TheWoWDBI thought it was also unclear what to do for this quest. But I figured it out after I completed it.
You get a hat in your inventory that when you right click on it, it will summon a boat that you can drive there yourself. It would have been useful but its all the same if you just swim to the pirate ships 90, 76.
Quest
Quiet the Cannons
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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It is not immediately clear what to do for this quest. Swim/Hop in your boat and head over to the shore next to the pirate ships at 90, 76. Go up the shore and click the cannons to destroy them.
I ran around and around looking for "my boat" or anyone that might give me one. The previous boat quest catapults you off your boat into the air, parachuting onto the barge so you don't just "park it". That previous quest also gave you the "River Boat" item, which is NOT a highlighted quest item. As previously pointed out, it looks like a black pirate hat.
River boat - Use: Summon your river boat on the water's surface within 20 yards. May only be used in Thousand Needles (1 sec. cooldown)
Just rightclick on it to start the quest boatwise.
You actually get to drive the boat around, it's not an autoboat. If you run into ANYTHING on the water's surface, the boat disappears and it puts you on top of whatever you ran into, even a plank of wood. You can summon this boat FROM the water too. (Thankfully!) There's a dock up by the pirate ships that you can drive the boat ONTO. LOL
If you want to save some trips, Make sure you get the "A Little payback" and "Where's Synge?" quests before going over here.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneThousand Needles
Quest ID25586
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25586))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineThousand Needles, step 20 of 107
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Now it's time to do something about those darn cannons up on the bluffs to the east! If you'd be so kind, hop into your boat and cruise on over to the Southsea Holdfast. Up top you'll see a bunch of cannons firing down on us. Those pirates don't know squat about engineering. It shouldn't be too difficult for you to clog 'em up and make them explode.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #64 77.2 74.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 77.2, 74.5
/way #64 77.2 74.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Thousand Needles 91.5, 77.7
/way #64 91.5 77.7
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 Thousand Needles map
- The Power of Thousands about 1,770 yards
- The Crone's Wrath about 2,150 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 2,150 yards
- Breaking Chains about 2,150 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 2,340 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
- Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand Needles
- Gadgetzan, Tanaris
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Thousand Needles map
Reward details
Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +250
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Two If By Boat (+25), Do Me a Favor? (+25), Down in the Deeps (+250), Bar Fight! (+250), In the Outhouse (+250), Pirate Accuracy Increasing (+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.
Storyline
Thousand Needles
Part 20 of 107.
Previous: Quiet the Cannons · Next: A Little Payback
- 15Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
- 16Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
- 17Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
- 18Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
- 19Quiet the Cannons
- 20Quiet the Cannons
- 21A Little Payback
- 22A Little Payback
- 23Where's Wizzle?
- 24Where's Synge?
- 25Sunken Treasure
- 26Sunken Treasure
Showing steps 15 to 26 of 107.
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.
- Circle the Wagons... er, Boats
The fires may be dealt with, but those Southsea pirates are still getting ready to board the Speedbarge! <name>, you need to go back to Griznak and get on your boat. Use the cannon to sink them before it's too late!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Little Payback
It's time for a little payback, I think. Can you blame me? After they locked me down in that outhouse and left me to drown?! I'll make it worth your while if you head up to the Southsea Holdfast on the eastern bluffs and exact my revenge.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.