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In Short Supply (Horde)

In Short Supply is a Horde-only quest for level 20-40 in Talador. It is step 3 of 15 in The Battle for Shattrath storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Talador at 58.9, 20.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,450 experience and money.

Description

The enemy has explosive devices stored on the beach below. We must recover them so they are not used against us.

Reports indicate that crates of explosives are scattered along the shoreline.

While you search, Durotan and I will carve deeper into Iron Horde territory.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationFrostwolf Orcs +250
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dmg23+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you are capped on garrison resources, do not skip this quest as you will not be able to proceed beyond a certain point. You will still be able to complete the quest.

Hope this helps someone as I've had to return just to do this and its follow-ups before I could proceed with the chain.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyGarrison Resources50
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
ReputationFrostwolf Orcs+250

Reward details

Reputation: Frostwolf Orcs +250

The Frostwolf orcs of Frostfire Ridge are a tight-knit family of brutal warriors, well equipped to deal with the savage realities of Draenor.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Talador that reward Frostwolf Orcs reputation: Decommissioned Mission (+250), Gazlowe's Solution (+250), Too Many Irons in the Fire (+250), Vol. X Pages ? (+250), An Eye for a Spy (+250), Born to Shred (+250).

Currency: Garrison Resources x 50

Earn resources to build-up and expand your garrison.

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 mapTaladorTurn-in marker at 58.9, 20.2, 9 mapped points
World Map

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.

Talador Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Talador map showing where to go for In Short SupplyTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #535 58.9 20.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTalador 58.9, 20.2/way #535 58.9 20.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Talador 55.5, 13.2/way #535 55.5 13.2
  • Objective areaTalador 62.1, 10.9/way #535 62.1 10.9

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 Talador map

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

Getting there

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

  • Frostwolf Overlook, TaladorHorde · about 410 yards north
  • Vol'jin's Pride, TaladorHorde · about 800 yards south-east
  • Durotan's Grasp, TaladorHorde · about 840 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 340 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 420 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

The Battle for Shattrath

Part 3 of 15.

Previous: Too Many Irons in the Fire · Next: Gazlowe's Solution

  1. 1Through the Looking Glass
  2. 2Too Many Irons in the Fire
  3. 3In Short Supply
  4. 4Gazlowe's Solution
  5. 5Old Friends, New Enemies
  6. 6Decommissioned Mission
  7. 7Shredder Manual
  8. 8Vol. X Pages ?
  9. 9Dreadpiston
  10. 10Iron Them Out
  11. 11An Eye for a Spy
  12. 12Born to Shred
  13. 13Engineering Her Demise
  14. 14Khadgar's Plan
  15. 15The Battle for Shattrath

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.

  • Too Many Irons in the FireTalador · Level 20-40

    We must not head into battle prematurely. Before we go after Orgrim, we must first deal with his troops. If we are to succeed in our mission of wiping out the Iron Horde from Talador, we need to start on these shores.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Gazlowe's SolutionTalador · Level 20-40

    I've identified some high value targets down in the forest below. When you get near one, you can deploy my solution. Deploy it and the objectives will be neutralized with great ceremony.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Talador · Level 20-40.

The storyline at a glance

The Battle for Shattrath has 15 steps, from Through the Looking Glass to The Battle for Shattrath.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (15).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Talador 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name In Short Supply. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
In Short Supply (this page)Horde33735
In Short SupplyAlliance34089
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