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Oh Noes, the Tadpoles!

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11560

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11560))

What to do

StorylineBorean Tundra, step 138 of 182
RewardsTidal Boon, Lobstrock Slicer, Sinking Pauldrons, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Oh good, you're back! When the landslide at the village across the water exposed the caverns, a malevolent lobstrok, known as Claximus, came out of the caves and stole the Winterfin tadpoles away. Something happened to all of the murlocs that followed him in there, and when they re-emerged, they were under his control. {class}, you must swim across the waters and rescue the Winterfin tadpoles in the village and caverns. The future of the Winterfin tribe depends upon you!

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Oh Noes, the Tadpoles!Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 43.5 14.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 43.5, 14.0/way #114 43.5 14.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 39.5, 19.5/way #114 39.5 19.5

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Bor'gorok Outpost, Borean TundraHorde · about 370 yards east
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 780 yards south
  • Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean TundraAlliance · about 790 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 320 yards south-west

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationCenarion Expedition +250

3D Model

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

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Trinket
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+12 Versatility
UseHealing Purity
Sells to vendors for88 silver36 copper
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon8 - 14 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Agility, +6 Critical Strike, +8 Haste
Suited toBrewmaster, Vengeance, Havoc, Windwalker, Outlaw, Survival
Sells to vendors for65 gold8 silver
TypePlate Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for34 gold36 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for60 silver58 copper

“Only seems to fit on two of your fingers... inconvenient.”

Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +250

An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Cenarion Expedition reputation: The Spare Suit (+10), Surrender... Not! (+350), Escape from the Winterfin Caverns (+250), Learning to Communicate (+250), A Mission Statement (+10), Unfit for Death (+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

Borean Tundra

Part 138 of 182.

Previous: Winterfin Commerce · Next: Them!

  1. 133Fueling the Project
  2. 134A Bot in Mammoth's Clothing
  3. 135Deploy the Shake-n-Quake!
  4. 136Learning to Communicate
  5. 137Winterfin Commerce
  6. 138Oh Noes, the Tadpoles!
  7. 139Them!
  8. 140I'm Being Blackmailed By My Cleaner
  9. 141Grmmurggll Mrllggrl Glrggl!!!
  10. 142Succulent Orca Stew
  11. 143The Spare Suit
  12. 144Surrender... Not!

Showing steps 133 to 144 of 182.

Also part of: Winterfin Retreat (part 5 of 13).

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.

  • Winterfin CommerceBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Now that you can speak with the Winterfin, it is time for you to let them get to know you. One of the best ways to do that is to conduct business with them. The murlocs prize clams over any other object and their only surviving merchant is Ahlurglgr.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Them!Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Our brothers and sisters across the water are now our mortal enemies. They have kidnapped our tadpoles, driven us out of our village, and killed more of us than I can count. Prove yourself, <race>! Swim across the rift and slay them!

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.