TheWoWDBCurrently this mission is bugged and you can complete it over and over. 50 Resources for an hour of time and a total of 30k XP its a decent way to afk level an alt. 10 hours gives you 300k+XP
Quest
Convincin' Old Yancey
A World of Warcraft quest in Dalaran. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Still working in 7.1! EDIT: costs 100 resources though.
Still working in 7.1.5, and it costs 50 (and always has cost 50) after you counter the increased resource cost threat.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-45
LocationDalaran
CategoryRogue Campaign
Quest ID43841
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43841))
Requirements
ClassRogue
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Avast ye! Th' time be long overdue that we get some more pirate blood into our ranks. <Crackers gives a sudden squawk in agreement.> And I know just th' man t' do it. I'm talkin' about good old Yancey Grillsen, o' course. He's an old salt down Stranglethorn way. Send some o' your land lovin' scallywags off t' round him up.
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.
Nearby on the Dalaran map
- The Dreadblades same spot
- The Unseen Blade same spot
- Champion: Valeera Sanguinar same spot
- Fangs of the Devourer same spot
- Black Rook Hold: Into Black Rook Hold same spot
- The Raven's Eye same spot
- Maw of Souls: Ancient Vrykul Legends same spot
- Champion: Lilian Voss same spot
- Champion: Tess Greymane same spot
- A Simple Plan same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Deliverance Point, Broken Shore
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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Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP
Storyline
Saga of the Shadowblade I
Part 9 of 17.
Previous: Champion: Lord Jorach Ravenholdt · Next: Fancy Lads and Buccaneers
- 4Mystery at Citrine Bay
- 5Searching For Clues
- 6Time Flies When Yer Havin' Rum!
- 7Dark Secrets and Shady Deals
- 8Champion: Lord Jorach Ravenholdt
- 9Convincin' Old Yancey
- 10Fancy Lads and Buccaneers
- 11Champion: Fleet Admiral Tethys
- 12Throwing SI:7 Off the Trail
- 13Blood for the Wolfe
- 14Noggenfogger's Reasonable Request
- 15Noggenfogger's Reasonable Request
Showing steps 4 to 15 of 17.
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.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Fancy Lads and Buccaneers
Aye, it warms me heart t' know that Yancey's now part o' th' crew. <Tethys feeds Crackers some cackle fruit from the table.> Why don't you be a good lad and see if he can sponge us up some bilge rats.
The storyline at a glance
Saga of the Shadowblade I has 17 steps, from A Body of Evidence to Champion: Marin Noggenfogger.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (14), Stormheim (3).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- The Uncrowned
- Saga of the Shadowblade III
- Saga of the Shadowblade IV
- Saga of the Shadowblade II
- The Kingslayers
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.