TheWoWDBThis is the Horde version of this quest, where you bring back a bullet from Marley's gun (which slowly and painfully killed Gann Stonespire) to Gann's father in Dustwallow Marsh.
Pretty sad quests, on both sides...
Quest
The Bad News
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Just to clearify,
<That someone is you.>
The Bad News http://youtu.be/JN_du-Pp1rk
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID25175
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25175))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 83 of 89
Rewards5g 25s, 2,050 XP
Description
<You gently close Marley's eyes.> <Someone is going to have to tell General Twinbraid that the Horde has killed his only son.> <That someone is you.>
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 #199 43.5 78.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 43.5, 78.3
/way #199 43.5 78.3 - Objective areaSouthern Barrens 49.2, 86.5
/way #199 49.2 86.5
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
- Honor the Flame about 470 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 580 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:
- Fort Triumph, Southern Barrens
- 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 Southern Barrens map
Reward details
Reputation: Ironforge +75
This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Ironforge reputation: Report to Twinbraid (+75), No Bull (+250), Digsite Status (+75), Hands Off Me Dig! (+250), Feegly the Exiled (+250), Marley's Final Flight (+10).
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
Southern Barrens
Part 83 of 89.
Previous: Twinbraid Needs to Know · Next: Kill 'em All!
- 78Marley's Final Flight
- 79He Needs Ale!
- 80Bael'dun Rescue
- 81Who Did This?
- 82Twinbraid Needs to Know
- 83The Bad News
- 84Kill 'em All!
- 85...And Bury the Rest
- 86The Deed Is Done
- 87A Weezil in the Henhouse
- 88Dwarf Fortress
- 89Sabotage!
Showing steps 78 to 89 of 89.
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.
- Twinbraid Needs to Know
<General Twinbraid will want to know the details of this cowardly attack. You gather up the evidence.>
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Kill 'em All!
I want to see some dead goblins, <name>! Just west of here you'll find a whole warren of those little insects burrowing into the mountain. Let's see to it that they're digging their grave. Destroy them. Lay waste to their whole grubby operation.
Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests
Its criteria name 22 quests; others include:
- Sowing a Solution
- The Nightmare Scar
- Echoes of Agamaggan
- The Disturbed Earth
- Run Out the Guns
- Lifting the Siege
- Silencing Rageroar
- Teegan's People
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:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Southern Barrens Quests: its criteria name 22 quests, this one included.