TheWoWDBI have the same problem (patch 4.1) - the Bloodsail Raiders (and the rest of the Bloodsail mobs in the area) are all green to me - even though my rep says I'm "Hated". GM says he'll open a ticket with QA regarding the issue.
I tried:
1. Deleting the quest, logging out/in, and getting the quest again.
2. AOE'ing the mobs since I couldn't attack them directly (no effect)Now, here's what worked for me:
- Go get quest "The Bane of Many A Pirate (hopefully you've not done it yet)
- Collect Bushel of Limes (boxes are near trees surrounding the ship)
- Each time you collect a Bushel of Limes, a Lime Thief will pop and attack you.
- There's a small chance (10%? 20%?) that the Lime Thief will drop snuff.
You'll collect your 5 crates of limes way before you get enough snuff (15 pieces) so you can just delete your limes from inventory and go collect some more to keep trying. Rinse, repeat until you have 15 pieces of snuff. Hopefully they'll fix this quest next patch.
Quest
Up to Snuff
A World of Warcraft quest in The Cape of Stranglethorn. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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If you haven't done The Bane of Many A Pirate and you want to keep your Bloodsail rep as high as possible, wait until you're doing that quest to get Snuff, as the mobs that spawn when you collect limes drop Snuff, but don't drop your Bloodsail rep. You can get the lime quest after you finish Seeing Where Your Loyalties Lie - look at that quest for the chain it's in.
If you are trying to keep as much of your Bloodsail rep as possible, you can also kill Brutus for the snuff. He has a pretty quick respawn rate, usually drops 2-3 snuff every other kill, and you don't lose any Bloodsail rep for killing him. He also seems to have a high drop rate for Dizzy's Eye, for the quest Keep An Eye Out.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID26613
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26613))
What to do
StorylineThe Cape of Stranglethorn, step 38 of 62
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
Ah, the sea life. I ain't gonna say it's the good life, but it's my life. When I get into port I like to find me a good bottle of grog and some high quality snuff. Nasty habits but what's a pirate without his vices, right? So you can imagine how heartbroken I was to find out the herbalist here in town has gone and sold out of the stuff. Says his shipment got hijacked by those damned Bloodsail Raiders. I bet a fearless {class} like you could convince 'em to share the goods, eh?
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.
Nearby on the The Cape of Stranglethorn map
- The Booty Bay Journal about 30 yards
- A Lighter Shade of Fel about 60 yards
- No Such Thing as Bad Luck about 80 yards
- Information is King about 80 yards
- Settled with the Baron about 110 yards
- Anyway, I Started Bribing about 110 yards
- Money, Money, Money! about 110 yards
- Crystals Shmystals about 110 yards
- A Friendly Accord about 120 yards
- Honor the Flame about 390 yards
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, Stranglethorn
- Explorers' League Digsite, Stranglethorn
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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 Cape of Stranglethorn map
Reward details
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).
Reputation: Bloodsail Buccaneers -250
These bloodthirsty corsairs are the bane of many a merchant in the high seas. Sworn enemies of Booty Bay.
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in The Cape of Stranglethorn that reward Bloodsail Buccaneers reputation: Avast Ye, Scallywag (+25), An OOX of Your Own (-500), Avast Ye, Admiral! (+500), Traitor to the Bloodsail (-500), Dressing the Part (+10), 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.
Storyline
The Cape of Stranglethorn
Part 38 of 62.
Previous: Details of the Attack · Next: Keep An Eye Out
- 33Mukla's Demise
- 34The Bloodsail Buccaneers
- 35Bloodsail Treachery
- 36The Baron Must Be Told
- 37Details of the Attack
- 38Up to Snuff
- 39Keep An Eye Out
- 40Getting In With the Bloodsail
- 41Seeing Where Your Loyalties Lie
- 42Your First Day as a Pirate
- 43Swabbing Duty
- 44The Bane of Many A Pirate
Showing steps 33 to 44 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.
- Details of the Attack
I want to know details, <name>. Our supremacy over the Bloodsail is due largely in part to our stronghold here in Booty Bay, but intelligence also plays a critical role.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Keep An Eye Out
Avast! Who goes there? Argh, I am but useless without me special enchanted eye. Bad enough to have lost me eyes in battle in the first place! But by some stroke o' luck we docked in Menethil and a traveling wizard enchanted a special glass eye that let me see again.
Also counted by Cape of Stranglethorn Quests
Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:
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).
Other storylines on The Cape of Stranglethorn map
- The Blue Dragons
- Goblin Heritage Armor
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Dreadblades
- The Great Gnomeregan Run
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.
- Cape of Stranglethorn Quests: its criteria name 5 quests, this one included.