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Major Malfunction

Major Malfunction is a Horde-only quest for level 1-30 in Eversong Woods (Burning Crusade). It is step 4 of 35 in the Eversong Woods storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Eversong Woods at 47.3, 46.3. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The arcane patrollers crafted by our forefathers to protect the city have fallen into a dangerous state of disrepair. They fail to recognize us as their masters and will attack us on sight!

Even though they were created many years ago, the arcane cores that power them are still quite useful and valuable to us. I want you to gather these cores and bring them to me so I can put them to good use again. You will find the patrollers in the ruined section of Silvermoon, to the northwest.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationSilvermoon City +250
Top Comments

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2
15585+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Take this quest along with

Unstable Mana Crystals - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=8463
and
Wanted: Thaelis the Hungerer - http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=8468

If you start out on the road at around 44, 45 and follow that north you can pick up the amount of Mana Crystals required for Unstable Mana Crystals and kill the Arcane Patrollers along the way for the Major Malfunction quest. The road will bring you under the bridge and right up too the side door of the house at 45, 38 where Thaelis is located. You will have to kill maybe two Urchins outside, and one inside and then you can pull Thaelis by himself. Turn around and take the same road back the way you came in.

One trip and you should have 3 quests complete.

3
Aurora+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Arcane Patrollers can be found wandering throughout the Ruins of Silvermoon (usually along the side roads). Kill them to collect the six Arcane Cores. Be careful; they often join in combat with Wretched Urchins. A group of Urchins and a Patroller or two can really ruin a day!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationSilvermoon City+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Chest
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Suited toArcane, Fire, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Sells to vendors for17 copper
TypePlate Waist
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Suited toHoly, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost, Unholy
Sells to vendors for9 copper
TypeLeather Chest
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Suited toBalance, Feral, Guardian, Restoration, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Brewmaster, Windwalker, Mistweaver, Havoc, Vengeance
Sells to vendors for18 copper
TypeMail Chest
Item level2
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Suited toBeast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration
Sells to vendors for18 copper

Reputation: Silvermoon City +250

The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Eversong Woods (Burning Crusade) that reward Silvermoon City reputation: Unstable Mana Crystals (+250), WANTED: Thaelis the Hungerer (+250), A Somber Task (+250), Old Whitebark's Pendant (+250), The Dead Scar (+250), Amani Encroachment (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapEversong WoodsTurn-in marker at 47.3, 46.3, 10 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.

Eversong Woods Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Eversong Woods map showing where to go for Major MalfunctionTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #94 47.3 46.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEversong Woods 47.3, 46.3/way #94 47.3 46.3
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Eversong Woods 41.5, 38.7/way #94 41.5 38.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Eversong Woods 47.3, 40.4/way #94 47.3 40.4

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 Eversong Woods map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eversong Woods:

  • Falconwing Square, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 50 yards west
  • Silvermoon CityHorde · about 380 yards south-east
  • Fairbreeze Village, Eversong WoodsHorde · about 790 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 380 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 190 yards north

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

Eversong Woods

Part 4 of 35.

Previous: Darnassian Intrusions · Next: Arcane Instability

  1. 1WANTED: Thaelis the Hungerer
  2. 2Unstable Mana Crystals
  3. 3Darnassian Intrusions
  4. 4Major Malfunction
  5. 5Arcane Instability
  6. 6Incriminating Documents
  7. 7The Dwarven Spy
  8. 8Pelt Collection
  9. 9A Somber Task
  10. 10The Party Never Ends
  11. 11Corrupted Soil
  12. 12Unexpected Results

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 35.

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.

  • Darnassian IntrusionsEversong Woods (Burning Crusade) · Level 1-30

    Besides the constant threat that the Wretched represent, I also have to deal with all kind of fictitious reports of night elf sightings. Though most reports are unfounded, one recent incident demands further investigation.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Arcane InstabilityEversong Woods (Burning Crusade) · Level 1-30

    It's about time that dimwit, Caidanis, sent someone this way. I warned of the dangers of increasing the load on the West Sanctum! Now one of our energy converters is destroyed and arcane wraiths are pouring out of the sanctum!

The storyline at a glance

Eversong Woods has 35 steps, from WANTED: Thaelis the Hungerer to The Dead Scar.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eversong Woods (34), Ghostlands (1).

Other storylines on the Eversong Woods 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.

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