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An Unnatural Drought

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

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Enter Dead Mire in the northeast part of Zangermarsh and you are there. The Withering Giants are all along the edge. :D
If you are currently on the Gathering the Reagents quest; you can go to 77,45 in Dead Mire and kill Sporewing each time he spawns for a Spore Bat Eye. I had gotten a 75% droprate. Doubletasking is fun.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneZangarmarsh
Quest ID9783

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(9783))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineZangarmarsh, step 23 of 64
RewardsResearcher's Mantle, Vindicator's Cinch, Fen Strider's Bracer, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The soil sample you brought me is nearly devoid of moisture, {name}. If the soil itself is losing moisture, then the creatures that live in the Dead Mire must be suffering terribly. I've seen what happens when the region's fungal giants begin to wither and die. The pain drives them mad, causing them to attack anything in their path. These creatures have no idea what's happening to them. They're beyond our ability to save, so the best we can do is to end their suffering.

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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.

Zangarmarsh Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Zangarmarsh map showing where to go for An Unnatural DroughtTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #102 68.3 50.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZangarmarsh 68.3, 50.1/way #102 68.3 50.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zangarmarsh 81.3, 40.1/way #102 81.3 40.1

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 Zangarmarsh map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zangarmarsh:

  • Telredor, ZangarmarshAlliance · about 50 yards south-west
  • Orebor Harborage, ZangarmarshAlliance · about 1,500 yards north-west
  • Toshley's Station, Blade's Edge MountainsAlliance · about 1,700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 730 yards north-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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationExodar +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +8 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for32 gold99 silver
TypePlate Waist
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for23 gold85 silver
TypeMail Wrist
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold94 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level30
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for24 gold2 silver

Reputation: Exodar +250

The naaru vessel that brought the draenei to Azeroth. Though stranded in the Azuremyst Isles, it acts as a home city for this noble race.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Zangarmarsh that reward Exodar reputation: Fulgor Spores (+250), Umbrafen Eel Filets (+250), Too Many Mouths to Feed (+250), The Dead Mire (+250), The Boha'mu Ruins (+250), Idols of the Feralfen (+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

Zangarmarsh

Part 23 of 64.

Previous: The Dead Mire · Next: There's No Explanation for Fashion

  1. 18Menacing Marshfangs
  2. 19Umbrafen Eel Filets
  3. 20Blacksting's Bane
  4. 21Unfinished Business
  5. 22The Dead Mire
  6. 23An Unnatural Drought
  7. 24There's No Explanation for Fashion
  8. 25No More Mushrooms!
  9. 26A Job Undone
  10. 27Menacing Marshfangs
  11. 28The Respect of Another
  12. 29Thick Hydra Scales

Showing steps 18 to 29 of 64.

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 Dead MireZangarmarsh · Level 10-30

    I have lived among the anchorites of Telredor for some time, <name>, and in that time I've come to know the marsh quite well. Recently, I've started to notice a disturbing change in the land to the northeast. Virtually all life there has begun to wither and die, seemingly without explanation.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • There's No Explanation for FashionZangarmarsh · Level 10-30

    <Magasha chuckles softly to herself.> I bet if they knew they were wearing bug parts, the fashion trend would end very quickly. We first started killing the bugs 'round here 'cause they were getting in the way of our construction.

Also counted by Mysteries of the Marsh

Its criteria name 29 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Zangarmarsh has 64 steps, from Disturbance at Umbrafen Lake to Message to the Daggerfen.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zangarmarsh (63), Hellfire Peninsula (1).

Other storylines on the Zangarmarsh 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.

Mysteries of the MarshComplete the Zangarmarsh storylines listed below.10