I was half expecting the creator to end up being Didi herself and she just wanted you to go around hearing the legends about how great she is and such.
Quest
Oil Rags to Riches
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Hum the last step requires to speak to nix in gadgetzan, and if you do Bloodsail Buccaneers reputation you can not complete it.
I will say I did the Short Circuit quest but somehow missed this Oil Rags To Riches quest (reading the journal).
Going back I can't seem to get the helm and fatigue sets in as well as underwater breathing.
You can still accomplish this without the helm but you may need to be very direct and quick to go into the 1 story house to get the journal and use your dalaran hearthstone to get back before fatigue kills you.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
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Description
Didi will be very interested in reading the journal you found as well as examining the circuit design. You should return to her as soon as you can.
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.
Coordinates
- Turn-inDalaran 38.8, 24.7
/way #627 38.8 24.7 - Objective areaTanaris 69.6, 68.5
/way #71 69.6 68.5
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 Dalaran map
- Extraterrestrial Exploration same spot
- The Wrench Calls same spot
- A Harsh Mistress same spot
- Engineers: Not COMPLETELY Useless about 10 yards
- The Emerald Nightmare: The Pestilential Hide of Nythendra about 30 yards
- In One Piece about 30 yards
- Ske'rit's Leather Handbook about 30 yards
- The Core of the Stormscale about 30 yards
- Ske'rit's Scale-Skinning Suggestions about 30 yards
- Scavenger Hunting about 30 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dalaran, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dalaran:
- Dalaran
- Western Suramar
- Vengeance Point, Broken Shore
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.
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Reward details
Items you receive
“Teaches you how to craft a Reaves Module: Bling Mode.”
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
Legion Engineering
Part 28 of 31.
Previous: Short Circuit · Next: Court of Stars: Revamping the Recoil
- 20Keep Yer Powder Dry
- 21I'd Do It Myself, But...
- 22Going to Waste
- 23Locke, Stock and Barrel
- 24Halls of Valor: Trigger Happy
- 25Assault on Violet Hold: Cheating Death
- 26It's On With Automatons
- 27Short Circuit
- 28Oil Rags to Riches
- 29Court of Stars: Revamping the Recoil
- 30Boon of the Builder
- 31Time for a Recharge
Showing steps 20 to 31 of 31.
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.
- Short Circuit
While I've got you here, I was wondering if you could track something down for me. I'm sure you're familiar with a Blingtron, yes? Well, I started askin' around, and it seems no one really knows where the design for it came from. One rumor does pop up more than others, though: Area 52.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Court of Stars: Revamping the Recoil
<name>, you'll be very excited to hear that I've been working on a newer, better version of those goggles that Flintlocke rigged up. The ones I've designed have double the power, but unfortunately they also have double the recoil. I'm afraid if you use them, they'll break your neck.
The storyline at a glance
Legion Engineering has 31 steps, from Aww Scrap! to Time for a Recharge.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dalaran (16), Azsuna (8), Val'sharah (3), Stormheim (3).
Other storylines on the Dalaran map
- Legion Alchemy
- Legion Tailoring
- Legion Leatherworking
- Legion Inscription
- Legion Blacksmithing
- Legion: Infinitely Different
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.

