TheWoWDBYou have to finish a chain in Karsarang Wilds ending with Warn Snowplow, before this quest becomes available.
Quest
The Swarm Begins
A World of Warcraft quest in Valley of the Four Winds. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Like lordcanyon said, you need to complete the chain ending with Warn Stoneplow in Krasarang Wilds.
He is around the S in Stoneplow. Took me forever to find him as wow had him at the wrong location.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-35
Quest ID30622
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30622))
What to do
StorylineKrasarang Wilds, step 38 of 44
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
Without the wall to protect us, we barely stand a chance. If you hadn't gathered so many people to help us, we wouldn't have a prayer. Check in with Captain Oakenshield - he should be up near the break in the wall. Kill as many mantid as you can on the way there. If we win, we win. If we lose, we go down fighting. For Pandaria!
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #376 11.6 49.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inValley of the Four Winds 11.6, 49.5
/way #376 11.6 49.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Valley of the Four Winds 13.3, 54.1
/way #376 13.3 54.1 - Objective areaValley of the Four Winds 17.8, 56.2
/way #376 17.8 56.2
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 Valley of the Four Winds map
- Evacuation Orders about 360 yards
- Training and Discipline about 370 yards
- Stoneplow Thirsts about 370 yards
- Stemming the Swarm about 380 yards
- Unyielding Fists: Trial of Stone about 520 yards
- Unyielding Fists: Trial of Bamboo about 520 yards
- Unyielding Fists: Trial of Wood about 530 yards
- The Hidden Master about 550 yards
- They Will Be Mist about 550 yards
- Fog Wards about 550 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Valley of the Four Winds, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Valley of the Four Winds:
- Stoneplow, Valley of the Four Winds
- The Lion's Redoubt, Dread Wastes
- Serpent's Spine, Vale of Eternal Blossoms
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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.
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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Other quests on the Valley of the Four Winds map
Storyline
Krasarang Wilds
Part 38 of 44.
Previous: Hope Springs Eternal · Next: The Mantidote
- 33Ahead on the Way
- 34Striking the Rain
- 35In the House of the Red Crane
- 36Warn Stoneplow
- 37Hope Springs Eternal
- 38The Swarm Begins
- 39The Mantidote
- 40It Does You No Good In The Keg
- 41Students No More
- 42Retreat!
- 43The Savior of Stoneplow
- 44The Gratitude of Stoneplow
Showing steps 33 to 44 of 44.
Also part of: Krasarang Wilds (part 36 of 42).
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.
- Hope Springs Eternal
The Shado-Pan are likely dealing with similar outbreaks elsewhere in Pandaria. Seek out Loon Mai, the Shado-Pan Watch Commander in Stoneplow on the western end of the Valley of the Four Winds. Let him know that we have the situation here under control; the Shado-Pan need not send any aid.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Mantidote
<Mei motions towards the battlefield.> You see those huge mantid commanders out there? They have a strange aura about them. It reminds me of the sadness we saw at Zhu's Watch. Perhaps... they're under the influence of the sha, too?
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Krasarang Wilds has 44 steps, from The Arcanic Oubliette to The Gratitude of Stoneplow.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Krasarang Wilds (36), Valley of the Four Winds (8).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Valley of the Four Winds map
- Valley of the Four Winds
- Valley of the Four Winds, Stormstout Brewery & The Hidden Master & Nesingwary's Safari
- Valley of the Four Winds, Chen's Masterpiece
- Valley of the Four Winds, Thunderfoot Fields
- Valley of the Four Winds, Mudmug's Place
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.