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Reward details

Pick one of these

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.

Getting there

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

• Hunter's Hill, Southern BarrensHorde · about 850 yards south
• The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards south-east
• Malaka'jin, Stonetalon MountainsHorde · about 1,300 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 2,100 yards north-east
• Objective areaabout 2,100 yards north-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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Miner's FortuneNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

  Hey <race>, you interested in treasure? I knew that would get your attention. Word from the river dock here is that one of the miners in the Venture Company's Boulder Lode mine just northeast of here discovered an emerald the size of your fist.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Harpy RaidersNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

  Since you're here, <class>, perhaps you can help me with a small problem. The blasted harpies have been ravaging our caravan supplies for too long. It's time we slit a few of their throats and diminished their numbers.

Also counted by Northern Barrens Quests

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

• The Stagnant Oasis
• Altered Beings
• Counterattack!
• Supplies for the Crossroads
• The Kodo's Return
• Ammo Kerblammo
• Gazlowe's Fortune
• Mutiny, Mon!

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).

Other storylines on the Northern Barrens map

• An Uncertain Fate7 steps, starts with An Urgent Request
• Southern Barrens89 steps, starts with Running the Gauntlet
• Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Zunta, The Pet Tamer
• The Warchief's Command28 steps, starts with The Warchief Awaits

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.