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The Deserters

A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDustwallow Marsh
Quest ID27288

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27288))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineDustwallow Marsh, step 45 of 83
Rewards21g, 5,150 XP

Description

Reethe? That coward? We threw him out of camp because he insisted on raiding the supplies of the ogres up at Brackenwall Village. We're not so many in number that we could stand up to those mindless brutes. He crossed the line one too many times, so we left him to fend for himself. Now, I helped you out... So, why don't you help us out and forget you bumped into us?

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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 68.2 48.6

Coordinates

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

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:

  • Theramore, Dustwallow MarshAlliance · about 100 yards south-west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-west
  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 1,900 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,700 yards 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.

Related
Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP

Storyline

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 45 of 83.

Previous: The Deserters · Next: A Grim Connection

  1. 40The Black Shield
  2. 41Lieutenant Paval Reethe
  3. 42Lieutenant Paval Reethe
  4. 43Daelin's Men
  5. 44The Deserters
  6. 45The Deserters
  7. 46A Grim Connection
  8. 47Confirming the Suspicion
  9. 48Arms of the Grimtotems
  10. 49Raptor Captor
  11. 50Unleash the Raptors
  12. 51Prisoners of the Grimtotems

Showing steps 40 to 51 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.

Quests that require this one

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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.