TheWoWDBWorks in 2026 btw:
The best way to complete this quest at high levels without ress sickness is to just taunt one [npc=26293], and bring him up close to the [npc=26291] at exactly /way 57.44, 20.24. The [npc=26291] will start to fight the [npc=26293], and you will get a warning when you need to use [item=36732]. It will drop all the [item=36731] you need. As others have pointed out, [item=137663] does not work on these enemies.
Quest
Hard to Swallow
A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I was able to taunt(120 warrior) the worm and drag it close to the ice giant at 57.3/20.2. It may take a couple tries but you can get giant to attack the worm then use the bomb.
[item=153494] works flawlessly at high levels. Throw the bomb near a [npc=26293], use [item=119083] to get their attention and kite them through the plague cloud, and they will steadily lose HP and become applicable for [item=36732].
Quest facts
Quest ID12049
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12049))
What to do
Description
Those troops are sure to be needin' a hefty supply of food in their bellies. I'll let you in on a little secret that a squeamish {race} like you would never know... those jormungar worms taste just like chicken. Go provoke one of those giant hulking jormungar to the east. You're not likely to be able to kill one straight out, so just toss this down its throat when it opens its mouth wide. Bring me back as many of the slabs of meat as you can tote.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #115 55.0 23.4
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #127 33.2 99.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inDragonblight 55.0, 23.4
/way #115 55.0 23.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 59.2, 22.7
/way #115 59.2 22.7 - Objective areaCrystalsong Forest 33.2, 99.4
/way #127 33.2 99.4
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 Dragonblight map
- Galakrond's Unrest about 590 yards
- Saving Nine about 1,110 yards
- Killing Time about 1,110 yards
- Cut from the Same Cloth about 1,110 yards
- The Day That Chromie Dies about 1,200 yards
- Rewind about 1,200 yards
- Preserve the True Future about 1,200 yards
- The Deaths of Chromie about 1,200 yards
- The Touch of an Aspect about 1,200 yards
- Dahlia's Tears about 1,200 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dragonblight, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:
- Kor'kron Vanguard, Dragonblight
- Fordragon Hold, Dragonblight
- Wyrmrest Temple, Dragonblight
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Other quests on the Dragonblight map
Storyline
Dragonblight
Part 141 of 149.
Previous: Something That Doesn't Melt · Next: Lumber Hack
- 136Nozzlerust Defense
- 137Stocking Up
- 138Shaved Ice
- 139Soft Packaging
- 140Something That Doesn't Melt
- 141Hard to Swallow
- 142Lumber Hack
- 143Harp on This!
- 144Slim Pickings
- 145Messy Business
- 146Stomping Grounds
- 147Apply This Twice A Day
Showing steps 136 to 147 of 149.
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.
- Something That Doesn't Melt
No no no! Those ice shards didn't work at all! They'll melt before they even do any damage. That's the last time I'll trust Narf's word on materials. This means we need something else entirely for the shrapnel. I know! I'm brilliant. Bone splinters.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Lumber Hack
Next up, we need to haul in some lumber for all the towers the Alliance are building. There are some thin trees to the south, but the trees the harpies are nesting in to the north look much more fit for structures. Take this.
The storyline at a glance
Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dragonblight map
- Lorewalking: Arthas
- The Deaths of Chromie
- Fulfilling the Prophecy II
- Icecrown
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
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.