TheWoWDBThis quest was added during patch 4.03a on 24 Nov 2010.
It is obtained from Cannary Caskshot who can be found in the Stoutlager Inn, Thelsamar, Loch Modan. She is next to the bar at co-ords 34 49.
The objective of the quest is to obtain 7 Murloc scent glands from Bluegill wanderers, Bluegill mudskippers or if your lucky enough Whitefin.
Once complete return to the quest giver to hand in.
I also gained 69 rep with the Alliance and 69 rep with Gilneas on completion of this quest.
Completion of this quest leads on to Axis of awful.
Quest
Smells Like A Plan
A World of Warcraft quest in Loch Modan. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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One of the most disturbing quests in WoW. You have to kill the daddy murlocs / mamma murlocs as their kids are watching you.
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night screaming and I see those baby murlocs watching me. Always watching me with those innocent eyes...
Best solution is to make soup out of baby murlocs, problem solved!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneLoch Modan
Quest ID26928
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26928))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineLoch Modan, step 17 of 35
Rewards21g, 5,150 XP
Description
Murlocs workin' with gnolls? That's a laugh! Now, just killin' them won't get you anywhere. Too many of the buggers. But I've got a plan, usin' the old noggin, see. Those murlocs, they have this smell, they get that smell on stuff, and when another murloc smells it, they go all crazy! Makes great bait for 'em. Anyway, they've got little glands that have that smell in 'em. You go and get me a bunch of those.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #48 34.8 49.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inLoch Modan 34.8, 49.1
/way #48 34.8 49.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Loch Modan 45.2, 47.2
/way #48 45.2 47.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Loch Modan 51.8, 51.8
/way #48 51.8 51.8
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 Loch Modan map
- Interest Yah In A Pint? same spot
- Recruiting the Furnace Master about 10 yards
- Honor the Flame about 160 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Loch Modan, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Loch Modan:
- Thelsamar, Loch Modan
- Dustwind Dig, Badlands
- Slabchisel's Survey, Wetlands
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Reward details
Reputation: Ironforge +250
This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Loch Modan that reward Ironforge reputation: Report to Ironforge (+75), Protecting the Shipment (+250), South Gate Status Report (+150), Stormpike's Orders (+150), Resupplying the Excavation (+150), Joining the Hunt (+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
Loch Modan
Part 17 of 35.
Previous: Suddenly, Murlocs! · Next: Hornet Hunting
- 12Kobold and Kobolder
- 13Who's In Charge Here?
- 14The Bearer of Gnoll-edge
- 15Axis of Awful
- 16Suddenly, Murlocs!
- 17Smells Like A Plan
- 18Hornet Hunting
- 19Foxtails By The Handful
- 20Thistle While You Work
- 21Defcon: Bobcat
- 22The Joy of Boar Hunting
- 23Vyrin's Revenge
Showing steps 12 to 23 of 35.
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.
- Suddenly, Murlocs!
So we've got troggs working for kobolds, and kobolds working for gnolls. The gnolls must've moved in from the Wetlands. How do I know? Well, they brought friends, because what's left of the Loch is swarming with Bluegill murlocs that were never there before.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hornet Hunting
We're always looking for new game around here. Daryl may like his boars, but the rest of us prefer things more exotic. Now, I'd never say the Loch draining was a good thing, but it did have a silver lining. The swampy ground's brought in new prey: Hornets! Giant hornets, mind you.
The storyline at a glance
Loch Modan has 35 steps, from The Lost Pilot to The Winds of Loch Modan.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Loch Modan (33), Dun Morogh (2).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Loch Modan map
- Dwarven Heritage Armor
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.