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Distract Them for Me (Horde)

Distract Them for Me is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Twilight Highlands. It is step 218 of 236 in the Twilight Highlands storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Twilight Highlands at 36.4, 65.9. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 6,000 experience and money.

Description

There are three candidates for Ascendancy that need killing: Dame Alys Finnsson, Master Klem, and Mia the Rose.

I want you to serve as a distraction. When the time is right, I'll step in to finish them off from behind.

Just make sure that whatever you do, you don't underestimate them, <name>. Each of those lunatics got to where they are by being ruthless and very good at what they do.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money27 gold48 silver
Experience6,000 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +350
Top Comments

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

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Rafunkel+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

"Each of those lunatics got to where they are by being ruthless and very good at what they do."

The fact that Mia the Rose is included in this one made me think of what Blizzard employees must be doing during their spare time

Edit: On the other hand... Posting this probably say more about me.

Read all 23 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,000
MoneyGold27g 48s
ReputationOrgrimmar+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Head
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+8 Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +9 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for36 gold35 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Versatility, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for47 gold8 silver
TypePlate Hands
Item level36
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for23 gold58 silver

Reputation: Orgrimmar +350

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Twilight Highlands that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Emergency Aid (+150), Stalled Negotiations (+75), Dangerous Compassion (+75), Madness (+250), Muddied Waters (+250), Securing the Beach Head (+10).

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 mapTwilight HighlandsTurn-in marker at 36.4, 65.9, 4 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.

Twilight Highlands Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Twilight Highlands map showing where to go for Distract Them for MeTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #241 36.4 65.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTwilight Highlands 36.4, 65.9/way #241 36.4 65.9
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 43.4, 88.5/way #241 43.4 88.5
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 36.3, 71.0/way #241 36.3 71.0
  • Objective areaTwilight Highlands 42.3, 83.4/way #241 42.3 83.4

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 Twilight Highlands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Twilight Highlands:

  • Crushblow, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 610 yards south-east
  • The Gullet, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 980 yards north
  • Bloodgulch, Twilight HighlandsHorde · about 1,300 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 870 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 180 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 690 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

Twilight Highlands

Part 218 of 236.

Previous: Distract Them for Me · Next: The Elementium Axe

  1. 213Portal Overload
  2. 214Unbinding
  3. 215Spirit of the Loch
  4. 216The Elementium Axe
  5. 217Distract Them for Me
  6. 218Distract Them for Me
  7. 219The Elementium Axe
  8. 220Dragon, Unchained
  9. 221Dragon, Unchained
  10. 222Fire the Cannon
  11. 223Coup de Grace
  12. 224Coup de Grace

Showing steps 213 to 224 of 236.

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.

  • The Elementium AxeTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    The Twilight cowards have captured and killed too many red dragons, but one yet lives. Do you remember Lirastrasza? She's shackled nearby and we're going to free her. But first, we need something sharp enough to cut through her chains. There's an old ettin named Blindeye the Guardian.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Elementium AxeTwilight Highlands · Level 30-35

    The Twilight cowards have captured and killed many red dragons, but one's still breathing. Do you remember Lirastrasza? She's chained nearby and we're going to free her. But first, we need something sharp enough to cut her free. There's an old ettin named Blindeye the Guardian.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Twilight Highlands · Level 30-35.

The storyline at a glance

Twilight Highlands has 236 steps, from Twilight Shores to Skullcrusher the Mountain.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Twilight Highlands (222), Azshara (9), Orgrimmar (4), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Twilight Highlands 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Distract Them for Me. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Distract Them for Me (this page)Horde27689
Distract Them for MeAlliance27688
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