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Balance to Spare

Balance to Spare is a quest for level 45 in Suramar. It is step 8 of 17 in the Blood and Wine storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Suramar at 61.4, 55.1. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 6,150 experience and money.

Description

Our tour is just about over. I will let you loose to 'walk the orchard', as is proper at this stage.

While you are there, you will notice a large number of mana wyrms floating about.

I am certain the vineyard would not miss a handful of them.

Good luck with your insect problem, friend.

<Margaux smiles warmly at you.>

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
ReputationThe Nightfallen +50
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After you complete Balance to Spare and Silkwing Sabotage quests you unlock Pest Management world quest.

Balance to Spare is part of Good Suramaritan - Blood and Wine storyline.
Need to have Honored with [faction=1859] to start this questline
You can find more info about storyline in the achievement link

Here is Balance to Spare video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUIEgZAB3tc


And here is storyline related to this quest:


№
Quest
Note
Video
56
Moths to a Flame
[item=140255]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsrHwNf4lU0
57
Make an Entrance
[item=140255]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne_c9eDxQd0
58
The Fruit of Our Efforts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nScTUxb8vk
59
How It's Made: Arcwine
[spell=226857]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atpdz0KEDY4
60
Intense Concentration
[item=141953]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mHBHrhvrM
61
The Old Fashioned Way
[item=140255]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=717ERHAL4SY
62
Balance to Spare
[item=139790]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUIEgZAB3tc
63
Silkwing Sabotage
[item=140255]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPrMpXoyS58
64
Reversal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WES0g0NG5EY
65
Vengeance for Margaux
AP [spell=224674]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLt5yIEDUQ
66
Seek the Unsavory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO6H4wXUSb4
67
Hired Help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcRUrz-qPQ
68
If Words Don't Work...
need 800 [currency=1155]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBRrUQTFtvk
69
A Big Score
2 x [item=140255]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOuQ5hjFA_Q
70
Asset Security
[item=141954]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCOy4qHJkHA
71
Make Your Mark
[item=140410] [spell=226869]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTX_ktIyT5I
72
And They Will Tremble
[item=140255]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDrSDiTv6K0


№ column is quest approximate order in Suramar storyline

Here is [item=139790] pet demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsrlBSdOWY

Read all 8 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
ReputationThe Nightfallen+50

Reward details

Reputation: The Nightfallen +50

These exiled Nightborne elves suffer withdrawals after being cut off from the Nightwell. They oppose their people's alliance with the Legion and fight for some kind of redemption.

Reputation group: Legion.

Other quests in Suramar that reward The Nightfallen reputation: Answering Aggression (+250), Regroup (+250), Crackdown (+250), No Reason to Stay (+250), Trail of Echoes (+250), The Only Way Out is Through (+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.

Collectibles from Balance to Spare

1 collectible whose in-game collection entry names Balance to Spare as a source.

Battle pets (1)

Untethered WyrmlingPet
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSuramarTurn-in marker at 61.4, 55.1, 26 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.

Suramar Quest turn-in 26 mapped points
Suramar map showing where to go for Balance to SpareTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #680 61.4 55.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSuramar 61.4, 55.1/way #680 61.4 55.1
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 62.7, 57.9/way #680 62.7 57.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Suramar 57.9, 53.3/way #680 57.9 53.3
  • Objective areaSuramar 60.7, 56.6/way #680 60.7 56.6

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 Suramar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Crimson Thicket, SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 510 yards north
  • Eastern SuramarAlliance and Horde · about 770 yards south-east
  • Thorim's PeakAlliance and Horde · about 830 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 130 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 200 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 70 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Blood and Wine

Part 8 of 17.

Previous: Silkwing Sabotage · Next: Reversal

  1. 3The Fruit of Our Efforts
  2. 4How It's Made: Arcwine
  3. 5Intense Concentration
  4. 6The Old Fashioned Way
  5. 7Silkwing Sabotage
  6. 8Balance to Spare
  7. 9Reversal
  8. 10Vengeance for Margaux
  9. 11Seek the Unsavory
  10. 12Hired Help
  11. 13If Words Don't Work...
  12. 14A Big Score

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 17.

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.

  • Silkwing SabotageSuramar · Level 45

    Moths. Who ever heard of something so... barbaric! They are eating our crop and the mana wyrms do nothing to deter them. You. You seem capable. Deter these creatures so we can complete our harvest on schedule. Ahem. Please.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • ReversalSuramar · Level 45

    <Sylverin regards you uneasily.> I was meant to meet you and Margaux here so I could escort you from the Vineyard. My mistress Margaux is never late. I fear that something terrible may have happened. Please find her and make sure she is well.

The storyline at a glance

Blood and Wine has 17 steps, from Moths to a Flame to And They Will Tremble.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Suramar (17).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Suramar 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.

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Balance Must Be Preserved
Balance of Elements
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Balance: The Twisted Twin
Balanced Perspective
Balancing the Scales
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