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Hardly Working

A World of Warcraft quest in Spires of Arak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Unlike most other quests, there is a set number of slaves to free. Once you free them, they do not re-spawn. So you have to get all of them.

In addition to the caves others have mentioned (34.68, 25.87), don't forget to check the areas above—there are two of these areas, one is up to the right, and it has three slaves—easy to overlook.

Personally I like this way better. It always feels strange when you're sent to free slaves, and you leave some behind after filling your quota, and others who you've freed re-spawn. It's like you never helped. With this, "no man gets left behind."

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-40
ZoneSpires of Arak
Quest ID35260

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(35260))

What to do

StorylineLegacy of the Apexis, step 4 of 7
RewardsSkywatch Adherant Necklace, Skywatch Adherant Gorget, Skywatch Adherent Locket, 16g 98s, 5,450 XP

Description

Those who were not incinerated at Veil Akraz are forced to help the Adherents excavate the very weapons aimed at their heads. Anyone trying to escape is vaporized by the overseer's Apexis turret. With these effigies, they won't know anyone has left! Place one near an enslaved worker and observe as it creates a perfect copy. It even cloaks the subject in shadow, so they can slip away safely!

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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.

Spires of Arak Quest turn-in 8 mapped points
Spires of Arak map showing where to go for Hardly WorkingTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #542 36.9 24.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSpires of Arak 36.9, 24.5/way #542 36.9 24.5
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Spires of Arak 34.0, 26.2/way #542 34.0 26.2

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 Spires of Arak map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Spires of Arak:

  • Apexis Excavation, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • Axefall, Spires of ArakHorde · about 780 yards south
  • Crow's Crook, Spires of ArakAlliance and Horde · about 940 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money16 gold98 silver
Experience5,450 XP
ReputationArakkoa Outcasts +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +6 Mastery, +4 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for20 gold65 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Agility or Strength, +7 Stamina, +6 Mastery, +4 Versatility
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for21 gold93 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +5 Mastery
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for21 gold59 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Strength, +7 Stamina, +5 Mastery, +4 Haste
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for21 gold51 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level42
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+5 Agility, +7 Stamina, +6 Haste, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for21 gold28 silver

Reputation: Arakkoa Outcasts +250

Working from the shadows, the Arakkoa Outcasts seek to bring a brighter tomorrow.

Reputation group: Warlords of Draenor.

Other quests in Spires of Arak that reward Arakkoa Outcasts reputation: Arakkoa Exodus (+10), The Shadows of Skettis (+250), Hidden in Plain Sight (+250), Adherents of the Sun God (+250), Orders From On High (+250), The Crone (+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.

Storyline

Legacy of the Apexis

Part 4 of 7.

Previous: Sol Sisters · Next: Shot-Caller

  1. 1Power Unearthed
  2. 2Legacy of the Apexis
  3. 3Sol Sisters
  4. 4Hardly Working
  5. 5Shot-Caller
  6. 6Hot Seat
  7. 7Control is King

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.

  • Sol SistersSpires of Arak · Level 30-40

    When I was still a guard in Skyreach, I was tasked with protecting the sisters Veoryx and Krashyx. They were prodigies. At an age when most sun acolytes could barely read, the sisters conjured familiars of pure sunlight to illuminate their textbooks in the small hours.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Shot-CallerSpires of Arak · Level 30-40

    <Solar energy courses through the slumbering constructs, their ancient servos whirring to life all around you. It is too late to shut them down now. Outside, an arakkoa overseer bellows commands, each answered by the buzz of an Apexis beam carving away at the mountain.

The storyline at a glance

Legacy of the Apexis has 7 steps, from Power Unearthed to Control is King.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Spires of Arak (7).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Spires of Arak 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.