Quest Log

Gold Dust Exchange

Gold Dust Exchange is an Alliance-only quest for level 1-30 in Elwynn Forest. It is step 2 of 30 in the Elwynn Forest storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Elwynn Forest at 42.1, 67.2. It rewards 2 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The kobolds in these parts sometimes carry Gold Dust on them. I could really use the stuff - bring me a load of it and I'll give you the best price in town...best price in town!

You can find kobolds in the Fargodeep Mine to the south, and around the Jasperlode Mine to the northeast.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10

Experience4,100 XP

ReputationStormwind +250

Top Comments

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8714Dec 10, 2006+17via Wowhead

If you head into the fargodeep mine which is south of Goldshire but not too far down, you will find lots of "kobolds". These guys are small and have candles on their heads. They drop gold dust every so often and that is what you need to collect. Fairly easy but for safety I recommend you take one person with you to help you clear the Fargodeep Mine.

DibermannNov 28, 2011+15via Wowhead

Is this quest still obtainable in-game?

LilithuZDec 31, 2007+10via Wowhead

do this along with Kobold Candles, The Fargodeep Mine and Lost Necklace, which is also in Fargodeep Mine where you need to do some chain quests then kill Goldtooth. Lost Necklace starts at "Auntie" Bernice Stonefield whom is at 34,83 or Stonefield Farm for those of you who doesn't have a coordinate addon

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Money	Gold	10g 50s
Reputation	Stormwind	+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

Jasperlode Chestguard

TypePlate Chest

Item level3

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor9

Suited toHoly, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost, Unholy

Sells to vendors for41 copper

Gold Dust Belt

TypeCloth Waist

Item level3

BindingBinds when picked up

Armor1

Suited toArcane, Fire, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction

Sells to vendors for20 copper

Reputation: Stormwind +250

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Elwynn Forest that reward Stormwind reputation: Riverpaw Gnoll Bounty (+250), Further Concerns (+250), Find the Lost Guards (+25), A Fishy Peril (+10), Discover Rolf's Fate (+75), Bounty on Murlocs (+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 map	Elwynn Forest	Turn-in marker at 42.1, 67.2, 18 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.

Coordinates

Turn-inElwynn Forest 42.1, 67.2/way #37 42.1 67.2
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Elwynn Forest 62.2, 55.3/way #37 62.2 55.3
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Elwynn Forest 39.1, 80.8/way #37 39.1 80.8

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 Elwynn Forest map

Report to Goldshire about 30 yards
A Window to the Past about 70 yards
An Unlikely Informant about 80 yards
Looking for Something Specific about 80 yards
Honor the Flame about 120 yards
Julia, The Pet Tamer about 380 yards
Preparation about 390 yards
Mecha Gone about 440 yards
A New Fate about 500 yards
Draconic Connections about 530 yards

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

Getting there

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

Goldshire, ElwynnAlliance · about 60 yards north
Stormwind, ElwynnAlliance · about 780 yards north-west
Furlbrow's Pumpkin Farm, WestfallAlliance · about 1,200 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 750 yards east
Objective areaabout 330 yards south

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

Elwynn Forest

Part 2 of 30.

Previous: Rest and Relaxation · Next: Kobold Candles

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 30.

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.

Rest and RelaxationElwynn Forest · Level 1-30
Every adventurer should rest when exhaustion sets in - and there is no finer place to get rest and relaxation than at the Lion's Pride Inn! My best friend, Innkeeper Farley, runs the Lion's Pride. If you tell him I sent you, he may give you the special discounted rates on food and drink.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Kobold CandlesElwynn Forest · Level 1-30
Hello, good sir! Do you have a moment? My brother and I run an apothecary in Stormwind, and I'm here to gather large candles for their wax. Can you help me? You can get large candles from kobolds, and I hear rumors that kobolds are infesting the Elwynn mines...

The storyline at a glance

Elwynn Forest has 30 steps, from Rest and Relaxation to WANTED: "Hogger".

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Elwynn Forest (29), Duskwood (1).

Other storylines on the Elwynn Forest map

Lost Honor13 steps, starts with The Dark Lady Calls
Northshire49 steps, starts with Beating Them Back!
The Scarlet Enclave58 steps, starts with In Service Of The Lich King
Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Julia, The Pet Tamer
The Wandering Isle74 steps, starts with The Lesson of the Iron Bough

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.

Community notes from Wowhead · 18 comments

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Going Undercover

Going Underground

Going West

Gold In Them There Trash

Gold is Gold

Gold's No Object

Goldbricking

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Gold Dust Exchange

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