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Quest
The Quarry Quandary
A World of Warcraft quest in Talador. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The NPC you're looking for, Master Smith Ared, is laying down in the tent nearest the wall. He's hard to find because he's flat on the ground and not interactive/doesn't show up on mouseover.
This quest was awkward to get to trigger. You just need to walk up to him (really close to him) and it'll trigger the NPC standing up next to him, Miall, to start her bit and give you quest credit.
If you did choose arcane sanctum, While We're in the Neighborhood leads to the same reward in the end, the book for your level 2 building upgrade.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-40
ZoneTalador
Quest ID34563
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34563))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineEstablishing your Outpost, step 1 of 25
Rewards1g 69s 80c, 675 XP
Description
Now that we have the artillery tower built, we're going to need some skilled hands to run it. I've heard that Ared, one of the best smiths in Shattrath, managed to escape the city's fall. He should be just outside the north wall with the rest of the refugees. See if you can convince him to work for us.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #535 69.3 19.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inTalador 69.3, 19.3
/way #535 69.3 19.3 - Objective areaTalador 69.3, 19.2
/way #535 69.3 19.2 - Objective areaTalador 69.8, 21.1
/way #535 69.8 21.1
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 Talador map
- The Battle for Shattrath about 50 yards
- In Short Supply about 450 yards
- Iron Them Out about 450 yards
- Through the Looking Glass about 460 yards
- Too Many Irons in the Fire about 460 yards
- Engineering Her Demise about 460 yards
- Dreadpiston about 460 yards
- Born to Shred about 460 yards
- Thaelin's Quick Fix about 460 yards
- Decommissioned Mission about 460 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Talador, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:
- Fort Wrynn (Alliance), Talador
- Redemption Rise, Talador
- The Iron Front, Tanaan Jungle
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.
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Money1 gold69 silver
Experience675 XP
Storyline
Establishing your Outpost
Part 1 of 25.
Next: In Ared's Memory
- 1The Quarry Quandary
- 2In Ared's Memory
- 3Out of Jovite
- 4Iridium Recovery
- 5Gas Guzzlers
- 6Going to the Gordunni
- 7Dropping Bombs
- 8Supply Recovery
- 9Prized Repossessions
- 10Punching Through
- 11The Lord of the Gordunni
- 12The Only Way to Travel
Showing steps 1 to 12 of 25.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- In Ared's Memory
My master has gone on to the Light, but I will continue his work. <Miall looks to Ared > Shanai ortar, Ared. I will have his body sent to Auchindoun. For now, show me this artillery tower of yours.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Talador · Level 20-40.
The storyline at a glance
Establishing your Outpost has 25 steps, from The Quarry Quandary to Due Cause to Celebrate.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (25).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Talador map
- In the Shadows of Auchindoun
- The Battle for Shattrath
- The Plight of the Arakkoa
- Garrison Campaign
- Gorefiend
- Against the Warsong
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.