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Ride of the Scientifically Enhanced Boar

A World of Warcraft quest in Exile's Reach. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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27eper+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest got bugged for me in The War Within. At first try there was no button on my bar that I could spam to trample them. Then I figured out that it's because I've put a spell on the same button (number 1). So I got off the boar, removed the spell from number 1, and tried it again. The trample button appeared, but pressing 1 didn't activate it. You actually have to click it...

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Broo70+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I spent hours trying to get the 1h axe ([item=175161]) and the quest page says you get it in a specific spec, but at the point you finish this quest you aren't able to pick a spec yet (and ofc you can't even go to this zone and get the quest with a DK or DH). What you can do is change loot spec, wich still does not guarantee what the info on wowhead suggests, so here are the results of the classes I have tried, partially with and w/o setting loot spec:

Alliance (Ride of the Scientifically Enhanced Boar)

Rogue, depending on loot spec: [item=175171] or [item=175173]
Shaman, depending on loot spec: [item=175173] or [item=175167]
Warrior, depending on loot spec: [item=175170] or [item=175173] or [item=175166]
Paladin, depending on loot spec: [item=175170] or [item=175173] or [item=175166]
Monk, depending on loot spec [item=175170] or [item=175173] or [item=175168] or [item=175167]

Which means I cannot think of a way that an Alliance player will be able to get [item=175161] AT ALL. :(

Horde (The Re-Deather)

Shaman, depending on loot spec: [item=175173] or [item=175167] and finally [item=175161] in enhancement spec, which DOES NOT unlock a 1h axe for Alliance.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 1-5
ZoneExile's Reach
Quest ID55879

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55879))

What to do

StorylineThe Missing Expedition, step 16 of 70
RewardsExpeditionary Quarterstaff, Expeditionary Dagger, Expeditionary Staff, 11s 30c, 925 XP

Description

We don't know how long the re-sizing will last, so let's get moving. You're going to ride this giant boar and mow down the army of undead between us and Wrathion. The large ones are pulsing with shadow magic. If you kill them, I bet it they'll take out any enemies near them. Let's hope Wrathion is willing to help us find Kalecgos.

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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.

Exile's Reach Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the Exile's Reach map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Exile's Reach, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Exile's Reach:

  • Alliance Outpost, Exile's Reach OutpostAlliance · about 20 yards south
  • Ogre Citadel, Exile's Reach IslandAlliance · about 1,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 50 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 180 yards south-east

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:

Money11 silver30 copper
Experience925 XP

3D Model

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

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 4 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+2 Stamina
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for3 silver85 copper
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon1 - 2 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+1 Stamina
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for3 silver17 copper
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 4 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+2 Stamina
Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy
Sells to vendors for3 silver91 copper
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon1 - 2 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Stamina
Suited toBrewmaster, Vengeance, Havoc, Windwalker, Outlaw, Survival, Protection, Frost
Sells to vendors for3 silver16 copper
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 2 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Stamina
Suited toShadow, Holy, Discipline, Protection, Windwalker, Frost, Balance, Restoration, Brewmaster, Mistweaver, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Enhancement, Elemental, Outlaw
Sells to vendors for3 silver19 copper
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 2 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+1 Stamina
Suited toRestoration, Mistweaver, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Elemental, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Balance
Sells to vendors for3 silver21 copper

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

The Missing Expedition

Part 16 of 70.

Previous: Re-sizing the Situation · Next: The Harpy Problem

  1. 11Taming the Wilds
  2. 12Down with the Quilboar
  3. 13Quilboar Shadow Magic
  4. 14The Scout-o-Matic 5000
  5. 15Re-sizing the Situation
  6. 16Ride of the Scientifically Enhanced Boar
  7. 17The Harpy Problem
  8. 18Westward Bound
  9. 19A Warrior's End
  10. 20A Rogue's End
  11. 21Stocking Up on Supplies
  12. 22Repair Yourself

Showing steps 11 to 22 of 70.

Also part of: The Missing Expedition (part 14 of 14), The Missing Expedition (part 16 of 16).

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.

  • Re-sizing the SituationExile's Reach · Level 1-5

    The Re-Sizer v9.0.1 barely works on inanimate objects. I have no idea what it will do to organic matter! But if we do nothing, Wrathion will die! Desperate times call for massively experimental science, <name>. Take the Re-Sizer v9.0.1. I'll follow you around and calibrate it.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Harpy ProblemExile's Reach · Level 6-9

    We need to find the remaining survivors of my expedition before the ogres sacrifice them for their dark ritual! I saw one of the survivors being dragged away by some harpies. They have a roost to the north. Kee-La and I will meet you up there with a scouting report.

The storyline at a glance

The Missing Expedition has 70 steps, from Warming Up to Aiding the Dragon Isles.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Exile's Reach (49), Stormwind City (16), The Great Sea (3), The Waking Shores (2).

Other storylines on the Exile's Reach 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.