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Set the Mantid Back

Set the Mantid Back is a quest for level 25-35 in Townlong Steppes. It is step 57 of 60 in the Townlong Steppes storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Townlong Steppes at 49.1, 71.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Every day, the mantid build up munitions for use on their enemies. We cannot stop them, just you and I... but we can set them back.

<Tai Ho hands you some explosives.>

I need to keep a low profile. Would you do the honors?

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationShado-Pan +75
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Kozzie+71via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

the supplies are located 56.6, 54 - they are planted on the ground in a small growing area to the left of the steps of the first hut coming up the road. Red arrows will be above them pointing down. The weapons racks are located at 55.3, 53 - again small red arrows over the top of them are pointing down to identify them.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationShado-Pan+75

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +75

The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).

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 mapTownlong SteppesTurn-in marker at 49.1, 71.2, 9 mapped points
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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.

Townlong Steppes Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Townlong Steppes map showing where to go for Set the Mantid BackTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #388 49.1 71.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTownlong Steppes 49.1, 71.2/way #388 49.1 71.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 55.3, 52.9/way #388 55.3 52.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 56.6, 54.0/way #388 56.6 54.0

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 Townlong Steppes map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Townlong Steppes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Townlong Steppes:

  • Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 60 yards south-east
  • Rensai's Watchpost, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 420 yards south-east
  • The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 790 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 780 yards north-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

Townlong Steppes

Part 57 of 60.

Previous: The Motives of the Mantid · Next: The Wisdom of Niuzao

  1. 49Heroes of the Shado-Pan
  2. 50Buried Beneath
  3. 51Thinning the Sik'thik
  4. 52Taoshi and Korvexxis
  5. 53Lao-Chin and Serevex
  6. 54Nurong and Rothek
  7. 55The Sha of Hatred
  8. 56The Motives of the Mantid
  9. 57Set the Mantid Back
  10. 58The Wisdom of Niuzao
  11. 59Niuzao's Price
  12. 60The Terrible Truth

Showing steps 49 to 60 of 60.

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 Motives of the MantidTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    <class>. You may be of assistance. The Shado-Pan wishes to know why the mantid are attacking so violently. We have our suspicions, but we cannot be sure. Furthermore, we do not want the mantid to know that we are investigating them. That's where you come in.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Wisdom of NiuzaoTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    Niuzao, the Black Ox, rests in the temple to the west. He may know why the mantid are attacking. He may, in fact, know much more than that. I will rendezvous with you at Niuzao Temple, <class>.

The storyline at a glance

Townlong Steppes has 60 steps, from A Foot in the Door to The Terrible Truth.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Townlong Steppes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (4), Dread Wastes (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Townlong Steppes 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.

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