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The Sub-Chieftains

The Sub-Chieftains is a Horde-only quest for level 10-30 in Borean Tundra. It is step 176 of 182 in the Borean Tundra storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Borean Tundra at 77.2, 38.5. It rewards 5 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 5,150 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

It is known that Gearmaster Mechazod has four sub-chieftains that manage the robots in the pools.

We must put an end to them!

Our longrunners and snow trackers say that if you were to turn the valves at the west point, north point, mid point and south point stations, each of his sub-chieftains would come quickly to prevent you from fouling their operations.

The stations are centered on the spinning lights in the pools surrounding the pumping station.

Hurry, <name>!

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationThe Taunka +350
Top Comments

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2
825008+35via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The valves you have to turn are on the little towers with the lights on top. Not, as I initially thought, on the big platform thing. Spent a REALLY long time clearing the entire thing and futilely searching for the valves... DX

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Waxahachie+27via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The sub-chieftains are very easy to kill. Clear the surrounding area to avoid adds, and you should be good to go. The points are located as follows:

North Point: 65, 17
Mid Point: 63, 22
West Point: 60, 20
South Point: 65, 28

For those that cry about coordinates, the quest description is quite sufficient to find these with ease.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g
ReputationThe Taunka+350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeTwo-Handed Axe Two-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon13 - 27 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+17 Haste, +6 Strength
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for81 gold34 silver
TypeArmor Neck
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +5 Haste
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for42 silver91 copper
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon17 - 23 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+7 Agility, +15 Haste, +5 Versatility
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for81 gold2 silver
TypeFist Weapon One-Hand
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon9 - 13 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+8 Stamina, +4 Agility or Strength
Suited toEnhancement, Windwalker, Outlaw, Havoc, Vengeance, Brewmaster, Protection
Sells to vendors for71 gold39 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level32
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for34 gold63 silver

Reputation: The Taunka +350

These hardy people are cousins of the Tauren and have become valuable scouts for the armies of the Horde as they march northward.

Reputation group: Horde Expedition.

Other quests in Borean Tundra that reward The Taunka reputation: Report to Steeljaw's Caravan (+10), We Strike! (+350), Shrouds of the Scourge (+250), The Bad Earth (+250), Blending In (+250), Words of Power (+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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapBorean TundraTurn-in marker at 77.2, 38.5, 5 mapped points
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.

Borean Tundra Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Borean Tundra map showing where to go for The Sub-ChieftainsTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #114 77.2 38.5

Coordinates

  • Turn-inBorean Tundra 77.2, 38.5/way #114 77.2 38.5
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 60.5, 20.3/way #114 60.5 20.3
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 65.3, 18.0/way #114 65.3 18.0
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 64.0, 22.6/way #114 64.0 22.6
  • Objective areaBorean Tundra 64.8, 29.1/way #114 64.8 29.1

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 Borean Tundra map

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

Getting there

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

  • Taunka'le Village, Borean TundraHorde · about 40 yards north-east
  • Unu'pe, Borean TundraAlliance and Horde · about 500 yards south
  • Warsong Camp, WintergraspHorde · about 1,700 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,200 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,000 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 980 yards north-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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Borean Tundra

Part 176 of 182.

Previous: Cleaning Up the Pools · Next: Defeat the Gearmaster

  1. 171What Are They Up To?
  2. 172Master the Storm
  3. 173Weakness to Lightning
  4. 174Souls of the Decursed
  5. 175Cleaning Up the Pools
  6. 176The Sub-Chieftains
  7. 177Defeat the Gearmaster
  8. 178Shrouds of the Scourge
  9. 179The Bad Earth
  10. 180Blending In
  11. 181The Fall of Taunka'le Village
  12. 182Across Transborea

Showing steps 171 to 182 of 182.

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.

  • Cleaning Up the PoolsBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    <A single tear rolls down the face of Iron Eyes.> I have heard that you are heading back into the pools to the west. I have something for you to do while you are out there, <race>. The gnomes, who care nothing for the land, have polluted it with their machinery.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Defeat the GearmasterBorean Tundra · Level 10-30

    Clearly this Gearmaster Mechazod creature is not in his right mind. If his offer of a cure and immortality means all of us becoming robotic slaves then he must be stopped! The winds that guide me whisper that he's atop the pumping station out in the middle of the pools to the west.

Also counted by Nothing Boring About Borean

Its criteria name 23 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Borean Tundra has 182 steps, from Enlistment Day to Across Transborea.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Borean Tundra (178), Sholazar Basin (2), Wintergrasp (1), Dragonblight (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Borean Tundra 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Nothing Boring About BoreanComplete the Borean Tundra storylines listed below.10
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