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Reclaimed Rations

“Hey hey! You’re a new face! Care to lend Ricket a hand? We have a somewhat unexpected problem – food shortage. I know, I know… we should have seen that coming, but you don’t get it. We tend to have somewhat of a quick turn-around here with our sapper squad and all, so usually we don’t have to worry about long term eats. Good old K3’s gotten popular though. Convenient solution?

There are gnoll camps to the west and some gnolls scattered, scavenging as gnolls do. Care to go nab some of their rations?”

-Ricket

Objective

LEVEL

78

Requires level

77

Start

END

Ricket at K3 wants you to repossess 16 Dried Gnoll Rations from the nearby Savage Hill Gnolls.

  • Dried Gnoll Rations (16)

 

Locations of Gnoll Camps:
35,83: A camp with multiple ration crates and gnolls.
32,85: Another camp with crates scattered around.
There are up to four camps in the area. Focus on the crates, as they are the fastest source of rations.
Crate Looting:
Crates contain 2-4 rations each, making it faster than grinding gnolls.
Crates are often tucked around tents or scattered near the center of camps. Be thorough in searching each area.
Killing Gnolls:
While gnolls drop rations, it’s much less efficient than looting crates.
If you encounter aggressive gnolls while looting, kill them quickly to avoid interruptions. They have a fast respawn rate.
Locations of Gnoll Camps:
35,83: A camp with multiple ration crates and gnolls.
32,85: Another camp with crates scattered around.
There are up to four camps in the area. Focus on the crates, as they are the fastest source of rations.
Crate Looting: Crates contain 2-4 rations each, making it faster than grinding gnolls. Crates are often tucked around tents or scattered near the center of camps.

 

Reward

You will receive:

6 Gold

80 Silver

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

11,910 experience
500 reputation with Argent Crusade

Walkthrough

 

Quest Giver: Ricket — K3, The Storm Peaks [41, 86]

Turn In: Ricket — K3

Objective: Collect 16 Dried Gnoll Rations from the Savage Hill gnolls west of K3.

 

Walkthrough

Head west from K3 into the Savage Hill gnoll camps in the Snowblind Hills. Rations drop from killing gnolls, but the fastest method is looting food crates scattered around the camps.

Crates yield multiple rations per loot and are plentiful across the 3-4 camps between K3 and Gnarlhide’s camp at [30.4, 85.7]. Sweep through camps starting around [35, 83] and moving west. Kill gnolls as you encounter them for extra drops, but prioritize crates for speed.

 

Efficiency Tips

  • Do Alongside: This is one of three quests that share the same gnoll camp area west of K3. Grab Expression of Gratitude (kill Gnarlhide at the westernmost camp) and Clean Up (salvage parts from Ricket’s Folly just south of the gnoll area) before heading out. One westward sweep completes all three.
  • If the area is crowded, start at the farthest camp [32, 85] and work back toward K3. The western camps see less traffic.
  • Stealth classes can skip combat entirely and focus on crate looting.

 

Lore Notes

K3 is experiencing an unexpected food shortage. Ricket explains that the goblin sapper squad has such high turnover (read: frequent explosive deaths) that long-term food planning was never a priority.

Now that K3 has attracted more visitors, they need supplies. Her solution? Steal back what the gnolls have been scavenging from goblin leftovers. The mutual theft between goblins and gnolls is the running theme tying together this quest, Expression of Gratitude, and Clean Up.

 

Explore the Storm Peaks’ hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Storm Peaks Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:
5,820 experience
75 reputation with Argent Crusade

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“We have a somewhat unexpected problem,” Ricket explained. “Food shortage.”

I waited for the rest.

Vikstone Portrait Act 3
Illustrated by Christian DiBari and Simon Gough.

“I know, I know… we should have seen that coming, but you don’t get it. We tend to have somewhat of a quick turn-around here with our sapper squad and all, so usually we don’t have to worry about long term eats.”

There it was. When your sappers explode faster than they can eat, food planning becomes an afterthought.

“Convenient solution? There are gnoll camps to the west and some gnolls scattered, scavenging as gnolls do. Care to go nab some of their rations?”

The gnoll camps had crates of dried rations stacked between their tents. The gnolls objected to my presence. I convinced them otherwise with shield and mace, then took what K3 needed.

Simple mathematics: sixteen rations, several gnolls who should have reconsidered their career in supply guarding.

“Hey there again! My belly’s rumbling… how’d it go?” Ricket accepted the supplies eagerly. “I hope they weren’t too hesitant to share the wealth. We’ve been pretty forgiving with them picking through our leftovers thus far.”

An army marches on its stomach.

 

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