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Quest
When Plants Attack
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I've seen enough hentai. To know where this quest is goi-oh no, they got freed and ran off.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID24539
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24539))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 31 of 89
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
This camp was built at the edge of this jungle, and already it is overwhelmed by plant growth. Something unnatural is happening here! Earlier I made the mistake of sending some of the healthier refugees out to gather nuts and berries. Those that returned talked about the plant life actually grasping at their legs or even picking them up. I worry about those that haven't come back yet. {class}, please rescue the refugees trapped in the grasping overgrowth around the camp.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 44.3 33.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 44.3, 33.3
/way #199 44.3 33.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 44.5, 34.0
/way #199 44.5 34.0
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 Southern Barrens map
- A Growing Problem about 1,350 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,720 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,960 yards
- Cassandra Kaboom about 2,290 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Hunter's Hill, Southern Barrens
- Vendetta Point, Southern Barrens
- The Crossroads, Northern Barrens
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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Other quests on the Southern Barrens map
Reward details
Reputation: Thunder Bluff +250
Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: Clear the High Road (+250), Holdout at Hunter's Hill (+10), Raptor Scraps (+250), Signals in the Sky (+250), Keeping the Dogs at Bay (+250), Bad to Worse (+250).
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
Southern Barrens
Part 31 of 89.
Previous: Speaking Their Language · Next: A Curious Bloom
- 26The Low Road
- 27Stalling the Survey
- 28Keeping the Dogs at Bay
- 29Bad to Worse
- 30Speaking Their Language
- 31When Plants Attack
- 32A Curious Bloom
- 33Biological Intervention
- 34Adder Subtraction
- 35Lashvine Seeds
- 36Sowing a Solution
- 37To Harvest Chaos
Showing steps 26 to 37 of 89.
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.
- Speaking Their Language
The quilboar are attacking because they perceive weakness. Strength is the only language they understand. So we will show them strength. <Makaba withdraws a large horn from his satchel.> This is admittedly crude work but it'll do.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Curious Bloom
The great archdruid Naralex recently appeared here in the Barrens. He's either behind this mess or trying to fix it. Either way, you should talk with him before this jungle engulfs the whole world! He's in a small tauren camp to the southeast.
The storyline at a glance
Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.