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Defungination

Defungination is a quest for level 30-40 in Spires of Arak. It is step 1 of 14 in the Pinchwhistle Gearworks storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Spires of Arak at 61.5, 72.9. It rewards 4 reward items, 5,450 experience and money.

Description

Have you seen the fungus out there in the water? It's growing faster than a baby ravasaur from Un'goro, and if we don't get it under control, the Gearworks is gonna be ruined like our last village.

Uncle Krixel used to tell me to burn away the red fungus because that's what makes it grow so fast.

You could help us out by taking a flame blaster and clearing out some of those spores down in the shallows.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
Top Comments

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Tirain+23via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest leads, eventually to the quest Flame On and is how you earn the [item=111957].

It is given by [npc=81109].

Defungination and 2 other quests at the Pinchwhistle Gearworks in the SE of the Spires of Arak and begin this series.

This series of quests only requires that you be level 96. There is no need to find a breadcrumb quest or to even complete any other quests within the zone beforehand.

Read all 24 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,450
MoneyGold16g 98s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Chest
Item level43
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor30
Stats+9 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +10 Mastery, +7 Versatility
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for51 gold7 silver

“DISCLAIMER: Fireproof claims have not been independently validated”

TypeCloth Chest
Item level43
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+9 Intellect, +13 Stamina, +9 Versatility, +8 Mastery
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for51 gold62 silver

“DISCLAIMER: Fireproof claims have not been independently validated”

TypeLeather Chest
Item level43
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+9 Agility or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +10 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for51 gold43 silver

“DISCLAIMER: Fireproof claims have not been independently validated”

TypeMail Chest
Item level43
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor20
Stats+9 Agility or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +10 Versatility
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for51 gold25 silver

“DISCLAIMER: Fireproof claims have not been independently validated”

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 mapSpires of ArakTurn-in marker at 61.5, 72.9, 11 mapped points
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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.

Spires of Arak Quest turn-in 11 mapped points
Spires of Arak map showing where to go for DefunginationTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #542 61.5 72.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSpires of Arak 61.5, 72.9/way #542 61.5 72.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Spires of Arak 63.8, 75.4/way #542 63.8 75.4

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 Spires of Arak map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Spires of Arak:

  • Pinchwhistle Gearworks, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 40 yards south-west
  • Talon Watch, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Southport, Spires of ArakAlliance · about 1,400 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 yards south-east

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

Pinchwhistle Gearworks

Part 1 of 14.

Next: Spore-be-Gone

  1. 1Defungination
  2. 2Spore-be-Gone
  3. 3The Mother Lode
  4. 4Clearing Out Before Cleaning Up
  5. 5Getting the Crew Back Together
  6. 6Skimming Off the Top
  7. 7The Right Parts for the Job
  8. 8Sporicide
  9. 9Preventing the Worst
  10. 10Follow that Hotrod!
  11. 11Flame On
  12. 12Unwanted Pests
  13. 13Field Trial
  14. 14Curing With Force

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Spore-be-GoneSpires of Arak · Level 30-40

    We got an emergency! A bunch of spore drifters have infested the shore and tore up our Spore-B-Gone turrets. We're caught with our armor off here!

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Pinchwhistle Gearworks has 14 steps, from Defungination to Curing With Force.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Spires of Arak (14).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Spires of Arak 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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