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Quest

Totemic Research

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-35
ZoneTownlong Steppes
Quest ID30780

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30780))

What to do

StorylineTownlong Steppes, step 12 of 60
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

As we entered the village, I couldn't help but notice yaungol totems lying around this camp. I have a suspicion that there are dark forces at work here, and those totems may be the key to drawing them out. Could you bring me some of these totems for further inspection? I would like to study them.

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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.

Townlong Steppes Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Townlong Steppes map showing where to go for Totemic ResearchTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #388 82.6 73.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTownlong Steppes 82.6, 73.0/way #388 82.6 73.0
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Townlong Steppes 82.3, 75.0/way #388 82.3 75.0
  • Objective areaTownlong Steppes 82.6, 73.5/way #388 82.6 73.5

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 Townlong Steppes map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Townlong Steppes:

  • Shado-Pan Fallback, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 270 yards north-east
  • Serpent's Spine, Kun-Lai SummitHorde · about 440 yards north-west
  • Gao-Ran Battlefront, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 570 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 80 yards south

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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationShado-Pan +75

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +75

The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Townlong Steppes that reward Shado-Pan reputation: My Husband... (+25), First Assault (+100), Running Rampant (+75), Perfect Pitch (+75), Seeing Red (+100), Pitching In (+75).

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

Townlong Steppes

Part 12 of 60.

Previous: Slaying the Scavengers · Next: Last Toll of the Yaungol

  1. 7Ranger Rescue
  2. 8Jung Duk
  3. 9In Search of Suna
  4. 10Dust to Dust
  5. 11Slaying the Scavengers
  6. 12Totemic Research
  7. 13Last Toll of the Yaungol
  8. 14What Lies Beneath
  9. 15Spiteful Spirits
  10. 16Hatred Becomes Us
  11. 17The Point of No Return
  12. 18A Spear Through My Side, A Chain Through My Soul

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 60.

Also part of: Townlong Steppes (part 13 of 53).

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.

  • Slaying the ScavengersTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    The rotting corpses are attracting hyena scavengers. In addition to spreading diseases from feeding on the dead, the feral creatures will attack us on sight. Go and eradicate the beasts. It is unfortunate, but ultimately for the best.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Last Toll of the YaungolTownlong Steppes · Level 25-35

    Ban has asked me to explore the village to determine what happened here. I noticed smoke rising up from the east, the west, northwest, and the south. I need someone I trust to watch my back. What do you say? Want to help me on my first scouting mission?

The storyline at a glance

Townlong Steppes has 60 steps, from A Foot in the Door to The Terrible Truth.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Townlong Steppes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (4), Dread Wastes (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Townlong Steppes 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.