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Going Off-Task (Horde)

Going Off-Task is a Horde-only quest for level 15-30 in Tanaris. It is step 17 of 48 in the Tanaris storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tanaris at 71.8, 45.5. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

As you may have seen, the ship docked to the north has its cannons blazing. While it's pretty fun watching the gnomes run face-first into a hail of iron, my bruisers keep doing it too, and it's absolutely killing my overhead expenses.

I'd like you to try and dance through the cannonfire, get on that ship, and kill the taskmaster leading the cannoneers. The rest of the crew is probably a bunch of spineless prats; once he's down, we should be good.

Rewards

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

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

2
Generaldraxus+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Getting onto the ship without aggroing a million people was difficult, as this quest is kinda glitched atm. Whenever you run up the gangplank, the sailors on the deck as well as below will aggro. But then I remember I was a hunter. So I used Feign Death when I got onto the ship, and once I was on there was no glitchy aggro issues.

tl;dr hunters use Feign Death, rogues/druids stealth onto the boat, locks can soulstone once they die, and shaman can Rebirth. Nelfs can shadowmeld, and everyone else would be best off dying and rezzing on the ship.

:)

3
desprado363+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Level 46 Hunter. My Lion won't even go up the gangplank. I get to thte deck and get slammed by 2-3 mobs. No pet to tank so I get get killed every time. Very buggy quest. (addendum) Founda a work-around for this. Went aboard the ship, got killed. Brought spirit back and took it below deck to a safe corner before rezzing. Pet came when summoned and proceeded to complete the quest starting at the bottom of the ship.

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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 Tanaris that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Seaside Salvage (+250), Rocket Rescue (+250), To The Ground! (+250), Booty Duty (+250), Un-Chartered (+250), Get The Centipaarty Started (+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 mapTanarisTurn-in marker at 71.8, 45.5, 3 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.

Tanaris Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Tanaris map showing where to go for Going Off-TaskTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #71 71.8 45.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTanaris 71.8, 45.5/way #71 71.8 45.5
  • Objective areaTanaris 74.6, 45.5/way #71 74.6 45.5
  • Objective areaTanaris 71.9, 45.4/way #71 71.9 45.4

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 Tanaris map

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

Getting there

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

  • Bootlegger Outpost, TanarisAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-west
  • Gadgetzan, TanarisHorde · about 1,700 yards north-west
  • Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand NeedlesAlliance and Horde · about 2,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 200 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

Tanaris

Part 17 of 48.

Previous: Booty Duty · Next: Filling Our Pockets

  1. 12Puddle Stomping
  2. 13Rocket Rescue
  3. 14Dead Man's Chest
  4. 15To The Ground!
  5. 16Booty Duty
  6. 17Going Off-Task
  7. 18Filling Our Pockets
  8. 19Captain Dreadbeard
  9. 20Bootlegger Outpost
  10. 21Cutting Losses
  11. 22Chicken of the Desert
  12. 23A Great Idea

Showing steps 12 to 23 of 48.

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.

  • Booty DutyTanaris · Level 15-30

    Let's not be wasteful here, babe. These pirates have tons of valuable nonsense just sitting around, waiting to be fenced. Can you believe they just sit on this stuff? I mean, why do they even bother taking it if it's just going to sit around?

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Filling Our PocketsTanaris · Level 15-30

    We've looted everything that isn't bolted down around here, but I'm not done yet. If we're bothering to do the Steamwheedle Cartel's dirty work for them, we're going to make as much cash as we can while we're here.

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Tanaris · Level 15-30.

The storyline at a glance

Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Tanaris 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 Going Off-Task. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Going Off-Task (this page)Horde25534
Going Off-TaskAlliance26886
Related
Going After the Core
Going Deep
Going Down, Going Up
Going for the Crown
Going Off-Task
Going on the Offensive
Going on the Offensive
Going Out With a Bang
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