Quest Log

Taking Precautions (Alliance)

Taking Precautions is an Alliance-only quest for level 1-90. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 9,500 experience.

Description

I'd be wary of anyone identifying himself as the rightful owner of the crate and its contents. He didn't warn you of the danger?

Here's a better idea: let's work together to recover the crate and ensure that its contents can't hurt anyone. To protect ourselves, we're going to need a draught made from a few ingredients that can be found around the city.

Acquire some strange dust, get vials from an alchemy merchant, and pick some blood nettle from the fields north of the city.

Rewards

Experience9,500 XP

ReputationStormwind +250

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Top Comments

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ZaynahOct 21, 2014+62via Wowhead

Strange Dust is the regular crafting reagent for Enchanting. If you have this profession, you probably have some in your reagent bank. If you don't, the enchanting reagent vendors in capital cities should have a couple in stock.
Blood Nettle is a herb that can be picked by anyone. It can be found around Wollerton Stead, the farm in the north of Stormwind.
Crystal Vial is the regular crafting reagent for Alchemy. It can be bought from any alchemy reagent vendor.

Freakout2002Oct 17, 2011+52via Wowhead

The Blood Nettle can be picked up in Stormwind around the Area of the Wollerton Stead and Olivia's Pond.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29402))

Top Comments

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ZaynahOct 21, 2014+62via Wowhead

Strange Dust is the regular crafting reagent for Enchanting. If you have this profession, you probably have some in your reagent bank. If you don't, the enchanting reagent vendors in capital cities should have a couple in stock.
Blood Nettle is a herb that can be picked by anyone. It can be found around Wollerton Stead, the farm in the north of Stormwind.
Crystal Vial is the regular crafting reagent for Alchemy. It can be bought from any alchemy reagent vendor.

Freakout2002Oct 17, 2011+52via Wowhead

The Blood Nettle can be picked up in Stormwind around the Area of the Wollerton Stead and Olivia's Pond.

GibbleFenwickOct 20, 2019+42via Wowhead

Take Note
Blizzard's built in quest guide suggests you can get Crystal Vial from the cathedral.
This is incorrect, you only go there later in the quest chain.
Crystal vials should be bought from an alchemy/supplies vendor at one of the other areas marked on the map. (Pick according to what suits you.)

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	9,500
Reputation	Stormwind	+250

Reward details

Reputation: Stormwind +250

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

Reputation group: Alliance.

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.

Quest Line

Where this quest fits

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Level 1-90.

Taking PrecautionsHorde only · Level 1-90

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Taking Precautions. They differ in the faction shown here.

Quest	Faction	ID
Taking Precautions (this page)	Alliance	29402
Taking Precautions	Horde	29426

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Taking Stock

Taking the Battlefront

Taking the Blood Gate

Taking the Fall

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