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Backdoor Dealings (Horde)

Backdoor Dealings is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in The Cape of Stranglethorn. It is step 17 of 62 in The Cape of Stranglethorn storyline. It rewards 4 reward items, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Zanzil the Outcast, an exile from the Gurubashi tribe, is my quarry. Recently, I have heard tales from my brothers in the north about his planned reentry into society, starting with the emissary he sent to the Skullsplitters. This is not good news.

I want you to peer into Zanzil's current plans. Take this incense, and place it in front of the bat totem in the Ruins of Jubuwal, to the east. Hir'eek will guide you from there.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Top Comments

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

2
DarkShado+22via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you use Carbonite it is giving you the wrong location for Spy on Zanzil
as of Dec 5 2010. it tells you to go to Ruins of Aboraz which is INCORRECT
that is where it takes you once you click on the Totem of Hir'eek.

The correct location where you want to go is to the Totem
of Hir'eek at 54,31 it is at the Ruins of Jubuwal which is
right across from the Grurubashi Arena.

3
168405+18via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ignore where the Blizzard map marker says you should go (it may or may not be right depending on where you are when you're looking at the map). This is the actual location:

Totem of Hir'eek: 54.24 31.44

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Shoulder
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for71 silver80 copper
TypeCloth Head
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for73 silver54 copper
TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for73 silver81 copper
TypeArmor Neck
Item level19
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+3 Strength, +5 Stamina
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for10 silver73 copper

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Cape of Stranglethorn
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.

The Cape of Stranglethorn Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Cape of Stranglethorn map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Cape of Stranglethorn, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Cape of Stranglethorn:

  • Hardwrench Hideaway, StranglethornHorde · about 40 yards south-east
  • Grom'gol, StranglethornHorde · about 1,000 yards north-east
  • Booty Bay, StranglethornHorde · about 1,200 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 780 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 1,100 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

The Cape of Stranglethorn

Part 17 of 62.

Previous: Chabal · Next: Eliminate the Outcast

  1. 12Akiris by the Bundle
  2. 13It's You!!
  3. 14If They're Just Going to Leave Them Lying Around...
  4. 15There's Somebody Out There Who Wants It
  5. 16Chabal
  6. 17Backdoor Dealings
  7. 18Eliminate the Outcast
  8. 19Through the Troll Hole
  9. 20High Priestess Jeklik
  10. 21Plunging Into Zul'Gurub
  11. 22High Priest Venoxis
  12. 23Scaring Shaky

Showing steps 12 to 23 of 62.

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.

  • ChabalThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    Chabal, that troll over by the botanical gardens/biological weapons lab, is a special guest. He's a representative of the Zandalari trolls, and has traveled quite far to stay with us. <Sassy places some of the items you've collected in a small parcel and hands it to you.> Here, give this to him.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Eliminate the OutcastThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    You are to kill Zanzil. You rode on Hir'eek's wings and saw through Hir'eek's eyes; you know where Zanzil hides within the Ruins of Aboraz. Travel there and kill him. Oh, and <race>: if we become separated, you should use this fetish.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · The Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30.

The storyline at a glance

The Cape of Stranglethorn has 62 steps, from Dask "The Flask" Gobfizzle to Bloodsail's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Cape of Stranglethorn (62).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Backdoor Dealings. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Backdoor Dealings (this page)Horde26550
Backdoor DealingsAlliance26809
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