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Darkmist Extermination

Darkmist Extermination is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Dustwallow Marsh. It is step 6 of 83 in the Dustwallow Marsh storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dustwallow Marsh at 36.4, 31.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

The spiders that occupy Darkmist Cavern to the northwest are another vicious threat to us here. They are nothing the ogres cannot handle, but splitting our attention to them when Theramore's forces lurk nearby is a deadly mistake.

I need someone to destroy the eggs inside Darkmist Cavern, to cut off this infestation. You will find the eggs in the deepest part of the webbed mines... along with their guardians.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Dustwallow Marsh that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Theramore Spies (+250), The Theramore Docks (+250), A Shambling Threat (+250), SMASH BROODQUEEN (+350), The Lost Report (+350), Justice Dispensed (+500).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDustwallow MarshTurn-in marker at 36.4, 31.9, 9 mapped points
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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.

Dustwallow Marsh Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Dustwallow Marsh map showing where to go for Darkmist ExterminationTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #70 36.4 31.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 36.4, 31.9/way #70 36.4 31.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dustwallow Marsh 30.9, 21.4/way #70 30.9 21.4

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 Dustwallow Marsh map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:

  • Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow MarshHorde · about 40 yards west
  • Desolation Hold, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 470 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 6 of 83.

Previous: A Shambling Threat · Next: SMASH BROODQUEEN

  1. 1Traitors Among Us
  2. 2Propaganda War
  3. 3Discrediting the Deserters
  4. 4The End of the Deserters
  5. 5A Shambling Threat
  6. 6Darkmist Extermination
  7. 7SMASH BROODQUEEN
  8. 8Twilight of the Dawn Runner
  9. 9Theramore Spies
  10. 10Marsh Frog Legs
  11. 11Jarl Needs Eyes
  12. 12Jarl Needs a Blade

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 83.

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.

  • A Shambling ThreatDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    Dustwallow is Horde territory, <name>. The humans may have their little island and their precious sand bar, but the marsh belongs to us. In time, we will surely win this stalemate with the humans. For now, we must master our own territory.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • SMASH BROODQUEENDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    <The following is written in very large print.> SPIDERS IN NORTH CAVE BAD. POISON OGRES. OGRES GET SICK. BAD! BIG BIG SPIDER IN CAVE MAKE MORE SPIDERS. MORE SPIDERS BAD! KILL BIG SPIDER, STOP MORE SPIDERS. KILL BIG SPIDER, GET BIG PRIZE! GOOD! <A crude drawing accompanies this.>

Also counted by Dustwallow Marsh Quests

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh 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.

Dustwallow Marsh QuestsComplete the Dustwallow Marsh storylines listed below.10
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Darkheart Thicket: The Glamour Has Faded
Darkheart Thicket: The Nightmare Lash
Darkheart Thicket: Through the Fog
Darkhound Pounding
Darkness Calling
Darkness Falls
Darkness Unmade
Darnassian Intrusions

Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.

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