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A Closer Look

A Closer Look is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Blasted Lands. It is step 2 of 56 in the Blasted Lands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Blasted Lands at 61.5, 18.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

We've seen countless ships sail past the shore to the southeast, but most pass by inconspicuously. Several days ago, however, a powerful storm carried several of the ships to shore and left them wrecked.

I'd bet a pint of Nethergarde Bitter that they were Horde ships if I didn't love Nethergarde Bitter so much. I can pay you gold, though, if you'll go check out those ships and report back.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationAlliance +250
Top Comments

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Swim to the wreckage that is roughly center among the wrecks, a little offshore. It's the one jutting out of the water at a sharp angle. Dive under water and swim in the cannon window there. To your right is the skull pile with an ogre head that you have to swim closer to in order to get quest completion credit.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationAlliance+250

Reward details

Reputation: Alliance +250

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Blasted Lands that reward Alliance reputation: Our Fallen Friends (+350), Curtail the Darktail (+250), Minor Distractions (+150), Eliminate the Okril'lon (+350), Nethergarde Reigns (+250), Remove Their Arms (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBlasted LandsTurn-in marker at 61.5, 18.7, 5 mapped points
Objective areaSwamp of Sorrows1 mapped point
World Map

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.

Blasted Lands Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Blasted Lands map showing where to go for A Closer LookTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #17 61.5 18.7

Swamp of Sorrows Objective area 1 mapped point
Swamp of Sorrows map showing where to go for A Closer LookObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #51 54.4 89.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBlasted Lands 61.5, 18.7/way #17 61.5 18.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Blasted Lands 70.3, 33.3/way #17 70.3 33.3
  • Objective areaSwamp of Sorrows 54.4, 89.9/way #51 54.4 89.9

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 Blasted Lands map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Blasted Lands:

  • Nethergarde Keep, Blasted LandsAlliance · about 70 yards south
  • Marshtide Watch, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 950 yards north-east
  • The Harborage, Swamp of SorrowsAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 480 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

Blasted Lands

Part 2 of 56.

Previous: Minor Distractions · Next: Eliminate the Okril'lon

  1. 1Minor Distractions
  2. 2A Closer Look
  3. 3Eliminate the Okril'lon
  4. 4Our Fallen Friends
  5. 5Curtail the Darktail
  6. 6Watcher Mahar Ba
  7. 7Cultists at our Doorstep
  8. 8Kasim Sharim
  9. 9Attune the Bloodstone
  10. 10The First Step
  11. 11Blood Ritual
  12. 12The Amulet of Allistarj

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 56.

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.

  • Minor DistractionsBlasted Lands · Level 15-30

    Nethergarde has stood steadfast for years against the demon onslaught that plagues this land. Our watch is never-ending, our vigilance unfaltering, and our courage bottomless. We have held these lands since the portal opened, but now these Horde insects have the insolence to stand in our way!?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Eliminate the Okril'lonBlasted Lands · Level 15-30

    The Horde are a nuisance that we will deal with, but they are proving more difficult than previously expected. You are to put a stop to this. To the west of Nethergarde, the Okril'lon main forces press on our defenses.

The storyline at a glance

Blasted Lands has 56 steps, from Minor Distractions to The Downfall of Marl Wormthorn.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Blasted Lands (56).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Blasted Lands 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.

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Database

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