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Buried Beneath

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

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1
998027+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Wait wait wait wait...let me get this straight.

I went and slaughtered upwards of 60 mantid, killed a giant kunchong elite, and recruited Hawkmaster Nurong to our cause...

During which, Taoshi was sent to 'scout', and all she did was set up a spyglass?

Lazy NPCs, man. Lazy NPCs.

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Smallfoot+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Taoshi really, really wants you to look through the spyglass. So much that if you don't look, the anticipation could kill her.

Literally.

If you choose to not look and just idle, (like my alt-tabbing to look something up), after roughly five minutes, she'll keel over dead.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-35
ZoneTownlong Steppes
Quest ID31065

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31065))

What to do

StorylineTownlong Steppes, step 50 of 60
Rewards3g 43s 50c, 1,200 XP

Description

Taoshi set up a spyglass on the ridge edge to show me what her scouting uncovered. Go over and take a look.

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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.

Townlong Steppes Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Townlong Steppes map showing where to go for Buried BeneathTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #388 54.0 78.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTownlong Steppes 54.0, 78.1/way #388 54.0 78.1
  • Objective areaTownlong Steppes 53.5, 77.4/way #388 53.5 77.4

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 Townlong Steppes map

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

Getting there

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

  • Rensai's Watchpost, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards south
  • Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 330 yards north-west
  • The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 790 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 40 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
Money3 gold43 silver
Experience1,200 XP
ReputationShado-Pan +25

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +25

The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).

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

Townlong Steppes

Part 50 of 60.

Previous: Heroes of the Shado-Pan · Next: Thinning the Sik'thik

  1. 45Joining the Hunt
  2. 46In Skilled Hands
  3. 47Hostile Skies
  4. 48Devastation Below
  5. 49Heroes of the Shado-Pan
  6. 50Buried Beneath
  7. 51Thinning the Sik'thik
  8. 52Taoshi and Korvexxis
  9. 53Lao-Chin and Serevex
  10. 54Nurong and Rothek
  11. 55The Sha of Hatred
  12. 56The Motives of the Mantid

Showing steps 45 to 56 of 60.

Also part of: Townlong Steppes (part 47 of 53).

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.

  • Heroes of the Shado-PanTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    You said that Taran Zhu is in Townlong and was asking for me? Must be something important...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Thinning the Sik'thikTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    For all our efforts to keep the mantid in the Dread Wastes, some have broken through, seemingly intent on Niuzao Temple. My men have been attempting to extinguish their presence to the west, at Sik'vess, but to no success.

The storyline at a glance

Townlong Steppes has 60 steps, from A Foot in the Door to The Terrible Truth.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Townlong Steppes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (4), Dread Wastes (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Townlong Steppes 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.