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Going Off-Task (Alliance)

Going Off-Task is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Tanaris. It is step 7 of 48 in the Tanaris storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tanaris at 72.2, 45.2. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

That nasty ship on the east side of the cove keeps firing its cannons at us. It's kinda funny seeing all the goblins get hit by cannonballs, but some of my gnome friends are being hit too!

It'd be really, really nice if you could make your way past those cannons and onto the ship. There's a mean ol' taskmaster yelling at the other deckhands in there, and I'm sure if you beat him up or kill him, they'll stop shooting at us!

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationGnomeregan +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationGnomeregan+250

Reward details

Reputation: Gnomeregan +250

The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Tanaris that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Seaside Salvage (+250), Puddle Stomping (+250), Rocket Rescue (+250), Lootin' Plunder (+250), What We Came For (+250), You Too, Brute? (+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 72.2, 45.2, 2 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 2 mapped points
Tanaris map showing where to go for Going Off-TaskTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #71 72.2 45.2

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTanaris 72.2, 45.2/way #71 72.2 45.2
  • Objective areaTanaris 74.6, 45.5/way #71 74.6 45.5

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

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

  • Bootlegger Outpost, TanarisAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-west
  • Gadgetzan, TanarisAlliance · 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 170 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 7 of 48.

Previous: Lootin' Plunder · Next: Filling Our Pockets

  1. 2Puddle Stomping
  2. 3Rocket Rescue
  3. 4Dead Man's Chest
  4. 5To The Ground!
  5. 6Lootin' Plunder
  6. 7Going Off-Task
  7. 8Filling Our Pockets
  8. 9Captain Dreadbeard
  9. 10All Cheered Out
  10. 11Seaside Salvage
  11. 12Puddle Stomping
  12. 13Rocket Rescue

Showing steps 2 to 13 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.

  • Lootin' PlunderTanaris · Level 15-30

    It's just really so wasteful that all these pirates have golden treasures lying around. Some of this stuff could be used for practical things! Like melting into wire, or intrinsic shielding matrices, or selling to other stupid races that buy gold just to keep it around.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Filling Our PocketsTanaris · Level 15-30

    I know we're here to make friends with the Steamwheedle goblins, but those awful Bilgewater goblins are so rude. Why, I just saw a bunch of them pulling gold fillings out of the teeth of the Southsea musketeers and strongarms. Do they think they can just take that for themselves?

Quests that require this one

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance 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)Alliance26886
Going Off-TaskHorde25534
Related
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
Going Postal
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