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Plug the Sinkholes

Plug the Sinkholes is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Borean Tundra. It is step 5 of 182 in the Borean Tundra storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Borean Tundra at 56.4, 69.6. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

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.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
Top Comments

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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.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBorean TundraTurn-in marker at 56.4, 69.6, 7 mapped points
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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 7 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Plug the SinkholesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-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

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 TundraAlliance · about 160 yards east
  • Unu'pe, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north-east
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 350 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 260 yards north

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

Borean Tundra

Part 5 of 182.

Previous: Death From Above · Next: A Soldier in Need

  1. 1Enlistment Day
  2. 2A Time for Heroes
  3. 3The Siege
  4. 4Death From Above
  5. 5Plug the Sinkholes
  6. 6A Soldier in Need
  7. 7Cultists Among Us
  8. 8Notify Arlos
  9. 9Enemies of the Light
  10. 10Further Investigation
  11. 11The Hunt is On
  12. 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 AboveBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    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 NeedBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    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

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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