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Altered Beings

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

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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.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneNorthern Barrens
LocationNorthern Barrens, Southern Barrens
Quest ID880

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(880))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereNorthern Barrens, Southern Barrens
StorylineNorthern Barrens, step 18 of 62
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

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. <Jerrik holds up a bandaged finger.> I suspect they've been altered by the oases. Collect their shells and take them to Tonga at Crossroads for further study.

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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.

Northern Barrens Quest turn-in 15 mapped points
Northern Barrens map showing where to go for Altered BeingsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #10 49.5 58.7

Southern Barrens Objective area 1 mapped point
Southern Barrens map showing where to go for Altered BeingsObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #199 62.6 33.4

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

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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThunder 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.

Storyline

Northern Barrens

Part 18 of 62.

Previous: The Stagnant Oasis · Next: Flushing Out Verog

  1. 13Fungal Spores
  2. 14Kolkar Leaders
  3. 15A Growing Problem
  4. 16In Fungus We Trust
  5. 17The Stagnant Oasis
  6. 18Altered Beings
  7. 19Flushing Out Verog
  8. 20Verog the Dervish
  9. 21Hezrul Bloodmark
  10. 22Counterattack!
  11. 23The Zhevra
  12. 24Hunting the Huntress

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

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

Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.