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A Proper Weapon

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

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Sketchie+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you attempt to take the Rattan Switch next to Yao the Collector (who is sitting), a brief scene will occur.

Yao the Collector yells: Hey... HEY! What are you doing?
Yao the Collector yells: You're stealing my inventory, aren't you?
Yao the Collector yells: Don't make me stand up!
Yao the Collector yells: I'll do it, I swear! I'm about to stand up!
Yao the Collector yells: Here I go!
Yao the Collector says: Oh, who am I kidding? You are a wily one, thief.

Yao says the above rather quickly, but he does not even attempt to stand up at all.

It was pretty amusing. :P

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Garmheim+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

All the items for this quest are in the area immediately below the quest giver, Groundskeeper Wu's, position for the turn in. The rattan can be found twinkling next to trees and bushes. The vendor for the Black Walnut Extract is in a stall near the stairs up to the Groundskeeper's position while the vendor who sells the Triple-Bittered Ale is in a stall diagonally opposite the extract vendor in the outer line of stalls.

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Trecman+3via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The vendors have chat bubbles on top of their heads . They show up on the mini-radar and the [item=72926] looks like bamboo. It is a plant and easy to spot cause it is twinkling. Quest takes 2 minutes to complete. - Have fun!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
Quest ID29627

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29627))

What to do

StorylineThe Jade Forest, Dawn's Blossom & Tian Monastery & Nectarbreeze Village, step 18 of 39
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

First things first, though. A proper trainee needs a proper weapon. And a scrupulous trainee builds his own... or at least gathers the materials. The switches which grow nearby should suffice for any respectable weapon. You'll also need to shop for black walnut extract to treat the wood. While you're there, get some ale, for... <Wu pauses.> ...well, you know what ale is for.

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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.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #371 41.6 23.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 41.6, 23.7/way #371 41.6 23.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Jade Forest 41.0, 24.8/way #371 41.0 24.8
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 41.4, 24.2/way #371 41.4 24.2

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 The Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Tian Monastery, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 140 yards east
  • Emperor's Omen, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 660 yards east
  • Sri-La Village, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 960 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 70 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 30 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards south

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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Storyline

The Jade Forest, Dawn's Blossom & Tian Monastery & Nectarbreeze Village

Part 18 of 39.

Previous: Groundskeeper Wu · Next: A Strong Back

  1. 13The Great Banquet
  2. 14Your Training Starts Now
  3. 15Perfection
  4. 16Attention
  5. 17Groundskeeper Wu
  6. 18A Proper Weapon
  7. 19A Strong Back
  8. 20A Steady Hand
  9. 21And a Heavy Fist
  10. 22Becoming Battle-Ready
  11. 23Zhi-Zhi, the Dextrous
  12. 24Husshun, the Wizened

Showing steps 13 to 24 of 39.

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.

  • Groundskeeper WuThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    We don't have many rules here, but we do have one particular rule that is worth remembering. If you want to eat... <Xiao's stomach grumbles audibly.> ...you have to work. Groundskeeper Wu can give you your chores for the day. He's in the market, to the west.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Strong BackThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    Some of our trainees have... larger-than normal appetites. We have occasionally had difficulty supplying enough food for all of them. In times like these, we have to ask for help. A kindly older woman, who lives in a small house to the northwest, has agreed to make some stew for our trainees.

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, Dawn's Blossom & Tian Monastery & Nectarbreeze Village has 39 steps, from In Search of Wisdom to The Jade Witch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (39).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest 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.