Quest Log

Running the Gauntlet

Running the Gauntlet is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Southern Barrens. It is step 1 of 89 in the Southern Barrens storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Southern Barrens at 35.0, 9.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

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!

Rewards

Money10

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationStormwind +250

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Just walk over to the stone wall and the Alliance banners you see in the distance.
And while you're walking there, kill all on sight!

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Money	Gold	10g 50s
Reputation	Stormwind	+250

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Southern Barrens	Turn-in marker at 35.0, 9.5, 20 mapped points
Objective area	Mulgore	1 mapped point

World Map

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.

Mulgore map showing where to go for Running the Gauntlet — **Mulgore** Objective area 1 mapped point

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 BarrensAlliance · about 300 yards east
Northwatch Expedition Base Camp, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-west
Windshear Hold, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 2,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 160 yards west
Objective areaabout 750 yards south-east
Objective areaabout 450 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Southern Barrens

Part 1 of 89.

Next: Breaking the Siege

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 SiegeSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30
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:

Southern Barrens Quests Complete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.
Southern Barrens Quests Complete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map

Northern Barrens62 steps, starts with In Defense of Far Watch
Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Zunta, The Pet Tamer

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.

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