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Human Infestation

Human Infestation is a Horde-only quest for level 7-30 in Hillsbrad Foothills. It is step 2 of 39 in the Hillsbrad Foothills storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Hillsbrad Foothills at 33.3, 73.6. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 6,200 experience. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

This mine was once the heart of Alliance mining operations in Hillsbrad. It now serves as a breeding ground for our loyal spiders, though, the humans still occupy it - in a way.

<Keyton grins.>

But onto business! Warden Stillwater has called for more workers at the Sludge Fields. I want you to enter the mine with these shackles and capture Hillsbrad humans for labor in the fields.

Break them out of their web paralysis and beat them into submission before you use the shackles.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Experience6,200 XP
ReputationUndercity +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
ReputationUndercity+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Legs
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for11 silver72 copper
TypeLeather Legs
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for11 silver66 copper
TypePlate Waist
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+2 Strength or Intellect, +4 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for5 silver84 copper
TypeCloth Wrist
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+2 Intellect, +3 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for5 silver67 copper

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 33.3, 73.6, 9 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 9 mapped points
Hillsbrad Foothills map showing where to go for Human InfestationTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #25 33.3 73.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHillsbrad Foothills 33.3, 73.6/way #25 33.3 73.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hillsbrad Foothills 36.0, 70.0/way #25 36.0 70.0

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 360 yards north-west
  • Ruins of Southshore, HillsbradHorde · about 800 yards east
  • 12.1 Ulatek - Faction Feature - Temple - Traversal - Flight Master - Eastern Entrance (HCR)Alliance and Horde · about 930 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 yards north-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 2 of 39.

Previous: Welcome to the Machine · Next: Thieving Little Monsters!

  1. 1Welcome to the Machine
  2. 2Human Infestation
  3. 3Thieving Little Monsters!
  4. 4Coastal Delicacies!
  5. 5Deep Mine Rescue
  6. 6No One Here Gets Out Alive
  7. 7Discretion is Key
  8. 8For Science!
  9. 9The Battle for Hillsbrad
  10. 10A Lost Lad
  11. 11Freedom for Lydon
  12. 12Protocol

Showing steps 1 to 12 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.

  • Welcome to the MachineHillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    Come in here dear boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far and fly high as a ranking officer of the Forsaken. Yes, indeed, this is the good life and you are going to live it! I want you to take these orders and dispense them to the lowly scrubs that come along looking for work.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Thieving Little Monsters!Hillsbrad Foothills · Level 7-30

    The long stretch of coastline directly south of our position that extends from west to east is known as the Western Strand.

Also counted by Hillsbrad Foothills Quests

Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:

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).

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Hillsbrad Foothills QuestsComplete the Hillsbrad Foothills storylines listed below.10
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Huln's War - Stormrage
Huln's War - The Arrival
Huln's War - The Nathrezim
Humble Gatherer
Humbling the Terrors
Hunger of the Void
Hunger's End
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Quest Location and Connections

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