Quest

Cutting Losses

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

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Mitallust2011-01-22T04:51:20-06:00+9via Wowhead

Gives you 250 [faction=169] rep and no loss in [faction=87] rep.

7586152011-05-25T21:27:57-05:00+7via Wowhead

whether it is new with 4.1 or simply I don't remember doing the prerequisite quests to open the quests offered by Zeke Bootscuff . The Quest Chain that leads into Zeke Bootscuff quests are as follows:
1.Dead Man's Chest
2. Booty Duty
3. To The Ground
4.Going Off-Task
5. Filling Our Pockets
6. Captain Dreadbeard

10467612015-12-02T05:59:51-06:00+2via Wowhead

It was a little more complicated for me than just starting at the Dead Man's Chest Quest.
I did this quest on a Draenei neutral with the questgiver and I had to start all the way
back at:
Seaside Salvage and Puddle Stomping
I had to do both of these quests to proceed on to
Rocket Rescue and the subsequent Momentum
which opened up the quest line beginning with
Dead Man's Chest which eventually opened up this quest line.
PHEW!
And I did it all for ( Don't you judge me!) ... [item=56852] :)

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30

ZoneTanaris

LocationTanaris, Caverns of Time

Quest ID24932

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24932))

What to do

WhereTanaris, Caverns of Time

StorylineTanaris, step 21 of 48

Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

I've spent the last week starin' at this ugly pit trying to think of how to exploit a bunch of dangerous, violent arthropods for profit. Now I'm out of ideas, and starving. These things are a wash, and I say it's time to start clearing them out. Head down into that pit and start killin' bugs.

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.

Caverns of Time Objective area no plotted point

Coordinates

Turn-inTanaris 55.6, 60.9/way #71 55.6 60.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaris 54.1, 69.3/way #71 54.1 69.3

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 Tanaris map

Tearing at the Seams about 180 yards
The Great Detective about 740 yards
Warn the Detective about 740 yards
Toy Trouble about 740 yards
The Final Toy about 740 yards
Secret in the Sands about 740 yards
Festive Reflections about 740 yards
Short Circuit about 1,070 yards
Honor the Flame about 1,490 yards
Desecrate this Fire! about 1,500 yards

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

Getting there

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

Bootlegger Outpost, TanarisAlliance and Horde · about 20 yards north-east
Gunstan's Dig, TanarisAlliance · about 1,400 yards south-west
Gadgetzan, TanarisAlliance · about 1,500 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 420 yards south

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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Money10 gold50 silver

Experience4,100 XP

Other quests on the Tanaris map

Storyline

Tanaris

Part 21 of 48.

Previous: Bootlegger Outpost · Next: Chicken of the Desert

Showing steps 16 to 27 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.

Bootlegger OutpostTanaris · Level 15-30
We've done a bang up job here. I'm gonna make sure these mooks finish properly and then head back to Gadgetzan for a bit. If you want to keep making a good impression on our Steamwheedle friends, or just make more money, you should head southwest of here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Chicken of the DesertTanaris · Level 15-30
I've got an idea, but we're going to need bait. The other day I saw a rabid blisterpaw hyena wander too close to the edge of the chasm, and one of the silithid comes diving out of nowhere. Nearly swallowed it whole! Horrible sight. So we're gonna need hyena meat, obviously.

The storyline at a glance

Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Tanaris Quests Complete the Tanaris storylines listed below.

Other storylines on the Tanaris map

Suspicious Munitions7 steps, starts with Orders of Magnitude
Warbanding Together5 steps, starts with Warbands: Warbanding Together
Bronze Reconciliation7 steps, starts with No Limits
Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs6 steps, starts with Cataclysm: Onward to Adventure in Kalimdor
Legion Engineering31 steps, starts with Aww Scrap!

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.