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Diminishing Returns

Diminishing Returns is a quest for level 80 in The Oasis. It is step 3 of 13 in the Roaming Free storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in K'aresh at 75.8, 34.2. It rewards 5,900 experience and money.

Description

The machine has its uses, but the slatebacks must start breeding so they can sustain themselves. Thus far, they have shown no inclination to do so.

Take this device and use it to collect the slatebacks for testing. Om'talad will review the data.

Rewards

Money15 gold49 silver
Experience5,900 XP
Top Comments

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Kevkos+35via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

So why does this quest require to load "vehicle" bar with single button that disappears after single use? 10 times? Why can't we have normal targeting with quest item or just throwing at your current target like many other quests in K'aresh do? Why do we have to go with Shadowlands questionable quest design again?

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,900
MoneyGold15g 49s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapK'areshTurn-in marker at 75.8, 34.2, 13 mapped points
World Map

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.

K'aresh Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #2371 75.8 34.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inK'aresh 75.8, 34.2/way #2371 75.8 34.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)K'aresh 73.0, 33.0/way #2371 73.0 33.0
  • Objective areaK'aresh 75.9, 34.2/way #2371 75.9 34.2

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 K'aresh map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on K'aresh:

  • The OasisAlliance and Horde · about 60 yards north
  • The Oasis, K'areshAlliance and Horde · about 80 yards south-east
  • North SufaadAlliance and Horde · about 830 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 240 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Roaming Free

Part 3 of 13.

Previous: The Power of Gods · Next: Running Free

  1. 1Ghost Buster
  2. 2The Power of Gods
  3. 3Diminishing Returns
  4. 4Running Free
  5. 5The Super Sniffer
  6. 6The Smallest Possible Effort
  7. 7More-shrooms
  8. 8Fungal Invasion
  9. 9One Mushroom to Rule Them All
  10. 10Smell Ya Later
  11. 11On a Bed of Bones They Lie
  12. 12The Scent of Love
  13. 13Slateback Soccer

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.

  • The Power of GodsThe Oasis · Level 80

    Today, we create life. Assuming my calculations are correct--which they are--we can use the essence you gathered along with the data we have collected to create new slatebacks.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Running FreeThe Oasis · Level 80

    Been talkin' to Ve'nari and Om'talad--trying to help the slatebacks get together. Apparently slatebacks used to display virility by engaging in races. Challenge the slateback alpha to a race. At worst, you'll both get some exercise. At best, it will increase the likelihood of a successful pairing.

The storyline at a glance

Roaming Free has 13 steps, from Ghost Buster to Slateback Soccer.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): K'aresh (8), Azj-Kahet (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the K'aresh 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.

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Database

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