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Tracking the Thieves

Tracking the Thieves is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-35. It is step 24 of 43 in the Operation Shieldwall storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Darnassus at 84.5, 57.8. It rewards 2,400 experience and money.

Description

We WILL get to the bottom of this.

<name>, you're coming with me. We'll search every inch of this city if we have to, but we'll find out how they took the bell... and where.

I'm picking up traces of arcane magic here... we need to follow the trail!

Rewards

You will receive:

Money6 gold87 silver
Experience2,400 XP

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Known issues

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Genuyne+60via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you're doing this in MoP remix, don't be mounted when you get near the portal. I had to do this quest twice myself because she'd just go into the portal then disappear and I wouldn't get quest credit. The second time, I dismounted about 50 yds away from the portal and she stopped to do her last bit of RP and I was able to turn it in and move on.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
CurrencyOperation: Shieldwall200,000
ExperienceXP2,400
MoneyGold6g 87s

Reward details

Currency: Operation: Shieldwall x 200,000

Grants Reputation with Operation: Shieldwall.

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDarnassusTurn-in marker at 84.5, 57.8, 14 mapped points
Objective areaKrasarang Wilds1 mapped point
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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.

Darnassus Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Darnassus map showing where to go for Tracking the ThievesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #89 84.5 57.8

Krasarang Wilds Objective area 1 mapped point
Krasarang Wilds map showing where to go for Tracking the ThievesObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #418 89.1 33.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDarnassus 84.5, 57.8/way #89 84.5 57.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Darnassus 52.4, 50.7/way #89 52.4 50.7
  • Objective areaDarnassus 38.9, 32.8/way #89 38.9 32.8
  • Objective areaKrasarang Wilds 89.1, 33.7/way #418 89.1 33.7

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 Darnassus map

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

Getting there

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

  • Darnassus, TeldrassilAlliance · about 740 yards west
  • Dolanaar, TeldrassilAlliance · about 910 yards east
  • Rut'theran Village, TeldrassilAlliance · about 1,700 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 500 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 750 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Operation Shieldwall

Part 24 of 43.

Previous: Darnassus Attacked? · Next: Jaina's Resolution

  1. 19A Kor'kron In Our Midst
  2. 20Memory Wine
  3. 21The Ruins of Korune
  4. 22The Divine Bell
  5. 23Darnassus Attacked?
  6. 24Tracking the Thieves
  7. 25Jaina's Resolution
  8. 26Sewer Cleaning
  9. 27Unfair Trade
  10. 28Nowhere to Hide
  11. 29Cashing Out
  12. 30Nowhere to Run

Showing steps 19 to 30 of 43.

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.

  • Darnassus Attacked?Level 15-35

    As you know, our night elven allies moved the Divine Bell you retrieved to Darnassus for safekeeping and study. Moments ago, they portaled some Highbourne mages over here to ask for backup. Details are hazy - some sort of stealth attack on the city?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Jaina's ResolutionLevel 15-35

    For too long, I have toiled to mend fences between Alliance and Horde. Time and time again, I've given the Horde the benefit of the doubt - and time and time again, they stab me in the back. I refuse to be betrayed again!

The storyline at a glance

Operation Shieldwall has 43 steps, from Meet the Scout to The Silence.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Kun-Lai Summit (14), Krasarang Wilds (12), Dalaran (8), Deeprun Tram (3).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Darnassus 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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Tracking a Wild God
Tracking Down Incarnates
Tracking the Enemy
Tracking the Shadows
Tracking the Tideskorn
Tracking the Trackers
Tracking the Trail
Tracking Tidesages
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