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Sniffing Out the Perpetrator (Horde)

Sniffing Out the Perpetrator is a Horde-only quest for level 25-30 in The Storm Peaks. It is step 28 of 113 in The Storm Peaks storyline. It rewards 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Boktar can have his way this time, but I'll expect him to make it up to me. Don't look at me like that. Boktar may be in command, but no one tells a hunter what to do.

'Put that beast away,' he says. 'Make it stop growling.'

All of a sudden he changes his mind when it suits him. Next time he complains, Frostbite'll just nip him a bit. Don't worry, she'll do an admirable job tracking your prey. After she locates her target, you're on your own to deal with iron dwarves, or Brann, or whatever you find.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
THRobinson+62via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Horde (5.3) - 40.7,50.3 starts it, just hop on the tiger and ride, toss nets on guys as they attack.

48.1,60.0 is the cave entrance where it takes you.

Kill the guy inside (Tracker Thulin), now says complete, and in your bag should be Brann's Communicator. This is where I got screwed up because doesn't highlight in yellow like a quest item so missed seeing it. Anyway, use it at the cave entrance @ 48.1,60.0 and Brann shows up.

Starts 'Speak Orcish, Man!' which leads to Grom'Arsh Crash Site up on the peak @ 37.3,49.7

2
OneMoreBook1268+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you are like me and totally lost on where to turn this in because, it’s clear as a bell, NOT.
Go to your bag and you’ll have a blueish strange item. That’s Brann’s communicator. You will need it thru quite a few more quests in this quest line.
So keep it safe.

3
77433+23via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Mount Frostbite, use the net and ice slick to slow down attackers that follow, kill the dude in the cave and loot him. After you get the communicator, fly back to the crash site, 'use' the communicator,(ie click on it in your inventory). Brann will appear with a question mark. Hand in the quest and accept the next one - the NPC in is the hide covered shelter. Sounds simple but I flew around aimlessly for a while trying to find the hand in location. When all else fails - READ THE QUEST :)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
Where it comes from
Objective areaThe Storm Peaks14 mapped points
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.

The Storm Peaks Objective area 14 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #120 36.9 63.4

Coordinates

  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Storm Peaks 36.1, 63.7/way #120 36.1 63.7
  • Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 48.6, 60.8/way #120 48.6 60.8
  • Objective areaThe Storm Peaks 40.8, 51.2/way #120 40.8 51.2

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 Storm Peaks map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on The Storm Peaks:

  • Grom'arsh Crash-Site, The Storm PeaksHorde · about 680 yards north
  • K3, The Storm PeaksAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south
  • The Argent Vanguard, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south-west

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

The Storm Peaks

Part 28 of 113.

Previous: The Nose Knows · Next: Speak Orcish, Man!

  1. 23Data Mining
  2. 24The Library Console
  3. 25Norgannon's Shell
  4. 26The Missing Bronzebeard
  5. 27The Nose Knows
  6. 28Sniffing Out the Perpetrator
  7. 29Speak Orcish, Man!
  8. 30Speaking with the Wind's Voice
  9. 31Catching up with Brann
  10. 32Pieces of the Puzzle
  11. 33Data Mining
  12. 34The Library Console

Showing steps 23 to 34 of 113.

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 Nose KnowsThe Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    In order to track down Brann, we're going to need a creature with a keen sense of smell and a good tracking ability. There weren't any hounds on the zeppelin, but I think I have a substitute. After the crash, I sent Khaliisi down the east face of the mountain to start hunting for food.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Speak Orcish, Man!The Storm Peaks · Level 25-30

    <Brann begins gesticulating wildly and rambling in his native language.> Ruk MogOth red a mogoth ta eft Thros-garE Haldir. Kha gor ruk khaz ta ke ruk hrim eft thros-am-kha ruk kost-um havar go kost. A modoss hine ruk bergum eft thros-am-kha ga eft Haldir ke loch Thon we lo gefrunon ta mitta.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · The Storm Peaks · Level 25-30.

The storyline at a glance

The Storm Peaks has 113 steps, from Clean Up to The Reckoning.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Storm Peaks (110), Zul'Drak (2), Crystalsong Forest (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Storm Peaks 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Sniffing Out the Perpetrator. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Sniffing Out the Perpetrator (this page)Horde12910
Sniffing Out the PerpetratorAlliance12855
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