Quest

Wasting the Wastelanders

A World of Warcraft quest in K'aresh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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frakbt2025-08-25T20:16:55-05:00+3via Wowhead

This is available on my main, who does all the storyline quests, but not on my alts.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 80

LocationK'aresh

SideBoth

SharableNo

Added inThe War Within

Quest ID86372

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(86372))

Requirements

Quest typeWorld Quest

RequiresNexus Regicide

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

Defeat 9 targets in K'aresh
Wastelanders Wasted
Complete 15 objectives in K'aresh

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.

Coordinates

Objective area (centre of the marked area)K'aresh 62.4, 41.2/way #2371 62.4 41.2
Objective areaK'aresh 62.2, 41.3/way #2371 62.2 41.3

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 K'aresh map

Enemies of Enemies about 140 yards
Before the Void about 140 yards
Stalking Stalkers about 140 yards
Distribution of Power about 140 yards
The Pursuit Continues about 220 yards
Abhorrent Gauntlet about 220 yards
Tempest Clefts about 350 yards
Hunting on Glass about 350 yards
The Tempest Fields about 350 yards
The Void Hunter about 660 yards

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on K'aresh:

Lunnall RiverAlliance and Horde · about 450 yards south-east
Shan'dorah, K'areshAlliance and Horde · about 690 yards north
Shan'dorahAlliance and Horde · about 690 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.

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Other quests on the K'aresh map

Quest chain

1Nexus Regicide
2Wasting the Wastelanders

Step 2 of 2. Chain order is read from the prerequisite data in the current retail client build, so it reflects what the game requires, not a curated storyline.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the quest's prerequisites.

Nexus RegicideK'aresh · Level 80
Now is the time, <name>. We must not hesitate. They will send their strongest to defend this last manaforge. We will find Nexus-Prince Azir there and we will end him before we take this battle to Dimensius. Xal'atath or no Xal'atath, we have what we need to do this. Just one final kill.

Other storylines on the K'aresh map

Void Alliance17 steps, starts with What Is Left of Home
Desert Power15 steps, starts with Eco-Dome: Rhovan
The Bees Knees20 steps, starts with To Stormsong
A Shadowy Invitation13 steps, starts with A Shadowy Invitation
Rays of Sunshine18 steps, starts with Atrium Hospital
Sneks for K'aresh17 steps, starts with Outbound for Outland

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.