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Curtail the Darktail

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

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These arrows used to work EVERYWHERE and you could use them on ANYTHING! The arrows have since been modified to work only in the Blasted Lands and apparently only on the birds. These were great "arrows"! They had super long range, didn't even need line-of-sight and did NO damage but make the mobs mad. Imagine you're in Heroic Halls of Lightning, you just killed the first boss and you shoot Volkhan (the blacksmith boss) with the arrows. Yes the "arrows" did reach that far! He gets mad and comes to the first boss's room bringing a TON of the adds with him! The Leeroy Jenkins party lasted longer than your party lasts against this onslaught! I soooo miss those "arrows"...

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBlasted Lands
LocationBlasted Lands, Swamp of Sorrows
Quest ID25709

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25709))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereBlasted Lands, Swamp of Sorrows
StorylineBlasted Lands, step 5 of 56
RewardsEnohar's Old Hunting Boots, Darktail Belt, Bonepicker Bracers, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The other thing that concerns me about those shipwrecks is all the vultures that they've attracted. Knowing how those birds operate, they've already picked the bones clean, but still... we can't allow them to further desecrate the bodies of our friends. Before I brewed, I hunted. Here, take this bow, and more importantly, these arrows. They've been laced with a little concoction that should give those bonepickers a surprise.

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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.

Blasted Lands Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Blasted Lands map showing where to go for Curtail the DarktailTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #17 61.5 18.7

Swamp of Sorrows Objective area 1 mapped point
Swamp of Sorrows map showing where to go for Curtail the DarktailObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #51 54.4 89.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBlasted Lands 61.5, 18.7/way #17 61.5 18.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 68.2, 35.7/way #17 68.2 35.7
  • Objective areaSwamp of Sorrows 54.4, 89.9/way #51 54.4 89.9

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 Blasted Lands map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Blasted Lands:

  • Nethergarde Keep, Blasted LandsAlliance · about 70 yards south
  • Marshtide Watch, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 950 yards north-east
  • The Harborage, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 480 yards south-east

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationAlliance +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Feet
Item level28
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for30 gold64 silver
TypeLeather Waist
Item level28
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for20 gold50 silver
TypePlate Wrist
Item level28
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for20 gold66 silver
TypeCloth Hands
Item level28
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+5 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for20 gold43 silver

Reputation: Alliance +250

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Blasted Lands that reward Alliance reputation: Our Fallen Friends (+350), Minor Distractions (+150), Eliminate the Okril'lon (+350), Nethergarde Reigns (+250), Remove Their Arms (+250), Watcher Mahar Ba (+10).

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

Blasted Lands

Part 5 of 56.

Previous: Our Fallen Friends · Next: Watcher Mahar Ba

  1. 1Minor Distractions
  2. 2A Closer Look
  3. 3Eliminate the Okril'lon
  4. 4Our Fallen Friends
  5. 5Curtail the Darktail
  6. 6Watcher Mahar Ba
  7. 7Cultists at our Doorstep
  8. 8Kasim Sharim
  9. 9Attune the Bloodstone
  10. 10The First Step
  11. 11Blood Ritual
  12. 12The Amulet of Allistarj

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 56.

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.

  • Our Fallen FriendsBlasted Lands · Level 15-30

    Based on what you're telling me, it sounds like there aren't many survivors... just restless spirits. The least we can do is give them their rest. <Enohar takes a long draw off of a mug of black ale.> Head back to the Shattershore and vanquish the worgen ghosts that still remain.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Watcher Mahar BaBlasted Lands · Level 15-30

    It's time for you to visit the Watcher. He's been in a bit of a mood lately, and I'm not quite sure why. Head up to the top of the mage tower and check in with him. I don't have any work for you here, but I'm certain that he will.

The storyline at a glance

Blasted Lands has 56 steps, from Minor Distractions to The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Blasted Lands (56).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Blasted Lands 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Blasted Lands.