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Quest
They Call Him Smiling Jim
A World of Warcraft quest in Dustwallow Marsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Its really strange but true that if you have the quest "Inspecting the Ruins," this quest will not show up as an exclamation on your map. All you have to do is abandon that quest, and pick up this quest from the guy standing next to "Smiling Jim." After you turn in that quest in town, "Inspecting the Ruins" will be the next quest given to you. I'm sorry, I don't know how to link the quests here yet. Good luck. =)
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Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneDustwallow Marsh
Quest ID27251
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27251))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineDustwallow Marsh, step 37 of 83
Rewards525 XP
Description
I can't help it if I feel sorry for ol' Jim there. He wasn't always like that. Ran an inn out in the marsh for a while, wonderful place. Look, I don't really want to talk about it. Bring it up with Captain Vimes if you really have to. He's stationed on the top floor of Foothold Citadel, the large barracks to the east of Lady Jaina's tower.
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 #70 68.2 48.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inDustwallow Marsh 68.2, 48.6
/way #70 68.2 48.6 - Objective areaDustwallow Marsh 66.2, 46.1
/way #70 66.2 46.1
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 Dustwallow Marsh map
- Aftershocks about 220 yards
- Breaking the Cycle about 220 yards
- Creative Solutions about 240 yards
- The Sullied Banner about 280 yards
- Honor the Flame about 440 yards
- A Bitter Reunion about 480 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dustwallow Marsh, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dustwallow Marsh:
- Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
- Northwatch Hold, Southern Barrens
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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Experience525 XP
Other quests on the Dustwallow Marsh map
Storyline
Dustwallow Marsh
Part 37 of 83.
Previous: Suspicious Hoofprints · Next: The Black Shield
- 32Survey Alcaz Island
- 33Proof of Treachery
- 34Return to Jaina
- 35Inspecting the Ruins
- 36Suspicious Hoofprints
- 37They Call Him Smiling Jim
- 38The Black Shield
- 39The Black Shield
- 40The Black Shield
- 41Lieutenant Paval Reethe
- 42Lieutenant Paval Reethe
- 43Daelin's Men
Showing steps 32 to 43 of 83.
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.
- Suspicious Hoofprints
Rows of hoofprints lead away from the still-smoking skeleton of the Shady Rest Inn. There are at least a few visible impressions, with more rows of prints almost imperceptible in the soft mud of the marsh.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Black Shield
An iron shield, blackened by the fire that raged through the inn, is affixed to the crumbling chimney, one of the few remaining parts of the structure that once made up the Shady Rest Inn. The shield can be removed from the brick of the chimney.
The storyline at a glance
Dustwallow Marsh has 83 steps, from Traitors Among Us to Challenge to the Black Flight.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dustwallow Marsh (81), Stormwind City (1), Thunder Bluff (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dustwallow Marsh map
- The Blue Dragons
- Testing Loyalties
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 Dustwallow Marsh.
