TheWoWDBCame 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.
Quest
Clap 'Em In Irons
A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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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.
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.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneSouthern Barrens
Quest ID25057
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25057))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 44 of 89
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
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.
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 areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #199 49.9 49.7
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 Barrens
- Northwatch Hold, Southern Barrens
- Ratchet, Northern Barrens
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Other quests on the Southern Barrens map
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.
Storyline
Southern Barrens
Part 44 of 89.
Previous: A Line in the Dirt · Next: The Taurajo Briefs
- 39Diplomacy By Another Means
- 40Lion's Pride
- 41Marching On Our Stomachs
- 42Fields of Blood
- 43A Line in the Dirt
- 44Clap 'Em In Irons
- 45The Taurajo Briefs
- 46Pick-a-Part
- 47Powder Play
- 48Batteries Not Yet Included
- 49Claim the Battlescar
- 50Working the Bugs Out
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 Dirt
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 Briefs
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:
- Sowing a Solution
- The Nightmare Scar
- Echoes of Agamaggan
- The Disturbed Earth
- Run Out the Guns
- Lifting the Siege
- Silencing Rageroar
- Teegan's People
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:
Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map
- Northern Barrens
- Battle Pet Tamers
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 Quests: its criteria name 22 quests, this one included.