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Quest
The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn
A World of Warcraft quest in Blasted Lands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I feel terrible for this poor hairy guy even though he is kind of a naive airhead. Dude you need to WARD HARDCORE against dreadlords, they're insidious @#$%^&s.
Doofus though Marl may be, he didn't deserve Nathrezim in the brains. My belfadin's a Hordie through and through, but he got sadfaced about this quest nonetheless.
No cloth options makes me sad. Oh well, Outland greens here I come!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBlasted Lands
Quest ID25720
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25720))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBlasted Lands, step 56 of 56
RewardsPauldrons of the Trove, 
Shoulderguards of Tarnished Healing, 
Sunveil Breastplate, 31g 50s, 8,250 XP
Pauldrons of the Trove, Shoulderguards of Tarnished Healing, Sunveil Breastplate, 31g 50s, 8,250 XPDescription
Wormthorn's unnatural forest threatens our excursion's progress. His trees' roots break our picks, his moss grows over our excavation sites, and his animals attack my men. When it comes to digging, I'll take a demon-infested wasteland over a forest any day. Take the demoniac vessel and use it on Marl Wormthorn to pull him from his trance. Return to me when he is no more.
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 #17 49.8 71.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inBlasted Lands 49.8, 71.4
/way #17 49.8 71.4 - Objective areaBlasted Lands 34.7, 67.8
/way #17 34.7 67.8
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 Blasted Lands map
- Burning Crusade: To Outland! about 460 yards
- Echo of Gul'dan about 540 yards
- When Revenge Burns Green about 860 yards
- Finishing the Job about 1,140 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,410 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Blasted Lands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Blasted Lands:
- Sunveil Excursion, Blasted Lands
- Dreadmaul Hold, Blasted Lands
- Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows
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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3D Model
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Reward details
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TypePlate Shoulder
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Versatility
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for37 gold3 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +8 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for36 gold90 silver
TypePlate Chest
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor24
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +9 Dodge
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for49 gold66 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for24 gold69 silver
Reputation: Silvermoon City +500
The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Blasted Lands that reward Silvermoon City reputation: The Dreadmaul Furnace (+250), Attune the Bloodstone (+25), The First Step (+250), Blood Ritual (+25), Not Just Any Body (+250), The Altar of Storms (+500).
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
Blasted Lands
Part 56 of 56.
Previous: Demoniac Vessel
- 45You Are Rakh'likh, Demon
- 46Atrocities
- 47False Idols
- 48Neptool's Revenge
- 49Wormthorn's Dream
- 50Advice from the Cenarion Circle
- 51Demoniac Vessel
- 52The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn
- 53The Demons and the Druid
- 54How Best to Proceed
- 55Demoniac Vessel
- 56The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn
Showing steps 45 to 56 of 56.
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.
- Demoniac Vessel
We need a way to get Wormthorn's attention. Something to break him out of his trance. Something that's guaranteed to work. The few types of wildlife that managed to make a foothold in the Tainted Forest are, without a doubt, affected by the land's latent energies.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Blasted Lands · Level 15-30.
Also counted by Blasted Lands Quests
Its criteria name 6 quests; others include:
The storyline at a glance
Blasted Lands has 56 steps, from Minor Distractions to The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Blasted Lands (56).
Other storylines on the Blasted Lands map
- The Kingslayers
- Allies of the Horde: Mag'har Orc
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Some Wicked Things
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.
- Blasted Lands Quests: its criteria name 6 quests, this one included.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Blasted Lands.
