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The Deserters (4,100 XP)

The Deserters is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Dustwallow Marsh. It is step 44 of 83 in the Dustwallow Marsh storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dustwallow Marsh at 36.1, 54.3. It rewards 4,100 experience.

Description

It has been a struggle maintaining a presence in the marsh, but through strength of our resolve, we have been able to maintain several defensive watchtowers throughout the area.

The latest information and scouting reports I have received indicate that a group of deserters has squatted in our abandoned tower at Lost Point, southeast of the inn.

The local lieutenant seems to be Balos Jacken. See if you can get some information out of him.

Be warned, <name>. He may be a tough nut to crack.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDustwallow MarshTurn-in marker at 36.1, 54.3, 2 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.

Dustwallow Marsh Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Dustwallow Marsh map showing where to go for The DesertersTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #70 36.1 54.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 36.1, 54.3/way #70 36.1 54.3
  • Objective areaDustwallow Marsh 68.2, 48.6/way #70 68.2 48.6

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

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:

  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 730 yards south-east
  • Fort Triumph, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 980 yards north-west
  • Theramore, Dustwallow MarshAlliance · about 1,600 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards 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

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 44 of 83.

Previous: Daelin's Men · Next: The Deserters

  1. 39The Black Shield
  2. 40The Black Shield
  3. 41Lieutenant Paval Reethe
  4. 42Lieutenant Paval Reethe
  5. 43Daelin's Men
  6. 44The Deserters
  7. 45The Deserters
  8. 46A Grim Connection
  9. 47Confirming the Suspicion
  10. 48Arms of the Grimtotems
  11. 49Raptor Captor
  12. 50Unleash the Raptors

Showing steps 39 to 50 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.

  • Daelin's MenDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    Reddon... Redpath... Ah, here it is! Lieutenant Paval Reethe. Joined the Theramore guard along with most of the recruits that came across the sea with Lady Proudmoore. Enlisted with the marines of Kul Tiras at the age of sixteen. Distinguished service, promotions... Listed as missing.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Grim ConnectionDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    I've spoken with Inspector Tarem regarding the evidence you gathered from the ruins of the Shady Rest Inn. He seems certain that the hoofprints and the shield you found there point to the Grimtotem clan of tauren.

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

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 The Deserters. They differ in the rewards shown here.

QuestRewardsID
The Deserters (this page)4,100 XP27287
The Deserters5,150 XP27288
Related
The Depths of Depravity
The Descent
The Desert Fox
The Deserter
The Deserters
The Desolate Council
The Devourer of Darkshore
The Devouring Citadel

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