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Lao-Chin's Gambit

A World of Warcraft quest in Kun-Lai Summit. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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713689+34via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest does not have a map marker, so if you get distracted halfway through it may sit in your quest log for some time unfinished (I know, I know...). To get back on track, return to the Serpent's Spine gate near Winter's Blossom in the South West of Kun-Lai Summit. Suna Silentstrike is in the tower on the Northern side of the gate.

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Whiterock+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Sha in the Monastery Quest Tree From Whiterock

The Ordo Warbringer{A2,H1,H2}* Barrels of Fun{H}* Pandaren Prisoners{H}*
                           └──────┼───────────────┘
Call Out Their Leader* S)The Shado-Pan{H} Hit Medicine* All of the Arrows*
 |                  └────┐        |       /             /
a)Turnabout             a)The Defense of Shado-Pan Fallback    +)Holed Up
a)Unmasking the Yaungol
b)To Winter's Blossom
 |                \
b)A Line Unbroken b)Honor, Even in Death
    \             /
    b)To the Wall!
    /             \
c)Off the Wall!   c)A Terrible Sacrifice
 |                /
d)Lao-Chin's Gambit
d)Do a Barrel Roll!
d)Finish This!──────>My Husband...*
 |
f)Where are My Reinforcements?
f)Unbelievable!
S)Into the Monastery{backup version}(Shado-Pan Monastery)
#)Lord of the Shado-Pan(Shado-Pan Monastery)

#)The Path to Respect Lies in Violence(Shado-Pan Monastery)

Legend:
S means Skippable
+ means Can start anytime, prequests not needed.
{H} means Quest Have Horde Variant, click {H} for it.
* means another Quest Tree.



  1. Yes, there are SUCH WEIRD prequests, even more weird that it have breadcumb with other prequests.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-35
Quest ID30994

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(30994))

What to do

StorylineKun-Lai Summit, step 84 of 88
Rewards1g 37s 40c, 600 XP

Description

Alright. Thanks to you, we have the wall under control. Good job. I'll stay up here for a little while and make sure no more yaungol get up onto the wall. You, though, should go back down and see what Lao-Chin has cooked up. I hate to say it, but maybe he had a good idea after all...

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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.

Kun-Lai Summit Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Kun-Lai Summit map showing where to go for Lao-Chin's GambitTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #379 31.9 60.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inKun-Lai Summit 31.9, 60.9/way #379 31.9 60.9
  • Objective areaKun-Lai Summit 29.3, 62.3/way #379 29.3 62.3

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 Kun-Lai Summit map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Kun-Lai Summit, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kun-Lai Summit:

  • Winter's Blossom, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 180 yards north-east
  • Longying Outpost, Townlong SteppesAlliance and Horde · about 730 yards south
  • Kota Basecamp, Kun-Lai SummitAlliance and Horde · about 770 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 170 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
Money1 gold37 silver
Experience600 XP
ReputationShado-Pan +25

Reward details

Reputation: Shado-Pan +25

The shadowy protectors of Pandaria's temples, the Shado-Pan are wrought with mystery.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Kun-Lai Summit that reward Shado-Pan reputation: The Defense of Shado-Pan Fallback (+75), Turnabout (+75), Unmasking the Yaungol (+100), To Winter's Blossom (+25), A Line Unbroken (+75), Honor, Even in Death (+75).

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

Kun-Lai Summit

Part 84 of 88.

Previous: A Terrible Sacrifice · Next: Do a Barrel Roll!

  1. 77Unmasking the Yaungol
  2. 78To Winter's Blossom
  3. 79A Line Unbroken
  4. 80Honor, Even in Death
  5. 81To the Wall!
  6. 82Off the Wall!
  7. 83A Terrible Sacrifice
  8. 84Lao-Chin's Gambit
  9. 85Do a Barrel Roll!
  10. 86Finish This!
  11. 87Where are My Reinforcements?
  12. 88Unbelievable!

Showing steps 77 to 88 of 88.

Also part of: Kun-Lai Summit (part 33 of 37), Kun-Lai Summit (part 33 of 37).

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.

  • A Terrible SacrificeKun-Lai Summit · Level 20-35

    I have an idea, and... am prepared to make a terrible sacrifice. As much as I know that we need my stout brew, to fortify our defenders for the long-term security of the Ox Gate...

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Do a Barrel Roll!Kun-Lai Summit · Level 20-35

    When I trained as a Brewmaster, I didn't expect to use my knowledge like this... Did you know beer catches fire when lit? Well, with yaungol oil mixed in, it's downright explosive. I've mixed the oil in with these kegs. Roll them at the yaungol over by the gate, and ignite them when you get close.

The storyline at a glance

Kun-Lai Summit has 88 steps, from Call Out Their Leader to Unbelievable!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Kun-Lai Summit (87), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Kun-Lai Summit 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.