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The Best Around

The Best Around is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-35. It is step 5 of 43 in the Operation Shieldwall storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 2,400 experience and money.

Description

We're going to need help if we hope to figure out Garrosh's plans for Pandaria.

I have someone specific in mind, but he will not be easy to convince.

Agent Connelly considers himself retired, but one does not simply leave the SI: 7. We've had an undercover agent following his every move for months.

Currently, he is disguising himself as a high roller at Bizmo's Brawlpub. Something about settling an old debt.

Meet with our undercover agent in the Brawler's Guild.

Rewards

Money6 gold87 silver
Experience2,400 XP
ReputationOperation: Shieldwall +250

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Known issues

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Sturmbringe+360via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I wasted 5 minutes of my life looking for the entrance to that stupid pub, and because the comments here have been VERY unhel,pful, I have decided to write my own guide:

1. GO TO STORMWIND.
2. GO TO THE DEEPRUN TRAM ENTRANCE.
3. ENTER THE INSTANCE (DEEPRUN TRAM)
4. ONCE INSIDE THE INSTANCE, MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE GNOME NPC NIPSY. (HE IS IN THE MIDDLE PLATFORM)
5. ONCE THERE, GO LEFT TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE PLATFORM. YOU WILL NOTE A RED LIGHT ON YOUR FEET IF YOU DID IT RIGHT.
6. JUMP DOWN.
7. ENTER THE CAVE. (BIZMO'S BRAWLPUB).

Youtube guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08w170nxzjQ

I hate Blizzard.

2
Giganiffa+77via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure out how to do this.
So here comes a summary once you have taken the quest.

1. Go to Domination Point /way 12.58 59.51
2. Kill horde guards and rare's untill you have 5 ''Domination Point Commission''.
3. Go back to Lion's Landing in the east.
4. Buy the ''Portal Reagents: Stormwind'' from ''Proveditor Grantley'' /way #418 89.6 33.4 Proveditor Grantley
5. Use the item and a portal to Stormwind will open next to ''Seamus Goldenkicks''
6. Take the portal and head to the tram, once entered there will be a red light in the first tram tracks. Head down that ''hole''.
7. Once down you will find ''Barkeep Townsley'' at the bar, talk to her and you should be all done.

Hope this help someone.

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(32380))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Sturmbringe+360via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I wasted 5 minutes of my life looking for the entrance to that stupid pub, and because the comments here have been VERY unhel,pful, I have decided to write my own guide:

1. GO TO STORMWIND.
2. GO TO THE DEEPRUN TRAM ENTRANCE.
3. ENTER THE INSTANCE (DEEPRUN TRAM)
4. ONCE INSIDE THE INSTANCE, MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE GNOME NPC NIPSY. (HE IS IN THE MIDDLE PLATFORM)
5. ONCE THERE, GO LEFT TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE PLATFORM. YOU WILL NOTE A RED LIGHT ON YOUR FEET IF YOU DID IT RIGHT.
6. JUMP DOWN.
7. ENTER THE CAVE. (BIZMO'S BRAWLPUB).

Youtube guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08w170nxzjQ

I hate Blizzard.

2
Giganiffa+77via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure out how to do this.
So here comes a summary once you have taken the quest.

1. Go to Domination Point /way 12.58 59.51
2. Kill horde guards and rare's untill you have 5 ''Domination Point Commission''.
3. Go back to Lion's Landing in the east.
4. Buy the ''Portal Reagents: Stormwind'' from ''Proveditor Grantley'' /way #418 89.6 33.4 Proveditor Grantley
5. Use the item and a portal to Stormwind will open next to ''Seamus Goldenkicks''
6. Take the portal and head to the tram, once entered there will be a red light in the first tram tracks. Head down that ''hole''.
7. Once down you will find ''Barkeep Townsley'' at the bar, talk to her and you should be all done.

Hope this help someone.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP2,400
MoneyGold6g 87s
ReputationOperation: Shieldwall+250

Reward details

Reputation: Operation: Shieldwall +250

Alliance forces in Pandaria, stationed at Lion's Landing in Krasarang Wilds.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

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 mapDeeprun Tram
Objective areaKrasarang Wilds2 mapped points
Objective areaDeeprun Tram1 mapped point
Objective areaStormwind City1 mapped point
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.

Deeprun Tram Quest turn-in
Krasarang Wilds Objective area 2 mapped points
Krasarang Wilds map showing where to go for The Best AroundObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #418 89.5 32.5

Deeprun Tram Objective area 1 mapped point
Deeprun Tram map showing where to go for The Best AroundObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #499 52.4 51.7

Stormwind City Objective area 1 mapped point
Stormwind City map showing where to go for The Best AroundObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #84 66.5 34.2

Coordinates

  • Objective areaKrasarang Wilds 89.5, 32.5/way #418 89.5 32.5
  • Objective areaDeeprun Tram 52.4, 51.7/way #499 52.4 51.7
  • Objective areaStormwind City 66.5, 34.2/way #84 66.5 34.2

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Getting there

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 100 yards north

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

Operation Shieldwall

Part 5 of 43.

Previous: A Little Patience · Next: To Catch A Spy

  1. 1Meet the Scout
  2. 2A King Among Men
  3. 3Lion's Landing
  4. 4A Little Patience
  5. 5The Best Around
  6. 6To Catch A Spy
  7. 7Stirred, Not Shaken
  8. 8He's In Deep
  9. 9Bugging Out
  10. 10He Won't Even Miss It
  11. 11The Kirin Tor
  12. 12The Fate of Dalaran

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 43.

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.

  • A Little PatienceLevel 15-35

    King Varian needs decisive adventurers to help him resolve a showdown between Tyrande Whisperwind and a detachment of Horde warriors holed up in the Temple of the Red Crane. Report to him immediately!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • To Catch A SpyLevel 15-35

    Now, I could tell you who Connelly is, but that would be too easy! To catch a spy you have to think like a spy. You have to pass the test first! The small things can say a lot about a person. It's all in the details. I'm going to give you a drink to deliver.

The storyline at a glance

Operation Shieldwall has 43 steps, from Meet the Scout to The Silence.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Kun-Lai Summit (14), Krasarang Wilds (12), Dalaran (8), Deeprun Tram (3).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Krasarang Wilds 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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