TheWoWDBA lot of people were asking in game on Cenarius where these things are. They are the big termite mounds located outside the main walls of the fortress. There is one to the north of the road, and another amost directly south.
Quest
Working the Bugs Out
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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They look like groups of large rocks. They are not clickable and do not stand out with sparkles or anything. Just walk up and use the item and the bugs will spawn, then kill the bugs. Locations are about 47:67 and 48:68.
Know that during this quest, Silithid Swarmers are spawned. These are tameable as exotic pets for hunters.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID25082
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25082))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 50 of 89
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Why high command decided that a silithid mound was the ideal place to build a fortress, I'll never know. Them lil' buggers are tunneling under our fortifications and setting back our timetables. We need to scorch 'em out! Take this here bucket of burning pitch and dump it on the silithid mounds right outside the main gate. They look like big piles of sand. Kill anything that comes out, but be careful, {name} - them nasties are likely to swarm you when you light those mounds up.
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 49.2 67.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inSouthern Barrens 49.2, 67.9
/way #199 49.2 67.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 49.1, 67.6
/way #199 49.1 67.6
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 Southern Barrens map
- Honor the Flame about 220 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 430 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
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:
- Fort Triumph, Southern Barrens
- Northwatch Hold, Southern Barrens
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
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: Stormwind +250
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Stormwind reputation: Running the Gauntlet (+250), Breaking the Siege (+250), Report to Aubrey (+75), Repel Boarders! (+250), The Guns of Northwatch (+75), Run Out the Guns (+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 50 of 89.
Previous: Claim the Battlescar · Next: A Line in the Dirt
- 45The Taurajo Briefs
- 46Pick-a-Part
- 47Powder Play
- 48Batteries Not Yet Included
- 49Claim the Battlescar
- 50Working the Bugs Out
- 51A Line in the Dirt
- 52Meet the New Boss
- 53Lion's Pride
- 54Siegebreaker
- 55Taking Back Taurajo
- 56Honoring the Dead
Showing steps 45 to 56 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.
- Claim the Battlescar
The Horde has fought us to a standstill from their stronghold west of here. The fighting continues, even as the land breaks open under our feet. Someone's got to break the stalemate! I need you to venture into the Battlescar and help my men crush the Horde opposition there.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Line in the Dirt
The Alliance scorches a trail of murder across the Barrens. We must stop them here or there is nothing left for us. Across the Fields of Blood there are a number of strategic hills, marked by wooden towers and neutral gray banners.
Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests
Its criteria name 22 quests; others include:
- Sowing a Solution
- The Nightmare Scar
- Echoes of Agamaggan
- The Disturbed Earth
- Run Out the Guns
- Lifting the Siege
- Silencing Rageroar
- Teegan's People
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Southern Barrens Quests: its criteria name 22 quests, this one included.