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Smoke Before Fire

A World of Warcraft quest in The Jade Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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sandyra+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

For this quest use your [item=89602] to bomb the four targets in the approximate areas detailed below:


  • Twinspire munitions stockpile is to the left as you walk in (looks like a giant red mine)

  • Xhu'daggab is further to the left within a blue magic shield

  • Wild imps are to the right on the same tier as Xhu'daggab, also within a domed magic shield which is green

  • Twinspire Demolishers are up the first set of stairs in the middle, there's four of them and they twinkle - just target any one of those with the [item=89602] - and the flare has a really good range too, so you don't have to get very close at all

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1368080+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I think this quest was bugged for me. I kept getting a "I need a target message" whenever I tried to launch the flare and the only time it would fire was if I was standing directly on top of the target, which judging by the comments was not intended.

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sagsco+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

"Wild imps are to the right on the same tier as Xhu'daggab, also within a blue magic shield" Correction to this comment. They are under a Green dome in the back on the right hand side where all the Wizards are. And yes, the flare has a great range!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-35
ZoneThe Jade Forest
Quest ID31743

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31743))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only
Requires all ofPillaging Peons, Critical Condition, Koukou's Rampage

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineThe Jade Forest, Paw'don Village, step 16 of 19
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

Sully scouted the Horde establishment to the north, and he reports seeing a large pile of explosives, along with a small force of demolishers. That's not to mention the demons that their warlocks have summoned. Luckily, we came prepared. We've got air support from the Skyfire. We just need to show our pilots where to strike. <Rell hands you a smoke flare, and gives you a knowing nod.>

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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.

The Jade Forest Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
The Jade Forest map showing where to go for Smoke Before FireTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #371 41.4 79.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Jade Forest 41.4, 79.6/way #371 41.4 79.6
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 40.9, 82.4/way #371 40.9 82.4
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 43.2, 81.3/way #371 43.2 81.3
  • Objective areaThe Jade Forest 46.2, 84.8/way #371 46.2 84.8

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 The Jade Forest map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:

  • Paw'Don Village, Jade ForestAlliance · about 410 yards south-east
  • Serpent's Overlook, Jade ForestAlliance and Horde · about 530 yards north
  • Zhu's Watch, Krasarang WildsAlliance and Horde · about 850 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 140 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 100 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 90 yards south

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
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Storyline

The Jade Forest, Paw'don Village

Part 16 of 19.

Previous: Fractured Forces · Next: Unfair Trade

  1. 8Envoy of the Alliance
  2. 9The Cost of War
  3. 10Pillaging Peons
  4. 11Critical Condition
  5. 12Priorities!
  6. 13Koukou's Rampage
  7. 14Twinspire Keep
  8. 15Fractured Forces
  9. 16Smoke Before Fire
  10. 17Unfair Trade
  11. 18The Fall of Ga'trul
  12. 19Onward and Inward

Showing steps 8 to 19 of 19.

Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 14 of 88).

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.

  • Fractured ForcesThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    The Horde have made our jobs easier for us. Their infighting and segregation have split their camp in two: orcs in the west, and undead in the east. The orcs obey their commander Dalgan, while the undead follow Bellandra Felstorm, a powerful warlock.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Unfair TradeThe Jade Forest · Level 10-35

    Though we have only just met, we have a common enemy: this group called the "Horde." Several days ago, their leader made us a trade offer. When we refused, his servants abducted several of our cubs as bargaining chips.

The storyline at a glance

The Jade Forest, Paw'don Village has 19 steps, from The King's Command to Onward and Inward.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (18), Stormwind City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Jade Forest 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.