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A Disarming Distraction

A World of Warcraft quest in Uldum. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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The affected gnomes say various things in response to the holograms:

Blue Mechanostrider:
"It's the TXR-5000!"
"200 horsepower, dual combustion engine with modified flux capacitors! ZOING!"
"I didn't know this came in lightning-blue! AWESOME!"
"Check out the modified leg articulation! Perfect for off-roading!"

Laser Shark:
"ROCK ON!"
"Weaponized sharks? Why didn't I think of that!"
"Brilliant!"
"So...EPIC!"

Eredar:
"Hubba-hubba!"
"You could bounce a washer off those legs!"
"Shake it like a sine wave, baby!"
The nerd in me couldn't help but laugh especially at this one.

Oh, the things gnomes love.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneUldum
Quest ID27761

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27761))

What to do

StorylineUldum, step 39 of 101

Description

The curse has taken over the expedition members' higher brain functions, but my calculations reveal their suppressed adolescent subconscious can still be stimulated by realistic imagery. Utilize this holo-projector to distract them. They are currently setting up explosives at the tomb to the east to attempt to gain access to secret passages in Uldum. They seek dangerous re-origination technology beneath Uldum and must be stopped.

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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.

Uldum Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Uldum map showing where to go for A Disarming DistractionTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #249 74.2 64.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inUldum 74.2, 64.4/way #249 74.2 64.4
  • Objective areaUldum 78.8, 62.1/way #249 78.8 62.1
  • Objective areaUldum 79.0, 64.3/way #249 79.0 64.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Uldum 79.0, 63.5/way #249 79.0 63.5

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 Uldum map

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

Getting there

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

  • Dawnrise Expedition, TanarisHorde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Gunstan's Dig, TanarisAlliance · about 1,400 yards north-east
  • Ramkahen, UldumAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 300 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 300 yards 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Chest
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor27
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Parry, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for49 gold38 silver
TypeMail Feet
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Haste, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for37 gold10 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +5 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for25 gold1 silver

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

Uldum

Part 39 of 101.

Previous: Artificial Intelligence · Next: Core Access Codes

  1. 34Punish the Trespassers
  2. 35The Cypher of Keset
  3. 36The Defense of Nahom
  4. 37The Curse of the Tombs
  5. 38Artificial Intelligence
  6. 39A Disarming Distraction
  7. 40Core Access Codes
  8. 41Hacking the Wibson
  9. 42Gnomebliteration
  10. 43The Push Westward
  11. 44Lieutenants of Darkness
  12. 45Bleeding the Enemy

Showing steps 34 to 45 of 101.

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.

  • Artificial IntelligenceUldum · Level 30-35

    <A feminine voice addresses you over the portable terminal.> Emergency code: 55-729. Upper cerebral cortex functions in expedition members have been compromised. Please report to your nearest terminal location, to the southeast of the Sunstone Terrace, for further analysis.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Core Access CodesUldum · Level 30-35

    The expedition's numbers are extremely large, user <name>. Dealing with them by conventional means would take you an estimated 2,700,136.5 hours. We can make use of a powerful source of energy held within expedition's crawler vehicle. We will need the fusion core's access codes to accomplish this.

The storyline at a glance

Uldum has 101 steps, from Easy Money to The Coffer of Promise.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Uldum (101).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Uldum 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.