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The Forgotten Pools

The Forgotten Pools is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Northern Barrens. It is step 12 of 62 in the Northern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Northern Barrens at 50.0, 59.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 3,100 experience.

Description

Have you felt the tremors, <class>? Something has cleaved this land in two. But we druids can sense other tremors, as well.

Life is stirring in lands once dry and lifeless. The oases around the Crossroads are suddenly blooming. I can sense a power leaking its way to the surface, but from where? Is it related to the disaster that shattered the Barrens?

We must find the source. Travel to the Forgotten Pools, northwest of the Crossroads. Search its waters for a source of power, then return here.

Rewards

Experience3,100 XP
ReputationThunder Bluff +150
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Since there are only coods listed:

The Forgotten Pools are found north-west of the Crossroads and directly north and across the path from the Wailing Caverns. The pool for the quest is in the middle of the green area on you map and you can see the bubbles, from the thing you have to find, floating up in the water if you look closely from the shoreline of the pool.
Good luck to all! For the Horde!!!
If this helped you plz rate it one up! =) ty

~Toxi, Blackhand server

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,100
ReputationThunder Bluff+150

Reward details

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +150

Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Northern Barrens that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: The Stagnant Oasis (+250), Altered Beings (+250).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapNorthern BarrensTurn-in marker at 50.0, 59.4, 6 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.

Northern Barrens Quest turn-in 6 mapped points
Northern Barrens map showing where to go for The Forgotten PoolsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #10 50.0 59.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNorthern Barrens 50.0, 59.4/way #10 50.0 59.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Northern Barrens 37.3, 44.9/way #10 37.3 44.9
  • Objective areaNorthern Barrens 49.5, 58.7/way #10 49.5 58.7

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 Northern Barrens map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Northern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northern Barrens:

  • The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 80 yards west
  • Hunter's Hill, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 910 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Northern Barrens

Part 12 of 62.

Previous: Crossroads Caravan Delivery · Next: Fungal Spores

  1. 7The Tortusk Takedown
  2. 8Grol'dom's Missing Kodo
  3. 9Animal Services
  4. 10The Kodo's Return
  5. 11Crossroads Caravan Delivery
  6. 12The Forgotten Pools
  7. 13Fungal Spores
  8. 14Kolkar Leaders
  9. 15A Growing Problem
  10. 16In Fungus We Trust
  11. 17The Stagnant Oasis
  12. 18Altered Beings

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 62.

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.

  • Crossroads Caravan DeliveryNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    <Rocco hands you a familiar-looking shotgun.> I took the liberty of cleaning up Halga's artillery for you. I'm sure I don't need to warn you about the kickback. Just ask me when you're ready to mount up for the Crossroads! Thork is waiting for you there. Be sure not to give him any lip.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Fungal SporesNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    The oases of the Barrens hide a mystery. Life energy flows from their waters, invigorating the plants and beasts that drink it. Invigorating, and altering. There is a mushroom that grows near the Forgotten Pools to the northwest.

The storyline at a glance

Northern Barrens has 62 steps, from In Defense of Far Watch to Mor'shan Caravan Delivery.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Barrens (61), Southern Barrens (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Northern Barrens 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.

Related
The Forge of Bonds
The Forgemaster's Log
The Forging of Memories
The Forgotten Heir
The Forgotten Tale
The Forlorn Soul
The Former Rootwarden
The Forsaken

Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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