TheWoWDBDon't walk on the dusty ground areas yourself use Humphrey special action Go Get Them! on it.
Quest
Follow Your Nose
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormsong Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I tested this for a while on live servers and it seems the Panicked Tunnelers only come out if you use the special action from a distance. If you walk up to the dirty spots you will be knocked back and spawn Briarback Tunnelers only.
I thought I was missing something at first, but it seems to be basically a 50-50 chance whether you'll get the mobs you need for this quest to appear when you have [npc=130453] use the special action [spell=259593], but keep using it if this happens to you and you should eventually get the quest mobs. The first 4 or 5 times I used the ability I got 'Briarback Tunneler' mobs rather than the 'Panicked Tunneler' the quest calls for.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-60
ZoneStormsong Valley
Quest ID49886
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(49886))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
You there! I could use your help! The ground isn't safe. The quilboar have established a network of tunnels below us, allowing them to spring up to ambush people who aren't walking carefully. Luckily for us, Humphrey here has a nose for the Briarback, and can sniff 'em out even when they're underground. Root a few of them out and let's make the farms a little safer to walk through. There's a particularly large clump of them in the northeastern fields. Good hunting!
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Reward details
Reputation: Storm's Wake +75
Home to farmers, craftsmen, soldiers, and the mysterious tidesages, the Storm's Wake seeks to reclaim Stormsong Valley and affirm their place in Kul Tiras.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Stormsong Valley that reward Storm's Wake reputation: The Missing Fleet (+25), House Stormsong (+75), Haywire Harvesters (+150), Unnecessary Duress (+150), Proclamation Investigation (+150), A Risky Ploy (+75).
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.