TheWoWDBThere's an elemental type mob (looks more like a mechanical, but it goes as elemental) at the steering wheel of one of the Bloodsail ships off the eastern coast. His/her/its name is Brutus and killing him/her/it did not make me lose any Bloodsail rep. Also according to the wowhead comments on the pre-shattering version of this quest he used to have a 100% or at least very high drop rate for the eye. After one kill I cannot tell if it's still that high but he did drop the eye for me immediately (after I lost like 200 Bloodsail rep for killing pirates without getting the quest item, sigh. So if you want to do those quests and keep the Bloodsail rep damage as low as possible go straight for Brutus.)
Quest
Keep An Eye Out
A World of Warcraft quest in The Cape of Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If you find yourself having this quest while doing the bloodsail quest chain, and the npcs are friendly, there's a quest in the chain Making Mutiny that lets you attack bloodsail corsairs, and I had the eye drop this way.
However, completing the quest decreased my bloodsail rep and did not open any more quests for me in booty bay.
This quest becomes available when you start Details of the Attack
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID26614
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26614))
What to do
StorylineThe Cape of Stranglethorn, step 39 of 62
RewardsDarktide Cape, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Darktide Cape, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
Avast! Who goes there? Argh, I am but useless without me special enchanted eye. Bad enough to have lost me eyes in battle in the first place! But by some stroke o' luck we docked in Menethil and a traveling wizard enchanted a special glass eye that let me see again. Last night I ended up gettin' jumped by some Bloodsail Buccaneers on me way out. Took me eye, they did! Seems those blokes have found their way to Booty Bay. Help an old sea dog out by gettin' me eye back?
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.
Nearby on the The Cape of Stranglethorn map
- A Lighter Shade of Fel about 70 yards
- No Such Thing as Bad Luck about 70 yards
- Information is King about 70 yards
- The Booty Bay Journal about 90 yards
- A Friendly Accord about 120 yards
- Anyway, I Started Bribing about 160 yards
- Money, Money, Money! about 160 yards
- Crystals Shmystals about 160 yards
- Settled with the Baron about 160 yards
- Honor the Flame about 280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Cape of Stranglethorn, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Cape of Stranglethorn:
- Booty Bay, Stranglethorn
- Explorers' League Digsite, Stranglethorn
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Other quests on the Cape of Stranglethorn map
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeCloth Back
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+6 Stamina, +4 Agility
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for9 gold68 silver
Reputation: Booty Bay +250
This booming coastal city is run by Baron Revilgaz of the Blackwater Raiders. Mortal enemies of the Bloodsail Buccaneers and part of the Steamwheedle Cartel.
Reputation group: Steamwheedle Cartel.
Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Booty Bay reputation: Avast Ye, Scallywag (-25), An OOX of Your Own (+500), Avast Ye, Admiral! (-500), Traitor to the Bloodsail (+500), Dressing the Part (-250), Scaring Shaky (+250).
Reputation: Bloodsail Buccaneers -250
These bloodthirsty corsairs are the bane of many a merchant in the high seas. Sworn enemies of Booty Bay.
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Bloodsail Buccaneers reputation: Avast Ye, Scallywag (+25), An OOX of Your Own (-500), Avast Ye, Admiral! (+500), Traitor to the Bloodsail (-500), Dressing the Part (+10), Scaring Shaky (-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
The Cape of Stranglethorn
Part 39 of 62.
Previous: Up to Snuff · Next: Getting In With the Bloodsail
- 34The Bloodsail Buccaneers
- 35Bloodsail Treachery
- 36The Baron Must Be Told
- 37Details of the Attack
- 38Up to Snuff
- 39Keep An Eye Out
- 40Getting In With the Bloodsail
- 41Seeing Where Your Loyalties Lie
- 42Your First Day as a Pirate
- 43Swabbing Duty
- 44The Bane of Many A Pirate
- 45Cannonball Swim
Showing steps 34 to 45 of 62.
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.
- Up to Snuff
Ah, the sea life. I ain't gonna say it's the good life, but it's my life. When I get into port I like to find me a good bottle of grog and some high quality snuff. Nasty habits but what's a pirate without his vices, right?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Getting In With the Bloodsail
These plans are... interesting. Firallon, you're smarter than this! Look, he has all three ships devoted to cannon fire, and only a few men coming in through the tunnel. He can never take Booty Bay with three ships and a dozen footmen. And he knows that. No, they've got something else planned...
The storyline at a glance
The Cape of Stranglethorn has 62 steps, from Dask "The Flask" Gobfizzle to Bloodsail's End.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Cape of Stranglethorn (62).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn map
- The Blue Dragons
- Goblin Heritage Armor
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Dreadblades
- The Great Gnomeregan Run
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.