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Shady Associates

Shady Associates is a quest for level 1-20 in Gilneas City. It is step 12 of 100 in the Gilneas storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Gilneas at 68.1, 55.0. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 2,750 experience and money.

Description

Most of us made it here alive... but there are worgen on this side of the city as well.

We're going to continue heading south once everyone's accounted for.

That reminds me, someone was asking about you. A strange fellow named Vitus... he was really giving me the creeps.

He kept talking about some "forbidden knowledge" he'd uncovered.

Rewards

Money5 gold35 silver
Experience2,750 XP
ReputationGilneas +250

Stuck on this quest?

  • Turn in at Gilneas 68.1, 55.0 /way #179 68.1 55.0

Known issues

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP2,750
MoneyGold5g 35s
ReputationGilneas+250

Reward details

Reputation: Gilneas +250

The people of Gilneas are a nation of survivors. Having walled themselves off from the rest of humanity, they must now face new threats from within.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Gilneas City that reward Gilneas reputation: Lockdown! (+250), Something's Amiss (+250), All Hell Breaks Loose (+350), Salvage the Supplies (+350), Evacuate the Merchant Square (+350), Royal Orders (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapGilneasTurn-in marker at 68.1, 55.0, 2 mapped points
World Map

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.

Gilneas Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Gilneas map showing where to go for Shady AssociatesTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #179 68.1 55.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGilneas 68.1, 55.0/way #179 68.1 55.0
  • Objective areaGilneas 67.9, 52.5/way #179 67.9 52.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 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

Gilneas

Part 12 of 100.

Previous: Someone's Looking for You · Next: Your Instructor

  1. 7The Winds Know Your Name... Apparently
  2. 8Someone's Keeping Track of You
  3. 9Arcane Inquiries
  4. 10Seek the Sister
  5. 11Someone's Looking for You
  6. 12Shady Associates
  7. 13Your Instructor
  8. 14Ready and Abel
  9. 15Safety in Numbers
  10. 16Safety in Numbers
  11. 17Safety in Numbers
  12. 18Safety in Numbers

Showing steps 7 to 18 of 100.

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.

  • Someone's Looking for YouGilneas City · Level 1-20

    Most of us made it here alive... but there are worgen on this side of the city as well. We're going to continue heading south once everyone's accounted for. That reminds me, someone was asking about you. A woman named Loren... she seemed a little disappointed when I told her you were all right.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Your InstructorGilneas City · Level 1-20

    Most of us made it here alive... but there are worgen on this side of the city as well. We're going to continue heading south once everyone's accounted for. That reminds me, someone was asking about you.

The storyline at a glance

Gilneas has 100 steps, from Lockdown! to Rut'theran Village.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Gilneas (89), Gilneas City (11).

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.

Related
Shadowsong's Return
Shadowvein Extraction
Shadra the Venom Queen
Shadra the Venom Queen
Shady Dealings
Shady Sanctuary
Shakedown
Shakedown at the Saldean's
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Quest Location and Connections

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