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Return with the Bad News

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
LocationBorean Tundra, Wintergrasp
Quest ID11689

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11689))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereBorean Tundra, Wintergrasp
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 170 of 182
RewardsSpiked Magmoth Chestpiece, Shivering Healer's Ring, Reinforced Caribou-Hide Boots, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

The greatmother will need to know, {name}. Will you please return to Taunka'le? Tell her that I will be following shortly.

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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 1 mapped point
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Return with the Bad NewsTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #114 77.3 36.9

Wintergrasp Objective area 1 mapped point
Wintergrasp map showing where to go for Return with the Bad NewsObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #123 2.1 87.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 77.3, 36.9/way #114 77.3 36.9
  • Objective areaWintergrasp 2.1, 87.2/way #123 2.1 87.2

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 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

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Taunka'le Village, Borean TundraHorde · about 40 yards south-east
  • Unu'pe, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards south
  • Warsong Camp, WintergraspHorde · about 1,600 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 530 yards north (on the Wintergrasp map)

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationThe Taunka +350

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Chest
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +16 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for48 gold3 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +5 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for61 silver4 copper
TypeLeather Feet
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for34 gold24 silver
TypePlate Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor19
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for36 gold75 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Stamina, +13 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for39 gold4 silver

Reputation: The Taunka +350

These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Taunka reputation: Report to Steeljaw's Caravan (+10), We Strike! (+350), Shrouds of the Scourge (+250), The Bad Earth (+250), Blending In (+250), Words of Power (+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 170 of 182.

Previous: The Doctor and the Lich-Lord · Next: What Are They Up To?

  1. 165A Proper Death
  2. 166Stop the Plague
  3. 167Find Bristlehorn
  4. 168Fallen Necropolis
  5. 169The Doctor and the Lich-Lord
  6. 170Return with the Bad News
  7. 171What Are They Up To?
  8. 172Master the Storm
  9. 173Weakness to Lightning
  10. 174Souls of the Decursed
  11. 175Cleaning Up the Pools
  12. 176The Sub-Chieftains

Showing steps 165 to 176 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.

  • The Doctor and the Lich-LordBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    There are two... that must... be killed. The doctor and... the lich-lord... are above. Find them... destroy them... before.... ...it is too... late....

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • What Are They Up To?Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    The gnomes have run into some trouble in the pools to the west. It serves them right as they have been fouling up the land with their so-called inventions. I want you to go out to their pumping station and observe what has befallen them. Return to me after.

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 23 quests; others include:

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10