TheWoWDBLike 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).
Quest
A Risky Ploy
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormsong Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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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.11A House in Peril[npc=130714]Mariner's Strandhttps://youtu.be/FyKtuU8OIWU
Id column is approximate quest № In Stormsong Valley storyline (Stormsong and Dance <= for more info)
Abandon the quest and re-start if there is not a crowd for you to subdue a Brennadam Citizen.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-60
ZoneStormsong Valley
Quest ID49725
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(49725))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineA House in Peril, step 7 of 43
Rewards12g 87s, 4,100 XP
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?
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 areaIn-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
- The Master Shipwright about 60 yards
- Fish Tales and Distant Sails about 70 yards
- A Question of Quillpower about 80 yards
- You Have Their Orders about 120 yards
- Dousing the Flames about 120 yards
- Heavy Artillery about 120 yards
- Bombs, Away about 120 yards
- The Shrine of Storms about 390 yards
- Cracking the Surface about 390 yards
- Gadgets and Gizmos Aplenty about 440 yards
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 Valley
- The Amber Waves, Stormsong Valley
- Mildenhall Meadery, Stormsong Valley
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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Other quests on the Stormsong Valley map
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.
Storyline
A House in Peril
Part 7 of 43.
Previous: Carry On · Next: House Stormsong
- 2Searching for Answers
- 3Archived Knowledge
- 4Time to Leave
- 5Border Issues
- 6Carry On
- 7A Risky Ploy
- 8House Stormsong
- 9Haywire Harvesters
- 10Unnecessary Duress
- 11Proclamation Investigation
- 12Lost, Not Forgotten
- 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 On
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 Stormsong
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
- Deadwash Line
- Defense of Fort Daelin
- Not the Bees!
- Milstone Hamlet
- Storming In
- Gaining a Foothold
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.