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Wax On, Wax Off

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

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45
ZoneHighmountain
Quest ID39765

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39765))

What to do

StorylineBluewax Boss, step 1 of 6
Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

I've been dead for centuries without having my grave so disturbed... The leader of the local kobolds has stolen my skull from my grave and wears it upon his head! He's down in the cave below, but a gate blocks your path from retrieving it directly. Kobolds know their leadership by the skulls they wear, and they are unintelligent enough to believe you their leader if you have one yourself. Kill one of their Skullcaptains and recover his Skull of Bossing Around, and they may let you into the cave.

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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.

Highmountain Quest turn-in 2 mapped points
Highmountain map showing where to go for Wax On, Wax OffTurn-inObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #650 54.7 45.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inHighmountain 54.7, 45.0/way #650 54.7 45.0
  • Objective areaHighmountain 56.9, 45.3/way #650 56.9 45.3

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 Highmountain map

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

Getting there

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

  • Skyhorn, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 150 yards west
  • Prepfoot, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 810 yards north
  • Thunder Totem, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 160 yards 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.

Related
Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

Storyline

Bluewax Boss

Part 1 of 6.

Next: Candle to the Grave

  1. 1Wax On, Wax Off
  2. 2Candle to the Grave
  3. 3The Gates of Wax
  4. 4Candle of Command
  5. 5Burn the Candle at Both Ends
  6. 6Can't Hold a Candle To You

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.

  • Candle to the GraveHighmountain · Level 10-45

    These kobolds are taking advantage of the attacks against the Skyhorn tribe. They disturb our graves and steal anything they can get their paws on. I can do nothing to stop them! Please rid this sacred burial ground of the kobold.

The storyline at a glance

Bluewax Boss has 6 steps, from Wax On, Wax Off to Can't Hold a Candle To You.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (6).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Highmountain 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.