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Balance Must Be Preserved

Balance Must Be Preserved is a quest for level 10-30 in Zangarmarsh. It is step 4 of 64 in the Zangarmarsh storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Zangarmarsh at 78.4, 62.0. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

I cannot begin to comprehend why the naga would drain the water out of their own habitat. What I do understand is a need to put a stop to their operations.

These seeds carry with them the rage of the earth. Take them to the steam pumps operated by the naga and use them on their controls.

The vines that grow from the seeds will be as thick as your arm and as strong as iron. Go, <name>. Restore the balance that the naga have upset.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationCenarion Expedition +350
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Locations for the control panels are:
-Umbrafen Steam Pump: 70, 80
-Marshlight Steam Pump: 25, 43
-Serpent Steam Pump: 62, 41
-Lagoon Steam Pump: 63, 64

Run up to the control panel, click the seed, and you're good to go.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationCenarion Expedition+350

Reward details

Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +350

An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Zangarmarsh that reward Cenarion Expedition reputation: Watcher Leesa'oh (+75), Observing the Sporelings (+250), A Question of Gluttony (+250), Familiar Fungi (+250), Stealing Back the Mushrooms (+350), Disturbance at Umbrafen Lake (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapZangarmarshTurn-in marker at 78.4, 62.0, 5 mapped points
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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 5 mapped points
Zangarmarsh map showing where to go for Balance Must Be PreservedTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #102 78.4 62.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inZangarmarsh 78.4, 62.0/way #102 78.4 62.0
  • Objective areaZangarmarsh 70.6, 80.3/way #102 70.6 80.3
  • Objective areaZangarmarsh 25.4, 42.9/way #102 25.4 42.9
  • Objective areaZangarmarsh 62.0, 40.8/way #102 62.0 40.8
  • Objective areaZangarmarsh 63.1, 64.1/way #102 63.1 64.1

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

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

  • Swamprat Post, ZangarmarshHorde · about 400 yards north-east
  • Telredor, ZangarmarshAlliance · about 640 yards north-west
  • Temple of Telhamat, Hellfire PeninsulaAlliance · about 1,300 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 730 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 2,700 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 1,100 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Zangarmarsh

Part 4 of 64.

Previous: As the Crow Flies · Next: Drain Schematics

  1. 1Disturbance at Umbrafen Lake
  2. 2A Warm Welcome
  3. 3As the Crow Flies
  4. 4Balance Must Be Preserved
  5. 5Drain Schematics
  6. 6Warning the Cenarion Circle
  7. 7Return to the Marsh
  8. 8The Umbrafen Tribe
  9. 9A Damp, Dark Place
  10. 10Safeguarding the Watchers
  11. 11Saving the Sporeloks
  12. 12The Boha'mu Ruins

Showing steps 1 to 12 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.

  • As the Crow FliesZangarmarsh · Level 10-30

    We must determine how widespread the naga's activity truly is and react accordingly. Exploring each body of water in Zangarmarsh could be a lengthy undertaking. If you allow me to, I will use my magic to mold your shape to one more suited to scouting the marsh.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Drain SchematicsZangarmarsh · Level 10-30

    The schematics you've obtained show an underground system of drains and pumps that connect the lakes in the region to Serpent Lake. If the schematics are correct, there is a giant drain in the center of Serpent Lake. Confirm this and bring the news to Cenarion Refuge.

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).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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.

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