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Quest
The Tinkertoss Twins
A World of Warcraft quest in Spires of Arak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-40
ZoneSpires of Arak
Quest ID35713
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(35713))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSecuring Southport, step 9 of 15
Rewards1g 69s 80c, 675 XP
Description
Commander, two gnomish smugglers passed by while you were out - Filbert and Dilbert Tinkertoss. They were headed towards the bog to the east. They had all sorts of drilling equipment but didn't seem to have any weapons. What do you think of offering them protection in exchange for some of their materials? I'll jot down where they were headed in case you decide to go.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #542 56.2 42.5
Coordinates
- Turn-inSpires of Arak 56.2, 42.5
/way #542 56.2 42.5 - Objective areaSpires of Arak 40.0, 60.7
/way #542 40.0 60.7
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 Spires of Arak map
- Sethe, the Dead God about 290 yards
- Lithic's Gift about 300 yards
- Hatred Undying about 340 yards
- Talon Watch about 360 yards
- Banished From the Sky about 360 yards
- The Egg Thieves about 380 yards
- The Initiate's Revenge about 380 yards
- Ralshiara's Demise about 390 yards
- Declawing The Bloodmane about 390 yards
- The High Ravenspeaker about 390 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Spires of Arak, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Spires of Arak:
- Talon Watch, Spires of Arak
- Crow's Crook, Spires of Arak
- Veil Terokk, Spires of Arak
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
Other quests on the Spires of Arak map
Storyline
Securing Southport
Part 9 of 15.
Previous: Peace Offering · Next: Sticky Situation
- 1Attempted Murder
- 2Assassin's Mark
- 3The Power of Poison
- 4Extrinsic Motivation
- 5Gardul Venomshiv
- 6We Have Him Now
- 7No Time to Waste
- 8Peace Offering
- 9The Tinkertoss Twins
- 10Sticky Situation
- 11Back on Track
- 12All Natural
- 13I See Dead Arakkoa
- 14The Ebon Hunter
- 15Safety Measures
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.
- Peace Offering
We could really use an ally to trade with, commander. There's an arakkoa outcast living in the middle of a ravager nest northeast of here... do you think he might ally with us? He must have some sort of secret to keeping those ravagers at bay. I have one last crate of my Northshire Port.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Sticky Situation
A squadron of arakkoa spotted us while we were en route to the excavation site and took out our caravan. My brother made it to safety in the chaos. Lucky son of a tinker. I can't leave without the batteries for our drill, but they all fell into the bog and I can't even get them to budge.
The storyline at a glance
Securing Southport has 15 steps, from Attempted Murder to Safety Measures.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Spires of Arak (15).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Spires of Arak map
- Establishing Axefall
- Pinchwhistle Gearworks
- When the Raven Swallows the Day
- Secrets of the Talonpriests
- The Gods of Arak
- Shadows Gather
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.