TheWoWDBhe can be found on top of "the Salty Sailor Tavern" outside.
Quest
The Baron Must Be Told
A World of Warcraft quest in The Cape of Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
Gringer, Wind Rider Master, is around the corner from Baron Revilgaz.
At 40.58, 73.42
If the Baron fades out when you enter his deck, first check if you have completed An Old Sea Dog.
When you have completed that quest, the Baron won't fade out!
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID26611
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26611))
What to do
StorylineThe Cape of Stranglethorn, step 36 of 62
Rewards2g 62s 50c, 1,050 XP
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.
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.
Nearby on the The Cape of Stranglethorn map
- The Booty Bay Journal same spot
- A Lighter Shade of Fel about 30 yards
- No Such Thing as Bad Luck about 70 yards
- Information is King about 70 yards
- A Friendly Accord about 100 yards
- Settled with the Baron about 120 yards
- Anyway, I Started Bribing about 120 yards
- Money, Money, Money! about 120 yards
- Crystals Shmystals about 120 yards
- Honor the Flame about 370 yards
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, Stranglethorn
- Explorers' League Digsite, Stranglethorn
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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.
Community notes from Wowhead · 8 comments
Top 3 shown aboveThe comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
The top 3 are shown in Top Comments above. Read all 8 on Wowhead.
Other quests on the Cape of Stranglethorn map
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.
Storyline
The Cape of Stranglethorn
Part 36 of 62.
Previous: Bloodsail Treachery · Next: Details of the Attack
- 31Protecting Her Royal Highness Poobah
- 32Grubby Little Paws
- 33Mukla's Demise
- 34The Bloodsail Buccaneers
- 35Bloodsail Treachery
- 36The Baron Must Be Told
- 37Details of the Attack
- 38Up to Snuff
- 39Keep An Eye Out
- 40Getting In With the Bloodsail
- 41Seeing Where Your Loyalties Lie
- 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 Treachery
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 Attack
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
- The Blue Dragons
- Goblin Heritage Armor
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Dreadblades
- 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.