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The Nightmare Scar

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID24601

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24601))

What to do

StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 38 of 89
RewardsNaralex's Slippers, Vest of the Nightmare Rift, Wailing Ring, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

This confirms it. The overgrowth here is not being caused by a mere overabundance of energy. Do you understand? This is beyond what happened at the Wailing Caverns now. A rift into the Nightmare must have torn open in the middle of the very land we're standing on! And to think it's my fault... I'm done picking at the edges of this wound. Go to the west, to the center of the overgrowth, and meet me again there. We will dive into the heart of this corruption and force it shut!

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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.

Southern Barrens Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Southern Barrens map showing where to go for The Nightmare ScarTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #199 50.4 40.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSouthern Barrens 50.4, 40.7/way #199 50.4 40.7
  • Objective areaSouthern Barrens 48.2, 38.9/way #199 48.2 38.9

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 Southern Barrens map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:

  • Vendetta Point, Southern BarrensHorde · about 740 yards south-west
  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 1,200 yards east
  • Hunter's Hill, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Feet
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for83 silver47 copper
TypeLeather Chest
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 gold11 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+3 Strength, +5 Stamina
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for15 silver32 copper
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon5 - 6 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+3 Intellect, +4 Stamina, +4 Haste
Suited toRestoration, Mistweaver, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Elemental, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Balance
Sells to vendors for1 gold56 silver
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon10 - 13 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+4 Stamina, +3 Agility or Strength, +4 Haste
Suited toBrewmaster, Enhancement, Outlaw, Windwalker, Protection, Frost
Sells to vendors for1 gold56 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold11 silver

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

Southern Barrens

Part 38 of 89.

Previous: To Harvest Chaos · Next: Diplomacy By Another Means

  1. 33Biological Intervention
  2. 34Adder Subtraction
  3. 35Lashvine Seeds
  4. 36Sowing a Solution
  5. 37To Harvest Chaos
  6. 38The Nightmare Scar
  7. 39Diplomacy By Another Means
  8. 40Lion's Pride
  9. 41Marching On Our Stomachs
  10. 42Fields of Blood
  11. 43A Line in the Dirt
  12. 44Clap 'Em In Irons

Showing steps 33 to 44 of 89.

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.

  • To Harvest ChaosSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    If I have truly sown chaos, it is time for reaping. The lumbering outgrowths of plant life shamble through the imbued stream here, <name>. They are a direct manifestation of the unstable forces mutating this area.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Diplomacy By Another MeansSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    I have not forgotten my brush with death at the hands of the quilboar in that filthy jungle. The General here has ordered some tactical strikes, but he stops short of genocide. I have no such qualms. Take this horn that I 'borrowed' during my negotiations.

Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests

Its criteria name 22 quests; others include:

Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests

Its criteria name 25 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).

Other storylines on the Southern 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.

Southern Barrens QuestsComplete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.10Southern Barrens QuestsComplete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.10