TheWoWDBWhen you pick up Defend the Riverlands and Return to the River from [npc=95186],
make sure to also obtain Spray and Prey from [npc=95956] standing close by.Suggestion regarding the [item=127988] provided in the Spray and Prey Quest
Rather than turning this quest in A.S.A.P.,
keep it open so that you can continue to make use of the [item=127988].When you spray a Drogbar with this item, he/she will go "off his nut" and
attack other NPCs in the area... e.g. [npc=94687] and other INSECT NPCs.When you approach a couple or three NPCs, do the following:
1) Target the Drogbar and spray with the Bug Sprayer.
2) Switch to another NPC and attack that one with your usual attacks.
3) After the Drogbar helps you kill other NPC(s), kill the Drogbar.I suggest you might want to hold onto the [item=127988] until one
of the Drogbar drops the [item=133820] Recipe. However, you will not be
able to receive the next quest in the chain, Lifespring Cavern, until you hand in Spray and Prey.It would have been so much nicer if one could hold onto the sprayer while battling
it out in Lifespring Cavern... or perhaps Snowblind Mesa? ROTFLAPMP
;)
Quest
Return to the River
A World of Warcraft quest in Highmountain. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I don't know why I have never noticed this before, but the first line of text from this quest is:
Jade Rivermane says: Kill one drogbar, and another comes out of the darkness to crap in our river!
Yep. Even the NPCs aren't immune from blizz and their "crap" quests.
This WQ doesn't seem to appear on the map, for whatever reason, but gets accepted nonetheless. It has been that way since launch. Has anyone else got this issue?
Quest facts
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(41144))
Requirements
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Infectious Worm x 25
- Defeat 26 targets in Highmountain
- Whitewater Carp returned to river x 13
Fishing Gear x 13- Use 13 objects in Highmountain
- Whitewater Wash purified
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #650 40.2 63.2
Coordinates
- Objective areaHighmountain 40.2, 63.2
/way #650 40.2 63.2
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 Highmountain map
- Trapped Tauren about 100 yards
- The Flow of the River about 100 yards
- Fish Out of Water about 100 yards
- Spray and Prey about 110 yards
- Crystal Fury about 160 yards
- Balance of Elements about 160 yards
- Lifespring Cavern about 160 yards
- Invading Spelunkers about 160 yards
- Moozy's Sojourn about 200 yards
- Moozy's Adventure about 250 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Highmountain, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Highmountain:
- Sylvan Falls, Highmountain
- Nesingwary's Retreat, Highmountain
- Thunder Totem, Highmountain
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.
Objective targets
Infectious Worm
Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.
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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Highmountain map
- Legion Blacksmithing
- The Bloodtotem Tribe
- Rivermane Tribe
- Allies of the Horde: Highmountain
- Legion Leatherworking
- Snowblind Mesa
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.