The Good News and The Bad News
The Good News and The Bad News is a level 60 quest for the Alliance and the Horde, open from level 60 in Tanaris. You take it from Narain Soothfancy (65.2, 18.6) and turn it in to Narain Soothfancy (65.2, 18.6). Reward: 6,600 XP and +250 with Brood of Nozdormu.
Classic data, to confirm on Forever
Quick facts
- Quest level
- 60
- Required level
- 60
- Faction
- Alliance and Horde
- Zone
- Tanaris
- Dungeon
- Blackwing Lair
- Type
- Dungeon, Elite, Long, Rare drop
- Start
- Narain Soothfancy(65.2, 18.6)
- Turn in
- Narain Soothfancy(65.2, 18.6)
- Reputation needed
- Brood of Nozdormu (0)
Where to take and turn in The Good News and The Bad News
Our map of Tanaris shows where you take the quest, where its objectives are and where you turn it in, from Classic spawn points: check them in game.
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Our map of Tanaris, drawn from the game's data: subzones and named places from Forever's game files, flight points from its tables, the other NPCs from Classic. North is up. Not a game image.
Inns, trainers, repairs, stables and banks come from Classic data (cMaNGOS): check them in game.
- 1.Take the quest: Narain Soothfancy(65.2, 18.6)
- 2.Objective: Azerothian Diamond(25.9, 10.6)
- 3.Turn in: Narain Soothfancy(65.2, 18.6)
Objectives
4 objectives, from the Classic data:
Collect Arcanite Bar: 20
Collect Elementium Ore: 10
Drops from: Blackwing Technician(7.7%)
Where: Un'Goro Crater 39.5, 58.2 ; 37.9, 60.9 ; 39.3, 63.3
Inside Blackwing Lair
Collect Azerothian Diamond: 10
Drops from: Cliff Breaker(0.5%), Anubisath Guardian(0.2%)
Found in: Hakkari Thorium Vein, Large Obsidian Chunk, Small Obsidian Chunk, Small Thorium Vein
Where: 25.9, 10.6 ; 15.5, 45.7 ; 24.7, 9.4 ; 15.0, 48.3 ; 13.8, 46.9 ; 56.5, 73.2
Collect Blue Sapphire: 10
Drops from: #11460(2.5%), #13958(0.2%), Hive'Regal Hive Lord(0.1%), Hive'Ashi Defender(0.1%), Skeletal Terror(0%), Scarlet Worker(0%), Zaeldarr the Outcast(0%), Gor'marok the Ravager(0%)
Found in: Rich Thorium Vein, Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein, Small Thorium Vein, Ooze Covered Thorium Vein
Rewards
What the Classic data gives for The Good News and The Bad News. Experience is the full amount at the quest's level: in Classic a player 6 or more levels above gets less.
- Experience
- 6,600 XP
- Reputation
- +250 with Brood of Nozdormu
Quest chain
Where The Good News and The Bad News sits in its chain, from the Classic data: what opens it and what it opens.
Whole chain (7 parts)
- 1.Draconic for Dummies[60]
- 2.rAnS0m[60]
- 3.Decoy![60]
- 4.The Only Prescription[60]
- 5.The Good News and The Bad News(this quest)
- 6.The Wrath of Neptulon[60]
- 7.The Might of Kalimdor[60]
Done before it
Next quest
In our leveling guide
The free leveling route of Tanaris (Alliance), Tanaris (Horde) names this quest: open it at its step to see it in order with the others, or why the route skips it.
On Forever
Not confirmed on Forever yet: no player record of this quest so far. Everything above is Classic's, and Forever changed some zones (new quests, levels raised): check the quest giver in game.