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Drive-By Piracy

A World of Warcraft quest in The Cape of Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneThe Cape of Stranglethorn
Quest ID26649

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26649))

What to do

StorylineThe Cape of Stranglethorn, step 49 of 62
RewardsIronpatch Shoulderguards, Slippery Glovelettes, Venture Blaster, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

Now that you know how to handle our cannons, it's time to hit some real targets! The Venture Company has found gold to the north of here... a rare type they call "Black Gold". More like a Black Spot if you ask me. We're going to take that gold, but first, we need to get rid of those Venture Company goons. I've got an oarsman who will take you out there. Head off the ship down the gangplank and speak with him on the islet's northern shore.

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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.

The Cape of Stranglethorn Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the The Cape of Stranglethorn map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Cape of Stranglethorn:

  • Booty Bay, StranglethornAlliance · about 580 yards north
  • Explorers' League Digsite, StranglethornAlliance · about 1,500 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,000 yards north-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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Shoulder
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +8 Parry
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for2 gold47 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 gold82 silver
TypeWand Ranged
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 4 damage, speed 2.0
Stats+3 Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toFrost, Fire, Arcane, Destruction, Affliction, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Demonology
Sells to vendors for6 gold42 silver
TypeShield Shield
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor63
Stats+3 Strength, +5 Stamina, +11 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for3 gold26 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 gold76 silver

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

The Cape of Stranglethorn

Part 49 of 62.

Previous: Our Mortal Enemies · Next: The Damsel's Luck

  1. 44The Bane of Many A Pirate
  2. 45Cannonball Swim
  3. 46Attracting Attention
  4. 47Ol' Blasty
  5. 48Our Mortal Enemies
  6. 49Drive-By Piracy
  7. 50The Damsel's Luck
  8. 51The Brashtide Crew
  9. 52Sinking From Within
  10. 53Making Mutiny
  11. 54Call of Booty
  12. 55Doublerum

Showing steps 44 to 55 of 62.

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.

  • Our Mortal EnemiesThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    Hey, new guy, take a look at this. <The dwarf flips up his eyepatch to reveal a living, functional eyeball.> I don't wear this patch because of any lost eye. I wear it because this OTHER eye is so strong, the normal one was just weighin' it down.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Damsel's LuckThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    I know ye just arrived here on the Crimson Veil, but I need to send ye off on another task. The Damsel's Luck is the third ship in me fleet, moored over to the east. Her skipper - Captain Stillwater - is no longer with us. Damn those masked hoodlums!

The storyline at a glance

The Cape of Stranglethorn has 62 steps, from Dask "The Flask" Gobfizzle to Bloodsail's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Cape of Stranglethorn (62).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn 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.