This quest was bugged out for me, the "defended" counter would reset every few seconds.
What I ended up doing to fix this was to remove my gear to get rid of my 8/8 Venthyr Warrior set bonus. I noticed this happening on my other characters as well, so if this happens to you give that a shot.
Quest
A Few Bumps Along the Way
A World of Warcraft quest in Maldraxxus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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A Few Bumps Along the Way is a part of Sword of Oonar Treasures of Maldraxxus and Harvester of Sorrow
You can obtain the [spell=306272] buff during the quest required for the achievement.
Discovered by LazeyBind you [item=6948] to [npc=161702] Theater of Pain windrider in Maldraxxus
Prepare all the buffs
- Buy [item=182163] from [npc=171808] vendor
- Location: Revendreth, north of the Wanecrypt Hill windrider
- Price: 30xRaw Seraphic Wing or 10xWidowbloom random crafting material, changes each week
- Buy [item=180771] from [npc=166640] vendor
- Location: Maldraxxus, east of the Theater of Pain
- Price: 1g
- Get 2x [spell=306272] (duration 10 mins)
- Location: Maldraxxus ,west of the Theater of Pain
- Need to wait for A Few Bumps Along the Way World Quest
- Get 4x [spell=327367], eat mushrooms on the ground near the [npc=162711] rare. (duration 2 mins and they will slow you down)
Reward is [item=180273] and also [item=181164] if you dont have it by now
Here is how it looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPgAh6LeYg
/way 50.94 53.19 Slumbar Valorum (Bind HS)
/way 51.10 78.85 Revendreth Ta'tru ([item=182163] vendor)
/way 53.66 47.86 Au'larrynar ([item=180771] vendor)
/way 38.84 49.21 A Few Bumps Along the Way WQ (get 2 stacks of [spell=306272])
/way 76.73 56.12 Eat [spell=327367] mushrooms on the ground (need 4 stacks)
/way 51.29 48.58 Oonar's Arm
Buy "Scroll of Teleport: Theater of Pain" from the vendor named One-Eyed Joby (towards the northeast side outside of Theater of Pain). It will teleport you very close to, and within view of, the sword. No goblin glider or changing your hearthstone needed.
Quest facts
The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(57205))
Requirements
Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.
Objectives
- Artillery defended x 2
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1536 39.3 50.5
Coordinates
- Objective areaMaldraxxus 39.3, 50.5
/way #1536 39.3 50.5
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 Maldraxxus map
- Take the High Ground about 160 yards
- Offensive Behavior about 160 yards
- Lead By Example about 190 yards
- Baron of the Chosen about 210 yards
- First Time? You Have to Fight! about 210 yards
- Ember Court: Mushroom Surprise! about 390 yards
- A Soul Saved about 440 yards
- The First Act of War about 450 yards
- The Hills Have Eyes about 450 yards
- Maintaining Order about 450 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Maldraxxus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Maldraxxus:
- The Spearhead, Maldraxxus
- Theater of Pain, Maldraxxus
- Spider's Watch, Maldraxxus
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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Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Maldraxxus map
- A Golden Dawn
- The House of Rituals
- Theater of Pain
- Righteous Retribution
- House of Constructs
- The House of Eyes
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.
- The World Beyond: its criteria name 210 quests, this one included.