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A Small Start

A Small Start is an Alliance-only quest for level 1-30 in Azuremyst Isle. It is step 24 of 32 in the Azuremyst Isle storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Azuremyst Isle at 47.0, 70.2. It rewards 2 reputation rewards and 4,100 experience.

Description

I am Admiral Odesyus of Alliance Naval Command. Our ship was forced to port on your island due to an infestation of sorts. It's embarrassing to even talk about, but goblins somehow managed to stow away in the holds of both of my ships.

Last night, while most of the ship's crew was asleep below deck, they struck!

Stranger still, they took our navigation gear and jumped ship!

They disappeared into the thicket, east of here. Will you go in search of our gear? It will make for a strong gesture.

Rewards

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationExodar +250, Stormwind +75
Top Comments

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sandyra+26via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Chasing the Kalimdor Loremaster Achievement or more specifically Bloodmyst Isle Quests? Then you must do this one quest!

No, it's not on Bloodmyst Isle, and unless you're a draenei or levelled in these areas when you were a tiny tacker, you will need to go to a different zone - Azuremyst Isle. And don't worry about the follow-up quests after this one. Just do the one, it's all you need.

It is a pre-requisite for Urgent Delivery that you will eventually need to get from Messenger Hermesius in Bloodmyst Isles - and without this [stupid filthy little] quest, you cannot unlock the final chain (of five quests in Bloodmyst Isle) to get your Bloodmyst Isle Quests achievement.

Also note that this 'final chain' you will unlock includes a quest you will receive by mail. It is the second step straight after Urgent Delivery. Don't forget to check your mailbox for the next quest!

Now... Quit gouging out your eyes, get your butt down to Odeysus' Landing in Azuremyst Isle, hit up Admiral Odeysus and knock this puppy out!

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11299+17via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

East of Odesyus' Landing is a goblin camp. There are actually two subcamps there.

The one where there's a small campfire you will find the Nautical Map (it looks like some scrolls on top of a cage).

The one nearest to the water has only a big crystal in its center and there you will find the compass on a chest.

Read all 18 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
ReputationExodar+250
ReputationStormwind+75

Reward details

Reputation: Exodar +250

The naaru vessel that brought the draenei to Azeroth. Though stranded in the Azuremyst Isles, it acts as a home city for this noble race.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Azuremyst Isle that reward Exodar reputation: Travel to Azure Watch (+350), Word from Azure Watch (+25), Red Snapper - Very Tasty! (+250), Find Acteon! (+10), The Great Moongraze Hunt (+150), Strange Findings (+150).

Reputation: Stormwind +75

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Azuremyst Isle that reward Stormwind reputation: Cookie's Jumbo Gumbo (+150), I've Got a Plant (+250), Tree's Company (+500).

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 mapAzuremyst IsleTurn-in marker at 47.0, 70.2, 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.

Azuremyst Isle Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Azuremyst Isle map showing where to go for A Small StartTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #97 47.0 70.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzuremyst Isle 47.0, 70.2/way #97 47.0 70.2
  • Objective areaAzuremyst Isle 59.6, 67.6/way #97 59.6 67.6
  • Objective areaAzuremyst Isle 58.6, 66.4/way #97 58.6 66.4

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 Azuremyst Isle map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azuremyst Isle:

  • Azure Watch, Azuremyst IsleAlliance · about 580 yards north
  • The ExodarAlliance · about 1,100 yards north-west
  • Blood Watch, Bloodmyst IsleAlliance · about 2,800 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 520 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 480 yards 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Azuremyst Isle

Part 24 of 32.

Previous: The Prophecy of Velen · Next: Cookie's Jumbo Gumbo

  1. 19Blood Crystals
  2. 20Warn Your People
  3. 21Medicinal Purpose
  4. 22An Alternative Alternative
  5. 23The Prophecy of Velen
  6. 24A Small Start
  7. 25Cookie's Jumbo Gumbo
  8. 26Reclaiming the Ruins
  9. 27Precious and Fragile Things Need Special Handling
  10. 28I've Got a Plant
  11. 29Tree's Company
  12. 30All That Remains

Showing steps 19 to 30 of 32.

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.

  • The Prophecy of VelenAzuremyst Isle · Level 1-30

    The Prophet spoke of this day: That on this island, in this new world, our allies would find us. "We will be tested.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Cookie's Jumbo GumboAzuremyst Isle · Level 1-30

    The Admiral be right, ye are a resourceful one. Mayhap ye could help Cookie out? If I serve the crew chicken for dinner again, I'll be sent to the brig fer sure. I noticed that thar be crawlers all along the coastline - lots o' crawlers! Bring me crawler meats and I'll be forever indebted to ya.

The storyline at a glance

Azuremyst Isle has 32 steps, from Word from Azure Watch to Deliver Them From Evil....

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azuremyst Isle (32).

Other storylines on the Azuremyst Isle 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.

Related
A Slip of the Hand
A Sliver of Silver
A Small Favor
A Small Retreat
A Small Task
A Small Team
A Smashing Plan
A Snake with Three Heads
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