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Steamtank Surprise

Steamtank Surprise is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Dragonblight. It is step 76 of 149 in the Dragonblight storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dragonblight at 85.9, 50.9. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward and 6,200 experience.

Description

This is a seek and destroy mission. You'll be driving a tank into the Carrion Fields to dismantle Scourge plague wagons. With the tank comes a crew of three 7th Legion soldiers. All must survive if this mission is to succeed!

You'll need to get in close to a plague wagon to unleash your engineer. Let them do their deed and move on to the next one. When the field is clear of plague wagons, head to the mausoleum in front of the ruined keep and drop off the rest of your crew. Meet with Ambo Cash inside.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Experience6,200 XP
ReputationValiance Expedition +350
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
121353+83via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ok

1. Get in the tank
2. Click 1. to kill anything that attacks you.
3. If the attackers get close click 2. This will freeze them in place so you can back up & hit 1 to kill them.
4. Once you are near the Plague Wagon, click 3. This will dispatch a gnome from your tank. The gnome will destroy the plague Wagon.
5. When you go to the building in the middle of the fields at 85.7 49.9, hit 4 to dispatch the soldiers from your tank. They will take care of that business.
6. Destroy your last Plague wagon as described above.

This quest is fun for driving around and shooting, but really ticked me off as far as 'WHAT THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!"

And YES, I DID read the quest. Don't even start!

:-)

3
789647+33via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This was a mild pain. I ran out of gnomes apparently, so I couldn't send anymore out after the first one, but I could destroy two perfectly good plague wagons before I fixed it by screaming at the computer getting out of the tank and getting another one, didn't have a problem after that. It was easy for me to find the mausoleum after getting all of the wagons done in the quest.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
ReputationValiance Expedition+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeArmor Neck
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +5 Haste
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for49 silver41 copper
TypeCloth Back
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Agility or Strength, +6 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for36 gold74 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for68 silver83 copper

Reputation: Valiance Expedition +350

The main armies of the Alliance in Northrend, moving against the Scourge and unified under King Varian Wrynn's command.

Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.

Other quests in Dragonblight that reward Valiance Expedition reputation: A Letter for Home (+250), Strengthen the Ancients (+250), Pest Control (+250), Canyon Chase (+250), The Lost Courier (+25), The Liquid Fire of Elune (+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 mapDragonblightTurn-in marker at 85.9, 50.9, 12 mapped points
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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.

Dragonblight Quest turn-in 12 mapped points
Dragonblight map showing where to go for Steamtank SurpriseTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #115 85.9 50.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDragonblight 85.9, 50.9/way #115 85.9 50.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dragonblight 86.7, 50.0/way #115 86.7 50.0
  • Objective areaDragonblight 85.9, 50.1/way #115 85.9 50.1
  • Objective areaDragonblight 89.7, 46.4/way #115 89.7 46.4

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 Dragonblight map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:

  • Wintergarde Keep, DragonblightAlliance · about 500 yards west
  • Wyrmrest Temple, DragonblightAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards west
  • Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong ForestAlliance · about 1,500 yards north-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 30 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 270 yards north-east

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

Dragonblight

Part 76 of 149.

Previous: Into Hostile Territory · Next: Scattered To The Wind

  1. 71Secrets of the Scourge
  2. 72Mystery of the Tome
  3. 73Understanding the Language of Death
  4. 74A Righteous Sermon
  5. 75Into Hostile Territory
  6. 76Steamtank Surprise
  7. 77Scattered To The Wind
  8. 78The Chain Gun And You
  9. 79Plunderbeard Must Be Found!
  10. 80Plunderbeard's Journal
  11. 81Chasing Icestorm: The 7th Legion Front
  12. 82Chasing Icestorm: Thel'zan's Phylactery

Showing steps 71 to 82 of 149.

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.

  • Into Hostile TerritoryDragonblight · Level 15-30

    You have done much to advance our efforts against the Scourge, <name>. In fact, the morale of all those who have come into contact with you soars! Such is your influence over the soldiers and citizenry of Wintergarde, ally. And because of you we are now prepared to go on the offensive!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Scattered To The WindDragonblight · Level 15-30

    The munitions drop went badly, friend. The shipment of ammo from Westguard Keep was intercepted by the frostwyrms circling overhead. The flying machines were torn apart in a matter of seconds and their cargo was scattered to the wind. Most of it is still topside - on the Carrion Fields.

The storyline at a glance

Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dragonblight 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.

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