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Free Samples

Free Samples is an Alliance-only quest for level 45 in Silithus: The Wound. It is step 8 of 29 in the Silithus: The Wound storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Silithus at 69.4, 19.3. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

The crown has ordered SI:7 to infiltrate the goblin mining operation and collect any information we can find on this mysterious new substance.

My agents have infiltrated the camp, but the clock is ticking and we need to get our hands on some extracted ore samples fast.

In other words, I need someone who can take the direct approach. Someone who can handle a fight against overwhelming odds and come out alive.

Take the ore samples to Khargus Stonemantle for analysis when you return.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Silithus 69.4, 19.3 /way #81 69.4 19.3

Known issues

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Bursi+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

First quest might only pop up after killing Argus once on that account (can be done in LFR). Relog should help, if it does not show up for you or close your client completely, if you have done step 9 and The Speaker's Call does not trigger (as described here).
You can switch the zone phasing at Zidormi, if you can't see your quest giver in Silithus.

If you just want to empower your artifacts quickly, you can skip the optional quests.


  2. [quest=50371] - go to Stormwind and meet [npc=132255]

  4. [quest=49976] - click his dialogue (Video)

  6. [quest=49981] - travel to Silithus. You can use the portal to Uldum in Stormwind (/way Stormwind 75.10 20.36)

  8. Free Samples - kill [npc=132062] and collect 8 ores
    (optional) It's a Sabotage - place 10 [npc=133066]

  10. (optional) Desert Research - turn in at [npc=132606] near you

  12. (optional) The Source of Power - collect 10 brains
    (optional) Larvae By The Dozen - click 12 broodlings
    The Twilight Survivor - kill [npc=132203] and (optional) accept/complete A Wee Bit O' Cloth at the toilet

  14. A Recent Arrival - speak to [npc=130032]

  16. The Speaker's Perspective - go to Magni Bronzebeard in Silithus

  18. The Blood of Azeroth - return to Staghelm Point

  20. The Speaker's Call - speak to [npc=132995], she'll transport you to Magni

  22. [quest=50057] - click the dialogue (Video)


Questline (incl. optional quests) took around half an hour, started from Sw/Uldum. Without optionals and cinematics it were 15 min.

Now all of your character's artifact weapons are empowered to maximum.

2
NRieh+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Wtf? Quest is marked as 45-50-55, meaning that by 55 it is supposed to turn trivial, right? I mean, it happens between lv45 legion and lv50 BfA?.. But it's lv60 for me right now, and the buggers are tough. I'm lv60 resto\balance druid, never used chromie times, current ilv 158 (timewalking), but I feel like I'm lv3 vanilla baby all over again. Time to kill a single prospector is insane. Dots do like 200-300 per tick, while mobs have 35k hp (I'm about 22k), and pulling more than one at a time means trouble. Their scaling thing IS broken.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(50047))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Bursi+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

First quest might only pop up after killing Argus once on that account (can be done in LFR). Relog should help, if it does not show up for you or close your client completely, if you have done step 9 and The Speaker's Call does not trigger (as described here).
You can switch the zone phasing at Zidormi, if you can't see your quest giver in Silithus.

If you just want to empower your artifacts quickly, you can skip the optional quests.


  2. [quest=50371] - go to Stormwind and meet [npc=132255]

  4. [quest=49976] - click his dialogue (Video)

  6. [quest=49981] - travel to Silithus. You can use the portal to Uldum in Stormwind (/way Stormwind 75.10 20.36)

  8. Free Samples - kill [npc=132062] and collect 8 ores
    (optional) It's a Sabotage - place 10 [npc=133066]

  10. (optional) Desert Research - turn in at [npc=132606] near you

  12. (optional) The Source of Power - collect 10 brains
    (optional) Larvae By The Dozen - click 12 broodlings
    The Twilight Survivor - kill [npc=132203] and (optional) accept/complete A Wee Bit O' Cloth at the toilet

  14. A Recent Arrival - speak to [npc=130032]

  16. The Speaker's Perspective - go to Magni Bronzebeard in Silithus

  18. The Blood of Azeroth - return to Staghelm Point

  20. The Speaker's Call - speak to [npc=132995], she'll transport you to Magni

  22. [quest=50057] - click the dialogue (Video)


Questline (incl. optional quests) took around half an hour, started from Sw/Uldum. Without optionals and cinematics it were 15 min.

Now all of your character's artifact weapons are empowered to maximum.

2
NRieh+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Wtf? Quest is marked as 45-50-55, meaning that by 55 it is supposed to turn trivial, right? I mean, it happens between lv45 legion and lv50 BfA?.. But it's lv60 for me right now, and the buggers are tough. I'm lv60 resto\balance druid, never used chromie times, current ilv 158 (timewalking), but I feel like I'm lv3 vanilla baby all over again. Time to kill a single prospector is insane. Dots do like 200-300 per tick, while mobs have 35k hp (I'm about 22k), and pulling more than one at a time means trouble. Their scaling thing IS broken.

3
dyapiper156+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Level Scaling on the Goblins is Broken since the Shadowlands patch 9.0 and 9.1. I was a level 59 rogue that was unable to solo the mobs, especially if I aggro'd two.
I did Party Sync with a level 40 rogue friend. FINALLY able to kill the mobs! Find a low level friend and drag them to help you! :)

Read all 17 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapSilithusTurn-in marker at 69.4, 19.3, 14 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.

Silithus Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Silithus map showing where to go for Free SamplesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #81 69.4 19.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSilithus 69.4, 19.3/way #81 69.4 19.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Silithus 58.5, 37.5/way #81 58.5 37.5
  • Objective areaSilithus 69.4, 17.6/way #81 69.4 17.6

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 Silithus map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Silithus:

  • Cenarion Hold, SilithusAlliance · about 710 yards south-west
  • Mossy Pile, Un'Goro CraterAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-east
  • Shadebough, FeralasAlliance · about 1,400 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 660 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 40 yards north

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

Silithus: The Wound

Part 8 of 29.

Previous: It's a Sabotage · Next: Desert Research

  1. 7It's a Sabotage
  2. 8Free Samples
  3. 9Desert Research
  4. 10No Spies Allowed
  5. 11Lazy Prospectors!
  6. 12Desert Research
  7. 13The Seething Shore
  8. 14The Seething Shore

Showing steps 3 to 14 of 29.

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.

  • It's a SabotageSilithus: The Wound · Level 45

    The Horde has wasted no time in shamelessly extracting this mysterious ore from the great wound. Luckily for us, goblin engineering is not nearly as sophisticated as what we create in Gnomeregan! All it takes is a little bit of old fashioned dynamite to completely disable a goblin shredder.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Desert ResearchSilithus: The Wound · Level 45

    The dark blade of Sargeras has cast a shadow of destruction over this land. It seemed that the silithid hives were destroyed in the attack, but I have received reports that the silithid are returning.

Other storylines on the Silithus 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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