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Quest Log

Following the Trail

Following the Trail is a quest for level 60. It is step 3 of 9 in the Da Boss storyline. It rewards 8,150 experience and money.

Description

I got a bad feelin' about dis, mon.

Wildseeds don't just go missing... especially da kind wit' powerful loa in dem! Even da bad eggs like Hakkar and Dambala be protected by da Winter Queen. Someone... or someting... must be stealin' dem!

But why? Dey weren't even ready ta be reborn...

Search da area and see if ya can pick up da trail. Missing loa be bad for business... and Bwonsamdi be in enough trouble wit' da boss already!

Rewards

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
Where it comes from
Objective areaArdenweald15 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.

Ardenweald Objective area 15 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #1565 62.5 39.7

Coordinates

  • Objective areaArdenweald 62.5, 39.7/way #1565 62.5 39.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ardenweald 64.3, 38.9/way #1565 64.3 38.9
  • Objective areaArdenweald 67.1, 35.1/way #1565 67.1 35.1

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 Ardenweald map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Ardenweald:

  • Tirna Vaal, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 120 yards north-east
  • Hibernal Hollow, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 680 yards south
  • Glitterfall Basin, ArdenwealdAlliance and Horde · about 830 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

Da Boss

Part 3 of 9.

Previous: Taking Inventory · Next: Minions of Mueh'zala

  1. 1On De Other Side
  2. 2Taking Inventory
  3. 3Following the Trail
  4. 4Minions of Mueh'zala
  5. 5Stolen Loa
  6. 6Winter Be Comin'
  7. 7Gathering The Hunt
  8. 8Cleansing the Forest
  9. 9Report to the Queen

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.

  • Taking InventoryLevel 60

    Dark forces be at work, <class>. Ardenweald be where loa go ta be reborn after dey die on Azeroth. But some of da loa who be sleepin' in Ardenweald have gone missin'! Gotta be someone powerful behind it, takin' dem from right under da Winter Queen...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Minions of Mueh'zalaLevel 60

    Dese all be followers of Mueh'zala! Me shoulda known he be da one behind it all. Mueh'zala be da loa of death from long ago. It be him who raised up Ol' Bwonsamdi, him who made me a loa. Dat be before his worshippers started turnin' away from him. He always been a greedy one... but dis...

The storyline at a glance

Da Boss has 9 steps, from On De Other Side to Report to the Queen.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ardenweald (7), Maldraxxus (1).

Other storylines on the Ardenweald 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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