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Quest
Under the Choking Sands
A World of Warcraft quest in Uldum. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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They will be half-buried in the sand and if you have names of NPC's on they will be "Green". When I was doing this quest, there was so much competition that I couldn't find anyone to save and was confused about what I was looking for...so just wait and they will enventually show up.
From a story point of view, its kind of funny that you are only allowed to save precisely 8. The rest of them still display as dying in the sand, but you are not allowed to save them anymore :)
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneUldum
Quest ID27519
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27519))
What to do
StorylineUldum, step 9 of 101
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
No... it cannot be. Orsis is all but buried beneath the desert sands. The enemy will pay for this. But first we must aid my people. Quick, {name}. We do not have much time before the last of my brethren are buried alive!
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #249 45.3 37.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inUldum 45.3, 37.2
/way #249 45.3 37.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Uldum 39.8, 42.4
/way #249 39.8 42.4 - Objective areaUldum 45.3, 37.8
/way #249 45.3 37.8
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 Uldum map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 490 yards
- Off To Adventure! about 620 yards
- Thunder on the Sands about 620 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Uldum, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Uldum:
- Ramkahen, Uldum
- Oasis of Vir'sar, Uldum
- Schnottz's Landing, Uldum
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Reward details
Reputation: Ramkahen +250
The cat-like people of Ramkahen are the descendants of the Tol'vir, guardians of Uldum. Though they've lost their stone bodies, protecting the secrets of the titans is still a part of their rigid tradition.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Uldum that reward Ramkahen reputation: Minions of Al'Akir (+250), The Prophet Hadassi (+75), The Prophet's Dying Words (+75), Colossal Guardians (+250), Send Word to Phaoris (+150), The Vizier's Vote (+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
Uldum
Part 9 of 101.
Previous: Al'Akir's Vengeance · Next: Minions of Al'Akir
- 4Budd's Plan
- 5Kavem the Callous
- 6Escape From the Lost City
- 7Impending Retribution
- 8Al'Akir's Vengeance
- 9Under the Choking Sands
- 10Minions of Al'Akir
- 11The Prophet Hadassi
- 12The Prophet's Dying Words
- 13Colossal Guardians
- 14The Scepter of Orsis
- 15Send Word to Phaoris
Showing steps 4 to 15 of 101.
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.
- Al'Akir's Vengeance
Listen, <name>. What struck Orsis was no natural sandstorm. It was the minions of Al'Akir. The elemental lord of air is firmly allied with Deathwing and it was only a matter of time before he set his subjects upon my people. Orsis has been attacked as a warning to us.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Minions of Al'Akir
Al'Akir has sent his minions to do Deathwing's bidding. The message is clear. We join them or they destroy us. I do not know much about you, <race>. But I do know this. If you prove yourself to be an enemy of Al'Akir's, your aid will not go unnoticed. What do you say, <class>?
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
Uldum has 101 steps, from Easy Money to The Coffer of Promise.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Uldum (101).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Uldum map
- The Fists of the Heavens
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.