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In a Pinch

In a Pinch is a quest for level 73-75 in The Ringing Deeps. It is step 3 of 3 in the Revenge in the Rumbling Wastes storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in The Ringing Deeps at 58.0, 46.9. It rewards 12,400 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

I suppose I should come clean and tell you why I had you gather that meat.

Truth is, there's a horrible beast who lives down in the Wastes. A monster who feeds on the unwary and whose pincers can snap through stone and bone like a knife through warm butter.

Its name is Smaragthr, and the foul thing is the reason I have but one eye and my gems are cracked. I am no match for it, but you... you could enact my vengeance.

Kill Smaragthr so the Wastes can be free!

Rewards

Money57 gold86 silver
Experience12,400 XP
Top Comments

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Leon3226+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Still doesn't work as of today. The stone does not appear, abandoning and retaking the quest again doesn't help either.

Come on, Blizzard, this bug will soon have its first birthday.

Update: 24/06/2025 quest just worked normally without retaking it or doing anything out of the ordinary.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP12,400
MoneyGold57g 86s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Ringing DeepsTurn-in marker at 58.0, 46.9, 3 mapped points
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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.

The Ringing Deeps Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
The Ringing Deeps map showing where to go for In a PinchTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2214 58.0 46.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Ringing Deeps 58.0, 46.9/way #2214 58.0 46.9
  • Objective areaThe Ringing Deeps 57.8, 50.7/way #2214 57.8 50.7

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 Ringing Deeps map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Ringing Deeps:

  • Shadowvein Point, The Ringing DeepsAlliance and Horde · about 70 yards south-west
  • Camp Murroch, The Ringing DeepsAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards south
  • Gundargaz, The Ringing DeepsAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 190 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 190 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

Revenge in the Rumbling Wastes

Part 3 of 3.

Previous: Sticks and Bones

  1. 1Juicy Krolusk Meat
  2. 2Sticks and Bones
  3. 3In a Pinch

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.

  • Sticks and BonesThe Ringing Deeps · Level 73-75

    While the krolusks like to attack from beneath, the Rumbling Waste also plays host to a predator who prefers to swoop down from above. Deepsflayers have built nests on the peaks and ridges around the Waste. Destroy their nests and show them that the Waste is no welcoming home.

Also counted by Sojourner of The Ringing Deeps

Its criteria name 16 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Revenge in the Rumbling Wastes has 3 steps, from Juicy Krolusk Meat to In a Pinch.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Ringing Deeps (3).

Other storylines on The Ringing Deeps 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Sojourner of The Ringing DeepsComplete the optional Ringing Deeps storylines listed below.10
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Improvised Implements
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Database

Quest Location and Connections

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