TheWoWDBAlso, to make things much easier and much quicker! Remember to hit and hold your right mouse button (right-clicking) to aim at goblin's (Life-Rockets) and pirates (Bombs) each time you want to fire a rocket or bomb. I never got this handy-dandy tip while doing the quest, just happened by it as I was wondering if there was an easier way to do the quest...
Quest
Rocket Rescue
A World of Warcraft quest in Tanaris. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Seaside Salvage and Puddle Stomping are the prerequisites for this quest.
As of the prepatch it seems this quest is utterly bugged, the bombs do 0 damage, and getting the 40 kills is about as much rng as mount farming in raids...
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneTanaris
Quest ID25050
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25050))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineTanaris, step 3 of 48
RewardsNasmira's Soup Stirrer, 
Dud Bomb, 
Salvaged Steamwheedle Helm, 21g, 5,150 XP
Nasmira's Soup Stirrer, Dud Bomb, Salvaged Steamwheedle Helm, 21g, 5,150 XPDescription
When the water came in, Steamwheedle Port to the east was flooded, and a lot of poor goblins are still stuck there! Now those mean pirates are shooting at any boat that leaves the docks here. But they won't expect us to fly! There's a hot air balloon by the docks. We can use that, fly over to rescue the goblins, and take care of the pirates, too. Mr. Noggenfogger will be so pleased! Go to the docks and hop in the balloon and I'll be right behind you, okay? I've got to get some rockets...
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #71 51.2 29.9
Coordinates
- Turn-inTanaris 51.2, 29.9
/way #71 51.2 29.9 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaris 66.2, 23.4
/way #71 66.2 23.4 - Objective areaTanaris 53.3, 27.4
/way #71 53.3 27.4 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaris 61.7, 27.2
/way #71 61.7 27.2
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 Tanaris map
- Honor the Flame about 100 yards
- Orders of Magnitude about 120 yards
- Before It's Too Late about 120 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 130 yards
- Warbands: Warbanding Together about 170 yards
- Warbands: Rift Reader about 170 yards
- Warbands: Space Ghosts by the Coast about 170 yards
- Warbands: Spacetime is Money about 170 yards
- Warbands: Twinsposition about 210 yards
- Hot On The Trail about 310 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Tanaris, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tanaris:
- Gadgetzan, Tanaris
- Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand Needles
- Bootlegger Outpost, Tanaris
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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 Tanaris map
3D Model
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Reward details
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TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon7 - 10 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+7 Intellect, +10 Stamina
Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy
Sells to vendors for30 gold98 silver
TypeArmor Held In Off-hand
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +12 Intellect
Suited toDiscipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Mistweaver, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost
Sells to vendors for14 gold92 silver
TypePlate Head
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for13 gold8 silver
TypeGun Ranged
Item level24
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon10 - 19 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+9 Agility, +7 Stamina
Suited toMarksmanship, Beast Mastery
Sells to vendors for31 gold34 silver
Reputation: Gnomeregan +250
The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Tanaris that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Seaside Salvage (+250), Puddle Stomping (+250), Lootin' Plunder (+250), What We Came For (+250), You Too, Brute? (+250), Momentum (+75).
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
Tanaris
Part 3 of 48.
Previous: Puddle Stomping · Next: Dead Man's Chest
- 1Seaside Salvage
- 2Puddle Stomping
- 3Rocket Rescue
- 4Dead Man's Chest
- 5To The Ground!
- 6Lootin' Plunder
- 7Going Off-Task
- 8Filling Our Pockets
- 9Captain Dreadbeard
- 10All Cheered Out
- 11Seaside Salvage
- 12Puddle Stomping
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 48.
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.
- Puddle Stomping
There's a big problem here! It's great that the ocean came in so far, because now ships can get to Gadgetzan. But now there's a bunch of nasty old sea giants encroaching on the town! I'm sure Mister Noggenfogger would appreciate us taking care of them for him.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Dead Man's Chest
Well gosh, as you can plainly see there's this really big battle with these pirates here going on. We're doing our best to make sure they never bother Gadgetzan or our new gnomish homes there ever again! By killing them. So how about helping us?
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Tanaris · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Tanaris map
- Suspicious Munitions
- Warbanding Together
- Bronze Reconciliation
- Cataclysm Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Legion Engineering
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.