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Winterhoof Cleansing (Tauren)

Winterhoof Cleansing is a quest for level 1-30 in Mulgore. It is step 8 of 24 in the Mulgore storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Mulgore at 48.6, 59.8. It rewards 2 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 4,100 experience.

Description

I have crafted the totem to cleanse the Winterhoof Water Well. Now, you must take it to the well and perform a cleansing ritual. The well is to the southeast, but be warned: whoever did this may still be there, laying in wait.

This may prove very dangerous, <name>. Be careful...but do not let the defilers of our well escape.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThunder Bluff +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationThunder Bluff+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Legs
Item level3
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Holy, Unholy, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for26 copper
TypeCloth Wrist
Item level3
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor1
Suited toArcane, Fire, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Sells to vendors for13 copper

Reputation: Thunder Bluff +250

Baine Bloodhoof leads his people, the proud Tauren, from this mighty Horde capital.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Mulgore that reward Thunder Bluff reputation: Dangers of the Windfury (+250), Preparation for Ceremony (+250), Dwarven Digging (+250), The Ravaged Caravan (+150), Swoop Hunting (+350), The Venture Co. (+150).

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 mapMulgoreTurn-in marker at 48.6, 59.8, 2 mapped points
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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.

Mulgore Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Mulgore map showing where to go for Winterhoof CleansingTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #7 48.6 59.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMulgore 48.6, 59.8/way #7 48.6 59.8
  • Objective areaMulgore 53.7, 65.6/way #7 53.7 65.6

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 Mulgore map

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

Getting there

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

  • Bloodhoof Village, MulgoreHorde · about 80 yards north-west
  • Thunder Bluff, MulgoreHorde · about 1,200 yards north-west
  • Vendetta Point, Southern BarrensHorde · about 1,300 yards east
  • Fort Triumph, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 2,000 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 350 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 350 yards south-east

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

Mulgore

Part 8 of 24.

Previous: Poison Water · Next: Thunderhorn Totem

  1. 3Dangers of the Windfury
  2. 4Swoop Hunting
  3. 5Mazzranache
  4. 6Kyle's Gone Missing!
  5. 7Poison Water
  6. 8Winterhoof Cleansing
  7. 9Thunderhorn Totem
  8. 10Thunderhorn Cleansing
  9. 11Rite of Vision
  10. 12The Ravaged Caravan
  11. 13The Ravaged Caravan
  12. 14The Venture Co.

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 24.

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.

  • Poison WaterMulgore · Level 1-30

    Our sacred wells have been tainted, and I will need your help to fix this. To cleanse each well, I must create a cleansing totem, then you must bring the totem to the well and perform a cleansing ritual. First we will create a cleansing totem for the Winterhoof Water Well.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Thunderhorn TotemMulgore · Level 1-30

    There is more work to be done. We must create a new totem to cleanse the Thunderhorn Well. You must gather the claws of the predators of the Mulgore plains. Hunt prairie stalkers for their stalker claws and flatland cougars for their cougar claws, then return to me.

Other quests with this name

This one: Tauren · Mulgore · Level 1-30.

The storyline at a glance

Mulgore has 24 steps, from Sharing the Land to Walk With The Earth Mother.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mulgore (22), Orgrimmar (2).

Other storylines on the Mulgore 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Winterhoof Cleansing. They differ in the races shown here.

QuestRacesID
Winterhoof Cleansing (this page)Tauren24440
Winterhoof CleansingSame44498
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