TheWoWDBAccording to Blizzard designer Jeremy Feasel (@Muffinus):
Fun fact: The quest Defcon Bobcat in Loch M. was based on a bobcat invading the Blizz lot, major alarm 'till we found out bobcats are cuteSource: https://twitter.com/Muffinus/status/464923833724444672
Quest
Defcon: Bobcat
A World of Warcraft quest in Loch Modan. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Like the ecology of Azeroth matters. Everything will respawn in 5-10 minutes anyway.
Opening Text:
Stop everything! It's come to my attention that there's been bobcat sightings near the lodge. Bobcats!
Now mind you, I've never seen a bobcat, but they're surely dangerous.They're like mountain lions or something. I don't want anyone leaving until the area is secure!
Anyone but you, that is. I'll pay you to help secure the area, <class>. But don't get your face ripped off.Ending text:
Okay, yes, I have already been informed that bobcats are much smaller than I was assuming. But that's still pretty dangerous for gnomes!
You've done a good thing for the safety of this lodge, <name>!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneLoch Modan
Quest ID27026
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27026))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineLoch Modan, step 21 of 35
Rewards10g 50s, 5,150 XP
Description
Stop everything! It's come to my attention that there's been bobcat sightings near the lodge. Bobcats! Now mind you, I've never seen a bobcat, but they're surely dangerous. They're like mountain lions or something. I don't want anyone leaving until the area is secure! Anyone but you, that is. I'll pay you to help secure the area, {class}. But don't get your face ripped off.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #48 82.8 63.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inLoch Modan 82.8, 63.5
/way #48 82.8 63.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Loch Modan 79.5, 65.2
/way #48 79.5 65.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Loch Modan 69.3, 72.4
/way #48 69.3 72.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Loch Modan 76.0, 60.3
/way #48 76.0 60.3
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 Loch Modan map
- Interest Yah In A Pint? about 1,340 yards
- Recruiting the Furnace Master about 1,350 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,450 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Loch Modan, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Loch Modan:
- Farstrider Lodge, Loch Modan
- Fuselight, Badlands
- Dustwind Dig, Badlands
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Other quests on the Loch Modan map
Reward details
Reputation: Gnomeregan +250
The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Loch Modan that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Reinforcements for Loch Modan (+10), The Lost Pilot (+75), A Pilot's Revenge (+150), Thistle While You Work (+250), Wing Nut (+250), Skystrider's Heart (+350).
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
Loch Modan
Part 21 of 35.
Previous: Thistle While You Work · Next: The Joy of Boar Hunting
- 16Suddenly, Murlocs!
- 17Smells Like A Plan
- 18Hornet Hunting
- 19Foxtails By The Handful
- 20Thistle While You Work
- 21Defcon: Bobcat
- 22The Joy of Boar Hunting
- 23Vyrin's Revenge
- 24Vyrin's Revenge
- 25Wing Nut
- 26Bird is the Word
- 27Skystrider's Heart
Showing steps 16 to 27 of 35.
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.
- Thistle While You Work
It's stabthistle season! Stabthistle seeds are responsible for up to 89% of seed-related injuries among hunters. You'll find stabthistle seeds mostly in the lower woodland just north of the lodge. They're commonly found at the base of trees, and they will stab and hurt you.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Joy of Boar Hunting
Try to contain your excitement, <name>, for you are in the presence of the greatest boar hunter in Azeroth! Their cunning intellect, rapid speed, ferocious strength, and resilient hide... yes, boars are the quarry of only the most masterful of hunters. Amateurs need not apply!
Also counted by Loch Modan Quests
Its criteria name 15 quests; others include:
- WANTED: The Dark Iron Spy
- Looking for Lurkers
- The Trogg Threat
- Bigger and Uglier
- A Decisive Strike
- Out of Gnoll-where
- A Pilot's Revenge
- Thelsamar Blood Sausages
The storyline at a glance
Loch Modan has 35 steps, from The Lost Pilot to The Winds of Loch Modan.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Loch Modan (33), Dun Morogh (2).
Other storylines on the Loch Modan map
- Dwarven Heritage Armor
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.
- Loch Modan Quests: its criteria name 15 quests, this one included.