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Last Wave of Survivors
Threat from the Waterand it will unlock this quest.
Quest
Buzzbox 413
A World of Warcraft quest in Darkshore. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If only the followup quest was Buzzbox 612.
The quest mobs are in the water, next to and below the worgen NPC "Johnathan Staats." And are also located nearby roaming in numbers on the adjacent beach area to the east.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneDarkshore
Quest ID13521
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13521))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineDarkshore, step 3 of 55
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Greetings! I'm helping Tharnariun here try to unravel what's been corrupting the wildlife in the area. I've set up some machines in the field that can analyze animal parts and possible corruption agents. If you can get me some good samples, we can get to the bottom of this affliction quickly. The first machine is Buzzbox 413. I set it up on the beach just east of town. I'll need you to gather some flesh from the nearby corrupted tide crawlers and bring it to the machine so that I can analyze it.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #62 53.2 19.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inDarkshore 53.2, 19.6
/way #62 53.2 19.6 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Darkshore 50.8, 17.7
/way #62 50.8 17.7 - Objective areaDarkshore 51.1, 19.7
/way #62 51.1 19.7
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 Darkshore map
- Rescue Effort about 180 yards
- Action This Day about 180 yards
- Defending Lor'danel about 180 yards
- A Threat from the North about 180 yards
- Honor the Flame about 320 yards
- A New Hope about 710 yards
- Nature and Nurture about 1,350 yards
- Stonehide Leather Sample about 1,640 yards
- Scrap of Pants about 1,640 yards
- Immaculate Stonehide Leather about 1,640 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Darkshore, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Darkshore:
- Lor'danel, Darkshore
- Whisperwind Grove, Felwood
- Rut'theran Village, Teldrassil
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Reward details
Reputation: Darnassus +250
This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Darkshore that reward Darnassus reputation: One Shot. One Kill. (+250), Shatterspear Laborers (+250), Remnants of the Highborne (+250), Reason to Worry (+250), Denying Manpower (+250), Swift Response (+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
Darkshore
Part 3 of 55.
Previous: Threat from the Water · Next: No Accounting for Taste
- 1The Last Wave of Survivors
- 2Threat from the Water
- 3Buzzbox 413
- 4No Accounting for Taste
- 5Buzzbox 723
- 6The Corruption's Source
- 7A Cure In The Dark
- 8A Lost Companion
- 9Unsavory Remedies
- 10Ritual Materials
- 11Twice Removed
- 12The Ritual Bond
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 55.
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.
- Threat from the Water
Some of the survivors of this last Auberdine attack are still trying to make it up the coast to safety. We only caught word that they were coming within the last hour. I wish that we had more warning... The coastline west of us is swarming with vile spray, vicious little water elementals.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- No Accounting for Taste
<The machine buzzes for a few moments before Wizbang's voice breaks through.> Interesting! The source of this corruption definitely came from something external--no surprises there--but it appears that in this case they've been eating something foul. A large mammal probably. Most likely a bear.
The storyline at a glance
Darkshore has 55 steps, from The Last Wave of Survivors to The Battle for Darkshore.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Darkshore (55).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Darkshore map
- The Warchief's Command
- Legion Skinning
- Legion Mining
- Felwood
- In Darkest Night
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.