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The Witch's Bane

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDustwallow Marsh
Quest ID27189

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27189))

What to do

StorylineDustwallow Marsh, step 15 of 83
Rewards21g, 5,150 XP

Description

In my years as an herbalist, I've often observed that nature will provide subtle cures to the most vexing of problems. I've read that hedge mages and witch doctors often use the smoke of an herb known as witchbane to draw evil from its hiding places. If true, this would mean witchbane should be growing near the shallow waters of Witch Hill. You should be able to identify it by its broad leaves and reddish central stalk. Bring me any of the herb you can find, {name}. It may be our only hope.

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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.

Dustwallow Marsh Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Dustwallow Marsh map showing where to go for The Witch's BaneTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #70 55.6 26.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 55.6, 26.1/way #70 55.6 26.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dustwallow Marsh 54.8, 28.7/way #70 54.8 28.7

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 Dustwallow Marsh map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:

  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 890 yards north
  • Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow MarshHorde · about 1,100 yards west
  • Theramore, Dustwallow MarshAlliance · about 1,100 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 100 yards south-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
Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP

Storyline

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 15 of 83.

Previous: What's Haunting Witch Hill? · Next: Cleansing Witch Hill

  1. 10Marsh Frog Legs
  2. 11Jarl Needs Eyes
  3. 12Jarl Needs a Blade
  4. 13Hungry as an Ogre!
  5. 14What's Haunting Witch Hill?
  6. 15The Witch's Bane
  7. 16Cleansing Witch Hill
  8. 17The Lost Report
  9. 18The Orc Report
  10. 19Captain Vimes
  11. 20This Old Lighthouse
  12. 21Thresher Oil

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 83.

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.

  • What's Haunting Witch Hill?Dustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    I traveled out here to pay Jarl a visit at his new home and it's been a nonstop horror show ever since! There's something seriously wrong here and I can't be the only one who sees it... Have you seen the ghosts and corpses shambling about Witch Hill?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Cleansing Witch HillDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    The torch is ready. Plant it at the end of the dock and be prepared to face whatever comes forth. I have no idea what the torch's smoke may reveal... if anything emerges at all. I must say, I have my doubts about this kind of folk magic, but we haven't time for anything else.

The storyline at a glance

Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Dustwallow Marsh.