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Boom or Blight

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

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Jeolene+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

You can run on the rocks and bring the tremorsense down. Any true Tremors fan know that the rocks won't save you, they conduct sound through the ground better than standing on the ground itself. This would have been more fun if you were able to employ some kind of loud explosive device to drive the critters away for a short while.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 78-80
ZoneAzj-Kahet
Quest ID78897

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(78897))

What to do

StorylineThe Wormlands, step 1 of 5
Rewards30g 38s, 10,600 XP

Description

This place is infested with cave borers. They pose a threat to the great roots that stretch through this place. Yes, the tree provides sustenance for many living things, but this is not some small band of bugs nibbling on a leaf. This is a blight. Their numbers must be culled for the good of the whole. By my oath I am unable to raise a hand to interfere. However... you have sworn no such oath. Will you do what must be done?

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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 11 mapped points
Azj-Kahet map showing where to go for Boom or BlightTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2255 42.3 42.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzj-Kahet 42.3, 42.5/way #2255 42.3 42.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azj-Kahet 39.6, 41.3/way #2255 39.6 41.3

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 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:

  • Weaver's Lair, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards east
  • Wildcamp Ul'ar, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south
  • Wildcamp Or'lay, Azj-KahetAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 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
Money30 gold38 silver
Experience10,600 XP

Storyline

The Wormlands

Part 1 of 5.

Next: Intention vs Instinct

  1. 1Boom or Blight
  2. 2Intention vs Instinct
  3. 3Heeeelllp!!!
  4. 4Delegated Dig
  5. 5Entrepreneur, Inc.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Intention vs InstinctAzj-Kahet · Level 78-80

    Cave borers are not social creatures as a rule. Seeing this many gather in one place speaks to intention. A wormcaller of the nerubians must be present. Find them and recover the tool they use to call these worms here. With it we can lead them away in time.

Also counted by Sojourner of Azj-Kahet

Its criteria name 18 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

The Wormlands has 5 steps, from Boom or Blight to Entrepreneur, Inc..

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azj-Kahet (5).

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Sojourner of Azj-KahetComplete the optional Azj-Kahet storylines listed below.10