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Clues Abound

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

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Fyeina+339via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Quest Clues Abound includes 7 Quests for your Achievement-Progress on Outside Influences for the daylie Visitors in Mechagon.
- Clues Abound
- A Historical Mess
- A Growing Mystery
- Time for Heroics
- Strange Discovery
- Deck'Em
- Pirates? I Hate Those Guys

You have to check here for 3 different kind of hints that you find with Sir Finley Mrrgglton, so it will take you 3 times doing Clues Abound for all Quests.


  • Old Parchment leads to the Quest A Historical Mess

  • Ancient Runestone leads to the Quest A Growing Mystery
    IMPORTANT: While you do the Quest A Growing Mystery dont just kill the Mutated Lashlings for your Quest, kill also the Toxic Lurker and you will recieve after a few kills the Night Elf Ring. This gives you the Quest Strange Discovery for your Achievement. If you already turned in your Quest A Growing Mystery the Lurkers cant drop the Quest any more!

  • Hearthstone Card leads to the Quest Time for Heroics
    After you rescued Adalin Halfheight he gives you the Quest Deck'Em
    IMPORTANT: While you do the Quest Time for Heroics dont just rescue the 3 Guys, also kill the Congealed Oil in that area and you will recieve after a few kills the Old Pirate Hat. This gives you the Quest Pirates? I Hate Those Guys for your Achievement. If you already turned in your Quest Time for Heroics the Oils cant drop the Quest any more! If you do this in a Group only 1 Member can loot this Hat and has to share it to the others!

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szombatibalu7+232via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For this quest, you need to find one of these items: [item=168223], [item=168234], [item=168235], [item=168236]. The most common I found was the [item=168223], there are multiple lying on the ground (or in the oil) around 78, 60.

If you struggle with this quest, it might be because you were looting from your mount using [item=152813]. If you were and can't loot anything from the objects, you need to abandon the quest and pick it up again.

EDIT: Added three more items that give credit towards the quest, thanks to chaostorm for pointing it out!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-60
Quest ID55658

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55658))

Requirements

RepeatsDaily

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineVisit from Explorer's League, step 1 of 1
Rewards25g 74s, 8,150 XP

Description

Before King Mechagon claimed this island, someone else lived here. Buried beneath this filth and garbage is the history of a forgotten people. With your help, we shall learn about these previous inhabitants. Sir Finley has marked a location where he's seen unusual artifacts. Meet him there and see if you can discover any clues.

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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.

Mechagon Island Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Mechagon Island map showing where to go for Clues AboundTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1462 70.2 30.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMechagon Island 70.2, 30.6/way #1462 70.2 30.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Mechagon Island 80.8, 63.2/way #1462 80.8 63.2
  • Objective areaMechagon Island 70.3, 30.6/way #1462 70.3 30.6

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 Mechagon Island map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Mechagon Island:

  • Prospectus Bay, MechagonHorde · about 110 yards north-east
  • Overspark Expedition Camp, MechagonAlliance · about 240 yards south-east
  • Whitegrove Chapel, DrustvarAlliance and Horde · about 2,800 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 560 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.

Related
Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
ReputationRustbolt Resistance +45

Reward details

Reputation: Rustbolt Resistance +45

The Rustbolt Resistance holds the line against King Mechagon and his evil plans.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Mechagon that reward Rustbolt Resistance reputation: Secretest Fish (+25), More Power (+75), Grease The Wheels (+150), Right Bot for the Job (+150), Toys For Destruction (+150), The Nuts and Bolts of It (+150).

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

Visit from Explorer's League

Part 1 of 1.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Other daily quests in Mechagon

Also counted by Outside Influences

Its criteria name 33 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Visit from Explorer's League has 1 step, from Clues Abound to Clues Abound.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Mechagon Island (1).

Other storylines on the Mechagon Island 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.