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The Infested Protectors

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

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Wood mites will spawn from the treants around the edges of the Bone Wastes. They won't always spawn when you kill the treants, but when they do there will be around five or so mites. The mites are very easy to kill; they'll pretty much die in one hit to anything i.e. a hunter's explosive trap.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneTerokkar Forest
Quest ID10896

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10896))

What to do

StorylineTerokkar Forest, step 64 of 78
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The trees of this land are ravaged by the power that was unleashed from Auchindoun. The foul magic that was unleashed blasted the land into the wastes you see all around. The trees that survived are now infested with wretched wood mites that crawl under their bark and gnaw at their flesh. Rotting forest-ragers and infested root-walkers are breeding grounds for the mites. They are found along the edge of the wood to the east. Destroy these creatures and then kill the mites that flee their husks.

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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.

Terokkar Forest Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Terokkar Forest map showing where to go for The Infested ProtectorsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #108 37.9 51.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTerokkar Forest 37.9, 51.7/way #108 37.9 51.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 50.6, 64.3/way #108 50.6 64.3

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 Terokkar Forest map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Terokkar Forest:

  • Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar ForestHorde · about 680 yards north-east
  • Shattrath, Terokkar ForestAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north
  • Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar ForestAlliance · about 1,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 820 yards south-east

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
ReputationCenarion Expedition +250

Reward details

Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +250

An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.

Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.

Other quests in Terokkar Forest that reward Cenarion Expedition reputation: It's Watching You! (+350), What's Wrong at Cenarion Thicket? (+25), Strange Energy (+250), Clues in the Thicket (+250), Investigate Tuurem (+250), Letting Earthbinder Tavgren Know (+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

Terokkar Forest

Part 64 of 78.

Previous: Before Darkness Falls · Next: Cabal Orders

  1. 59The Tomb of Lights
  2. 60Vengeful Souls
  3. 61Recover the Bones
  4. 62Helping the Lost Find Their Way
  5. 63Before Darkness Falls
  6. 64The Infested Protectors
  7. 65Cabal Orders
  8. 66The Shadow Tomb
  9. 67Taken in the Night
  10. 68For the Fallen
  11. 69Terokkarantula
  12. 70Return to Sha'tari Base Camp

Showing steps 59 to 70 of 78.

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.

  • Before Darkness FallsTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    After our caravan fell prey to an attack by Shadow Council cabal cultists, scouts were sent to Shattrath to call for help. The guards think we're safe for now, but they underestimate these madmen.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Cabal OrdersTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    This message bears a dark seal and though the language seems somewhat familiar, it appears to be encoded. Perhaps someone at the Refugee Caravan will know something about it.

Also counted by Terror of Terokkar

Its criteria name 20 quests; others include:

Also counted by Terror of Terokkar

Its criteria name 20 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Terokkar Forest has 78 steps, from Vessels of Power to The Fallen Exarch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Terokkar Forest (77), Shattrath City (1).

Other storylines on the Terokkar Forest 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.

Terror of TerokkarComplete the Terokkar Forest storylines listed below.10Terror of TerokkarComplete the Terokkar Forest storylines listed below.10