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Back to the Sty

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

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Cielos+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest is given by [npc=56205] in Thunderfoot Ranch. You have to collect his three pigs who have strayed from the ranch, which are:

[npc=56253] : Located down the hill from the ranch towards the path leading to the Kun-Lai Summit. He is right near the kite master [npc=62658] , who is also stationed in the area.

[npc=56254] : Located in the pond near the turtles you need to kill for The Meat They'll Eat . If you're having trouble seeing Ling, make sure your map says "Grassy Cline" and not "Valley of the Four Winds". I had a phasing problem when trying to retrieve this pig.

[npc=56255] : Located right down the path leading you to the field where you kill the Mushan Beasts for The Meat They'll Eat.

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Kemaria+14via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ling: 66, 28. Just inside the pond.

Smelly: 70, 29. In the Grassy Cline amidst the Mushan Beasts.

Jian: 70, 23. Near flightmaster Kim of the Mountain Winds, at the foot of the stairs leading up into the mountains.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-35
ZoneValley of the Four Winds
Quest ID29914

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29914))

What to do

StorylineValley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields, step 9 of 13
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

I try to keep an eye on my stock, but every once in a while some of them sneak away. With all the confusion these virmen are causing, I may have let my guard down for a few moments, and some of my pigs escaped. Care to look for them? I'd start by looking down the hill, to the west.

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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.

Valley of the Four Winds Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Valley of the Four Winds map showing where to go for Back to the StyTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #376 75.0 23.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inValley of the Four Winds 75.0, 23.9/way #376 75.0 23.9
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 70.7, 24.5/way #376 70.7 24.5
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 66.7, 28.6/way #376 66.7 28.6
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 70.4, 30.1/way #376 70.4 30.1
  • Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 75.2, 24.1/way #376 75.2 24.1

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 Valley of the Four Winds map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Valley of the Four Winds:

  • Grassy Cline, Valley of the Four WindsAlliance and Horde · about 160 yards west
  • Tavern in the Mists, The Veiled StairAlliance and Horde · about 320 yards north
  • Pang's Stead, Valley of the Four WindsAlliance and Horde · about 380 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 350 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 240 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.

Related
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Storyline

Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields

Part 9 of 13.

Previous: The Meat They'll Eat · Next: A Neighbor's Duty

  1. 1Chen and Li Li
  2. 2A Seemingly Endless Nuisance
  3. 3A Poor Grasp of the Basics
  4. 4Low Turnip Turnout
  5. 5Taking a Crop
  6. 6Practically Perfect Produce
  7. 7The Fabulous Miss Fanny
  8. 8The Meat They'll Eat
  9. 9Back to the Sty
  10. 10A Neighbor's Duty
  11. 11Piercing Talons and Slavering Jaws
  12. 12Lupello
  13. 13A Lesson in Bravery

Also part of: Valley of the Four Winds (part 10 of 60).

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 Meat They'll EatValley of the Four Winds · Level 15-35

    I told you earlier, my pigs are picky eaters. They need to eat meat to grow strong, but they don't like mutton, they don't like yak, and I'm not about to feed them any pig meat. They do, however, eat meat off of the mushan beasts, and they're also quite partial to turtle.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Neighbor's DutyValley of the Four Winds · Level 15-35

    I'm not the only one having trouble with his stock, it seems. One of Francis' sheep has wandered over to my ranch, for the third time this week. I'm beginning to think he needs help tending to his flock. You should check up on him, neighbor. And bring this poor little thing with you.

The storyline at a glance

Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields has 13 steps, from Chen and Li Li to A Lesson in Bravery.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Valley of the Four Winds (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Valley of the Four Winds 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.