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To Track a Thief

To Track a Thief is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Northern Barrens. It is step 31 of 62 in the Northern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Northern Barrens at 66.9, 72.8. It rewards 1,050 experience.

Description

Animal tracks surround the wreckage, tracks made by enormous curved claws. They appear to be raptor tracks.

Your first instinct is that raptor-riders assaulted the caravan, but the impressions aren't deep and there are no non-animal tracks to be seen.

The tracks head northeast of here toward the east side of Thorn Hill. The answer to this mystery must lie in its shadow.

Rewards

Experience1,050 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,050
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapNorthern BarrensTurn-in marker at 66.9, 72.8, 5 mapped points
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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.

Northern Barrens Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Northern Barrens map showing where to go for To Track a ThiefTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #10 66.9 72.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNorthern Barrens 66.9, 72.8/way #10 66.9 72.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Northern Barrens 63.0, 58.5/way #10 63.0 58.5

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 Northern Barrens map

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

Getting there

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

  • Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 160 yards north-east
  • The Crossroads, Northern BarrensHorde · about 1,200 yards north-west
  • Sen'jin Village, DurotarHorde · about 1,300 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 590 yards north

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Northern Barrens

Part 31 of 62.

Previous: Ammo Kerblammo · Next: Investigate the Wreckage

  1. 26Into the Raptor's Den
  2. 27Who's Shroomin' Who?
  3. 28Club Foote
  4. 29Love it or Limpet
  5. 30Ammo Kerblammo
  6. 31To Track a Thief
  7. 32Investigate the Wreckage
  8. 33The Stolen Silver
  9. 34Take it up with Tony
  10. 35Glomp is Sitting On It
  11. 36Guns. We Need Guns.
  12. 37Mutiny, Mon!

Showing steps 26 to 37 of 62.

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.

  • Ammo KerblammoNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    Hartley must've unloaded all of his ordnance along the beach. Let's pull his teeth out, <name>! Run along the shore and look for his munitions stockpiles. Light 'em up and he'll be land-locked and unarmed while the Bellipotent is repaired. I'll meet you back here in Ratchet.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Investigate the WreckageNorthern Barrens · Level 5-30

    Not long ago, a shipment of silver was stolen en route from here to Crossroads. It was meant as payroll to the guards, and we want that silver back. I'll ask around here for clues, but I want you to investigate the scene of the crime.

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).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Northern 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.

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Guides and routes on this site that cover Northern Barrens.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this quest is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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Quest Location and Connections

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