Quest Log

Captain Dreadbeard (Horde)

Captain Dreadbeard is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Tanaris. It is step 19 of 48 in the Tanaris storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tanaris at 71.8, 45.5. It rewards 4 reward items, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Alright, babe, I've got something bigger for you to take on here.

We spotted the captain of the Southsea over on one of his boats to the south; that's to the south, and NOT the one we've been suicidally bum-rushing for the better part of several hours. He's sitting up there, smug and stoic, watching us war down here.

I'll spare you the "hostile takeover" jokes. Get on his ship and beat the tar out of him, and we're done here!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21

Experience5,150 XP

Top Comments

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117905Nov 26, 2010+23via Wowhead

"and NOT the one we've been suicidally bum-rushing for the better part of several hours"
I put in my vote for best quest text ever.

reamareeMay 13, 2012+5via Wowhead

Boarded the ship and the Cpt and Giant spawned, then my dungeon Q came up! Entered the dungeon and when I came out, the Cpt was sitting on the Giant's shoulders under the boat and I couldn't get them to aggro again. Dropped/Picked up the quest a couple times and Logged In/Out, they stayed in the same position. Finally jumped down into the water and got right up inside the Giant and it aggroed, killed it then the Cpt aggroed on me and I killed him. Wouldn't aggro on me until I got right up in the Giant, attempted to DoT both mobs from a distance but it wouldn't take.
[85 SPriest working on Loremaster]

HmmsterNov 28, 2010+3via Wowhead

If you're having troubles, you can bug it by standing on the plank you get to the ship on.
If you stand there, the captain won't move, and you can ranged kill him without getting damaged.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	5,150
Money	Gold	21g

Reward details

Pick one of these

Impatient Boots

TypePlate Feet

Item level24

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor14

Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +7 Haste

Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost

Sells to vendors for20 gold72 silver

Dreadbeard Strangler Gloves

TypeLeather Hands

Item level24

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor6

Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike

Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker

Sells to vendors for13 gold82 silver

Flirtation Robes

TypeCloth Chest

Item level24

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor6

Stats+7 Intellect, +10 Stamina

Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology

Sells to vendors for27 gold39 silver

Investigator's Belt

TypeMail Waist

Item level24

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor8

Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +10 Haste

Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement

Sells to vendors for13 gold87 silver

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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Tanaris	Turn-in marker at 71.8, 45.5, 3 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.

Coordinates

Turn-inTanaris 71.8, 45.5/way #71 71.8 45.5
Objective areaTanaris 71.0, 55.7/way #71 71.0 55.7
Objective areaTanaris 71.9, 45.4/way #71 71.9 45.4

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 Tanaris map

The Great Detective about 680 yards
Warn the Detective about 680 yards
Toy Trouble about 680 yards
The Final Toy about 680 yards
Secret in the Sands about 680 yards
Festive Reflections about 680 yards
Short Circuit about 1,120 yards
Tearing at the Seams about 1,200 yards
Desecrate this Fire! about 1,570 yards
Orders of Magnitude about 1,630 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tanaris:

Bootlegger Outpost, TanarisAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-west
Gadgetzan, TanarisHorde · about 1,700 yards north-west
Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand NeedlesAlliance and Horde · about 2,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 500 yards south

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

Tanaris

Part 19 of 48.

Previous: Filling Our Pockets · Next: Bootlegger Outpost

Showing steps 14 to 25 of 48.

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.

Filling Our PocketsTanaris · Level 15-30
We've looted everything that isn't bolted down around here, but I'm not done yet. If we're bothering to do the Steamwheedle Cartel's dirty work for them, we're going to make as much cash as we can while we're here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Bootlegger OutpostTanaris · Level 15-30
We've done a bang up job here. I'm gonna make sure these mooks finish properly and then head back to Gadgetzan for a bit. If you want to keep making a good impression on our Steamwheedle friends, or just make more money, you should head southwest of here.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Tanaris · Level 15-30.

Captain DreadbeardAlliance only · Tanaris · Level 15-30

Also counted by Tanaris Quests

Its criteria name 9 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).

Other storylines on the Tanaris map

Suspicious Munitions7 steps, starts with Orders of Magnitude
Warbanding Together5 steps, starts with Warbands: Warbanding Together
Bronze Reconciliation7 steps, starts with No Limits
Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs6 steps, starts with Cataclysm: Onward to Adventure in Kalimdor
Legion Engineering31 steps, starts with Aww Scrap!

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Tanaris QuestsComplete the Tanaris storylines listed below.10

Tanaris Quests: its criteria name 9 quests, this one included.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Captain Dreadbeard. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

Quest	Faction	Rewards	ID
Captain Dreadbeard (this page)	Horde	5,150 XP, Impatient Boots, Dreadbeard Strangler Gloves, Flirtation Robes, Investigator's Belt	24950
Captain Dreadbeard	Alliance	5,150 XP, Investigator's Belt, Pretty Please Robes, Dreadbeard Strangler Gloves, Impatient Boots	25166

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Captain Dreadbeard (Horde)

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