Quest

Orientation: Loamm Niffen

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

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RedCat302023-05-09T15:30:36-05:00+18via Wowhead

Turn in at /way 57.0 55.6

kdvonclarke22023-05-09T20:30:45-05:00+2via Wowhead

ty you sooo much, saved me from running around any more. The npc was definitely not where the map showed him to be.

Nuance562023-05-19T08:05:14-05:00+2via Wowhead

Thanks! the quest kept pointing me to Effervesta over where she sits later - -she's actually just outside the area where you upgrade gear when you need to hand in Orientation.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 36-80

ZoneZaralek Cavern

Quest ID75643

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(75643))

What to do

StorylineBreaking Ground, step 15 of 16

Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

I'm impressed. Elder Honeypelt speaks highly of you--and that's rare! Your friends Ebyssian and Emberthal admittedly made similar impressions with us after we caught their scent. They told me of your hunt for the fiery monster that's invaded Zaralek from the uplands. A worthy reason to become allies. But we'll need a bit more time to discuss it. Why not take a short break to meet with my people. Trade, leisure, travel--there's no shortage of ways to spend your time here in Loamm!

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inZaralek Cavern 56.9, 55.6/way #2133 56.9 55.6
Turn-inZaralek Cavern 54.6, 54.7/way #2133 54.6 54.7
Objective areaZaralek Cavern 55.6, 54.8/way #2133 55.6 54.8
Objective areaZaralek Cavern 56.9, 55.7/way #2133 56.9 55.7

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 Zaralek Cavern map

A Worthy Ally: Loamm Niffen about 30 yards
Tougher Down Under about 40 yards
Honor the Flame about 130 yards
Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion about 690 yards
Antiquated Antics about 750 yards
Surveying the Tower about 750 yards
Hidden in the Midden about 750 yards
A Tower Yonder about 760 yards
Cavernous Capers about 1,180 yards
A Room Without a View about 1,180 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zaralek Cavern:

Loamm, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 100 yards west
Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards south-west
Obsidian Rest, Zaralek CavernAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 100 yards 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.

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Money28 gold9 silver

Experience9,500 XP

Other quests on the Zaralek Cavern map

Storyline

Breaking Ground

Part 15 of 16.

Previous: Welcome to the City of Smells · Next: Six Hundred Feet Under

Showing steps 5 to 16 of 16.

Also part of: Zaralek Cavern (part 14 of 72).

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.

Welcome to the City of SmellsZaralek Cavern · Level 36-80
Ain't it incredible, uplander! Now for the backbreaking labor. We've got to deliver this deepflayer meat to all my customers and collect their pay. I'd carry it all myself, but I'm just a poor, old, frail, gorgeous woman in need now, aren't I?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Six Hundred Feet UnderZaralek Cavern · Level 36-80
That was just a taste of the niffen lifestyle. There's still far more to Loamm and even more from Zaralek Cavern. Continue exploring while you pursue the fiery monster, and let its scents continue to amaze you! For now, Ebyssian asked that I send you his way.

The storyline at a glance

Breaking Ground has 16 steps, from The Land Beneath to Six Hundred Feet Under.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zaralek Cavern (10), Valdrakken (3), Ohn'ahran Plains (2), Zaralek Cavern (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Embers of Neltharion Complete the following storylines leading up to, and inside, Zaralek Cavern.

Other storylines on the Zaralek Cavern map

The Ancient Bargain16 steps, starts with Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
Sundered Legacy11 steps, starts with Future Aspects
The Dragons and the Scale Expedition11 steps, starts with Medicinal Fungi
Inevitable Confrontation10 steps, starts with Fading Embers
Inherited Sin10 steps, starts with Here We Go Again
Azerothian Archives44 steps, starts with To the Archives!

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.