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Into the Raptor's Den

Into the Raptor's Den is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Northern Barrens. It is step 26 of 62 in the Northern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Northern Barrens at 50.0, 59.8. It rewards 2 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The hunt deepens, <name>. Now you must find and defeat your prey within its lair.

Hunt the Sunscale raptors to the south, where they have built a warren amongst the hills just off of the road. Slay them and remove the feathers they wear. Place the feathers on the sunscale raptor nests to show their brethren you do not fear them!

Be cautious, <class>. Raptors hunt in packs and will swarm you if you are not cautious.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
447186+214via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As of Cataclysm the location has changed as well as the level. The Lashtail Raptors that drop the feathers and guard the nests are now all level 12-13.

Nest locations;
Yellow Nest 47,76 - Up the hill to the right as you enter the den area,
Blue Nest 48,74,
Red Nest 49,75

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Beta tester for;
Wrath of the Litch King
Cataclysm

3
Neurolanis+41via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This took me forever to find! Even with the instructions given here, it didn't steer me right to the yellow nest.

Yellow nest directions:

When you arrive at the opening, just left of the large bull totem pole, you DO NOT enter the small valley where the other nests are. You fight your way up the rocky ledge to the right, until you come to a nest at the top. (It is on the WEST side of the mount if you're looking at the map.)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level7
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+1 Intellect, +1 Stamina
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for3 silver22 copper
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level7
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 3 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Strength, +1 Stamina
Suited toProtection, Frost
Sells to vendors for5 silver73 copper

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 Northern Barrens that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Conscript of the Horde (+75), Plainstrider Menace (+250), The Zhevra (+250), Kolkar Leaders (+150), Verog the Dervish (+150), Hezrul Bloodmark (+150).

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapNorthern BarrensTurn-in marker at 50.0, 59.8, 3 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.

Northern Barrens Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Northern Barrens map showing where to go for Into the Raptor's DenTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #10 50.0 59.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNorthern Barrens 50.0, 59.8/way #10 50.0 59.8
  • Objective areaNorthern Barrens 48.4, 76.5/way #10 48.4 76.5

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 Northern Barrens map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 80 yards north-west
  • Hunter's Hill, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 650 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 600 yards south

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

Northern Barrens

Part 26 of 62.

Previous: Echeyakee · Next: Who's Shroomin' Who?

  1. 21Hezrul Bloodmark
  2. 22Counterattack!
  3. 23The Zhevra
  4. 24Hunting the Huntress
  5. 25Echeyakee
  6. 26Into the Raptor's Den
  7. 27Who's Shroomin' Who?
  8. 28Club Foote
  9. 29Love it or Limpet
  10. 30Ammo Kerblammo
  11. 31To Track a Thief
  12. 32Investigate the Wreckage

Showing steps 21 to 32 of 62.

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.

  • EcheyakeeNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    Whitemist, or 'Echeyakee' in the tauren tongue, is the king of the savannah cats. He hunts with such stealth, they say he's like a thin, white mist on the earth. He kills so fast his prey have no time for fear or pain. The tauren say he is both mercy and death.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Who's Shroomin' Who?Northern Barrens · Level 5-30

    Think of the possibilities, <name>! Fast-growing fungal delivery agents for any manner of toxins. My companions in the Undercity will want to hear about this. Here are my notes and some additional samples. If we're fast, we can catch the next ship bound for the Eastern Kingdoms.

The storyline at a glance

Northern Barrens has 62 steps, from In Defense of Far Watch to Mor'shan Caravan Delivery.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Barrens (61), Southern Barrens (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Northern Barrens 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.

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Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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