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Cutthroat Business Practices

Cutthroat Business Practices is an Alliance-only quest for level 20-60 in Drustvar. It is step 5 of 6 in the Smuggler's Cove storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Drustvar at 20.8, 46.2. It rewards 10,200 experience and money.

Description

I used to run the inn here. Was a nice gig. I got first crack a lot of good stuff and all the best gossip and information came through my place.

And then that jerk, Gary Cofferdam, came in and kicked me out! The new Boss laughed!

I'm lookin' at my last few silvers here. Business is not good!

Tell ya what, you remove my problem and I'll side up with Cesi. She'd never kick me out.

Rewards

Money51 gold48 silver
Experience10,200 XP
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
byne+47via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

When you get Gary down to a certain amount of health, he says "I'm too old for this! I'm out of here!" and starts casting Hearthstone. Once the cast is finished, he moves about 5 feet and says "Ah, forgot I saved it here."

Pretty amusing.

3
varenne+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Kill [npc=136294] in the Drust Bar cave.
You can find it in the north-east part of Anyport
/way Drustvar 21.15 43.99 Cave

Cutthroat Business Practices quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHKk2X5PR8
This quest is a part of Anyport sidequests in Drustvar.

ID
Quest
Sidequest Chain
Questgiver
Zone
Video
128
An Economic Opportunity
Anyport
[npc=136458]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/R0cFpp74jqc
129<
Cutthroat Business Practices
Anyport
[npc=136227]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/mgHKk2X5PR8
130
She's Got it Where it Counts
Anyport
[npc=136233]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/JriU9QJ35ac
131
Out With the Old Boss
Anyport
[npc=136234]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/GZqaIR3tcgo
132
WANTED: Anchorface
Anyport
[npc=135988]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/AkNa0GjA3_Q
133
Every Day I'm Smugglin'
Anyport
[npc=136140]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/gZg6QAtMGe0
134
Asking for a Friend
Anyport
[npc=136184]
Anyport
https://youtu.be/4oObu4CXnZs


Id column is approximate quest № In Drustvar storyline (Drust Do It. <= for more info)

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP10,200
MoneyGold51g 48s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDrustvarTurn-in marker at 20.8, 46.2, 2 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.

Drustvar Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Drustvar map showing where to go for Cutthroat Business PracticesTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #896 20.8 46.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDrustvar 20.8, 46.2/way #896 20.8 46.2
  • Objective areaDrustvar 21.5, 43.6/way #896 21.5 43.6

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 Drustvar map

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

Getting there

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

  • Anyport, DrustvarAlliance and Horde · about 150 yards north-west
  • Watchman's Rise, DrustvarAlliance · about 870 yards north-east
  • Arom's Stand, DrustvarAlliance · about 1,000 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 100 yards north

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

Smuggler's Cove

Part 5 of 6.

Previous: She's Got it Where it Counts · Next: Out With the Old Boss

  1. 1An Economic Opportunity
  2. 2Every Day I'm Smugglin'
  3. 3Asking for a Friend
  4. 4She's Got it Where it Counts
  5. 5Cutthroat Business Practices
  6. 6Out With the Old Boss

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.

  • She's Got it Where it CountsDrustvar · Level 20-60

    Word is you're looking to drum up support for Loosecannon. Well I'll buy in if you help me. They took my poor Miranda! Boss Tornsail says I had too much to drink and bet her in cards. I don't really remember what happened last night, but I can hold my liquor and I'd never bet my bird!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Out With the Old BossDrustvar · Level 20-60

    Right so I talked to some people. You talked to some people. No one likes the Irontide. They're cutting in to profits and scaring off good, honest scoundrel- er customers! We take out the guy in charge and we'll be able to run the rest outta town! So a little change of management is in order.

The storyline at a glance

Smuggler's Cove has 6 steps, from An Economic Opportunity to Out With the Old Boss.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Drustvar (6).

Other storylines on the Drustvar 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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Quest Location and Connections

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