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Explosive Schemes

Explosive Schemes is a quest for level 60 in Maldraxxus. It is step 17 of 25 in The House of Rituals storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Maldraxxus at 57.6, 30.2. It rewards 8,150 experience and money.

Description

The brokers deal in objects most exotic and profound. If Kel'Thuzad requires reagents from them, his ritual must be outside the normal scope of the House of Rituals.

This mysterious reagent could be the key to unlocking Kel'Thuzad's plan. We must get a hold of this delivery from Oribos.

I have taken the liberty of concocting an alchemical bomb. Use it to ambush the caravan and retrieve whatever they are transporting.

Rewards

Money25 gold74 silver
Experience8,150 XP
Top Comments

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1
polgaranzsaufang+32via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Make sure once you move to the hiding place, you then use the special action button to actually hide and not wait around like i did :) And thanks for the note @chaocaz - the hiding place is in the corner of one of the archways and marked with a flashing chevron/arrow.

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mudplayerx+1via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The mobs in this quest are easy to kill and respawn as fast as you can kill them. They also drop between 1.5 - 3 gold each and cloth. You can farm them for as long as you like. This will probably be nerfed before too long. They appear after you plant the bomb and blow up the caravan.

If you decide to farm them AFTER you turn in the quest, they drop substantially less gold.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP8,150
MoneyGold25g 74s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapMaldraxxusTurn-in marker at 57.6, 30.2, 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.

Maldraxxus Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Maldraxxus map showing where to go for Explosive SchemesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1536 57.6 30.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inMaldraxxus 57.6, 30.2/way #1536 57.6 30.2
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 57.8, 30.4/way #1536 57.8 30.4
  • Objective areaMaldraxxus 66.2, 32.1/way #1536 66.2 32.1

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 Maldraxxus map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Maldraxxus:

  • Keres' Rest, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 230 yards west
  • Renounced Bastille, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 920 yards south-east
  • Theater of Pain, MaldraxxusAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 550 yards 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

The House of Rituals

Part 17 of 25.

Previous: The Final Reagent · Next: No Crate Unturned

  1. 12The Hall of Tomes
  2. 13Necessary Ingredients
  3. 14Heart of the Forest
  4. 15Cage Free Spores
  5. 16The Final Reagent
  6. 17Explosive Schemes
  7. 18No Crate Unturned
  8. 19Blinding the Brokers
  9. 20Designed to Fail
  10. 21Caught in the Act
  11. 22Improvised Implements
  12. 23A Helpful Hand

Showing steps 12 to 23 of 25.

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 Final ReagentMaldraxxus · Level 60

    I have gathered most of the remaining reagents on your master's list. All that remains is the special shipment he requested from Oribos. The brokers have yet to deliver the shipment. When it arrives, your master will have all he needs to complete his ritual.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • No Crate UnturnedMaldraxxus · Level 60

    That explosion will likely bring onlookers from the House of Rituals. We must act quickly. Search through the debris for anything that looks out of the ordinary. It is likely that Kel'Thuzad's mystery reagent won't be hard to spot.

The storyline at a glance

The House of Rituals has 25 steps, from House of Rituals to The Better Part of Valor.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Maldraxxus (21), Vault of Souls (3), Seat of the Primus (1).

Other storylines on the Maldraxxus 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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Explosivity
Express Delivery
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