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Defcon: Bobcat

Defcon: Bobcat is an Alliance-only quest for level 5-30 in Loch Modan. It is step 21 of 35 in the Loch Modan storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Loch Modan at 82.8, 63.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

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.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationGnomeregan +250
Top Comments

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

1
MisterCrow+14via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

According 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 cute

Source: https://twitter.com/Muffinus/status/464923833724444672

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

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>!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationGnomeregan+250

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapLoch ModanTurn-in marker at 82.8, 63.5, 13 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.

Loch Modan Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Loch Modan map showing where to go for Defcon: BobcatTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-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

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 ModanAlliance · about 30 yards south-west
  • Fuselight, BadlandsAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards south-west
  • Dustwind Dig, BadlandsAlliance · about 1,300 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 100 yards west
  • Objective areaabout 410 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 200 yards west

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

Loch Modan

Part 21 of 35.

Previous: Thistle While You Work · Next: The Joy of Boar Hunting

  1. 16Suddenly, Murlocs!
  2. 17Smells Like A Plan
  3. 18Hornet Hunting
  4. 19Foxtails By The Handful
  5. 20Thistle While You Work
  6. 21Defcon: Bobcat
  7. 22The Joy of Boar Hunting
  8. 23Vyrin's Revenge
  9. 24Vyrin's Revenge
  10. 25Wing Nut
  11. 26Bird is the Word
  12. 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 WorkLoch Modan · Level 5-30

    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 HuntingLoch Modan · Level 5-30

    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:

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

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 QuestsComplete the Loch Modan storylines listed below.10
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Deeper into the Woods
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Deephive Decimation
Defang the Faithless
Defeat Jakra'zet
Defeat the Gearmaster
Defeating Ky'veza
Defeating the Underpin
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Quest Location and Connections

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