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A Thorny Problem

A World of Warcraft quest in Stormsong Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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zenithstorm+24via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The NPC introduced this world quest as, "I am hearing reports of some sort of horrible plant monstrosity near the kraul. Our mechanical farmhands should make quick work of it." This made me think that we could use the mechanical harvester to kill the mobs, like we did when we did the quest while leveling. However, I couldn't use the mechanical harvester, so I ended up killing everything myself. Did anyone else find a way to use a harvester?

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

There's a harvesting machine @ 51.57 65.96, that you use for the non-WQ quest, so I was assuming that was to be used for the WQ version as well. However, there's no interactions with it, so assuming again that you have to do yer killin' ye ole fashion way.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
SideHorde
SharableNo
Added inBattle for Azeroth
Quest ID52236

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52236))

Requirements

Quest typeWorld Quest

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

  • Defeat 126 targets in Stormsong Valley
  • Clear the fields

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 Objective area 1 mapped point
Stormsong Valley map showing where to go for A Thorny ProblemObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #942 48.6 64.7

Coordinates

  • Objective areaStormsong Valley 48.6, 64.7/way #942 48.6 64.7

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

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Stormsong Valley:

  • The Amber Waves, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 240 yards south-east
  • Deadwash, Stormsong ValleyAlliance · about 430 yards north-west
  • Stonetusk Watch, Stormsong ValleyHorde · about 560 yards west

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

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Where this quest fits

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.