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Turning the Brashtide

Turning the Brashtide is a quest for level 10-30 in The Cape of Stranglethorn. It is step 61 of 62 in The Cape of Stranglethorn storyline. It rewards 4 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The Brashtide are everywhere! The Baron's Booty Bay Bruisers are no match for their sheer numbers, I'm afraid.

While you're down here in the fray, why don't you help me get rid of a few of them?

When you're done, don't bother coming back here. I'll probably be pretty busy.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationBooty Bay +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
196807+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Completing this quest (and killing all the stuff required) does not decrease your reputation with the Bloodsail Buccaneers.

This might change in the future though. Currently, killing the Bloodsail Raiders doesn't drop rep with BSB, but killing the Bloodsail Corsairs do.

2
gajackson+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

for anyone stopping in BEFORE completing this/choosing a reward:

to the best of my knowledge (and going through threads here & on other sites), Revilgaz's Cutlass is a *unique* cutlass/sword model in game. There are scimitars, rapiers, etc. but ONLY this one looks like this.

So if you are a sword-wielder, consider that, esp. with 4.3 on the way. I am praying I haven't done the quest yet on my rogue, because I am trying to 'mog him into a cavalier/ city-duelist type - but not a pirate/swashbuckler. This is a perfect main-hand model; I just need some kind of main-gauche and a proper Musketeers-style plumed hat. :)

update: I tried checking both Rev & Seahorn, but both only had flavor-text comments. I figured I had just done them a long time ago, and forgot.

Then, I found out there are pre-req quests: you will need to first do "Sea Wolf" MacKinley (2 quests) and First Mate Crazz's tasks. Also, while doing these, you will be given a reward option of a Pirate's Musket ([item=61576] ; a model you won't see again until lvl 63).

From what I can tell, this whole questline has been re-written/re-tuned, so don't get that 'Ugh! Not this stuff again!' feeling, if you did it on another character a long time ago.

3
364030+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

To get this quest you must do all the Bloodsail pirate infiltration quests and trigger the invasion event in BB.

You need to do all the quests it outlines on the link below, and TURN IN the quest "Return to Revilgaz". Soon after, Fleet Master Seahorn will give you "Turning the Brashtide".

[guide=183 domain=www]

Read all 12 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationBooty Bay+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeMail Chest
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for3 gold65 silver
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon7 - 11 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+3 Agility, +4 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike
Suited toBrewmaster, Vengeance, Havoc, Windwalker, Outlaw, Survival
Sells to vendors for5 gold25 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for3 gold70 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level20
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+3 Strength, +5 Stamina, +7 Dodge
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for2 gold87 silver

Reputation: Booty Bay +250

This booming coastal city is run by Baron Revilgaz of the Blackwater Raiders. Mortal enemies of the Bloodsail Buccaneers and part of the Steamwheedle Cartel.

Reputation group: Steamwheedle Cartel.

Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Booty Bay reputation: Avast Ye, Scallywag (-25), An OOX of Your Own (+500), Avast Ye, Admiral! (-500), Traitor to the Bloodsail (+500), Dressing the Part (-250), Scaring Shaky (+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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapThe Cape of Stranglethorn
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.

The Cape of Stranglethorn Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Cape of Stranglethorn map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Cape of Stranglethorn:

  • Booty Bay, StranglethornHorde · about 20 yards west
  • Explorers' League Digsite, StranglethornAlliance · about 1,000 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 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

The Cape of Stranglethorn

Part 61 of 62.

Previous: The Damsel's (Bad) Luck · Next: Bloodsail's End

  1. 51The Brashtide Crew
  2. 52Sinking From Within
  3. 53Making Mutiny
  4. 54Call of Booty
  5. 55Doublerum
  6. 56Return to Revilgaz
  7. 57Prepare for Takeoff
  8. 58Seeking Seahorn
  9. 59The Final Voyage of the Brashtide
  10. 60The Damsel's (Bad) Luck
  11. 61Turning the Brashtide
  12. 62Bloodsail's End

Showing steps 51 to 62 of 62.

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.

  • The Damsel's (Bad) LuckThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    I heard that this ship here is the Damsel's Luck. Didn't you used to be the captain of that thing? You must know your way around it, then. The Brashtide are our main concern, but we still don't want to take an unnecessary pummeling from those cannons of theirs.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Bloodsail's EndThe Cape of Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    We've nearly won the day, largely thanks to you. One task remains, however... kill Fleet Master Firallon. It looks like most of Firallon's crew is already dead, but I know that old sea dog well enough to know that he's not done yet.

The storyline at a glance

The Cape of Stranglethorn has 62 steps, from Dask "The Flask" Gobfizzle to Bloodsail's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Cape of Stranglethorn (62).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn 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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Turn to Drust
Turnabout
Turnabout Betrayal
Turning Point
Turning the Tables
Turning the Tidemistress
Turning the Tides
Turning Yourself In
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Quest Location and Connections

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