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Inspecting the Ruins

A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDustwallow Marsh
Quest ID27249

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27249))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDustwallow Marsh, step 35 of 83
Rewards3,100 XP

Description

Poor James never recovered from the destruction of the Shady Rest and the murder of his family. The boys and I are doing what we can to find the monsters who did this. I've sent our best investigator, Inspector Tarem, out to the ruins, but this is too big a job for any one man. If you'd lend Tarem a hand, we'd appreciate it. Light knows, we'd all like to be out there helping. The main road will lead you to the inn, but take care. Your journey will take you beyond the protection of my soldiers.

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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.

Dustwallow Marsh Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dustwallow Marsh map showing where to go for Inspecting the RuinsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #70 29.8 47.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 29.8, 47.7/way #70 29.8 47.7
  • Objective areaDustwallow Marsh 68.2, 48.6/way #70 68.2 48.6

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 Dustwallow Marsh map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:

  • Fort Triumph, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 610 yards north-west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-east
  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 1,900 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 2,000 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
Experience3,100 XP

Storyline

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 35 of 83.

Previous: Return to Jaina · Next: Suspicious Hoofprints

  1. 30Recover the Cargo!
  2. 31Jaina Must Know
  3. 32Survey Alcaz Island
  4. 33Proof of Treachery
  5. 34Return to Jaina
  6. 35Inspecting the Ruins
  7. 36Suspicious Hoofprints
  8. 37They Call Him Smiling Jim
  9. 38The Black Shield
  10. 39The Black Shield
  11. 40The Black Shield
  12. 41Lieutenant Paval Reethe

Showing steps 30 to 41 of 83.

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.

  • Return to JainaDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    We must make plans to destroy the remnants of the Defias. Please convey my thanks to Lady Jaina, back in Theramore. She has ever been a loyal friend and steadfast ally. Go to the Mage Quarter at the western end of the city and speak with Archmage Malin at the foot of the tower there.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Suspicious HoofprintsDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    Rows of hoofprints lead away from the still-smoking skeleton of the Shady Rest Inn. There are at least a few visible impressions, with more rows of prints almost imperceptible in the soft mud of the marsh.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Dustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.