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Quest
The Bad Earth
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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A reference to the novel, The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck, perhaps?
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11630
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11630))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 179 of 182
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
By curing the hides with the blighted earth outside the Temple City, Sage Aeire believes she can create a cloak which will cause most of the Scourge minions to ignore your presence. You should blend right in, she says. She'd best be correct. It's our only chance to gather information and plan our counterattack. You should be able to find the earth she needs poking in the areas to the south and west of the fortress. Bring it to me when you've finished gathering it.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #114 75.9 37.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 75.9, 37.3
/way #114 75.9 37.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 82.3, 33.8
/way #114 82.3 33.8
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 Borean Tundra map
- Now With More Mechanical Fowl about 920 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,360 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 1,380 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 1,410 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,740 yards
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 2,070 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 2,070 yards
- Warchief's Command: Borean Tundra! about 2,070 yards
- Unleashing Judgment about 2,520 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 2,520 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Taunka'le Village, Borean Tundra
- Unu'pe, Borean Tundra
- Warsong Camp, Wintergrasp
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 Borean Tundra map
Reward details
Reputation: The Taunka +250
These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.
Reputation group: Horde Expedition.
Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Taunka reputation: Report to Steeljaw's Caravan (+10), We Strike! (+350), Shrouds of the Scourge (+250), Blending In (+250), Words of Power (+250), A Courageous Strike (+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
Borean Tundra
Part 179 of 182.
Previous: Shrouds of the Scourge · Next: Blending In
- 171What Are They Up To?
- 172Master the Storm
- 173Weakness to Lightning
- 174Souls of the Decursed
- 175Cleaning Up the Pools
- 176The Sub-Chieftains
- 177Defeat the Gearmaster
- 178Shrouds of the Scourge
- 179The Bad Earth
- 180Blending In
- 181The Fall of Taunka'le Village
- 182Across Transborea
Showing steps 171 to 182 of 182.
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.
- Shrouds of the Scourge
To the northeast looms the Temple City of En'kilah, the Scourge's seat in Borean Tundra. From behind its walls, the Scourge commander has sent his Nerubians to surround us. Remaining on the defensive would doom my people, but my advisors differ in their strategies.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Blending In
Sage Aeire has finished the shroud. Take it with you and travel to the Temple City of En'kilah. Don the cloak within the city's bounds to hide yourself from most of the Scourge there. This will be our best opportunity to gather information about the enemy's fortifications and leaders.
The storyline at a glance
Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
- The Blue Dragons
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.