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They Took Our Gnomes

They Took Our Gnomes is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Ashenvale. It is step 1 of 48 in the Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance storyline, the opening step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Ashenvale at 35.1, 71.6. It rewards 2 reputation rewards, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The gnome explosives squad we requested from Tinker Town arrived last week. Just in time to face an assault by the Horde. We lost a lot of soldiers that day. Most of the gnome team was taken as well. Now we're neck deep in Horde, Silverwind Refuge has been lost and we're down a dozen gnomes.

I'm begging for your help here, <name>. Travel east to Silverwind Refuge and look for any gnome survivors. They were all carted off by a big, merciless orc named Thundrak. Find him and you'll find our gnomes.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationDarnassus +250, Gnomeregan +250
Top Comments

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Fyonella+105via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

I'm sure all this 'reference' stuff is useful to some, but what might be more useful is information relevant to the quest itself.

The two gnomes and the guy you have to kill (Thundrak) are on the wagon that is being towed through the camp by a Kodo. Target Thundrak and he'll leap off the wagon allowing you to kill him. The gnomes are automatically freed as he dies.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationDarnassus+250
ReputationGnomeregan+250

Reward details

Reputation: Darnassus +250

This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Ashenvale that reward Darnassus reputation: Supplies to Auberdine (+500), Don't Forget the Horde (+250), Of Their Own Design (+250), Naga of the Strand (+250), West to the Strand (+10), Delivery for Orendil (+25).

Reputation: Gnomeregan +250

The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Ashenvale that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Ze Gnomecorder (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapAshenvaleTurn-in marker at 35.1, 71.6, 13 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.

Ashenvale Quest turn-in 13 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #63 35.1 71.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAshenvale 35.1, 71.6/way #63 35.1 71.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Ashenvale 44.8, 64.5/way #63 44.8 64.5

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 Ashenvale map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Ashenvale:

  • Stardust Spire, AshenvaleAlliance · about 20 yards south
  • Astranaar, AshenvaleAlliance · about 910 yards north
  • Windshear Hold, Stonetalon MountainsAlliance · about 1,000 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 630 yards north-east

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

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance

Part 1 of 48.

Next: Ze Gnomecorder

  1. 1They Took Our Gnomes
  2. 2Ze Gnomecorder
  3. 3Do Yourself a Favor
  4. 4The Only Way Down is in a Body Bag
  5. 5Return to Stardust
  6. 6Hellscream's Legacy
  7. 7Field Test: Gnomecorder
  8. 8Burn, Baby, Burn!
  9. 9Bombs Away: Windshear Mine!
  10. 10Don't Look Them in the Eyes
  11. 11Windshear Mine Cleanup
  12. 12Illegible Orc Letter

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 48.

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.

  • Ze GnomecorderAshenvale · Level 10-30

    Zese goblinz dizgust me. Zer filzy goblin technology iz inferior to anyzing gnomish, yet... <Professor Xakxak sighs.> It iz ze last piece of ze puzzle! Wizout ze filzy goblin technology ze gnomecorder cannot be built! Venture eazt into ze "Skunkworks" and take from zem zer filzy goblin junk!

The storyline at a glance

Stonetalon Mountains, Alliance has 48 steps, from They Took Our Gnomes to Dances with Grimtotem.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stonetalon Mountains (43), Ashenvale (5).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Ashenvale 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.

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