TheWoWDBThanks to whoever designed this so you can get stuck on the side of the stairs. With the Oasis, I still think devs are having a "worst quest in the game" competition, and we're far from having it over.
Quest
Running Free
A World of Warcraft quest in K'aresh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Go to the southern end of the dome, the opposite of what is shown as the quest marker Coords 73.84, 37.81.
You then have to run a race vs the alpha. You hit boots to give a 5 sec buff, just chain them.
Watch for the stairs, jump to the left of them and then run up the left side OR go up and hook left quickly. If you lose you buff you can catch up and BARELY win.
Don't do this quest mounted; the little speed boost is for run speed only. Even starting this mounted and going slow, I still beat it, so never give up!
Quest facts
Quest ID86185
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86185))
What to do
StorylineRoaming Free, step 4 of 13
Rewards15g 49s, 5,900 XP
Description
Been talkin' to Ve'nari and Om'talad--trying to help the slatebacks get together. Apparently slatebacks used to display virility by engaging in races. Challenge the slateback alpha to a race. At worst, you'll both get some exercise. At best, it will increase the likelihood of a successful pairing.
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2371 75.8 34.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inK'aresh 75.8, 34.0
/way #2371 75.8 34.0 - Objective areaK'aresh 73.6, 37.5
/way #2371 73.6 37.5 - Objective areaK'aresh 74.3, 27.4
/way #2371 74.3 27.4
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 K'aresh map
- Killer Instinct same spot
- Fantastic Ms. Fox same spot
- The Freedom of Ray-cing same spot
- More Cozy Beds same spot
- Ophidian Portation same spot
- Nesting Time same spot
- Soothing Serpents same spot
- Eggstra Eggs same spot
- Snakelets! same spot
- Spooked Slitherin' Snakes same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on K'aresh, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on K'aresh:
- The Oasis
- The Oasis, K'aresh
- North Sufaad
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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Money15 gold49 silver
Experience5,900 XP
Storyline
Roaming Free
Part 4 of 13.
Previous: Diminishing Returns · Next: The Super Sniffer
- 1Ghost Buster
- 2The Power of Gods
- 3Diminishing Returns
- 4Running Free
- 5The Super Sniffer
- 6The Smallest Possible Effort
- 7More-shrooms
- 8Fungal Invasion
- 9One Mushroom to Rule Them All
- 10Smell Ya Later
- 11On a Bed of Bones They Lie
- 12The Scent of Love
- 13Slateback Soccer
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.
- Diminishing Returns
The machine has its uses, but the slatebacks must start breeding so they can sustain themselves. Thus far, they have shown no inclination to do so. Take this device and use it to collect the slatebacks for testing. Om'talad will review the data.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Super Sniffer
It appears the slatebacks are not secreting the correct pheromones, resulting in them not breeding. We believe this is a side effect of the stasis. The technology was never tested for such an extreme length of time. Until now.
The storyline at a glance
Roaming Free has 13 steps, from Ghost Buster to Slateback Soccer.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): K'aresh (8), Azj-Kahet (5).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the K'aresh map
- Void Alliance
- Desert Power
- The Bees Knees
- A Shadowy Invitation
- Rays of Sunshine
- Sneks for K'aresh
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.