TheWoWDBI had a bit of trouble finding him because I made assumptions that were not true. He looks like the other mantids surrounding him, do make the folly I did and assume otherwise.
Quest
Shortcut to Ruin
A World of Warcraft quest in Dread Wastes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Use the macro
/target Vess-Guard Na'kal
/run SetRaidTarget("target", 4)to target and mark him
The most important things to know is that:
- He is standing on ground level, not underground
- He does not show up as a skull on the minimap
- But he is a quest mob, so kills are shared even when you are not grouped
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDread Wastes
Quest ID31503
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31503))
Requirements
RepeatsDaily
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
There is a champion among the loyalists, Vess-Guard Na'kal, whose strength comes not from experience or development, but from genetic modification. He was meant to be an example of the future of mantid - the sick idea that we can be born strong, without earning it. He's a mockery of my work! Gene augmentation was meant for mature, post-swarm veterans ONLY! End him. Perhaps it will serve as a lesson to Grand Empress Shek'zeer that taking shortcuts leads to ruin.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #422 54.5 35.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inDread Wastes 54.5, 35.8
/way #422 54.5 35.8 - Objective areaDread Wastes 39.5, 31.0
/way #422 39.5 31.0 - Objective areaDread Wastes 54.4, 35.9
/way #422 54.4 35.9
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 Dread Wastes map
- Wing Clip same spot
- Fear Takes Root same spot
- A Little Brain Work same spot
- Bad Genes about 10 yards
- Specimen Request about 10 yards
- Kunchong Treats about 10 yards
- Brain Food about 10 yards
- Falling to Pieces about 10 yards
- Sonic Disruption about 10 yards
- Free From Her Clutches about 10 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dread Wastes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dread Wastes:
- Klaxxi'vess, Dread Wastes
- The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread Wastes
- The Briny Muck, Dread Wastes
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 Dread Wastes map
Reward details
Reputation: The Klaxxi +130
These Mantid Elders are untouched by the corruption and insanity that has overtaken the remainder of the Mantid Swarm. They seek to work with the races of Pandaria to restore their Queen to glory.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in Dread Wastes that reward The Klaxxi reputation: Psycho Mantid (+250), Preserved in Amber (+500), Wakening Sickness (+250), The Klaxxi Council (+250), Kunchong Treats (+130), Fires and Fears of Old (+500).
Currency: Lesser Charm of Good Fortune x 2
Possession of the Lesser Charms of Good Fortune will result in great happiness and the eventual conversion into Warforged Seals, which allow players to risk a coin to receive a bonus reward from raid encounters.
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 this quest fits
Other daily quests in Dread Wastes
- Kunchong Treats
- Culling the Swarm
- Eradicating the Zan'thik
- Dark Skies
- Debugging the Terrace
- Dreadspinner Extermination
- An Ancient Empire
- Sap Tapping
Other storylines on the Dread Wastes map
- Dread Wastes
- The Mantid Threat
- Townlong Steppes
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.