Quest Log

Clap 'Em In Irons

Clap 'Em In Irons is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Southern Barrens. It is step 44 of 89 in the Southern Barrens storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Southern Barrens at 49.9, 49.7. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Our policy of conscripting non-violent criminals from the Stormwind Stockades has come back to haunt us, <name>. Some of my less-scrupulous soldiers broke ranks after our victory in Taurajo and are looting the remains of the city.

This is a breakdown in discipline. Worse, the desecration of their homes only spurs the enemy to fight harder when our ultimate goal should be peace.

Take these manacles and bring the Taurajo looters to justice. Speak to them first, but you may need force to subdue them.

Rewards

Money10

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationStormwind +250

Top Comments

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483172Oct 14, 2016+142via Wowhead

Came to check the comments as I was having trouble on my 110 Druid doing this quest for loremaster. I tried the Rez sickness trick but I was still hitting too hard. But then I was thinking if only blizz had a false swipe mechanic, and decided to review my toybox. Well apparently they finally gave us this:[item=137663] You can buy it from the toy shop in dalaran. Once you have it you use it like a spell on those fragile low level mobs, and it leaves em with 10% health.

sandyraNov 6, 2011+41via Wowhead

Tricky to do as a max level character, especially since the release of Mists of Pandaria. Here are some tips:

Get nekked (this one's a must) - throw down your weapons too.

Swap into your least smack-y spec (ie. as a fury warrior I dropped back to protection).

You may need to go further with this if you're too quick to kill them despite the measures above... We're talking [spell=15007] people.

Slap 'em a few times till they get below 35% health.

Spin around to turn your back on them so you're not laying in any more auto-attacking hits.

Use the [item=52271] (you may need to turn back around and smack them again to touch up their health if it isn't quite low enough).

Wash, rinse and repeat five times successfully to complete the quest.

It's worth noting, that because of MoP, you may be accidentally and unintentionally killing them in two to three hits or less despite being naked and unarmed. A sacrificial suicide is recommended with the goal of gaining resurrection sickness mentioned above. Once your stats take a 75% reduction for 10 minutes, this should allow you to knock their health down without any accidental deaths and complete the quest.

rcuosukgi42Jul 23, 2017+32via Wowhead

Anyone doing this or any other low level "wound the mob" quest in patch 7 or later use the [item=137663] which is purchasable in Stormwind, it works perfectly and doesn't require any rez-sickness or other trouble.

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Money	Gold	10g 50s
Reputation	Stormwind	+250

Reward details

Reputation: Stormwind +250

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Stormwind reputation: Running the Gauntlet (+250), Breaking the Siege (+250), Report to Aubrey (+75), Repel Boarders! (+250), The Guns of Northwatch (+75), Run Out the Guns (+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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Southern Barrens	Turn-in marker at 49.9, 49.7, 10 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-inSouthern Barrens 49.9, 49.7/way #199 49.9 49.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Southern Barrens 44.6, 51.6/way #199 44.6 51.6

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 Southern Barrens map

Desecrate this Fire! about 940 yards
Honor the Flame about 1,120 yards

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:

Fort Triumph, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 900 yards south
Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 1,200 yards east
Ratchet, Northern BarrensAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 400 yards 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

Southern Barrens

Part 44 of 89.

Previous: A Line in the Dirt · Next: The Taurajo Briefs

Showing steps 39 to 50 of 89.

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.

A Line in the DirtSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30
Strategically, control of a region requires constant observation. See here on this map - I've identified a number of strategic hills, similar to this one, that the Alliance must acquire if we are to keep the enemy under our thumb. My scouts have already marked their location on the field.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Taurajo BriefsSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30
The General is too preoccupied with the looters in Taurajo. Too soft! We ought to be focused on our next move against the Horde. There's valuable intelligence that might be compromised if we allow the ruins of Taurajo to continue to burn.

Also counted by Southern Barrens Quests

Its criteria name 22 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Southern Barrens Quests Complete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map

Northern Barrens62 steps, starts with In Defense of Far Watch
Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Zunta, The Pet Tamer

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.

Southern Barrens QuestsComplete the Southern Barrens storylines listed below.10

Southern Barrens Quests: its criteria name 22 quests, this one included.

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