TheWoWDBLook around Desolation Hold for an Awkward Gangly Orc and talk to him.
Alternatively, search the outside of the fortress' walls for stealthed Barrens Operatives. Those might also be found out fighting Horde soldiers in the Battlescar, too.
Talking to the "orc" is the funniest way, though.
Quest
Intelligence Warfare
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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pre-req: Desolation Hold Inspection
You will need to do the quests at Vendetta Point first, then Bloodhilt will ride south with you to Desolation Hold.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID24634
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24634))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 62 of 89
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
I am convinced the Alliance is using spies to scout the field and pass along information. They knew to strike at Taurajo while the hunters were afield. And they countered every one of Gar'dul's moves like he was an open book. Well {name}, I for one will not be outplayed. Not here. We will win the battle for intelligence. Even now I hear reports of Alliance operatives slinking around in the shadows, especially here, outside these very walls. Kill them and bring me back something of use.
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 41.6 69.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 41.6, 69.8
/way #199 41.6 69.8 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 41.6, 69.2
/way #199 41.6 69.2
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 Southern Barrens map
- Honor the Flame about 120 yards
- Cassandra Kaboom about 480 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 510 yards
- A Growing Problem about 2,380 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Desolation Hold, Southern Barrens
- Vendetta Point, Southern Barrens
- Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh
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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Other quests on the Southern Barrens map
Reward details
Reputation: Orgrimmar +250
Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Warriors' Redemption (+250), Eye for an Eye (+250), Put the Fear in Them (+250), The Low Road (+150), Stalling the Survey (+250), Meet the New Boss (+250).
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
Southern Barrens
Part 62 of 89.
Previous: Claim the Battle Scar · Next: The Butcher of Taurajo
- 57Desolation Hold Inspection
- 58Changing of the Gar'dul
- 59Flightmare
- 60Silithissues
- 61Claim the Battle Scar
- 62Intelligence Warfare
- 63The Butcher of Taurajo
- 64Parts-is-Parts
- 65Hearts-is-Hearts
- 66Smarts-is-Smarts
- 67A Growing Threat
- 68Mangletooth
Showing steps 57 to 68 of 89.
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.
- Claim the Battle Scar
We have fought the Alliance to a standstill here, even as the land beneath our feet falls apart. To the east you will find the Battlescar, a wide swath of decimated terrain. It is little more than a line in the sand, but it must be OUR line.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Butcher of Taurajo
This operative had orders to secure the roadways between the Alliance command and Fort Triumph. General Hawthorne is on the move. <Bloodhilt crumples the documents in his fist.> It's HIM, <name>! Hawthorne - I spit the name - he is the one who ordered the assault on Taurajo!
The storyline at a glance
Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.