TheWoWDBDon't get all excited if you have the insanity title and all the pirates are friendly!
----The Sapphire/Ruby are just out laying around on top of crates or along the ground!
Quest
Diffractory Chromascope
A World of Warcraft quest in The Cape of Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Almost definitely a reference to the Pre-Shattering [quest=4243], which required a Mithril Casing made by an engineer and was fiendishly annoying to get, requiring a trek (If you were alliance in early vanilla) all the way over to Ironforge to grab one off of the Auction House. Even when AH's were instituted in all cities, a painfully long trek was necessary: to fly all the way up to Darnassus, which could take 15 minutes, each way.
If you went down to the coordinates and saw zombie trolls, just go back a little bit. The pirates are up the hillside slightly.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID26592
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26592))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
To properly identify this artifact, I will need tools for analysis. A diffractory chromascope should suffice, I think. I already have the mithril casing, which surprisingly, is the hardest part to find. We simply need two other pieces: a ruby and a sapphire. There's pirates nearby, just to our south, and a bit farther to the east. Pirates love treasure... why don't you see if you can find some gems for me?
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Reward details
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Above My Pay Grade (+250), The Holy Water of Clarity (+250), Primal Reagents of Power (+250), If They're Just Going to Leave Them Lying Around... (+250), Akiris by the Bundle (+250), It's You!! (+250).
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.