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On The Run

On The Run is a Horde-only quest for level 20-60 in Nazmir. It is step 1 of 7 in the This is the Pits storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Nazmir at 24.2, 53.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 8,150 experience and money.

Description

<The guard captain appears to be fatally wounded.>

We were... transporting prisoners when de ambush came... a giant devilsaur... tore through everything.

Most of de prisoners escaped in de carnage... dese are hardened criminals. Dey cannot be allowed to roam free!

I swore a blood oath dat I would deliver dem to Vol'dun... I am probably going to die here, but I will not die an oathbreaker!

Find de escaped criminals and exile dem to Vol'dun.

Rewards

You will receive:

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationZandalari Empire +75
Top Comments

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varenne+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

/way 21.53 55.13 [npc=131135]
/way 21.33 50.42 [npc=131129]
/way 23.51 47.71 [npc=131132]

On The Run quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v38453mD0a4
This quest is part of the Nazmir Сaravan to Vol'dun questchain. All Nazmir quests: The Dark Heart of Nazmir <= more info inside

ID
#
Name
Questchain
Questgiver
Subzone
Video
118
An Unfortunate Event
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=135784]
Burial Mound
https://youtu.be/9yj0Rzor4Js
119
1
Won't Leaf Him to Die
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/qsgGS7jt0LM
120
2
No Problem Tar Can't Solve
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/Gd_kLzPGprk
121
3
On The Run
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=130930]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/v38453mD0a4
122
Don't Go into the Light
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/v-SZiVH0r8E
123
Bad To The Bone
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=130930]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/GnrK2s9_JGA
124
Recovering Ancient Fire
Сaravan to Vol'dun [currency=1553]
[npc=131231]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/xPgjVOdYMPs
125
Catch Me if You Can
Сaravan to Vol'dun
[npc=130930]
Shoaljai Tar Pits
https://youtu.be/1tfwmz54mXI

Id column is approximate quest № In Nazmir storyline
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see a number there

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyAzerite75
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
ReputationZandalari Empire+75

Reward details

Reputation: Zandalari Empire +75

The oldest empire of Azeroth, the Zandalari are powerful trolls who bargain with fearsome loa and whose navy is unmatched on the Great Sea.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Nazmir that reward Zandalari Empire reputation: Won't Leaf Him to Die (+75), No Problem Tar Can't Solve (+75), Don't Go into the Light (+10), Bad To The Bone (+75), Recovering Ancient Fire (+75), Catch Me if You Can (+150).

Currency: Azerite x 75

The blood of Azeroth crystalizes into chunks of Azerite, an extremely potent and powerful material.

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 mapNazmirTurn-in marker at 24.2, 53.5, 5 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.

Nazmir Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Nazmir map showing where to go for On The RunTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #863 24.2 53.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNazmir 24.2, 53.5/way #863 24.2 53.5
  • Objective areaNazmir 21.5, 55.0/way #863 21.5 55.0
  • Objective areaNazmir 23.5, 47.5/way #863 23.5 47.5
  • Objective areaNazmir 21.2, 50.4/way #863 21.2 50.4
  • Objective areaNazmir 24.1, 53.2/way #863 24.1 53.2

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 Nazmir map

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

Getting there

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

  • Vulpera Hideaway, Vol'dunHorde · about 770 yards north-west
  • Zo'bal Ruins, NazmirHorde · about 920 yards north-east
  • Zul'jan, NazmirHorde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 150 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 210 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 190 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

This is the Pits

Part 1 of 7.

Next: No Problem Tar Can't Solve

  1. 1On The Run
  2. 2No Problem Tar Can't Solve
  3. 3Won't Leaf Him to Die
  4. 4Don't Go into the Light
  5. 5Bad To The Bone
  6. 6Recovering Ancient Fire
  7. 7Catch Me if You Can

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • No Problem Tar Can't SolveNazmir · Level 20-60

    I'm not going to lie... I did wicked things in my youth and I've been living with de shame ever since. But Zaluto is going to die without my healing, and we're all going to die if dat dino isn't taken care of. Dere is a lot of tar in dis area.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

This is the Pits has 7 steps, from On The Run to Catch Me if You Can.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazmir (6), Vol'dun (1).

Other storylines on the Nazmir 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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