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Needs a Little Oil

Needs a Little Oil is a Horde-only quest for level 7-30 in Ashenvale. It is step 7 of 42 in the Ashenvale, Horde storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ashenvale at 72.9, 80.4. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

You have your wood, but the encroaching elves have made it impossible for your kodo to return to Mor'shan Ramparts.

I've dispatched a runner to Splintertree to summon aid. It shouldn't take long for their forces to clear the way.

In the meantime, I would ask that you do us a service. Rust has rendered our shredders inoperable. A little lubrication and they'll be as good as new.

The oil from the rotting slimes just north of here should work just fine.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Ashenvale that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Sharptalon's Claw (+250), Ursangous' Paw (+250), Shadumbra's Head (+250), Simmer Down Now (+250), Between a Rock and a Thistlefur (+250), The Befouled Element (+25).

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 mapAshenvaleTurn-in marker at 72.9, 80.4, 7 mapped points
Objective areaNorthern Barrens1 mapped point
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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.

Ashenvale Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Ashenvale map showing where to go for Needs a Little OilTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #63 72.9 80.4

Northern Barrens Objective area 1 mapped point
Northern Barrens map showing where to go for Needs a Little OilObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #10 47.1 6.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAshenvale 72.9, 80.4/way #63 72.9 80.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ashenvale 73.5, 73.6/way #63 73.5 73.6
  • Objective areaNorthern Barrens 47.1, 6.0/way #10 47.1 6.0

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 Ashenvale map

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

Getting there

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

  • The Mor'Shan Ramparts, AshenvaleHorde · about 480 yards south-west
  • Splintertree Post, AshenvaleHorde · about 720 yards north
  • Nozzlepot's Outpost, Northern BarrensHorde · about 980 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 260 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

Ashenvale, Horde

Part 7 of 42.

Previous: Management Material · Next: Crisis at Splintertree

  1. 2Final Report
  2. 3To Dinah, at Once!
  3. 4Gorat's Vengeance
  4. 5Got Lumber?
  5. 6Management Material
  6. 7Needs a Little Oil
  7. 8Crisis at Splintertree
  8. 9To the Rescue!
  9. 10Blood of the Weak
  10. 11Pierce Their Heart!
  11. 12Mission Improbable
  12. 13Making Stumps

Showing steps 2 to 13 of 42.

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.

  • Management MaterialAshenvale · Level 7-30

    Truun needs wood, huh? Normally I could provide, but not today. With constant elf attacks, gathering lumber is dangerous work. The peons I have left are reluctant to venture into the woods. You want wood? Then you go convince the peons to work. And keep them safe! I cannot afford to lose any more!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Crisis at SplintertreeAshenvale · Level 7-30

    There will be no help coming from Splintertree. The elves have launched a major assault on our stronghold there and they have the place surrounded! We must inform Kadrak or die trying! Your kodo has been loaded up with the wood you collected.

The storyline at a glance

Ashenvale, Horde has 42 steps, from Find Gorat! to Vortex.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Ashenvale (40), Orgrimmar (2).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ashenvale 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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