TheWoWDBsouth: 50.5, 72.3
north: 54.1, 63.7
Quest
Plug the Sinkholes
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The northern sinkholes are by Farshire, while the ones in the south are next to Riplash Strand. At each site, there are multiple sinkholes, but you only need to blow up one per location. When the explosives go off, a Scourged Burrower will erupt from the hole, but it immediately dies. You do need to watch out for Risen Crypt Lords, which occasionally spawn at the holes, but they look a lot more dangerous than they actually are.
The look like holes with webs covering them. A Large Worm will shoot out once the explosives go off. Don't worry, the explosives killed the worm.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11897
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11897))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 5 of 182
RewardsTransborean Cover, 
Marshwalker Chestpiece, 
Westrift Leggings, 4,100 XP
Transborean Cover, Marshwalker Chestpiece, Westrift Leggings, 4,100 XPDescription
The Scourge are showing no sign of letting up, {name}. It's those blasted sinkholes; they connect to tunnels all the way to Icecrown for all we know. Giant undead worms burrow under the ground to create them. If there's something years of mining has taught me it's that without support beams, tunnels will cave in easily after an explosion. Take these explosives and place them at the entrance to the sinkholes up on the ridge beyond the beach to the west. Come back after you've collapsed them.
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 #114 56.4 69.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 56.4, 69.6
/way #114 56.4 69.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 50.5, 72.0
/way #114 50.5 72.0 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 54.9, 63.3
/way #114 54.9 63.3
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
- Hero's Call: Borean Tundra! about 120 yards
- Now With More Mechanical Fowl about 1,860 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,910 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 1,950 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 1,970 yards
- Unleashing Judgment about 2,110 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 2,110 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 2,240 yards
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 2,260 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 2,260 yards
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
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
- Unu'pe, Borean Tundra
- Amber Ledge, Borean Tundra
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Choose one of these rewards:
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeCloth Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+7 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for37 gold13 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for49 gold78 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for49 gold96 silver
TypePlate Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for34 gold90 silver
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: The Late William Allerton (+150), Lost and Found (+75), In Wine, Truth (+150), A Deserter (+25), Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds! (+250), Just a Few More Things... (+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 5 of 182.
Previous: Death From Above · Next: A Soldier in Need
- 1Enlistment Day
- 2A Time for Heroes
- 3The Siege
- 4Death From Above
- 5Plug the Sinkholes
- 6A Soldier in Need
- 7Cultists Among Us
- 8Notify Arlos
- 9Enemies of the Light
- 10Further Investigation
- 11The Hunt is On
- 12Military? What Military?
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 182.
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.
- Death From Above
We're doing a good job of holding the front lines against these bugs. Some of these cheeky fiends, however, can fly over the aforementioned front lines and are really beating down on our inner defenses. I've requisitioned reinforced fishing nets from our civilian ships.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Soldier in Need
You there! Please, I need your help. This soldier will succumb to the cryptfiends' venom unless we act immediately. I've managed to slow down the poison, but without a suitable supply of antidote I cannot counteract it.
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
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
- The Blue Dragons
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.