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Thinning the Ranks

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneTerokkar Forest
Quest ID10007

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10007))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineTerokkar Forest, step 7 of 78
RewardsDeadeye's Piece, Stout Oak Longbow, Dark Augur's Wand, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Knowing Thander and Bertelm, they won't tolerate such a large buildup of hostile forces on our doorstep. Asking them to dispatch members of the garrison to participate in an attack on the camp isn't an option either. It would just leave us too vulnerable to attack. It falls to us to do what we can to diminish the threat the fel orc buildup poses. Kill what you can of their forces and I will look for ways to stall any reinforcements.

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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 25 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #108 69.7 44.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTerokkar Forest 69.7, 44.2/way #108 69.7 44.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Terokkar Forest 66.2, 52.8/way #108 66.2 52.8

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

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

  • Allerian Stronghold, Terokkar ForestAlliance · about 680 yards south-west
  • Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon ValleyAlliance · about 1,800 yards south-east
  • Honor Hold, Hellfire PeninsulaAlliance · about 2,000 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 360 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 390 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

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

TypeGun Ranged
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon11 - 21 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+7 Agility, +11 Haste, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toMarksmanship, Beast Mastery
Sells to vendors for76 gold58 silver
TypeBow Ranged
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon14 - 18 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+7 Agility, +15 Stamina
Suited toBeast Mastery, Marksmanship
Sells to vendors for76 gold31 silver
TypeWand Ranged
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 5 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+4 Intellect, +5 Stamina, +6 Versatility
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for76 gold86 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

Terokkar Forest

Part 7 of 78.

Previous: The Firewing Liaison · Next: Fel Orc Plans

  1. 2Olemba Seeds
  2. 3Stymying the Arakkoa
  3. 4Thin the Flock
  4. 5Unruly Neighbors
  5. 6The Firewing Liaison
  6. 7Thinning the Ranks
  7. 8Fel Orc Plans
  8. 9Timber Worg Tails
  9. 10The Elusive Ironjaw
  10. 11WANTED: Bonelashers Dead!
  11. 12Torgos!
  12. 13Speak with Private Weeks

Showing steps 2 to 13 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.

  • The Firewing LiaisonTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    Over the past couple of days, I've observed a blood elf woman traveling to and from the fel orc stronghold and conversing with the fel orc leader. From her body language, she's clearly issuing orders. But why? Whose orders is she conveying?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Fel Orc PlansTerokkar Forest · Level 15-30

    The writing on the plans is far too delicate and precise to have come from any of the fel orcs. You can't make out what the text says, but the implications are pretty clear: the fel orcs are taking orders from the blood elves at Firewing Point. Why would the two forces be working together?

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Terokkar Forest · Level 15-30.

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).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

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 this achievement.

Terror of TerokkarComplete the Terokkar Forest storylines listed below.10