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Quest

Circle the Wagons... er, Boats

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

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1
46662+47via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you are like me and foolishly departed your boat after putting out 15 fires during the previous quest, you'll likely be wondering right now just where the heck the cannons are.

The cannons are on the same boat you just left. If you are back on the barge, go find Mazzer Stripscrew again (the guy who put you on the boat during the previous quest). He'll put you back on board your boat, ready to sink those lousy pirates.

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DeliaDelilah+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The most natural thing to do when u FINALLY get the fires out is to disembark....NOPE Do Not do it!
Part of quests like these instructions should read.
"Go to wowhead after getting the quest so u can figure out what we are up to here at Bliz.!"

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID25542

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25542))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThousand Needles, step 15 of 107
RewardsRiver Boat, Pirate Sinker's Bracers, Dignified Pauldrons, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

The fires are dealt with, but there are still Southsea pirates getting ready to board the Speedbarge. Time to switch to the other side cannon and sink them before it's too late!

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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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for Circle the Wagons... er, BoatsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #64 76.5 73.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThousand Needles 76.5, 73.6/way #64 76.5 73.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thousand Needles 77.4, 73.7/way #64 77.4 73.7
  • Objective areaThousand Needles 76.4, 73.7/way #64 76.4 73.7

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 Thousand Needles map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:

  • Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand NeedlesAlliance and Horde · about 120 yards north-east
  • Gadgetzan, TanarisAlliance · about 1,100 yards south
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 40 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationGnomeregan +250

3D Model

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

Reward details

Items you receive

TypeQuest
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
UseRiver Boat

Pick one of these

TypePlate Wrist
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+4 Strength or Intellect, +5 Stamina, +5 Versatility
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for2 gold93 silver
TypePlate Shoulder
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for4 gold39 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for2 gold96 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for3 gold15 silver
TypeCloth Legs
Item level22
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+7 Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for6 gold25 silver

Reputation: Gnomeregan +250

The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Two If By Boat (+25), Do Me a Favor? (+25), Down in the Deeps (+250), Bar Fight! (+250), In the Outhouse (+250), Pirate Accuracy Increasing (+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

Thousand Needles

Part 15 of 107.

Previous: Pirate Accuracy Increasing · Next: Circle the Wagons... er, Boats

  1. 10Bar Fight!
  2. 11In the Outhouse
  3. 12In the Outhouse
  4. 13Pirate Accuracy Increasing
  5. 14Pirate Accuracy Increasing
  6. 15Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
  7. 16Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
  8. 17Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
  9. 18Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
  10. 19Quiet the Cannons
  11. 20Quiet the Cannons
  12. 21A Little Payback

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 107.

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.

  • Pirate Accuracy IncreasingThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    Oh no, <name>, the cannonballs are hitting the Speedbarge. I'd say the Southsea pirates are getting more accurate... the ship is on fire! You've got a river boat now. Please, go speak with Griznak. Extinguish those fires!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Quiet the CannonsThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    Now it's time to do something about those darn cannons up on the bluffs to the east! If you'd be so kind, hop into your boat and cruise on over to the Southsea Holdfast. Up top you'll see a bunch of cannons firing down on us. Those pirates don't know squat about engineering.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Thousand Needles 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.