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Cleaning Up the Pools

Cleaning Up the Pools is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Borean Tundra. It is step 175 of 182 in the Borean Tundra storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Borean Tundra at 76.9, 37.6. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

<A single tear rolls down the face of Iron Eyes.>

I have heard that you are heading back into the pools to the west. I have something for you to do while you are out there, <race>.

The gnomes, who care nothing for the land, have polluted it with their machinery. I want you to pick up any spare parts that you come across.

Return them to me here. I will see to it that they are properly disposed of before we leave this place for good.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationThe Taunka +250
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Tockley+33via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is a reference to "Iron Eyes Cody", an Italian actor famous for playing American Indians in films. The line <A single tear rolls down the face of Iron Eyes.> is a reference to the old PSA commercial "Keep America Beautiful", which ends showing him standing on a road with a car driving by and throwing trash onto the street, after which shows a close up of his face with a single tear going down his cheek.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationThe Taunka+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeLeather Legs
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for48 gold72 silver
TypeMail Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+7 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for36 gold34 silver
TypePlate Hands
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +6 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for23 gold97 silver
TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+6 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +11 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for37 gold2 silver

Reputation: The Taunka +250

These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Taunka reputation: Report to Steeljaw's Caravan (+10), We Strike! (+350), Shrouds of the Scourge (+250), The Bad Earth (+250), Blending In (+250), Words of Power (+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.

3D Model

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

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBorean TundraTurn-in marker at 76.9, 37.6, 13 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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Cleaning Up the PoolsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 76.9 37.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 76.9, 37.6/way #114 76.9 37.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 63.5, 22.0/way #114 63.5 22.0

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

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

  • Taunka'le Village, Borean TundraHorde · about 50 yards east
  • Unu'pe, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 540 yards south
  • Warsong Camp, WintergraspHorde · about 1,600 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 980 yards north-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

Borean Tundra

Part 175 of 182.

Previous: Souls of the Decursed · Next: The Sub-Chieftains

  1. 170Return with the Bad News
  2. 171What Are They Up To?
  3. 172Master the Storm
  4. 173Weakness to Lightning
  5. 174Souls of the Decursed
  6. 175Cleaning Up the Pools
  7. 176The Sub-Chieftains
  8. 177Defeat the Gearmaster
  9. 178Shrouds of the Scourge
  10. 179The Bad Earth
  11. 180Blending In
  12. 181The Fall of Taunka'le Village

Showing steps 170 to 181 of 182.

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.

  • Souls of the DecursedBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    The mechagnomes in the pools to the west are a great mystery to us. They appeared not long after the gnomes disappeared from their pumping station and its environs. They are an unnatural danger and must be dealt with.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Sub-ChieftainsBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    It is known that Gearmaster Mechazod has four sub-chieftains that manage the robots in the pools. We must put an end to them!

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 23 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10
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