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The Baron Must Be Told

The Baron Must Be Told is a quest for level 10-30 in The Cape of Stranglethorn. It is step 36 of 62 in The Cape of Stranglethorn storyline. It rewards 2 reputation rewards, 1,050 experience and money.

Description

Shiver me timbers! So the Bloodsail Buccaneers are planning some sort of attack on Booty Bay? Why, the nerve of those scoundrels. Booty Bay will always be run by the Blackwater Raiders!

This is bigger than I thought. Report what you have learned to Baron Revilgaz at once! You'll find him here in Booty Bay.

Rewards

Money2 gold62 silver50 copper
Experience1,050 XP
ReputationBooty Bay +25, Bloodsail Buccaneers -25
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP1,050
MoneyGold2g 62s
ReputationBooty Bay+25
ReputationBloodsail Buccaneers

Reward details

Reputation: Booty Bay +25

This booming coastal city is run by Baron Revilgaz of the Blackwater Raiders. Mortal enemies of the Bloodsail Buccaneers and part of the Steamwheedle Cartel.

Reputation group: Steamwheedle Cartel.

Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Booty Bay reputation: Avast Ye, Scallywag (-25), An OOX of Your Own (+500), Avast Ye, Admiral! (-500), Traitor to the Bloodsail (+500), Dressing the Part (-250), Scaring Shaky (+250).

Reputation: Bloodsail Buccaneers -25

These bloodthirsty corsairs are the bane of many a merchant in the high seas. Sworn enemies of Booty Bay.

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Bloodsail Buccaneers reputation: Avast Ye, Scallywag (+25), An OOX of Your Own (-500), Avast Ye, Admiral! (+500), Traitor to the Bloodsail (-500), Dressing the Part (+10), Scaring Shaky (-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 mapThe Cape of Stranglethorn
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.

The Cape of Stranglethorn Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Cape of Stranglethorn map

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

Getting there

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

  • Booty Bay, StranglethornHorde · about 30 yards west
  • Explorers' League Digsite, StranglethornAlliance · about 1,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 60 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

The Cape of Stranglethorn

Part 36 of 62.

Previous: Bloodsail Treachery · Next: Details of the Attack

  1. 31Protecting Her Royal Highness Poobah
  2. 32Grubby Little Paws
  3. 33Mukla's Demise
  4. 34The Bloodsail Buccaneers
  5. 35Bloodsail Treachery
  6. 36The Baron Must Be Told
  7. 37Details of the Attack
  8. 38Up to Snuff
  9. 39Keep An Eye Out
  10. 40Getting In With the Bloodsail
  11. 41Seeing Where Your Loyalties Lie
  12. 42Your First Day as a Pirate

Showing steps 31 to 42 of 62.

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.

  • Bloodsail TreacheryThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    The map shows Booty Bay with a red "X" drawn precisely at the spot at which you are standing. The scribbled text reads: "Set up your command post here, and bide your time. The Fleet Master will send out word when it's time to make your move." "I'm placing Lieutenant Bruce in charge here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Details of the AttackThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    I want to know details, <name>. Our supremacy over the Bloodsail is due largely in part to our stronghold here in Booty Bay, but intelligence also plays a critical role.

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:

Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn 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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The Bane of Many A Pirate
The Bargain is Struck
The Bargain is Struck
The Baron's Demands
The Baron's Plan
The Baroness' Missive
The Basics: Hitting Things
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Quest Location and Connections

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