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Clearing Out Before Cleaning Up

Clearing Out Before Cleaning Up is a quest for level 30-40 in Spires of Arak. It is step 4 of 14 in the Pinchwhistle Gearworks storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Spires of Arak at 59.1, 79.2. It rewards 5,450 experience and money.

Description

Here's the situation.

We need to get this salvage operation moving ASAP, but the ship went down right in the middle of the wasp nests.

The ugly bugs are all over the place, and I can't call my team in here to start work until they're taken care of.

Go kill as many of 'em as you can and I'll cut you in on some of the haul.

Rewards

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
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Between Arak and a Hard Place
┌────────────────────────┐
│ Pinchwhistle Gearworks │ 
└────────────────────────┘
1. Defungination http://youtu.be/uQjE9zpC7rU   
2. Spore-be-Gone http://youtu.be/D10OYrY6Omc    
3. Unwanted Pests http://youtu.be/mtOzC5soiro
4. The Mother Lode http://youtu.be/cY2X1H4ANEo
5. Getting the Crew Back Together http://youtu.be/D0CQVIqbe5I    
6. Clearing Out Before Cleaning Up http://youtu.be/4X_caOGEl38
7. Follow that Hotrod! http://youtu.be/rh2Kw2JmPIs
8. The Right Parts for the Job http://youtu.be/CadRlnsPbts   
9. Skimming Off the Top http://youtu.be/j5BBjL1AVFo  
10. Field Trial http://youtu.be/pspKCFWN6Xo
11. Sporicide http://youtu.be/o-6pbEVZsnM   
12. Preventing the Worst http://youtu.be/f-QeaLml3Z8  
13. Curing With Force http://youtu.be/i4EPi8dkmhc
14. Flame On http://youtu.be/YhKtxzZKHvM

Read all 8 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSpires of ArakTurn-in marker at 59.1, 79.2, 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.

Spires of Arak Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #542 59.1 79.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSpires of Arak 59.1, 79.2/way #542 59.1 79.2
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Spires of Arak 59.8, 81.6/way #542 59.8 81.6

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 Spires of Arak map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Spires of Arak:

  • Pinchwhistle Gearworks, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 260 yards north-east
  • Southport, Spires of ArakAlliance · about 1,400 yards north-west
  • Talon Watch, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 110 yards south-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Pinchwhistle Gearworks

Part 4 of 14.

Previous: The Mother Lode · Next: Getting the Crew Back Together

  1. 1Defungination
  2. 2Spore-be-Gone
  3. 3The Mother Lode
  4. 4Clearing Out Before Cleaning Up
  5. 5Getting the Crew Back Together
  6. 6Skimming Off the Top
  7. 7The Right Parts for the Job
  8. 8Sporicide
  9. 9Preventing the Worst
  10. 10Follow that Hotrod!
  11. 11Flame On
  12. 12Unwanted Pests
  13. 13Field Trial
  14. 14Curing With Force

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.

  • The Mother LodeSpires of Arak · Level 30-40

    Hey we got ourselves a crisis here! Our zeppelin "The Mother Lode" crashed onto the south mountain range. It was supposed to only be on an observation mission, what could have happened? We got to get down there quick and I'm going to need your help on this. Are you with me?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Getting the Crew Back TogetherSpires of Arak · Level 30-40

    Oh wow, the debris is all over the mountainside! The survivors won't make it if we don't do something quick. They need healing NOW! Here, take my bandages and go patch them up.

The storyline at a glance

Pinchwhistle Gearworks has 14 steps, from Defungination to Curing With Force.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Spires of Arak (14).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Spires of Arak 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.

Related
Clear the Swamp
Clear the Way
Clear-Cutting
Clearing a Path
Clearing Out the Cache
Clearing Out the Cache
Clearing Out the Depot
Clearing the Delta
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Quest Location and Connections

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