TheWoWDBFirst, be sure you have Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge quest too because ... erm ... you might as well wipe them out.
You can get Engine-Core Crystal from any Festering Ghoul inside the necropolis. On the left side (when you enter) there is a corridor leading outside and to the top of the fallen necropolis. In the "firsts floor" there is Doctor Razorgrin in his lab - kill him to get Magical Gyroscope. Continue your way to the top to find Lich-Lord Chillwinter. Kill him to get Piloting Scourgestone.
Quest
I'm Stuck in this Damned Cage... But Not For Long!
A World of Warcraft quest in Borean Tundra. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The corridor leading to the top is actually on the right side of the room when you first enter it.
I know it's called the first floor in some parts of the world, but to clarify for us Americans he's on the second floor.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11699
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11699))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBorean Tundra, step 115 of 182
Rewards4,100 XP
Description
The cultists magicked me into this cage and there's no door to it. Little did they know that I'm the chief transmatter engineer for the airstrip! With your help, and a little elbow-grease, I won't be in here for long. I'm going to need an engine-core crystal from one of the ghouls in here, a magical gyroscope from their doctor, and a piloting scourgestone from the lich-lord up top. With all of that stuff, I should be able to make a port device to get back to Fizzcrank's and escape the gnome way!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #114 69.9 14.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inBorean Tundra 69.9, 14.8
/way #114 69.9 14.8 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 68.5, 15.8
/way #114 68.5 15.8 - Objective areaBorean Tundra 69.7, 12.9
/way #114 69.7 12.9
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 Borean Tundra map
- Now With More Mechanical Fowl about 480 yards
- Smarter Than Your Average Trogg about 860 yards
- A Tundra Conundrum about 870 yards
- Honor the Flame about 880 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,090 yards
- King Mrgl-Mrgl about 1,520 yards
- Adopt a Tadpole about 1,520 yards
- Hero's Call: Borean Tundra! about 2,150 yards
- Unleashing Judgment about 2,200 yards
- Arcane Unleashed about 2,200 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Borean Tundra, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:
- Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean Tundra
- River's Heart, Sholazar Basin
- Unu'pe, Borean Tundra
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250
Reward details
Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250
The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: The Late William Allerton (+150), Lost and Found (+75), In Wine, Truth (+150), A Deserter (+25), Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds! (+250), Just a Few More Things... (+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
Borean Tundra
Part 115 of 182.
Previous: Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge · Next: Let Bixie Know
- 110Check in With Bixie
- 111Oh Great... Plagued Magnataur!
- 112There's Something Going On In Those Caves
- 113Rats, Tinky Went into the Necropolis!
- 114Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge
- 115I'm Stuck in this Damned Cage... But Not For Long!
- 116Let Bixie Know
- 117Back to the Airstrip
- 118Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds!
- 119Just a Few More Things...
- 120Hah... You're Not So Big Now!
- 121Plan B
Showing steps 110 to 121 of 182.
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.
- Might As Well Wipe Out the Scourge
If the cultists up in those caves survived the crash, then that fallen necropolis to the west can only be assumed to still be filled with Scourge. There're probably lots of them out in front of it in the pools, too!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Let Bixie Know
My evil twin's out there somewhere now. I'm pretty sure that she's not back at the airstrip. In fact, wherever she ended up, it's colder there than here. But I could only 'feel' her for a moment. Oh well, I'll reconfigure this thing and port myself back to the airstrip soon enough.
The storyline at a glance
Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Borean Tundra map
- Winterfin Retreat
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
- Gnome Heritage Armor
- The Veiled Ossuary
- The Blue Dragons
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.