TheWoWDBThis can actually be quite a tricky one to find (don't follow the skull on your map). Due south of the questgiver (about a hundred yards), you will find a cave with ~L41 elite ogres within. Use the quest item given to you to bribe them; they should then despawn, giving you an easy run out of the cave.
Bear left constantly while in the cave to find Two-Tusk.
The fight with Two-Tusk is an interesting one; periodically he will jump into a treasure chest and then something will happen: either the other chests will spawn weak pirates, or (very) weak parrots, while he himself appears or disappears. The fight appears to be a DPS race as he doesn't attack you directly, so if you can concentrate on him, I would. He has around 45K health.
Near the end of the fight an engineer will spawn, "casting" a very slow gunshot aimed at you. I haven't been hit by it but I would assume it hurts. You are prompted via a Blizzard raid warning to kill the engineer before she can get the shot off, but killing Two-Tusk causes her to despawn, so check his health at this point and see which you prefer.
Soloed first time as a L44 shaman (elemental spec). Shouldn't cause you much trouble. Melee characters may find the pirates more troublesome; as a caster, I didn't seem to be in range for them to aggro on me.
Good luck.
Quest
Two-Tusk Takedown
A World of Warcraft quest in Thousand Needles. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Cave around 91,82.
If you of a higher level that you can kill him before he even gets into a box don't. I had this quest bug out to where I could not loot him after he died. If you have DoTs just hit him with one and let it work for a bit then take him out. Seems to glitch if you kill him too fast.
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Buoyant Shoulderpads, 
Synge's Wristbands, 
Den Whomper Boots, 21g, 5,150 XPDescription
This treasure's all fake, but it's not like those den whompers are going to know the difference. Stupid ogres! Here's the plan... you head into the Admiral's Den and spread all of this "treasure" around to any ogres that get in your way. Then all you have to do is confront Tony Two-Tusk. You'll have the key to the cage in no-time!
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 #64 91.7 79.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inThousand Needles 91.7, 79.3
/way #64 91.7 79.3 - Objective areaThousand Needles 95.2, 79.5
/way #64 95.2 79.5
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 Thousand Needles map
- The Power of Thousands about 2,400 yards
- The Crone's Wrath about 2,770 yards
- Snakes and Stones about 2,770 yards
- Breaking Chains about 2,770 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Kalimdor about 2,960 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Thousand Needles, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Thousand Needles:
- Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge, Thousand Needles
- Gadgetzan, Tanaris
- Mudsprocket, Dustwallow Marsh
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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Other quests on the Thousand Needles map
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Reward details
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Reputation: Bilgewater Cartel +350
Run by the ruthless Trade Prince Gallywix, the Bilgewater Cartel is the most powerful trading company on the Isle of Kezan. From their headquarters at Bilgewater Port, the cartel dominates trade all over the South Seas.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Thousand Needles that reward Bilgewater Cartel reputation: Two If By Boat (+25), Do Me a Favor? (+25), Down in the Deeps (+250), Bar Fight! (+250), In the Outhouse (+250), Pirate Accuracy Increasing (+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.
Storyline
Thousand Needles
Part 28 of 107.
Previous: Two-Tusk Takedown · Next: Haunted
- 23Where's Wizzle?
- 24Where's Synge?
- 25Sunken Treasure
- 26Sunken Treasure
- 27Two-Tusk Takedown
- 28Two-Tusk Takedown
- 29Haunted
- 30With a Little Help...
- 31Carcass Collection
- 32The Mad Magus
- 33Negotiations
- 34Negotiations
Showing steps 23 to 34 of 107.
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.
- Sunken Treasure
The key to the cage is held by Tony Two-Tusk, the pirate admiral, and he's guarded by ogres that you'll never be able to kill! <Wizzle cries some more and then looks up, an idea forming in his brain.> I've got it! What do all pirates want more than anything else? No, not grog.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Haunted
You think I'm going to just let you go after you killed me like that, mon? No way! I didn't create a piratical mercantile empire out of nothing just to see you bring me down. You're going to help me get back to life. Find my ex-wife, Ajamon, on the north side of the Holdfast. Just follow your nose.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Thousand Needles · Level 15-30.
Also counted by Thousand Needles Quests
Its criteria name 8 quests; others include:
- Two-Tusk Takedown
- Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs
- That Smart One's Gotta Go
- The Twilight Skymaster
- Spread the Word
The storyline at a glance
Thousand Needles has 107 steps, from The Grimtotem are Coming to Spread the Word.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Thousand Needles (106), Feralas (1).
Other storylines on the Thousand Needles map
- The Elemental Lords IV
- Battle Pet Tamers
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Thousand Needles Quests: its criteria name 8 quests, this one included.