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For Science!

For Science! is a Horde-only quest for level 7-30 in Hillsbrad Foothills. It is step 8 of 39 in the Hillsbrad Foothills storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hillsbrad Foothills at 36.3, 60.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Samples... yes... must have samples! These, ah, experiments... I mean, these unfortunate laborers must be studied.

Travel southeast to the first farm and kill the risen ghouls. From their decrepit corpses you must recover flesh samples. Bring them to me!

<Arnauld wrings his hands together and laughs maniacally for no discernible reason.>

Must test!

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
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 Hillsbrad Foothills that reward Undercity reputation: Empire of Dirt (+250), Warchief's Command: Hillsbrad Foothills! (+250), Welcome to the Machine (+250), Trouble at Azurelode (+10), Glorious Harvest (+250), Past Their Prime (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapHillsbrad FoothillsTurn-in marker at 36.3, 60.2, 16 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.

Hillsbrad Foothills Quest turn-in 16 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #25 36.3 60.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 36.3, 60.2/way #25 36.3 60.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hillsbrad Foothills 37.0, 56.7/way #25 37.0 56.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hillsbrad Foothills 38.6, 63.3/way #25 38.6 63.3

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 Hillsbrad Foothills map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hillsbrad Foothills:

  • Southpoint Gate, HillsbradHorde · about 380 yards west
  • 12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 480 yards north
  • Amani FootholdAlliance and Horde · about 480 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 120 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 150 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Hillsbrad Foothills

Part 8 of 39.

Previous: Discretion is Key · Next: The Battle for Hillsbrad

  1. 3Thieving Little Monsters!
  2. 4Coastal Delicacies!
  3. 5Deep Mine Rescue
  4. 6No One Here Gets Out Alive
  5. 7Discretion is Key
  6. 8For Science!
  7. 9The Battle for Hillsbrad
  8. 10A Lost Lad
  9. 11Freedom for Lydon
  10. 12Protocol
  11. 13Do it for Twinkles
  12. 14Burnside Must Fall

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 39.

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.

  • Discretion is KeyHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    We must destroy all of the evidence, <name>! Did I say evidence? I meant crazed undead! Anyway, discretion is key. We must not let the rampaging undead make it out of the Sludge Fields and no one outside of this institution must know about what happened here!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Battle for HillsbradHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    The journal documents the last 62 days of Clerk Horrace Whitesteed's life. In it is written damning allegations against Warden Stillwater and his activities at the Sludge Fields. You should show this to the warden. He will undoubtedly have an explanation for what is written in this journal.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Hillsbrad Foothills has 39 steps, from Welcome to the Machine to Extinction.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hillsbrad Foothills (39).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Hillsbrad Foothills 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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