TheWoWDBAn overview of all the quests needed to get to the blue rewards and all other gear you can earn on your way there:
(This is mostly Horde version of the quests, but Alliance version is pretty similar.)0. Warchief's Command: Thousand Needles!
1. To the Summit
2. The Grimtotem are Coming
3. Two If By Boat: [item=63562] [item=63563] [item=63564] [item=63565]
4. Do Me a Favor?
5. Down in the Deeps: [item=63546] [item=63547] [item=63548] [item=63549]
... gives [spell=75627]
6. ... Bar Fight!
7. ... In the Outhouse
8. Pirate Accuracy Increasing
9. Circle the Wagons... er, Boats: [item=63554] [item=63555] [item=63556] [item=63557]
... gives [item=55121]
10. Quiet the Cannons
(side quest: A Little Payback: [item=63578] [item=63579] [item=63580] [item=63581])11. Where's Synge? (pick it up to do together with Quiet the Cannons)
12. Sunken Treasure
13. Two-Tusk Takedown: [item=63628] [item=63629] [item=63630] [item=63631]14. Haunted
15. With a Little Help...: [item=63617] [item=63618] [item=63619] [item=63620]
16. Carcass Collection
17. The Mad Magus: [item=63587] [item=63588] [item=63589] [item=63590] [item=63591]18. Negotiations
19. Get Koalbeard!
20. Fool's Gold
(side quest: The Ancient Brazier: [item=63608] [item=63609] [item=63610])
21. Fake Gold for Black Gold
22. Back to Riznek: [item=63570] [item=63571] [item=63572] [item=63573]23a. Eminent Domain
23b. Defend the Drill
24. Go Blow that Horn
25. Deliver the Goods: [item=63614] [item=63615] [item=63616]
26. Free Freewind Post
27. Grimtotem in the Post
(side quest: Horn of the Traitor: [item=63633])28. The Brave and the Bold
29. Together Again30. Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe
31. Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof: [item=63604] [item=63605] [item=63606] [item=63607]
32. Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
33a. The Writ of History
33b. The Drums of War
33c. Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs: [item=63637] [item=63638] [item=63639]
34. The Captive Bride
35. Invoking the Serpent: [item=63644] [item=63645] [item=63646] [item=63647]
36. Trouble at Highperch
(No Weapons For You!, What's that Rattle?, The Rattle of Bones & Darkcloud Grimtotem: [item=63596] [item=63597] [item=63598] [item=63599] are side quests during this chain)37a. Free the Pridelings
37b. Death to all Trappers!: [item=63648] [item=63649] [item=63650] [item=63651]
38. Release Heartrazor
39. The Twilight Skymaster: [item=63652] [item=63653] [item=63654] [item=63655]
40. On to the Bulwark41a. Something to Wear: [item=63656] [item=63657] [item=63658]
41b. Break Them Out
42a. Behind You!: [item=63659] [item=63660] [item=63661] [item=63662]
42b. Codemaster's Code
43. The Elder Crone
44. To the Withering45a. Four Twilight Elements
45b. Unbound
46. The Doomstone: [item=63663] [item=63664] [item=63665] [item=63666]47. Spread the Word: [item=63673] [item=63674] [item=63675] [item=63676] [item=63677] [item=63678]
(If I missed something, let me know)
(on a side note: I got Thousand Needles Quests while just going for the end quest by doing all it's pre-requisit quests and some side quests that were in the same area. (Also did a chain started with Special Delivery for Brivelthwerp but afaik this is not needed.))
Note: 07/11/2011, changed the 1st sentence, it was originally "An overview of all the quests needed to get there:" to avoid some confusion as to what this post is all about.
Quest
A Little Payback
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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You can group this quest with "Quiet the cannons" and "Where's Synge?". As with those quests, you get the boat by clicking on the River Boat item in your inventory (looks like a pirate hat) that you got from the last boat quest. This puts you in a summoned boat when you are next to or in the water surface. It disappears when you hit anything.
For this quest you can kill the pirates on the boats or up on the cliffs. They throw bottles at you which gets you drunk! :)
There's no need to go out of your way to do this quest. If you do the others in the area (Synge, Two-Tusk etc) you will have 15 pirates in no time.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25589))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Paper Roll Bracers, 
Rugfizzle's Boots, 
Outhouse Boots, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
It's time for a little payback, I think. Can you blame me? After they locked me down in that outhouse and left me to drown?! I'll make it worth your while if you head up to the Southsea Holdfast on the eastern bluffs and exact my revenge.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 78.2 73.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 78.2, 73.7
/way #64 78.2 73.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thousand Needles 91.3, 79.5
/way #64 91.3 79.5 - Objective areaThousand Needles 78.2, 73.6
/way #64 78.2 73.6
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 Thousand Needles map
- The Power of Thousands about 1,800 yards
- The Crone's Wrath about 2,180 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 2,180 yards
- Breaking Chains about 2,180 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 2,360 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
- Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand Needles
- Gadgetzan, Tanaris
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Other quests on the Thousand Needles map
Reward details
Pick one of these
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Two If By Boat (+25), Do Me a Favor? (+25), Down in the Deeps (+250), Bar Fight! (+250), In the Outhouse (+250), Pirate Accuracy Increasing (+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.
Storyline
Thousand Needles
Part 22 of 107.
Previous: A Little Payback · Next: Where's Wizzle?
- 17Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
- 18Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
- 19Quiet the Cannons
- 20Quiet the Cannons
- 21A Little Payback
- 22A Little Payback
- 23Where's Wizzle?
- 24Where's Synge?
- 25Sunken Treasure
- 26Sunken Treasure
- 27Two-Tusk Takedown
- 28Two-Tusk Takedown
Showing steps 17 to 28 of 107.
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.
- Quiet the Cannons
Now it's time to do something about those darn cannons up on the bluffs to the east! If you'd be so kind, hop into your boat and cruise on over to the Southsea Holdfast. Up top you'll see a bunch of cannons firing down on us. Those pirates don't know squat about engineering.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Where's Wizzle?
Hey, <name>, you haven't seen my other brother, Wizzle, have you? I just know that the pirates captured him! He said that he was going to try to sell them some engineering stuff, or something. Would you please look for him up at the Southsea Holdfast to the east?
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.