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Quest
Suspicious Hoofprints
A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Upon turn in:
Spoiler
Captain Garran Vimes says: Tesoran! I need someone--Falgran Hastil, preferably--to take care of <name>'s lead on the prints near the Shady Rest Inn.
Adjutant Tesoran says: Right away, sir.
Falgran Hastil says: Falgran Hastil reporting, sir. I will find where the hoofprints lead and report back to you.
Make sure to accept "Inspecting the Ruins" from Captain Garran Vimes in Theramore in order to be able to grab the quest from the items
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27262))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Rows of hoofprints lead away from the still-smoking skeleton of the Shady Rest Inn. There are at least a few visible impressions, with more rows of prints almost imperceptible in the soft mud of the marsh.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #70 68.2 48.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 68.2, 48.6
/way #70 68.2 48.6 - Objective areaDustwallow Marsh 29.7, 47.6
/way #70 29.7 47.6
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 Dustwallow Marsh map
- Aftershocks about 220 yards
- Breaking the Cycle about 220 yards
- Creative Solutions about 240 yards
- The Sullied Banner about 280 yards
- Honor the Flame about 440 yards
- A Bitter Reunion about 480 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dustwallow Marsh, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:
- Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Northwatch Hold, Southern Barrens
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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 Dustwallow Marsh map
Storyline
Dustwallow Marsh
Part 36 of 83.
Previous: Inspecting the Ruins · Next: They Call Him Smiling Jim
- 31Jaina Must Know
- 32Survey Alcaz Island
- 33Proof of Treachery
- 34Return to Jaina
- 35Inspecting the Ruins
- 36Suspicious Hoofprints
- 37They Call Him Smiling Jim
- 38The Black Shield
- 39The Black Shield
- 40The Black Shield
- 41Lieutenant Paval Reethe
- 42Lieutenant Paval Reethe
Showing steps 31 to 42 of 83.
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.
- Inspecting the Ruins
Poor James never recovered from the destruction of the Shady Rest and the murder of his family. The boys and I are doing what we can to find the monsters who did this. I've sent our best investigator, Inspector Tarem, out to the ruins, but this is too big a job for any one man.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- They Call Him Smiling Jim
I can't help it if I feel sorry for ol' Jim there. He wasn't always like that. Ran an inn out in the marsh for a while, wonderful place. Look, I don't really want to talk about it. Bring it up with Captain Vimes if you really have to.
Quests that require this one
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Dustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh map
- The Blue Dragons
- Testing Loyalties
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.