Quest Log

Altered Beings

Altered Beings is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Northern Barrens. It is step 18 of 62 in the Northern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Northern Barrens at 49.5, 58.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

It will be important to study both plant and animal life impacted by the oases and the unusual energies you've discovered. The Stagnant Oasis below us is home to a species of snapjaw turtles. Recently their population has exploded. Moreover, the once peaceful animals are growing aggressive, as I learned the hard way before trekking up here.

I suspect they've been altered by the oases. Collect their shells and take them to Tonga at Crossroads for further study.

Rewards

Money10

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationThunder Bluff +250

Top Comments

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17329Feb 9, 2007+27via Wowhead

The above post by Lailoken is correct. The Snapjaws are both at The Stagnant Oasis (55,42) or if you don't have coords Southeast of Crossroads and The Lushwater Oasis (46,38) Southwest of Crossroads. The Drop Rate is 100% Levels of the Oasis Snapjaws are 15-16. The also do a debuff called Sling Dirt that decresses your chance to hit by 40% for 10 Seconds.

4618Nov 25, 2006+11via Wowhead

Just head to an oasis and kill snapjaws. The drop rate is 100%

133862Sep 4, 2008+3via Wowhead

If you travel to Lushwater Oasis, be careful. There is a lvl 20 elite named Gesharahan. He swims in the middle of the water.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Money	Gold	10g 50s
Reputation	Thunder Bluff	+250

Reward details

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +250

Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Northern Barrens that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: The Forgotten Pools (+150), The Stagnant Oasis (+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 map	Northern Barrens	Turn-in marker at 49.5, 58.7, 15 mapped points
Objective area	Southern Barrens	1 mapped point

World Map

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 map showing where to go for Altered Beings — **Southern Barrens** Objective area 1 mapped point

Coordinates

Turn-inNorthern Barrens 49.5, 58.7/way #10 49.5 58.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Northern Barrens 40.5, 75.3/way #10 40.5 75.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Northern Barrens 55.9, 80.3/way #10 55.9 80.3
Objective areaSouthern Barrens 62.6, 33.4/way #199 62.6 33.4

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 Northern Barrens map

Field Reports about 30 yards
Damned Intruders about 30 yards
Honor the Flame about 160 yards
The Warchief Commands about 500 yards
Dagra the Fierce about 570 yards
Parts-is-Parts about 2,950 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northern Barrens:

The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 40 yards west
Hunter's Hill, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,100 yards west
Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 820 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 910 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south-east (on the Southern Barrens map)

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

Northern Barrens

Part 18 of 62.

Previous: The Stagnant Oasis · Next: Flushing Out Verog

Showing steps 13 to 24 of 62.

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.

The Stagnant OasisNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30
Can what's happening to the south happen here? Judging by what you found at the Forgotten Pools, these oases may be the key. Let's perform an experiment. Here, take these seeds I've collected from the summit here. They are dead and infertile, but carry them down to the Stagnant Oasis just below us.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Flushing Out VerogNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30
Regthar Deathgate sent me here to observe the centaur activity, but the leader of this group is hard to pin down. I've discovered that his name is "Verog the Dervish," but his whereabouts are a mystery. Can you help me do some digging?

Also counted by Northern Barrens Quests

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Northern Barrens has 62 steps, from In Defense of Far Watch to Mor'shan Caravan Delivery.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Barrens (61), Southern Barrens (1).

Other storylines on the Northern Barrens map

An Uncertain Fate7 steps, starts with An Urgent Request
Southern Barrens89 steps, starts with Running the Gauntlet
Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Zunta, The Pet Tamer
The Warchief's Command28 steps, starts with The Warchief Awaits

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Northern Barrens QuestsComplete the Northern Barrens storylines listed below.10

Northern Barrens Quests: its criteria name 11 quests, this one included.

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Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.

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Altered Beings

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