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Foes Before Hoes

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

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993579+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

And when my Shadow Bolt struck him square in the chest, the ninth Alliance Laborer fell... But not before he tossed up his pair of boots into the air. NO! Not again! Fear and disbelief filled my eyes as I watched the boots hurtle toward my head. How did he manage to take them off his feet so quickly? Or did he have an extra pair of boots that he always carried with him, ready to heave at any intruder who crossed his path? It didn't matter though. None of this mattered anymore.

I turned on my heel and ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more. I chanced a look over my shoulder to see if gravity had got the better of the flying footwear... But there they were, still airborne. H-HOW? The boots change direction in mid-flight, following my every step... By what ungodly force are they able to defy natural law? And then I realize. These were no mere boots. They were demonic agents of Sargeras; the Destroyer of Worlds himself. There was no escape.

But there is a bit of distance between us. It's a gamble, but I might have enough time to summon my Felsteed and ride to safety. With haste but firm concentration, I exerted my entire being into reaching into the Nether to call my faithful mount to my rescue. I tremble with exhaustion, but force myself to finish the summoning. I must hurry! I... I hear galloping! My Felsteed has almost entered this plane! Maybe I can get away! Maybe I can actua---

*BONK!*

... The Holy Light has abandoned us all.

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758685+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For this quest, you have to kill 9 alliance laborers. But what the log doesn't tell you is that they are, bar none, one of the most obnoxious mobs you will come across in this entire game.
They will regularly throw a pair of boots at you that make this very cartoony bonking sound, but it knocks you down and interrupts your casting. They do it about every other second. This is kind of the quest from hell for casters, when paired with the other one that has you dropping cannisters around the area.

Edit for clarity: it isn't the boots that does the spell interrupt, it's this kung-fu kick. So there's just more to love about this quest and the follow-up.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneWestern Plaguelands
Quest ID26933

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26933))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 35 of 63
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The men who till Felstone Field are no farmers. They're soldiers. Thassarian's forces needed food, so he sent some of the Alliance north from Andorhal, to tend Felstone Field. The battle for Andorhal may be over, but another battle looms... Forsaken versus human. Killing those soldiers that work at Felstone will give the Dark Lady's forces a decided advantage.

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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.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for Foes Before HoesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 26.8 57.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 26.8, 57.0/way #22 26.8 57.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 37.5, 56.3/way #22 37.5 56.3

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 Western Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • The Bulwark, TirisfalHorde · at the same spot
  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsHorde · about 880 yards east
  • Undercity, TirisfalHorde · about 1,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 460 yards 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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +250

Reward details

Reputation: Undercity +250

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Undercity reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Alliance Later (+250), The Endless Flow (+250), War Machines (+350), Scholomancer (+500), Araj the Summoner (+350).

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

Western Plaguelands

Part 35 of 63.

Previous: Who Needs Cauldrons? · Next: Lower the Boom

  1. 30Victory, For Now
  2. 31After the Crusade
  3. 32Latent Disease
  4. 33Foxes and Hounds
  5. 34Who Needs Cauldrons?
  6. 35Foes Before Hoes
  7. 36Lower the Boom
  8. 37Strange New Faces
  9. 38When Death is Not Enough
  10. 39Combat Training
  11. 40The Battle Resumes!
  12. 41The Farmers' Militia

Showing steps 30 to 41 of 63.

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.

  • Who Needs Cauldrons?Western Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    Have you seen the condition of Felstone Field? The Alliance forces at Andorhal have taken the area, and they're using it to... to... to grow CROPS! I almost liked it better when the Scourge held the area. At least they had the sense to put a giant plague cauldron in the middle of the field.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands 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.