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Bad to Worse

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID24529

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24529))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 29 of 89
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

When the refugees fled north from Taurajo, some were separated as darkness closed in. Many were taken prisoner by the Bristleback quilboar who set up camp west and southwest of here. I am not certain what the quilboar hoped to get from us by capturing our refugees; all they have earned is my ire. And all they'll get in return is vengeance. Rescue my trapped brothers and sisters, and kill their captors to send a message to the quilboar.

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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.

Southern Barrens Quest turn-in 40 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #199 44.2 33.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSouthern Barrens 44.2, 33.7/way #199 44.2 33.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 40.1, 33.5/way #199 40.1 33.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 41.7, 37.1/way #199 41.7 37.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 39.0, 33.6/way #199 39.0 33.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 41.1, 35.9/way #199 41.1 35.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 53.9, 47.5/way #199 53.9 47.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 44.0, 43.6/way #199 44.0 43.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 47.4, 44.3/way #199 47.4 44.3

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 Southern Barrens map

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

Getting there

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

  • Vendetta Point, Southern BarrensHorde · about 720 yards south
  • Hunter's Hill, Southern BarrensHorde · about 740 yards north-west
  • The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 250 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 380 yards 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
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 Southern Barrens that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: Clear the High Road (+250), Holdout at Hunter's Hill (+10), Raptor Scraps (+250), Signals in the Sky (+250), Keeping the Dogs at Bay (+250), Speaking Their Language (+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

Southern Barrens

Part 29 of 89.

Previous: Keeping the Dogs at Bay · Next: Speaking Their Language

  1. 24Raptor Scraps
  2. 25Put the Fear in Them
  3. 26The Low Road
  4. 27Stalling the Survey
  5. 28Keeping the Dogs at Bay
  6. 29Bad to Worse
  7. 30Speaking Their Language
  8. 31When Plants Attack
  9. 32A Curious Bloom
  10. 33Biological Intervention
  11. 34Adder Subtraction
  12. 35Lashvine Seeds

Showing steps 24 to 35 of 89.

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.

  • Keeping the Dogs at BaySouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    Not everyone who fled Taurajo was able to make it to Una'fe, <name>. Some died of wounds along the way. Others were jumped by opportunistic quilboar. I'll take care of the grim task of finding and gathering the bodies. But there is something you can do for me.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Speaking Their LanguageSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    The quilboar are attacking because they perceive weakness. Strength is the only language they understand. So we will show them strength. <Makaba withdraws a large horn from his satchel.> This is admittedly crude work but it'll do.

The storyline at a glance

Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Southern 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.