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Fool's Gold (Horde)

Fool's Gold is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Thousand Needles. It is step 39 of 107 in the Thousand Needles storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Thousand Needles at 88.6, 54.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

We definitely DO NOT have the kind of gold that the Alliance is offering. <name>, we have to do something or we're not going to be able to get those drilling rights!

Wait a minute! There was this report from an underwater survey that we did right after the Cataclysm struck. Something about some gold-looking ore that was pushed up from underground. That's it!

Head west to the old stomping grounds of the centaur, Splithoof Crag and Splithoof Hold, and dig some up.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationBilgewater Cartel +250
Top Comments

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There are a few Pyrite spawns outside the cave along the outskirts of the building ruins, but the vast majority will be found within the cave proper.

They can be tracked by miners.

Edited to clarify; Coords above are right on target.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationBilgewater Cartel+250

Reward details

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 Thousand Needles that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Two If By Boat (+25), Do Me a Favor? (+25), Down in the Deeps (+250), Bar Fight! (+250), In the Outhouse (+250), Pirate Accuracy Increasing (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThousand NeedlesTurn-in marker at 88.6, 54.9, 13 mapped points
World Map

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.

Thousand Needles Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
Thousand Needles map showing where to go for Fool's GoldTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #64 88.6 54.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThousand Needles 88.6, 54.9/way #64 88.6 54.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thousand Needles 43.6, 38.0/way #64 43.6 38.0

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 Thousand Needles map

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

Getting there

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

  • Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand NeedlesAlliance and Horde · about 650 yards south-west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north-west
  • Gadgetzan, TanarisHorde · about 1,600 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 2,000 yards west

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

Thousand Needles

Part 39 of 107.

Previous: Fool's Gold · Next: Back to Crazzle

  1. 34Negotiations
  2. 35Get Zherin!
  3. 36Get Koalbeard!
  4. 37The Ancient Brazier
  5. 38Fool's Gold
  6. 39Fool's Gold
  7. 42Back to Crazzle
  8. 43Back to Riznek
  9. 44Eminent Domain
  10. 45Eminent Domain

Showing steps 34 to 45 of 107.

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 Ancient BrazierThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    What do we have here? A <race>? Come to steal our land with your honeyed tongue and promises? You do not fool me. I have lived a long time, and I know what dealing with your kind means. But the khans do not listen to their elders like they used to. Since you are here, I will put you to use.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Back to CrazzleThousand Needles · Level 15-30

    I am NOT stupid! Go back to your master and tell him that there will be NO deal! That is, if you can survive to make it back to him.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.

  • Fool's GoldAlliance only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30

The storyline at a glance

Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Thousand Needles 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 Fool's Gold. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Fool's Gold (this page)Horde25775
Fool's GoldAlliance25774
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