The Endless Swarm is a quest for level 25-35 in Townlong Steppes. It is step 34 of 60 in the Townlong Steppes storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Townlong Steppes at 76.4, 82.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.
Gao-ran's men need help down on the southern front. If you want to stand by the Shado-Pan, that's where you should do it.
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You will not get credit for kills when the mobs are hit by artillery. Since the artillery only hit in the quest area located on the map, the best option is to go outside of it, either to the west or south.
In this way you can also avoid pulling a lot of adds, since the mobs there are farther apart.
Make sure to pick up Rummaging Through the Remains as the limbs for that drop off the attackers.
Killing these mobs seems to have a high rate of not counting, by which i mean not give quest credit or even xp. My best bet was going towards the dread wastes, where the guards weren't hit by bombs from the pandas, as it seems the boms made the mob not count.
You can also stay behind where the bombing rigs are and have them not be hit by them. That way you don't have to travel very far from the questgiver.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 4,800 |
| Money | Gold | 13g 74s |
| Reputation | Shado-Pan | +100 |
The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).
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.
| Turn-in map | Townlong Steppes | Turn-in marker at 76.4, 82.4, 13 mapped points |
|---|---|---|
| Objective area | Dread Wastes | 1 mapped point |
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #388 76.4 82.4
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #422 64.5 0.4
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/way #388 76.4 82.4/way #388 74.4 86.9/way #422 64.5 0.4Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Townlong Steppes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Townlong Steppes:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 34 of 60.
Previous: Back on Their Feet · Next: Rummaging Through the Remains
Showing steps 29 to 40 of 60.
Also part of: Townlong Steppes (part 27 of 53).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<name>, I could use your help. With their long shifts, our warriors down at the southern front of the battlefront are fighting to the point of exhaustion, and many of them have been exposed to the mantid poison. We need more people to tend to the wounded.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
I do have another task for you, <name>, though it's a might grim. I really need to get to the bottom of this mantid poison, but to do that, I need more information directly from the source.
Townlong Steppes has 60 steps, from A Foot in the Door to The Terrible Truth.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Townlong Steppes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (4), Dread Wastes (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
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