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Take Down Tethyr!

Take Down Tethyr! is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Dustwallow Marsh. It is step 26 of 83 in the Dustwallow Marsh storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Dustwallow Marsh at 69.6, 51.8. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Sea monster or no, we're not going to risk the safety of our shipping. I've ordered our best marksmen to prepare for a confrontation with this Tethyr. The artillerymen have augmented the dock's defenses with three mortars.

I'm going to order the lighthouse's lamp illuminated. If Tethyr does attack, it will be your job to operate the mortars and take down the beast before it can kill all of the marksmen. I wouldn't stand in one place too long, though. Using the mortars is likely to draw its attention.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationStormwind +350
Top Comments

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catsniffer99+16via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There seems to be a number of issues with this quest currently. Getting on a flying mount automatically causes the quest to fail. Also, killing the boss too quickly (without using cannons as a high level) seems to glitch the quest to not give credit for the kill. Recommend being patient and doing the quest the way it was intended (using the cannons and not mounting up) so you don't have to run out of the zone to reset the quest like I did multiple times.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationStormwind+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePolearm Two-Hand
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon12 - 21 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+12 Strength
Suited toFrost, Blood, Unholy, Retribution, Arms, Fury
Sells to vendors for9 gold74 silver
TypeMail Shoulder
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for3 gold81 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon7 - 9 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+6 Intellect, +10 Stamina, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy
Sells to vendors for9 gold24 silver
TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for4 gold2 silver

Reputation: Stormwind +350

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Dustwallow Marsh that reward Stormwind reputation: Mudrock Soup and Bugs (+250), Stinky's Escape (+250), ... and Bugs (+250), Reinforcements From Theramore (+75), Traitors Among Us (+250), Propaganda War (+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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapDustwallow MarshTurn-in marker at 69.6, 51.8, 5 mapped points
World Map

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.

Dustwallow Marsh Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Dustwallow Marsh map showing where to go for Take Down Tethyr!Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #70 69.6 51.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 69.6, 51.8/way #70 69.6 51.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dustwallow Marsh 69.6, 51.8/way #70 69.6 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 Dustwallow Marsh map

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

Getting there

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

  • Theramore, Dustwallow MarshAlliance · about 120 yards west
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-west
  • Northwatch Hold, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 2,000 yards north-west

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

Dustwallow Marsh

Part 26 of 83.

Previous: Oh, It's Real · Next: Defias in Dustwallow?

  1. 21Thresher Oil
  2. 22Dastardly Denizens of the Deep
  3. 23Is it Real?
  4. 24Nat's Bargain
  5. 25Oh, It's Real
  6. 26Take Down Tethyr!
  7. 27Defias in Dustwallow?
  8. 28Renn McGill
  9. 29Secondhand Diving Gear
  10. 30Recover the Cargo!
  11. 31Jaina Must Know
  12. 32Survey Alcaz Island

Showing steps 21 to 32 of 83.

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.

  • Oh, It's RealDustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    Yes, Tethyr is certainly real, and he lives in the waters off Theramore. Has a thing for bright lights. He's the reason they shut down the lighthouse in the first place, you know... And if you light it up again, he'll come right back. But no one in their right mind would do that.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Defias in Dustwallow?Dustwallow Marsh · Level 15-30

    My scouts have reported a shipwreck just off the beach to the northeast. Shipwrecks aren't all that unusual out here, but the reports also indicated the survivors were all wearing red bandanas... the symbol of the Defias!

Also counted by Dustwallow Marsh Quests

Its criteria name 11 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Dustwallow Marsh QuestsComplete the Dustwallow Marsh storylines listed below.10
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