Thorn in our Side

A Thorn in our Side is a Horde-only quest for level 1-30 in Tirisfal Glades. It is step 10 of 36 in the Tirisfal Glades storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tirisfal Glades at 60.5, 51.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Information we've received from Executor Arren in Deathknell contain all the details we need to wipe the human infestation from the lands. According to the information, The Scarlet Crusade has assigned Captain Perrine and a brigade to the ruined tower southwest of Brill.

Kill 3 of his zealots and 3 of his missionaries. And while you're there, see if you can dig up any other information about what they're up to.

Rewards

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

Reward details

Reputation: Undercity +250

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Tirisfal Glades that reward Undercity reputation: Supplying Brill (+25), Michael Garrett (+25), Ride to the Undercity (+75), Return to Morris (+350), Ever So Lonely (+250), Fields of Grief (+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 mapTirisfal GladesTurn-in marker at 60.5, 51.9, 12 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.

Tirisfal Glades Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Tirisfal Glades map showing where to go for A Thorn in our SideTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #18 60.5 51.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTirisfal Glades 60.5, 51.9/way #18 60.5 51.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tirisfal Glades 51.7, 67.5/way #18 51.7 67.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tirisfal Glades 50.5, 67.2/way #18 50.5 67.2

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 Tirisfal Glades map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tirisfal Glades:

  • Brill, Tirisfal GladesHorde · about 70 yards west
  • Undercity, TirisfalHorde · about 710 yards south
  • Forsaken High Command, Silverpine ForestHorde · about 1,100 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 620 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 640 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 640 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

Tirisfal Glades

Part 10 of 36.

Previous: A Putrid Task · Next: Forsaken Duties

  1. 5Johaan's Experiment
  2. 6Reaping the Reapers
  3. 7A Scarlet Letter
  4. 8The Scarlet Palisade
  5. 9A Putrid Task
  6. 10A Thorn in our Side
  7. 11Forsaken Duties
  8. 12The Chill of Death
  9. 13Return to the Magistrate
  10. 14Darkhound Pounding
  11. 15Holland's Experiment
  12. 16Escaped From Gilneas

Showing steps 5 to 16 of 36.

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 Putrid TaskTirisfal Glades · Level 1-30

    Scourge have trickled into Tirisfal Glades and have infested this area. I need someone to beat back the rotting dead and ravaged corpses that have taken this small farm. Scatter their bones and bring back their putrid claws. The Deathguards will reward you.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Forsaken DutiesTirisfal Glades · Level 1-30

    I need a fresh report from our Deathguard waystation to the east. I must know if more Scourge forces have slipped past The Bulwark and into Tirisfal. Our vigilance on the border to the Plaguelands must be maintained - we can't let the Scourge get a stronger foothold here!

The storyline at a glance

Tirisfal Glades has 36 steps, from Ever So Lonely to Take to the Skies.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tirisfal Glades (35), Western Plaguelands (1).

Other storylines on the Tirisfal Glades 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 Test of the Hunt
A Thicker Thread
A Thirst For Blood
A Thirst For Blood
A Thorn in the Side
A Thousand Stories in the Sand
A Threat from the North
A Threat Rises
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