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A Little on the Side

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

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I was searching the NPC to turn in this quest for ages and finally got stuck behind some pillar in the water. Used the HS to port home and run back into the (§"&$)=( cave.

A few steps into the mine the NPC to turn in the quest spawned right next to me...

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneTwilight Highlands
Quest ID27742

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27742))

What to do

StorylineTwilight Highlands, step 229 of 236
RewardsShard-Keeper Helm, Bracers of Gleaming Shards, Giltstone Necklace, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

You know, it's our moral obligation to save all of this Elementium from the shale spiders. Those creepy things eat the stuff! What a waste! So, what do you say? 90/10 my way?

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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.

Twilight Highlands Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Twilight Highlands map showing where to go for A Little on the SideTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #241 35.9 90.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTwilight Highlands 35.9, 90.7/way #241 35.9 90.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Twilight Highlands 36.7, 91.5/way #241 36.7 91.5
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 37.5, 88.8/way #241 37.5 88.8

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 Twilight Highlands map

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

Getting there

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

  • Farstrider Lodge, Loch ModanAlliance · about 330 yards south
  • Crushblow, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 730 yards north-east
  • Victor's Point, Twilight HighlandsAlliance · about 1,200 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 110 yards north-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
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Head
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +9 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for36 gold89 silver
TypePlate Wrist
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+4 Strength or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold4 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Versatility, +5 Haste
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for66 silver18 copper

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +250

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Twilight Highlands that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Torn Ground (+250), Pushing Back (+250), Unbroken (+250), Simple Solutions (+250), Mercy for the Bound (+250), The Maw of Madness (+25).

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

Twilight Highlands

Part 229 of 236.

Previous: Mr. Goldmine's Wild Ride · Next: While We're Here

  1. 224Coup de Grace
  2. 225Water of Life
  3. 226Water of Life
  4. 227Mr. Goldmine's Wild Ride
  5. 228Mr. Goldmine's Wild Ride
  6. 229A Little on the Side
  7. 230While We're Here
  8. 231Rune Ruination
  9. 232A Fiery Reunion
  10. 233The Hammer of Twilight
  11. 234The Hammer of Twilight
  12. 235Skullcrusher the Mountain

Showing steps 224 to 235 of 236.

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.

  • Mr. Goldmine's Wild RideTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    Okay, <name>, we need to get to the earth portal at the back of the cave. I've "procured" a ride for us. Why walk when we can ride in style? I hope you don't mind mine carts. Let me know when you're ready.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • While We're HereTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    You know, while we're here, we might as well take care of the Twilight's Hammer intruders. This place used to be ours, after all! I'd help, but with my totems and weapons broken, I'm pretty helpless.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Twilight Highlands has 236 steps, from Twilight Shores to Skullcrusher the Mountain.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Twilight Highlands (222), Azshara (9), Orgrimmar (4), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Twilight Highlands 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.