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Message in a Bottle

A World of Warcraft quest in The Cape of Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneThe Cape of Stranglethorn
Quest ID26603

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26603))

What to do

StorylineThe Cape of Stranglethorn, step 30 of 62
Rewards3,100 XP

Description

Inside the bottle you find a note which reads, in fairly good handwriting: <To any that can aid me-> <Please, my need for help is dire. A great beast holds me captive on an island in the South Seas.> <The stars at night are foreign to me and obscured by the jungle trees, but on the clearest days I see shoreline to the northwest, and what seem to be large sailing ships to the southwest.> <I beg of you, my would-be savior, please help me.>

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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 Cape of Stranglethorn Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the The Cape of Stranglethorn map

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, StranglethornAlliance · about 710 yards west
  • Explorers' League Digsite, StranglethornAlliance · about 1,000 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 440 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
Experience3,100 XP

Storyline

The Cape of Stranglethorn

Part 30 of 62.

Previous: Mok'rash the Cleaver · Next: Protecting Her Royal Highness Poobah

  1. 25Kill-Collect
  2. 26The Captain's Chest
  3. 27A Giant's Feast
  4. 28A Dish Best Served Huge
  5. 29Mok'rash the Cleaver
  6. 30Message in a Bottle
  7. 31Protecting Her Royal Highness Poobah
  8. 32Grubby Little Paws
  9. 33Mukla's Demise
  10. 34The Bloodsail Buccaneers
  11. 35Bloodsail Treachery
  12. 36The Baron Must Be Told

Showing steps 25 to 36 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.

  • Mok'rash the CleaverThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    Mok'rash the Cleaver is the last of the lot. And the largest, by my memory. Taller than a wave in a windstorm, with a beard like a kelp forest and a hammer like an oak tree. He taunts me from Janeiro's Point, the island right off the end of this very pier.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Protecting Her Royal Highness PoobahThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    These vicious jungle cats have been circling me for some time now. I watch them as closely as I can, but they seem to just... disappear into the grass. How they snarl and hiss! Don't get me wrong... I still want you to rescue me, but first, clear out some of these cats.

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

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.