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An Improper Burial

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

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Lustral+36via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For whatever reason, the bodies on the ground are not actually labeled as initiates and guardians. Auchenai warriors and vindicators are the only corpses in the area, and using your Sha'tar Torch will burn them, giving you credit for what it thinks are initiates and guardians.

The corpses can be found at (35, 75), southwest of Auchidoun, just below the 'A' in Auchidoun.

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Naraxis+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There's a good way to find out if the bodies are burnable:

Target the corpse and if they appear as neutral towards you, they can be burned.
They spawn dead unlike the other mobs. Also The Sha'tar warriors that burn can be
found with Slain -infront of their their name. Hope this helps!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneTerokkar Forest
Quest ID10913

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10913))

What to do

StorylineTerokkar Forest, step 76 of 78
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

Is there nothing that can be done to stem the tide of corruption? My soldiers have been battling the Auchenai for days now with no end in sight. Each casualty, whether Auchenai or Sha'tar, is snatched from the battlefield - their souls lifted and taken to parts unknown. I will not have it! A proper burial is out of the question but those fiends will not have their souls! Take this torch and travel to the field of battle, directly east of here. Burn every corpse you see! We will not fuel their rituals.

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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.

Terokkar Forest Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Terokkar Forest map showing where to go for An Improper BurialTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #108 31.0 76.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTerokkar Forest 31.0, 76.1/way #108 31.0 76.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 34.0, 75.2/way #108 34.0 75.2

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 Terokkar Forest map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Terokkar Forest:

  • Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar ForestHorde · about 1,500 yards north-east
  • Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar ForestAlliance · about 1,700 yards north-east
  • Shattrath, Terokkar ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,900 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 160 yards 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
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationLower City +250

Reward details

Reputation: Lower City +250

The refugees of Shattrath come from diverse backgrounds and races. Word of helpful deeds spreads quickly among the Denizens of Lower City.

Reputation group: Shattrath City.

Other quests in Terokkar Forest that reward Lower City reputation: Recover the Bones (+250), Helping the Lost Find Their Way (+250), Veil Skith: Darkstone of Terokk (+250), The Tomb of Lights (+250), Vengeful Souls (+250), The Eyes of Skettis (+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

Terokkar Forest

Part 76 of 78.

Previous: The Big Bone Worm · Next: A Hero Is Needed

  1. 67Taken in the Night
  2. 68For the Fallen
  3. 69Terokkarantula
  4. 70Return to Sha'tari Base Camp
  5. 71The Dread Relic
  6. 72Evil Draws Near
  7. 73Digging Through Bones
  8. 74Fumping
  9. 75The Big Bone Worm
  10. 76An Improper Burial
  11. 77A Hero Is Needed
  12. 78The Fallen Exarch

Showing steps 67 to 78 of 78.

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 Big Bone WormTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    I was right! These carcasses you brought me belong to maturing worms. Do you know what that means? It means that somewhere out there is a big one! I think we can get it to come out if we can provide the right kind of food. Let's see... something big! Yes!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Hero Is NeededTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    It is not enough. A hero is needed. Our forces are overwhelmed as the Auchenai continue to grow in number. <Commander Ra'vaj looks at you.> Will you be the hero? Return to the field of battle and strike at their soldiers.

The storyline at a glance

Terokkar Forest has 78 steps, from Vessels of Power to The Fallen Exarch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Terokkar Forest (77), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Terokkar Forest 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.