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The Quarry Quandary

A World of Warcraft quest in Talador. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 20-40
ZoneTalador
Quest ID34569

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(34569))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineEstablishing your Outpost, step 1 of 27
Rewards4g 24s 50c, 2,750 XP

Description

Now that our arsenal is built we need a skilled smith to operate it. We recently caught an Iron Horde deserter who claims he used to be one of the Blackrock's best iron workers. Normally I'd ignore the ravings of a captive, but the weapons we took out of his pack had the finest workmanship I've ever seen. Commander, I think we should see if he's as good as he claims.

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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.

Talador Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Talador map showing where to go for The Quarry QuandaryTurn-inTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #535 71.9 29.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTalador 71.9, 29.4/way #535 71.9 29.4
  • Turn-inTalador 73.7, 25.2/way #535 73.7 25.2
  • Objective areaTalador 71.1, 29.7/way #535 71.1 29.7

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

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Talador:

  • Vol'jin's Pride, TaladorHorde · about 60 yards west
  • Zangarra, TaladorAlliance and Horde · about 530 yards east
  • The Iron Front, Tanaan JungleHorde · about 790 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards west

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.

Related
Money4 gold24 silver
Experience2,750 XP

Storyline

Establishing your Outpost

Part 1 of 27.

Next: Unleashed Steel

  1. 1The Quarry Quandary
  2. 2Unleashed Steel
  3. 3Out of Jovite
  4. 4Iridium Recovery
  5. 5Gas Guzzlers
  6. 6Going to the Gordunni
  7. 7Dropping Bombs
  8. 8Supply Recovery
  9. 9Prized Repossessions
  10. 10Punching Through
  11. 11The Lord of the Gordunni
  12. 12The Only Way to Travel

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 27.

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.

  • Unleashed SteelTalador · Level 20-40

    Thank you... boss. I won't let you down! I didn't even try to sneak one of those low quality blades here that one of your peons placed right next to the cage. Which by the way was a pretty terrible idea and that thing should be moved before you get anyone less honorable in here.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Talador · Level 20-40.

The storyline at a glance

Establishing your Outpost has 27 steps, from The Quarry Quandary to Joining the Ranks.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Talador (27).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Talador 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.