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Need an Engine, Take an Engine

A World of Warcraft quest in Sholazar Basin. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneSholazar Basin
Quest ID12522

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12522))

What to do

StorylineSholazar Basin, step 1 of 65
Rewards7g 87s 50c, 3,100 XP

Description

She's ruined... ruined! I told that captain to be careful with such a precious cargo, but would she listen to me? No! When the ship ran aground, it damaged my flying machine, the Spirit of Gnomeregan. Now, we're left without any means to send our reports! There is a chance, though, that the Venture Company's antics may work in our favor. They shot down another flying machine right about where Monte parachuted into the swamp to the east. Go there and retrieve the engine. It may be our only hope.

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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.

Sholazar Basin Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Sholazar Basin map showing where to go for Need an Engine, Take an EngineTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #119 25.3 58.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSholazar Basin 25.3, 58.5/way #119 25.3 58.5
  • Objective areaSholazar Basin 38.7, 56.7/way #119 38.7 56.7

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 Sholazar Basin map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Sholazar Basin:

  • Nesingwary Base Camp, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · at the same spot
  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards east
  • Bor'gorok Outpost, Borean TundraHorde · about 1,100 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 580 yards east

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
Money7 gold87 silver
Experience3,100 XP

Storyline

Sholazar Basin

Part 1 of 65.

Next: Have a Part, Give a Part

  1. 1Need an Engine, Take an Engine
  2. 2Have a Part, Give a Part
  3. 3Venture Co. Misadventure
  4. 4Wipe That Grin Off His Face
  5. 5Kick, What Kick?
  6. 6The Great Hunter's Challenge
  7. 7Rhino Mastery: The Test
  8. 8Dreadsaber Mastery: Becoming a Predator
  9. 9Dreadsaber Mastery: Stalking the Prey
  10. 10Rhino Mastery: The Chase
  11. 11Crocolisk Mastery: The Trial
  12. 12Some Make Lemonade, Some Make Liquor

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 65.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Have a Part, Give a PartSholazar Basin · Level 20-30

    Great, now that we've got an engine, we're going to need an assortment of other parts to get her back in flying condition. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. A good mechanic can hold his creations together with anything, but we're better off if it doesn't come to that.

The storyline at a glance

Sholazar Basin has 65 steps, from Need an Engine, Take an Engine to Reclamation.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Sholazar Basin (63), Un'Goro Crater (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Into the Basin Complete the Sholazar Basin storylines listed below.
  • The Snows of Northrend Complete all of Hemet Nesingwary quests in Northrend up to and including Post-partum Aggression.

Other storylines on the Sholazar Basin 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.