TheWoWDB(On a side note: I got Thousand Needles Quests while just going for the end quest by doing all it's pre-requisit quests and some side quests that were in the same area. (Also did a chain started with Special Delivery for Brivelthwerp but afaik this is not needed.))
An overview of all the quests needed to get to the blue rewards and all other gear you can earn on your way there:
(This is mostly Horde version of the quests, but Alliance version is pretty similar.)0. Warchief's Command: Thousand Needles!
1. To the Summit
2. The Grimtotem are Coming
3. Two If By Boat: [item=63562] [item=63563] [item=63564] [item=63565]
4. Do Me a Favor?
5. Down in the Deeps: [item=63546] [item=63547] [item=63548] [item=63549]
... gives [spell=75627]
6. ... Bar Fight!
7. ... In the Outhouse
8. Pirate Accuracy Increasing
9. Circle the Wagons... er, Boats: [item=63554] [item=63555] [item=63556] [item=63557]
... gives [item=55121]
10. Quiet the Cannons
(side quest: A Little Payback: [item=63578] [item=63579] [item=63580] [item=63581])11. Where's Synge? (pick it up to do together with Quiet the Cannons)
12. Sunken Treasure
13. Two-Tusk Takedown: [item=63628] [item=63629] [item=63630] [item=63631]14. Haunted
15. With a Little Help...: [item=63617] [item=63618] [item=63619] [item=63620]
16. Carcass Collection
17. The Mad Magus: [item=63587] [item=63588] [item=63589] [item=63590] [item=63591]18. Negotiations
19. Get Koalbeard!
20. Fool's Gold
(side quest: The Ancient Brazier: [item=63608] [item=63609] [item=63610])
21. Fake Gold for Black Gold
22. Back to Riznek: [item=63570] [item=63571] [item=63572] [item=63573]23a. Eminent Domain
23b. Defend the Drill
24. Go Blow that Horn
25. Deliver the Goods: [item=63614] [item=63615] [item=63616]
26. Free Freewind Post
27. Grimtotem in the Post
(side quest: Horn of the Traitor: [item=63633])28. The Brave and the Bold
29. Together Again30. Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe
31. Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof: [item=63604] [item=63605] [item=63606] [item=63607]
32. Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
33a. The Writ of History
33b. The Drums of War
33c. Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs: [item=63637] [item=63638] [item=63639]
34. The Captive Bride
35. Invoking the Serpent: [item=63644] [item=63645] [item=63646] [item=63647]
36. Trouble at Highperch
(No Weapons For You!, What's that Rattle?, The Rattle of Bones & Darkcloud Grimtotem: [item=63596] [item=63597] [item=63598] [item=63599] are side quests during this chain)37a. Free the Pridelings
37b. Death to all Trappers!: [item=63648] [item=63649] [item=63650] [item=63651]
38. Release Heartrazor
39. The Twilight Skymaster: [item=63652] [item=63653] [item=63654] [item=63655]
40. On to the Bulwark41a. Something to Wear: [item=63656] [item=63657] [item=63658]
41b. Break Them Out
42a. Behind You!: [item=63659] [item=63660] [item=63661] [item=63662]
42b. Codemaster's Code
43. The Elder Crone
44. To the Withering45a. Four Twilight Elements
45b. Unbound
46. The Doomstone: [item=63663] [item=63664] [item=63665] [item=63666]47. Spread the Word: [item=63673] [item=63674] [item=63675] [item=63676] [item=63677] [item=63678]
(If I missed something, let me know)
Note: 07/11/2011, changed the 3rd sentence, it was originally "An overview of all the quests needed to get there:" to avoid some confusion as to what this post is all about.
Quest
Back to Riznek
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Leads to Eminent Domain and Defend the Drill.
As soon as you leave the clifftop, the Galak change from neutral to hostile.
You will be attacked by the guard at the top of the ramp as you go down.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25791))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Uncompromising Helm, 
Swindler's Vest, 
Suspicious Slippers, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
I am NOT stupid! Go back to your master and tell him that there will be NO deal! That is, if you can survive to make it back to him.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 88.6 54.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 88.6, 54.9
/way #64 88.6 54.9 - Objective areaThousand Needles 86.7, 51.6
/way #64 86.7 51.6
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 Thousand Needles map
- The Power of Thousands about 2,060 yards
- The Crone's Wrath about 2,360 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 2,360 yards
- Breaking Chains about 2,360 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 2,580 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
- Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand Needles
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Gadgetzan, Tanaris
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Other quests on the Thousand Needles map
Reward details
Pick one of these
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Two If By Boat (+25), Do Me a Favor? (+25), Down in the Deeps (+250), Bar Fight! (+250), In the Outhouse (+250), Pirate Accuracy Increasing (+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
Thousand Needles
Part 43 of 107.
Previous: Back to Crazzle · Next: Eminent Domain
- 38Fool's Gold
- 39Fool's Gold
- 42Back to Crazzle
- 43Back to Riznek
- 44Eminent Domain
- 45Eminent Domain
- 46Defend the Drill
- 47Defend the Drill
- 48Go Blow that Horn
- 49Go Blow that Horn
Showing steps 38 to 49 of 107.
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.
- Back to Crazzle
I am NOT stupid! Go back to your master and tell him that there will be NO deal! That is, if you can survive to make it back to him.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Eminent Domain
It is our destiny to take this oil. Unfortunate that the centaur retreated to here when the sea rushed in. Unfortunate for them, that is. They've spit in our faces, <name>. We made them a generous offer and they made the mistake of not accepting. Now we...
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.