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Free Ride

A World of Warcraft quest in Vol'dun. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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2
Wyr3d+13via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Okay so this quest is a bit on the broken side..

You're supposed to jump on the giant ass bug and race back to the cave where your friends are waiting. Kiro jumps on the front - in the driver seat - and somehow you're still the one who's driving. Your giant ass bug has a skill which (I assume) is supposed to one-shot mobs like Brutusk does, but sadly does hardly any damage at all, and - in the case of the citizen groups - can end up pulling a whole army of snakemen who will slaughter you. The good news is, there doesn't appear to be a way to fail this quest. You can climb back into your corpse, head back the way you came, and hop on another deathtrap bug, and start over.

"Following the path" isn't easy. If you stray too far in any direction, or pick a wrong turn, the giant ass bug despawns, dropping you on your ass, and probably in a gaggle of pissed off snakemen hungry for your blood. If your don't die, you can always head back and pick yet another deathtrap bug and try again. Eventually, you'll get to the right path, and when close enough to the cave, Kiro jumps off, says something out of a B-movie, and you runs inside, at which point you can follow and hand in the quest.

Interestingly, if you take the path above the cave, the giant ass bug does not despawn, but you are dropped on your ass. At this point, you can wander all over with a giant ass bug pet, driven by the reluctant Kiro, however it remains docile, making it little more than a cosmetic. You can head towards the cave and turn in the quest without issue.

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LiriellGarrosh+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For some reason, the mount despawns before the 3 minute buff expires. Also, we are able to steer the mount, but are given no direction in which to ride. You have to check your map for the location of the turn in and hope that the road actually goes there. What Blizzard should do is make it an actual ride, with no player controls, just drop us at the quest turn in.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-60
ZoneVol'dun
Quest ID50749

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(50749))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineSethrak Fortress, step 5 of 8
Rewards12g 87s, 4,100 XP

Description

One thing I've learned during my time in Vol'dun is to not stay in one place for too long. And doubly so when the Faithless are involved. We've done our damage here. Let's move before we get caught. I procured a mount to take us back to Meerah and the others in Vorrik's Sanctum quickly. Don't worry, this Faithless won't be needing it anymore.

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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.

Vol'dun Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Vol'dun map showing where to go for Free RideTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #864 48.0 36.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVol'dun 48.0, 36.6/way #864 48.0 36.6
  • Objective areaVol'dun 55.2, 35.2/way #864 55.2 35.2

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 Vol'dun map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vol'dun:

  • Vorrik's Sanctum, Vol'dunHorde · about 80 yards north-west
  • Vulpera Hideaway, Vol'dunHorde · about 840 yards south-east
  • Tortaka Refuge, Vol'dunAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 500 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 510 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
Money12 gold87 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationVoldunai +10

Reward details

Reputation: Voldunai +10

Comprised of exiles and scavengers, the Voldunai use their knowledge of the sands to thrive where others would wither and die.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Vol'dun that reward Voldunai reputation: Into the Dunes (+75), Secrets in the Sand (+75), Searching for Survivors (+75), Restorative Venom (+75), A Balm to Calm (+10), Knickknack Takeback (+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.

Storyline

Sethrak Fortress

Part 5 of 8.

Previous: Unleash the Beasts · Next: The Little Ones

  1. 1Light Up the Gulch
  2. 2Tattered Note
  3. 3Untame Slaughter
  4. 4Unleash the Beasts
  5. 5Free Ride
  6. 6The Little Ones
  7. 7Beaten But Not Broken
  8. 8Forced Grounding

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.

  • Unleash the BeastsVol'dun · Level 30-60

    The Faithless are arrogant hoarders, capturing people and beasts that can never be truly tamed. All to fuel their endless lust for war. I've even seen their slavers dragging blood trolls and other dark monsters from the swamps of Nazmir.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Little OnesVol'dun · Level 30-60

    Just when I thought the Faithless couldn't get any worse, I find out that they're keeping vulpera children trapped down in that crater! The other vulpera we rescued told me that a big sethrak, Appraiser Versik, is inspecting them on the central platform to determine what he can sell them for.

The storyline at a glance

Sethrak Fortress has 8 steps, from Light Up the Gulch to Forced Grounding.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Vol'dun (8).

Other storylines on the Vol'dun 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.