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First Degree Mortar

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

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Vothul+63via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you're facing Commander Molotov, the mortar guns that you can mount are directly to your right. There's a dirt path. You do not have to go kite the naga mobs to the mines.

Took me forever to figure out.

Remember! Look for mountable mortar guns!

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xylotism+49via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

These seem to be bugged for me right now. I've done the quest before on at least 2 toons with no issue, but right now when I hop in the mortars and try to aim them (right mouse drag) it aims straight down, not able to hit any of the naga. It's happening with every mortar in the area.

I found one that I can jump in and it aims into the valley where the naga are, and I can use the turn keys to move side to side, but if go up and down it bugs out again.

Long story short, if the cannons are aiming straight down, jump in one and DON'T use the mouse, just turn side to side or simply spam at wherever the default target is.

Ner'zhul US, if that makes any difference.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneAzshara
Quest ID14471

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(14471))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineAzshara, step 15 of 88
RewardsKaboom Leggings, Mortar-Slinger Belt, Salvoblast Tunic, 4,100 XP

Description

Hey bud! Like explosions? Of course you do. Who doesn't like explosions?! I've got mortars set up on the ridge to the east to hold the naga back. Go forth, recruit. Mortar them... mortar them all! Ahahahah.

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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.

Azshara Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #76 29.1 57.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzshara 29.1, 57.9/way #76 29.1 57.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Azshara 33.6, 58.3/way #76 33.6 58.3

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 Azshara map

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

Getting there

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

  • Valormok, AzsharaHorde · about 860 yards west
  • Gates of Sothann, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north-west
  • Bilgewater Harbor, AzsharaHorde · about 1,400 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 250 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Experience4,100 XP
ReputationBilgewater Cartel +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Legs
Item level6
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+1 Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for3 silver34 copper
TypeLeather Waist
Item level6
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for1 silver77 copper
TypePlate Chest
Item level6
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for3 silver27 copper
TypeMail Waist
Item level6
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+1 Agility or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for1 silver66 copper

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 Azshara that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Runaway Shredder! (+250), The Captain's Logs (+250), Up a Tree (+250), Defend the Gates! (+250), Arborcide (+350), Basilisk Bashin' (+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.

Storyline

Azshara

Part 15 of 88.

Previous: Military Breakthrough · Next: In The Face!

  1. 10Prismbreak
  2. 11Refleshification
  3. 12Another Warm Body
  4. 13Hand-me-downs
  5. 14Military Breakthrough
  6. 15First Degree Mortar
  7. 16In The Face!
  8. 17Profitability Scouting
  9. 18Private Chat
  10. 19A Thousand Stories in the Sand
  11. 20Memories of the Dead
  12. 21Mystery of the Sarcen Stone

Showing steps 10 to 21 of 88.

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.

  • Military BreakthroughAzshara · Level 5-30

    We've lost contact with Sergeant Dynamo, stationed at the next ridge to the north of the central minefield. They were probably overrun. He had our last SFG. Go over there and get it back. Clear out any naga that have broken through while you're there.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • In The Face!Azshara · Level 5-30

    The naga are using those giants to stamp paths through our minefields. Time to put that SFG to use! Head over to the entrance to the southern minefield - I think you can figure out the rest.

The storyline at a glance

Azshara has 88 steps, from Runaway Shredder! to The Conquest of Azshara.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (88).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Azshara 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.

Guides and routes on this site that cover Azshara.