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Bait and Switch

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

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158080+152via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The quest text is a little confusing - you pick up the shards from the pink formations scattered around Coldarra. Each crystal looks like it drops 1-2 shards per gather. The prison provided is like Vargath's staff and summons Keristraza back for a turn-in

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KallePHP+81via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As of patch 7.3.5, if this quest pops up on your map and you have trouble picking it up, then fly to Transitus Shield and speak to [npc=26117], which will give you a [item=35671] to summon [npc=26206] and pick up the quest.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11951

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11951))

What to do

StorylineBorean Tundra, step 98 of 182
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

During my captivity I was able to learn much about Malygos. Fate now allows us to use this knowledge against him. There is a great blue dragon, Saragosa, who circles high above the Nexus. She serves both as the aspect's guardian and as his consort. If any serious threats arise, she alerts her master of the danger. I suffered greatly at the hand of Saragosa during my captivity, and now her time to die has come. First, however, we must fashion the perfect bait....

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 19 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Bait and SwitchTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 33.2 34.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 33.2, 34.3/way #114 33.2 34.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 29.4, 26.9/way #114 29.4 26.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 24.3, 27.1/way #114 24.3 27.1

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Transitus Shield, ColdarraAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 680 yards east
  • Warsong Hold, Borean TundraHorde · about 780 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 360 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 580 yards north-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
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Wyrmrest Accord +250

Reward details

Reputation: The Wyrmrest Accord +250

With the Blue Dragonflight's violent upheaval against all mortal users of magic, the remaining dragonflights have banded under the leadership of the Red Dragonflight to combat their wayward kin.

Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Wyrmrest Accord reputation: Basic Training (+250), Drake Hunt (+250), Cracking the Code (+250), Hatching a Plan (+250), Puzzling... (+250), The Cell (+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

Borean Tundra

Part 98 of 182.

Previous: Keristrasza · Next: Saragosa's End

  1. 93Drake Hunt
  2. 94Cracking the Code
  3. 95Puzzling...
  4. 96The Cell
  5. 97Keristrasza
  6. 98Bait and Switch
  7. 99Saragosa's End
  8. 100Mustering the Reds
  9. 101Springing the Trap
  10. 102The Son of Karkut
  11. 103A Suitable Test Subject
  12. 104Not Without a Fight!

Showing steps 93 to 104 of 182.

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.

  • KeristraszaBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    I am... free? I was destined to spend an eternity roaming an empty abyss, and now am saved? You cannot fathom my gratitude, mortal. When I refused to bend to his will Malygos bound me to that prison, then shattered it and scattered the pieces.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Saragosa's EndBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Using the mana crystals you provided, I have created this Power Focus. Saragosa is a glutton. She will be unable to resist its lure. Inside it lie magics that will greatly diminish her power. Let us hope she does not see through my ruse....

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.