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Beetle in a Haystack

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 78-80
ZoneAzj-Kahet
Quest ID79120

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(79120))

What to do

StorylineRak-Ush, step 7 of 10
Rewards30g 38s, 10,600 XP

Description

There are still feral stagshells on the outskirts of Rak-Ush. This scent grenade should be sufficient in stunning the beasts and alerting the niffen to their location. Once they are stunned, one of the rats will take them back to their hollow. Capture them and bring them back. We will be waiting.

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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.

Azj-Kahet Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Azj-Kahet map showing where to go for Beetle in a HaystackTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2255 75.0 80.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzj-Kahet 75.0, 80.9/way #2255 75.0 80.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azj-Kahet 69.5, 74.4/way #2255 69.5 74.4

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 Azj-Kahet map

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

Getting there

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

  • Mmarl, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 760 yards north
  • The Burrows, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards west
  • Weaver's Lair, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 480 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.

Related
Money30 gold38 silver
Experience10,600 XP

Storyline

Rak-Ush

Part 7 of 10.

Previous: It's Rough to Be a Bug! · Next: Bug Test

  1. 1Bountiful Beetles
  2. 2Beautification Project
  3. 3Expert Consultant
  4. 4Bright Young Niffen
  5. 5Rak-Ush Under New Management
  6. 6It's Rough to Be a Bug!
  7. 7Beetle in a Haystack
  8. 8Bug Test
  9. 9Scarab Scouting
  10. 10Permanent Hire

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.

  • It's Rough to Be a Bug!Azj-Kahet · Level 78-80

    Anub'azal gave his orders! We are the new masters of Rak-Ush! Yet Vix'aron decided to throw a tantrum and destroy our barn instead. Since this imbecile refuses to follow orders, perhaps you will, overcrawler. Maybe then we will decide not to kill you for eavesdropping. And recompense, I suppose. Go.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Bug TestAzj-Kahet · Level 78-80

    Oh, I'm sorry, did you think this was a one and done assignment? If you did, Vix'aron would gladly "show you the door", as it were. The stagshells will require constant maintenance. Food. Water. Those sorts of things.

The storyline at a glance

Rak-Ush has 10 steps, from Bountiful Beetles to Permanent Hire.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azj-Kahet (10).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Azj-Kahet 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.