TheWoWDBIf you are reading this, you no doubt have noticed that The Warden's Pawn is not initially available from Lead Prospector Durdin. The real start of the quest chain is one or both of the quests that start in Fuselight, Easily Swayed or When the Going Gets Tough, Cheat.
By the time you get through it all, you will be close to the Badlands questing achievement, so you might as well finish the zone.
Quest
The Warden's Pawn
A World of Warcraft quest in Badlands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Copied from Shadowbliss' post on the Horde version of this quest
As of today, with patch 4.1, I can confirm that this quest is _visually_ bugged.
(Yes, I have tried with disabling addons etc, no dice).
The issue, shortly put, is that once you move a piece, it will - regardless of its original facing - now _visually_ be facing the wall. The quest is still doable, assuming you do it in the simplest way.
1 2 3
4 X 5
6 7 8
All of these are facing outwards from the beginning, and with one free space to move, it's simply a case of getting the pairs sorted.
IE, activate piece number1, then 8, then 1. These two figures have now swapped sides, and are correctly faced.
Then piece 2, piece 7, piece 2. And so on.
This helped me do it without having the benefit of the visual heading of them.Source: http://www.wowhead.com/quest=27885#comments
Figured it would be of use here too, if you found it useful make sure to vote his comment on the original up :)
The entrance to the Tomb of the Watchers is at 50.4 / 48.4.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneBadlands
Quest ID27796
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27796))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineBadlands, step 13 of 53
Rewards3,100 XP
Description
Once those Reliquary honks got here, we panicked, and we all just started looting indiscriminately. A lot of bad archaeology happened that day. Luckily, Olga happened upon this small jade statue. We thought it to be a key of some sort, but can't figure out what it opens. Maybe you'll have some better luck with it.
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 #15 50.2 54.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inBadlands 50.2, 54.3
/way #15 50.2 54.3 - Objective areaBadlands 49.3, 36.9
/way #15 49.3 36.9
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 Badlands map
- Desecrate this Fire! about 880 yards
- Honor the Flame about 960 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Badlands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Badlands:
- Dustwind Dig, Badlands
- Fuselight, Badlands
- Dragon's Mouth, Badlands
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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Experience3,100 XP
Storyline
Badlands
Part 13 of 53.
Previous: All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology · Next: The Sentinel's Pawn
- 8Rhea Revealed
- 9The Venerable Doctor Blam
- 10Troggish Troubles
- 11Dustwind Dig
- 12All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology
- 13The Warden's Pawn
- 14The Sentinel's Pawn
- 15The Warden's Game
- 16The Sentinel's Game
- 17Ancient Protectors
- 18The Titans' Trove
- 19Return to Blam
Showing steps 8 to 19 of 53.
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.
- All's Fair in Love, War, and Archaeology
First things first, though. I'm not just going to sit here and tell you everything we've discovered down in those ruins. We've got problems to take care of! Most pressing is those upstart Reliquary hooligans, just on the other side of the tomb. They're makin' off with all of our loot!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Sentinel's Pawn
We very nearly had this statue stolen from us by one of Bloodwatcher's Reliquary stooges. We managed to catch him in the act, and we've retrieved the statue, but it hasn't really paid off. It appears to be a key of some sort, but I can't find the lock anywhere inside those ruins.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Badlands · Level 15-30.
The storyline at a glance
Badlands has 53 steps, from To Fuselight Proper to The Day that Deathwing Came: What Really Happened.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Badlands (53).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
Guides for this zone
Guides and routes on this site that cover Badlands.
