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Quest
How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I am starting to believe that those mobs doesn't really know the truth about crimson dawn.
Best way to do this quest, is to only auto-attack. Be ready to stop attacking once the persuasion symbol appears (Mob is stunned).
If no result after it times out, start auto-attacking again.
Quest facts
Quest ID12720
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12720))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12720 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
In my travels across this world I have made several interesting discoveries. For instance, did you know that with the proper amount of encouragement one can extract all the truths that a man dares hide? As luck would have it, I happen to have some encouragement on hand. <Keleseth pulls something out of an ornately jeweled box.> These are my "persuaders." Equip them and take to the field, death knight. Apply the pointy ends to the soldiers of New Avalon. Discover the truth about this "Crimson Dawn."
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 54.3 57.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.3, 57.3
/way #124 54.3 57.3 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 54.2, 57.4
/way #124 54.2 57.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 55.8, 69.5
/way #124 55.8 69.5
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
Reward details
Items you receive
TypeArmor Finger
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Strength, +6 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Sells to vendors for1 silver33 copper
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
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 28 of 58.
Previous: Noth's Special Brew · Next: Behind Scarlet Lines
- 23The Crypt of Remembrance
- 24Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide
- 25Lambs To The Slaughter
- 26The Plaguebringer's Request
- 27Noth's Special Brew
- 28How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
- 29Behind Scarlet Lines
- 30The Path Of The Righteous Crusader
- 31Brothers In Death
- 32Bloody Breakout
- 33A Cry For Vengeance!
- 34A Special Surprise
Showing steps 23 to 34 of 58.
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.
- Noth's Special Brew
The cauldron is ready to begin spewing its foul corruption across the land! Now, death knight, a brief lesson in plague cauldrons. The gas that the cauldron emits is deadly to the living, but empowers Scourge.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Behind Scarlet Lines
I have sent Orbaz, Thassarian and Koltira behind enemy lines to search for the courier. They have set up a base of operations at the Scarlet Tavern, located at the southern end of New Avalon. The tavern is tucked away behind the two orchards, adjacent to the Chapel of the Crimson Flame.
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.