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Quest
Running the Gauntlet
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
Quest ID24862
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in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24862))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Look around you, {class}. We've had no luck dislodging the Horde from the hidden trails that overlook this valley. They appear out of nowhere to ambush our supply caravans and then disappear into the hills! I need you to run the gauntlet to Honor's Stand and let them know the roads still aren't safe. Talk to Mattingly, the supplies officer by the gate. And kill a few of these brutes along the way!
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 35.0 9.5
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #7 56.2 2.0
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 35.0, 9.5
/way #199 35.0 9.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 32.9, 8.7
/way #199 32.9 8.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 40.9, 21.7
/way #199 40.9 21.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 39.7, 15.3
/way #199 39.7 15.3 - Objective areaMulgore 56.2, 2.0
/way #7 56.2 2.0
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 Southern Barrens map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 2,890 yards
- Honor the Flame about 3,250 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Honor's Stand, Southern Barrens
- Northwatch Expedition Base Camp, Stonetalon Mountains
- Windshear Hold, Stonetalon Mountains
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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 Southern Barrens map
Reward details
Reputation: Stormwind +250
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Stormwind reputation: Breaking the Siege (+250), Report to Aubrey (+75), Repel Boarders! (+250), The Guns of Northwatch (+75), Run Out the Guns (+250), Langridge Shot (+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
Southern Barrens
Part 1 of 89.
Next: Breaking the Siege
- 1Running the Gauntlet
- 2Breaking the Siege
- 3Futile Resistance
- 4Repel Boarders!
- 5The Guns of Northwatch
- 6Run Out the Guns
- 7Langridge Shot
- 8Re-Take the Courtyard
- 9Back in the Fight
- 10Lifting the Siege
- 11Silencing Rageroar
- 12Teegan's People
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 89.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Breaking the Siege
Horde scouts hiding in the ruins up ahead ambushed my supply train. Only two of my bodyguards made it out of there alive. And me? I used to have hair! The supplies I was delivering are scattered through the ruins up ahead. Gather them up and take them to Janice Mattingly at Honor's Stand.
The storyline at a glance
Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.