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Troublesome Distractions

A World of Warcraft quest in Netherstorm. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
Quest ID10273

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(10273))

What to do

StorylineNetherstorm, step 94 of 103
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Your former employer, Wind Trader Marid, must've gotten wind that you're helping us now. Through my projection, I've seen his nether-stalkers entering the area, hoping to track us down. We've been able to evade them so far, but Marid must be dealt with before the problem grows more severe. If your impressions of Marid are correct, he'll do just about anything to secure the supply of his product. Return to him and tell him you're prepared to offer a deal. Lure him away and slay him.

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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.

Netherstorm Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Netherstorm map showing where to go for Troublesome DistractionsTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #109 71.2 35.1

Coordinates

  • Turn-inNetherstorm 71.2, 35.1/way #109 71.2 35.1
  • Objective areaNetherstorm 58.3, 31.6/way #109 58.3 31.6

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 Netherstorm map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Netherstorm:

  • Cosmowrench, NetherstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards south
  • The Stormspire, NetherstormAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards west
  • Area 52, NetherstormAlliance and Horde · about 2,300 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 730 yards 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.

Related
Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

Storyline

Netherstorm

Part 94 of 103.

Previous: A Promising Start · Next: Securing the Celestial Ridge

  1. 89Success!
  2. 90A Not-So-Modest Proposal
  3. 91Getting Down to Business
  4. 92Formal Introductions
  5. 93A Promising Start
  6. 94Troublesome Distractions
  7. 95Securing the Celestial Ridge
  8. 96The Ethereum
  9. 97Ethereum Data
  10. 98Potential for Brain Damage = High
  11. 99S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E
  12. 100Delivering the Message

Showing steps 89 to 100 of 103.

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.

  • A Promising StartNetherstorm · Level 25-30

    We've come here to investigate rumors of a strange breed of dragons, perhaps even descendents of Deathwing himself. These are clearly not ordinary black dragons, though. We'll know more once we've had a chance to examine their eggs.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Securing the Celestial RidgeNetherstorm · Level 25-30

    The nether dragons have the same ferocious temperament as their black dragon forbears, but there is something entirely alien about them. They hatch and mature rapidly, harnessing the strange energies that forged their kind in the destruction of Draenor.

The storyline at a glance

Netherstorm has 103 steps, from Distraction at Manaforge B'naar to Dimensius the All-Devouring.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Netherstorm (98), Shattrath City (4), Terokkar Forest (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Netherstorm 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.