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Commandeer That Balloon!

Commandeer That Balloon! is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Stonetalon Mountains. It is step 15 of 48 in the Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Stonetalon Mountains at 60.0, 56.7. It rewards 3 reward items, 2 reputation rewards, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

We don't have a moment to lose, <name>. You're going to have to commandeer that hot air balloon and stop it!

How? I have no idea! We don't have time to argue details! Grab onto that rope ladder and climb up! Just start banging on stuff once you're inside!

If you somehow manage to stop the balloon and survive, report to Lord Fallowmere at Windshear Hold in the west.

Good luck, we're all counting on you. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to RUN FOR MY LIFE!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationDarnassus +350, Gnomeregan +350
Top Comments

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Whiterock+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

CHASING THE BOMB Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 11/25/2010 Ravenhurst aswell.

1)They Took Our Gnomes*
 |
 | 1)Ze Gnomecorder* 1)The Goblin Braintrust*
 |__|_________________|
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2)Do Yourself a Favor
2)The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag
1)Return to Stardust-->2)Hellscream's Legacy
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2)Field Test: Gnomecorder
2)Burn, Baby, Burn!
2)Bombs Away: Windshear Mine!
 |                     |->2)Don't Look Them in the Eyes
2)Illegible Orc Letter |->2)Windshear Mine Cleanup
2)Minx'll Fix It
2)Orders from High Command
2)Commandeer That Balloon!-->2)Just Ask Alice
 |->1)Gerenzo the Traitor    2)Mr. P's Wild Ride
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2)Free Our Sisters              1)BEWARE OF CRAGJAW!
2)Rumble in the Lumber... Mill
 |  |               |->3)Preparations for the Future
 |  |               |
 | 3)Arcane Legacy 3)Capturing Memories
 |  |              /
 | 2)Fallowmere Beckons
 | 4)Bombs Away: Mirkfallon Post!
 |  |                    |->4)Schemin' That Sabotage
 | 4)Gnome on the Inside |->4)The Lumbering Oaf Problem
 | 4)It's Up There!
 | 4)No Time for Goodbyes!
 | 1)Warn Master Thal'darah
 | 6)Save the Children!
 | 6)Last Ditch Effort
 |  |->5)Back to the Depths!
 |  |->5)Putting Them to Rest
 |  |->5)Seen Better Days        Help for Desolace*
 |  |
 | 1)Thal'darah's Vengeance
 |  |                   |->7)Hungry Pups
 | 7)Ascending the Vale |->7)World First: Gnomegen
 | 7)Brood of Seldarria
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3)If the Horde Don't Get You...
1)Tell 'Em Koko Sent You
8)The Deep Reaches
 |_________________________________________
 |                 |                      |
8)Shuttin Her Down |        8)Leave No Man Behind!
 |                /                       |
 | 8)They Put the Assass in... Never Mind |
 | 8)Is This Thing On?                    |
 |___|____________________________________|
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1)A Special Kind of Job
1)Death by Proxy
1)A Proper Peace Offerin'
9)Sating the Savage Beast
1)Terms of Service-->8)The Unrelenting Horde
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8)Armaments for War
9)Grundig Darkcloud, Chieftain of the Grimtotem
9)Grimtotem Supremacy
9)Downfall
1)Dances with Grimtotem
1)All's Clear

D)Thinning the Horde(Not aviable?)
Hero's Call: Stonetalon Mountains!(WTB info)
They Set Them Up The Bomb!(Ashenvale quest)
Quest zones:
1)Unique zones_____2)Windshear Crag+Windshear Mine_____3)Ruins of Eldre'thar+Webwinder Hollow_____4)The Sludgewerks_____5)Stonetalon Peak_____6)Thal'darah Grove_____7)The Charred Vale_____8)The Deep Reaches+Unearthed Grounds_____9)Camp Aparaje+Grimtotem Post
D)Daily_____G)Gluing Separate Questlines
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
Stonetalon Mountains(Alliance) is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Stonetalon Mountains zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking. Special thanks to Ravenhurst.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationDarnassus+350
ReputationGnomeregan+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Hands
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+3 Strength or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for21 silver79 copper
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon10 - 14 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+4 Agility, +7 Stamina
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for76 silver85 copper
TypeWand Ranged
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon2 - 3 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+2 Intellect, +3 Stamina
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for77 silver13 copper

Reputation: Darnassus +350

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Darnassus reputation: Do Yourself a Favor (+10), The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag (+250), Return to Stardust (+10), Hellscream's Legacy (+250), Field Test: Gnomecorder (+25), Burn, Baby, Burn! (+250).

Reputation: Gnomeregan +350

The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Stonetalon Mountains that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Do Yourself a Favor (+10), The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag (+250), Return to Stardust (+10), Hellscream's Legacy (+250), Field Test: Gnomecorder (+25), Burn, Baby, Burn! (+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 mapStonetalon MountainsTurn-in marker at 60.0, 56.7, 3 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.

Stonetalon Mountains Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Stonetalon Mountains map showing where to go for Commandeer That Balloon!Turn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #65 60.0 56.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inStonetalon Mountains 60.0, 56.7/way #65 60.0 56.7
  • Objective areaStonetalon Mountains 73.3, 60.9/way #65 73.3 60.9

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 Stonetalon Mountains map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stonetalon Mountains:

  • Windshear Hold, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 120 yards north-west
  • Mirkfallon Post, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 700 yards west
  • Stardust Spire, AshenvaleAlliance · about 1,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 810 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 760 yards 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

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance

Part 15 of 48.

Previous: Orders from High Command · Next: Free Our Sisters

  1. 10Don't Look Them in the Eyes
  2. 11Windshear Mine Cleanup
  3. 12Illegible Orc Letter
  4. 13Minx'll Fix It
  5. 14Orders from High Command
  6. 15Commandeer That Balloon!
  7. 16Free Our Sisters
  8. 17Rumble in the Lumber... Mill
  9. 18If the Horde Don't Get You...
  10. 19Arcane Legacy
  11. 20Capturing Memories
  12. 21Fallowmere Beckons

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 48.

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.

  • Orders from High CommandStonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30

    The letter is actually an order from Horde high command. Someone named Overlord Krom'gar has issued a "strip job" on this mine in order to obtain something called azure iron flake. Presumably this flake is obtained from breaking down the ore. It gets worse.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Free Our SistersStonetalon Mountains · Level 10-30

    Yesterday morning I dispatched a squadron of huntresses on a mission into Windshear Crag to obtain information about Horde operations in Stonetalon. Field intelligence reports that they have all been captured, including their squad leader, Huntress Illiona.

The storyline at a glance

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance has 48 steps, from They Took Our Gnomes to Dances with Grimtotem.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stonetalon Mountains (43), Ashenvale (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Stonetalon Mountains 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.

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