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Re-Cursive

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

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The Curse of Flesh is an affliction suffered by some of the decedents of Azeroth's seed races, notably the dwarves and the gnomes. The curse changed the structure and appearance of these races from their original stony/metallic forms into the fleshy forms we know today.

The quest has you re-cursing (hence the name) gnomes who became re-metallicized by Gearmaster Mechazod.

In addition to this, the format chosen for the quest name is probably a reference to the Decursive mod.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneBorean Tundra
Quest ID11712

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11712))

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 11712 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

If you listened to the old man, then you know that we have gnomes out there that were changed. Gearmaster Mechazod infected them with something that reversed the "Curse of the Flesh", and now they're robots! We think we have a way to re-curse them back to normal. We want you to take this re-cursive transmatter injection and use it on the corpses of any mechagnomes you come across. We're hoping that this stuff will cure them and allow us to lock onto them to port 'em out of there. Whaddya say, {name}?

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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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 10 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for Re-CursiveTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 57.4 18.7

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 57.4, 18.7/way #114 57.4 18.7
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Borean Tundra 61.8, 20.8/way #114 61.8 20.8

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Borean Tundra:

  • Fizzcrank Airstrip, Borean TundraAlliance · about 70 yards south-west
  • Amber Ledge, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 930 yards south-west
  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 260 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Shoulder
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +6 Haste
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for36 gold48 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor9
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +11 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for24 gold6 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for23 gold17 silver
TypeCloth Head
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+7 Intellect, +11 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for35 gold95 silver

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +250

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: The Late William Allerton (+150), Lost and Found (+75), In Wine, Truth (+150), A Deserter (+25), Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds! (+250), Just a Few More Things... (+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

Borean Tundra

Part 123 of 182.

Previous: It Was The Orcs, Honest! · Next: Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty

  1. 118Dirty, Stinkin' Snobolds!
  2. 119Just a Few More Things...
  3. 120Hah... You're Not So Big Now!
  4. 121Plan B
  5. 122It Was The Orcs, Honest!
  6. 123Re-Cursive
  7. 124Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty
  8. 125The Gearmaster
  9. 126Finding Pilot Tailspin
  10. 127A Little Bit of Spice
  11. 128Lupus Pupus
  12. 129Emergency Protocol: Section 8.2, Paragraph C

Showing steps 118 to 129 of 182.

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.

  • It Was The Orcs, Honest!Borean Tundra · Level 10-30

    With all of those outfits you, er, recovered, I fashioned a Warsong orc disguise. I had the genius idea of combining it with some old stuff that I had left hanging around from last Hallows' End, so it should be foolproof! Here, in this sack is the disguise and the banner you recovered.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Lefty Loosey, Righty TightyBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Okay, I think we're ready for the penultimate assault... before you can bring down Mechazod, you're going to have to dismantle his lieutenants first! You'll find Twonky, ED-210, Max Blasto, and The Grinder at the West Point, North Point, Mid Point and South Point stations, respectively.

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.