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The Grimtotem are Coming

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

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they were not prepared
also this is a reference to Paul Revere's ride during the American Revolution where he allegedly yelled to the towns he passed "The British are Coming!" so the towns would prepare themselves for the incoming attack from British troops. The follow up Two If By Boat is to the same event where 2 lights would be placed in a cathedral (or a tower of some sort) to signal if the attack would be coming from the sea, or one candle if by land. Please note all of this is from the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" I have not read the poem in a while, my my details may be inaccurate. Also many of the details from this poem are still disputed by historians

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID25487

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25487))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThousand Needles, step 2 of 107
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The cowardly Grimtotem have attacked us by surprise when we were least prepared! You will be of most help to Thousand Needles elsewhere, {class}. We have heard rumors that the goblins and gnomes somehow survived in a giant barge out on the salt flats. Motega Firemane is at the base of the summit. He can get you a canoe to take you there. Do you mind helping us fight off the Grimtotem on your way to him?

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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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for The Grimtotem are ComingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #64 10.5 8.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThousand Needles 10.5, 8.5/way #64 10.5 8.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thousand Needles 12.2, 8.1/way #64 12.2 8.1
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 11.1, 11.2/way #64 11.1 11.2

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 Thousand Needles map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:

  • Westreach Summit, Thousand NeedlesHorde · about 100 yards south
  • Camp Mojache, FeralasHorde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Desolation Hold, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south

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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThunder Bluff +250

Reward details

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +250

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

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: To the Summit (+25), Free Freewind Post (+25), Grimtotem in the Post (+250), The Brave and the Bold (+250), Horn of the Traitor (+350), Together Again (+10).

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

Thousand Needles

Part 2 of 107.

Previous: The Grimtotem are Coming · Next: Two If By Boat

  1. 1The Grimtotem are Coming
  2. 2The Grimtotem are Coming
  3. 3Two If By Boat
  4. 4Two If By Boat
  5. 5Do Me a Favor?
  6. 6Do Me a Favor?
  7. 7Down in the Deeps
  8. 8Down in the Deeps
  9. 9Bar Fight!
  10. 10Bar Fight!
  11. 11In the Outhouse
  12. 12In the Outhouse

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 107.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Two If By BoatThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    Are you ready to go, <class>? One of the sentinels will take you out to the Mirage Raceway. If there's anyone left alive out there, please help them. Goddess watch over you!

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Thousand Needles 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.