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Engineering a Disaster

A World of Warcraft quest in Sholazar Basin. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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247438+11via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is a very simple quest, best done while doing Venture Co. Misadventures. All you protect Elice from are the Venture Co. Ruffians and Excavators either standing or wandering around in the camp. No scripted waves of NPCs spawn during transit.

If you or someone else has cleared out the camp for the quest linked above, this quest will just be a stroll through the camp.

If it hasn't been cleared out, the path she takes is down the stand she's on, out of the pit that the stand is in. She turns left towards a cart full of explosives. The path straight ahead after the cart, next the scaffold where Meatpie and Foreman Swindlegrin are, is where she walks. She stops at around coordinates 37,50, where the quest is completed and she despawns.

Even she does manage to get into trouble, you'll rarely have to protect her from more than one or two Ruffians and/or Excavators.

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Blackboy0+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Engineer Helice says: Let's get the hell out of here.
Engineer Helice says: Listen up, Venture Company goons! Rule #1: Never keep the prisoner near the explosives.
Engineer Helice says: Or THIS is what you get.
<Packs of dynamite explodes>
Engineer Helice says: It's getting a little hot over here. Shall we move on?
Engineer Helice says: Oh, look, it's another cartload of explosives! Let's help them dispose of it.
<Packs of dynamite explodes>
Engineer Helice says: You really shouldn't play with this stuff. Someone could get hurt.
Engineer Helice says: We made it! Thank you for getting me out of that hell hole. Tell Hemet to expect me!

I expertly engineered this Quest to have it let me kill EXACTLY how many Mobs I needed for Venture Co. Misadventures :) So I just mounted & flew back to Base Camp.

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Whiterock+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Snows of Northrend Quest Tree From Whiterock

#)Where in the World is Hemet Nesingwary?──>a)Welcome to Sholazar Basin

b)Venture Co. Misadventure    a)Need an Engine, Take an Engine
b)Wipe That Grin Off His Face b)Have a Part, Give a Part        b)Engineering a Disaster
 ├──┬──────────────────────────┘   ├>e)Aerial Surveillance
 | c)Kick, What Kick?              └>e)An Embarassing Incident
 | c)The Great Hunter's Challenge    e)Reconnaissance Flight      Force of Nature*
 |
 ├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
c)Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator   c)Rhino Mastery: The Test
 |            ├──┬───────────────────────────┘         |  |
 |            | e)Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor | d)A Steak Fit for a Hunter
 |            | e)Still At It                          |
 |            | e)The Taste Test                       |
 |            | #)Fletcher's Lost and Found            | a)It Could Be Anywhere!
 |            └──────┐                                 |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial     |
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Plan      |
 |                                      ║ |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey ║ | d)Rhino Mastery: The Chase
 |                 ║                 ╔══╝ |  ║         |
 |                 ╚═>Lakeside Landing*<══╪══╝         |
 |                                        |            |
f)Dreadsaber Mastery: Ready to Pounce     |           e)An Offering for Soo-rahm
 |                                        |           e)The Bones of Nozronn
 |                  e)Crocolisk Mastery: The Ambush   f)Rhino Mastery: The Kill
 |                                        |            |
 ├────────────────────────┬───────────────┴───┬────────┘
 |                        |                   |
g)Sharpening Your Talons g)Securing the Bait g)In Search of Bigger Game
 ├───────────────────────┬┘
 |                       ├>h)Reagent Agent   g)Burning to Help
i)A Mammoth Undertaking  └>h)My Pet Roc
i)Post-partum Aggression

Legend:
# means Other Zones
* means another Quest Tree.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
Quest ID12688

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(12688))

Description

These goblin goons and their minions have decided that they own this pillar and its crystals. I came here to explore the crystals and take samples, but they overpowered me and won't let me return to the camp. If you'll help me fight our way out of here, we can teach these thugs a lesson they'll never forget!

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP