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A Risky Ploy

A Risky Ploy is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-60 in Stormsong Valley. It is step 7 of 43 in the A House in Peril storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stormsong Valley at 59.2, 68.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Things are worse than we thought. These people are about to tear Brennadam apart!

We'll never get a chance to talk to Brother Pike in this mess.

I have an idea, but if it doesn't work, well... I hope you have your running boots on.

Trust me?

Rewards

Money12 gold87 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationStorm's Wake +75
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
lenny666+13via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Like was already mentioned, sometimes the crowd just disperses without the add spawining. His suggestion was to wait for Whistle to off CD and then use it again (even if the crowd is not there). If it works for you, then good... it didn't work for me (neither did restarting the quest). So here's a third option... if somebody else comes to do the quest and whistles the mob becomes visible to you as well (and you can attack and complete the quest).

2
varenne+9via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Use [item=155859] on the crowd in front of [npc=130576] then subdue the hostile one.

A Risky Ploy quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-PNrBkTD8
This quest is a part of A House in Peril questchain of the Stormsong and Dance achievement.

ID
Quest
Stormsong and Dance
Questgiver
Zone
Video
8<
A Risky Ploy
A House in Peril
[npc=129999]
Brennadam
https://youtu.be/0v-PNrBkTD8
9
House Stormsong
A House in Peril
[npc=130576]
Brennadam
https://youtu.be/sr41FVAmoUw
10
Unnecessary Duress
A House in Peril
[npc=130714]
Mariner's Strand
https://youtu.be/x9rQy4VKaPw
11
Proclamation Investigation
A House in Peril
[npc=130714]
Mariner's Strand
https://youtu.be/FyKtuU8OIWU
12
Haywire Harvesters
A House in Peril
[npc=130715]
Mariner's Strand
https://youtu.be/fgP18cDKY5w
13
The Rising Tide
A House in Peril
[npc=130715]
Mariner's Strand
https://youtu.be/UA1ek82QK9w
14
Lost, Not Forgotten
A House in Peril
[npc=130714]
Mariner's Strand
https://youtu.be/u4DMbY9L4iA
15
Means to an End
A House in Peril
[npc=130934]
Addington Yards
https://youtu.be/N49o37yz9Ko
16
Forced Labor
A House in Peril
[npc=130904]
Addington Yards
https://youtu.be/lEjLmpTzozo
17
Bound and Oppressed
A House in Peril
[npc=130904]
Addington Yards
https://youtu.be/x9zDl-qRuTs
18
Rest in the Depths
A House in Peril
[npc=130714]
Mariner's Wake
https://youtu.be/KV0r1PTLDVg
19
Rearmament
A House in Peril
[npc=131249]
Mariner's Wake
https://youtu.be/-frzil61YrU
20
Fabricated Fabrications
A House in Peril
[npc=131248]
Mariner's Wake
https://youtu.be/2m0xUqIusjs
21
The Missing Link
A House in Peril
[npc=132282]
The Brineworks
https://youtu.be/N7Ur816D3aA
22
Storm's Judgment
A House in Peril
[npc=130714]
Mariner's Wake
https://youtu.be/ZcwhDRnKivk


Id column is approximate quest № In Stormsong Valley storyline (Stormsong and Dance <= for more info)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold12g 87s
ReputationStorm's Wake+75

Reward details

Reputation: Storm's Wake +75

Home to farmers, craftsmen, soldiers, and the mysterious tidesages, the Storm's Wake seeks to reclaim Stormsong Valley and affirm their place in Kul Tiras.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Stormsong Valley that reward Storm's Wake reputation: The Missing Fleet (+25), House Stormsong (+75), Haywire Harvesters (+150), Unnecessary Duress (+150), Proclamation Investigation (+150), WANTED: Thundersnout (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapStormsong ValleyTurn-in marker at 59.2, 68.7, 3 mapped points
World Map

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.

Stormsong Valley Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Stormsong Valley map showing where to go for A Risky PloyTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #942 59.2 68.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStormsong Valley 59.2, 68.7/way #942 59.2 68.7
  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 59.2, 69.2/way #942 59.2 69.2

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 Stormsong Valley map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormsong Valley:

  • Brennadam, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 70 yards south
  • The Amber Waves, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 480 yards west
  • Mildenhall Meadery, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 550 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 30 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

A House in Peril

Part 7 of 43.

Previous: Carry On · Next: House Stormsong

  1. 2Searching for Answers
  2. 3Archived Knowledge
  3. 4Time to Leave
  4. 5Border Issues
  5. 6Carry On
  6. 7A Risky Ploy
  7. 8House Stormsong
  8. 9Haywire Harvesters
  9. 10Unnecessary Duress
  10. 11Proclamation Investigation
  11. 12Lost, Not Forgotten
  12. 13Means to an End

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 43.

Also part of: Secrets of Stormsong Valley (part 8 of 43).

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.

  • Carry OnStormsong Valley · Level 30-60

    Let's get to Brennadam right away. We need to find Brother Pike and get to the bottom of all of this before things get any worse. This road should take us right into town. Brennadam's the busiest market this side of Boralus, so there should be plenty of people there who can help us find Pike.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • House StormsongStormsong Valley · Level 30-60

    I have little information to offer, I'm afraid. I've scarcely left Brennadam as of late. What they said is true. Our militia now enter town only to collect rations rather than guard traders or keep the quilboar at bay.

The storyline at a glance

A House in Peril has 43 steps, from The Missing Fleet to A New Dawn.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormsong Valley (38), Tiragarde Sound (4), Shrine of the Storm (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stormsong Valley 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.

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