Swabbing Duty

Reward details

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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.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Cape of Stranglethorn:

• Booty Bay, StranglethornAlliance · about 470 yards north
• Explorers' League Digsite, StranglethornAlliance · about 1,400 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

• Objective areaabout 50 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.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• Your First Day as a PirateThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

  Ye may be a slayer of Fleet Masters, but rules is rules and orders is orders. And MY orders say that all new pirates start out as swabbies. It's the rule. You're to be working for Captain Keelhaul, the commander of the Riptide.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

• The Bane of Many A PirateThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

  Gum disease. It's a real problem, <race>. I know you're new and all, and probably haven't ever needed your gums cut, but the rest of us pirates have to deal with a little thing called SCURVY. It's why we keep so many limes around here. Well... we used to keep limes around here.

Quests that require this one

• Attracting Attention

The storyline at a glance

The Cape of Stranglethorn has 62 steps, from Dask "The Flask" Gobfizzle to Bloodsail's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Cape of Stranglethorn (62).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

• Cape of Stranglethorn Quests Complete the Cape of Stranglethorn storylines listed below.

Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn map

• The Blue Dragons63 steps, starts with Keeper of the Ossuary
• Goblin Heritage Armor13 steps, starts with Old Friends, New Opportunities
• Battle Pet Tamers18 steps, starts with Julia, The Pet Tamer
• The Dreadblades2 steps, starts with A Friendly Accord
• The Great Gnomeregan Run1 steps, starts with The Great Gnomeregan Run

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.