TheWoWDBThese were a nerve-wracking 20 seconds. I kept thinking something was going to happen, and then like he was reading my mind, Horton goes, "This is where you'd expect something to go wrong on a beautiful trip like this." That alleviated my fears. Nothing like reversed reverse psychology.
Quest
Raging River Ride
A World of Warcraft quest in Northern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Note dont try to walk onto the ship (you fall through it) or talk to him. Click on the ship.
Horton Hornblower says: You're <name>, right? Gazlowe told me to take ya up the river! Hop in when you're ready to go.
Horton motions to the rickety riverboat nearby.
Horton Hornblower says: There's nothing quite like the smell of Durotar on a warm, comfortable boat ride.
Horton Hornblower says: This is where you'd expect something to go wrong on a beautiful trip like this.
Horton Hornblower says: We're pulling up near your stop. Head due west along the road to reach Nozzlepot's Outpost.
Another quote from the ride (my favorite):
Everyone always says, "Horton, why do you drive a boat up and down the river?" I ask them, "Why don't you?" ... that's usually where I run out of witty retorts.
Quest facts
Quest ID26769
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26769))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereNorthern Barrens, Valley of Trials
StorylineNorthern Barrens, step 42 of 62
Rewards10g 50s, 2,050 XP
Description
Enjoy your cut of the loot, {name}! I hate to share, but business is business. And that double-dealer Nozzlepot is guaranteed a 10% cut of this treasure. Can you deliver this to him at his outpost in the north? He's got a little research station upstream, along the river. If you travel just northeast of town here, Horton Hornblower can give you a free ride on one of his riverboats. Tell him I sent ya!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #10 62.5 16.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inNorthern Barrens 62.5, 16.7
/way #10 62.5 16.7 - Objective areaNorthern Barrens 72.6, 66.2
/way #10 72.6 66.2
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 Northern Barrens map
- The Warchief Commands about 1,300 yards
- Dagra the Fierce about 1,410 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,620 yards
- Field Reports about 1,800 yards
- Damned Intruders about 1,800 yards
- Parts-is-Parts about 4,710 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Northern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northern Barrens:
- Nozzlepot's Outpost, Northern Barrens
- Orgrimmar, Durotar
- The Mor'Shan Ramparts, Ashenvale
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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Other quests on the Northern Barrens map
Reward details
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +75
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Northern Barrens that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Read the Manual (+350), Samophlange (+150), Wenikee Boltbucket (+75), Nugget Slugs (+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
Northern Barrens
Part 42 of 62.
Previous: Gazlowe's Fortune · Next: Samophlange
- 37Mutiny, Mon!
- 38Find Baron Longshore
- 39The Baron's Demands
- 40A Most Unusual Map
- 41Gazlowe's Fortune
- 42Raging River Ride
- 43Samophlange
- 44Samophlange
- 45Samophlange
- 46Samophlange
- 47Samophlange Repair
- 48Wenikee Boltbucket
Showing steps 37 to 48 of 62.
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.
- Gazlowe's Fortune
Sink me, you were right! There's a map tattooed on the skull. That cursed Baron - he buried my treasure right under my nose. Or, above my head, anyway. The map points to a place on the bluffs over Ratchet, to the south.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Samophlange
The Venture Company have a small research facility west of here, just past the Sludge Fen. I don't know very much about what they're doing, but did manage to discover that they're experimenting with something called a "samophlange". Now what the heck is a samophlange?
The storyline at a glance
Northern Barrens has 62 steps, from In Defense of Far Watch to Mor'shan Caravan Delivery.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Barrens (61), Southern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Northern Barrens map
- An Uncertain Fate
- Southern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Warchief's Command
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.
