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Quest

Cut Out the Rot

A World of Warcraft quest in The Azure Span. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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1
Lucilite+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While I was doing this quest Kalegos appeared to briefly help me fight (as he did in the previous quests) and he yelled "On your left!"
Obviously a reference to one of the greatest films in the MCU, Captain America: Winter Soldier.

Coincidentally(?) he also said at one point "I give you my strength, adventurer. Avenge us!"

2
pangolin42+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

How the [obscenity] do you GET to the quest givers after finishing Echoes of the Fallen, Cut Out the Rot and Lay Litter? There are swarms of hostile mobs all around them, flight is so wildly unstable it's impossible to fly there... has anyone gotten back to them?

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-70
ZoneThe Azure Span
Quest ID65844

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(65844))

What to do

StorylineDecayed Roots, step 2 of 10
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

This decay must have rotted these gnolls' brains as well as their bodies! Destructive as they are, gnolls are native to this land--just like us. But we already saw them spreading decay to the Big Tree Tribe. At this rate, they'll consume the Span and destroy themselves. We can't let this happen. It's a shame... but put an end to them.

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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.

The Azure Span Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
The Azure Span map showing where to go for Cut Out the RotTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2024 16.8 37.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Azure Span 16.8, 37.3/way #2024 16.8 37.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Azure Span 17.9, 37.8/way #2024 17.9 37.8

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 The Azure Span map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Azure Span:

  • Iskaara, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 920 yards south-west
  • Three-Falls Lookout, Azure SpanAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north
  • Ohn'iri Springs, Ohn'ahran PlainsAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 130 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
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
ReputationIskaara Tuskarr +200

Reward details

Reputation: Iskaara Tuskarr +200

The Iskaara Tuskarr have been on the Dragon Isles for generations, living in harmony and telling tales of the world around them.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in The Azure Span that reward Iskaara Tuskarr reputation: Breaching the Brackenhide (+200), Echoes of the Fallen (+200), Ley Litter (+200), Realignment (+200), Tome-ward Bound (+200), To Iskaara (+200).

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

Decayed Roots

Part 2 of 10.

Previous: Breaching the Brackenhide · Next: Gather the Family

  1. 1Breaching the Brackenhide
  2. 2Cut Out the Rot
  3. 3Gather the Family
  4. 4Echoes of the Fallen
  5. 5Ley Litter
  6. 6Realignment
  7. 7Tome-ward Bound
  8. 8To Iskaara
  9. 9The Cycle of the Sea
  10. 10Azure Alignment

Also part of: The Azure Span (part 30 of 52).

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.

  • Breaching the BrackenhideThe Azure Span · Level 30-70

    If the gnolls here have discovered decay magic, the ley line and even the land itself are in grave danger. My mirror images are spread too thin to withstand elemental disruption of this scale. Please enter the forest and investigate the decay.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Gather the FamilyThe Azure Span · Level 30-70

    Your friend Kalecgos wishes to speak of ley lines, but preparations must be made for the funeral. While I meet with him, could you gather the final offerings from around Iskaara and place them in the funeral boat alongside dear old Ponoliak? I hope you take a moment to enjoy the town, as well!

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Decayed Roots has 10 steps, from Breaching the Brackenhide to Azure Alignment.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Azure Span (10).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Azure Spanner Complete the following storylines in the Azure Span.

Other storylines on The Azure Span 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.