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We Need a Shipwright

Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Silden+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Part of the Garrison Support questline.

Garrison Campaign: War Council
We Need a Shipwright
Derailment
Alliance: Derailment
Horde: Derailment
The Train Gang
Alliance: The Train Gang
Hook, Line, and... Sink Him!
Nothing Remains
Alliance: Nothing Remains
All Hands on Deck
Alliance: All Hands on Deck
Let's Get to Work
Alliance: Let's Get To Work
Shipbuilding
Alliance: Shipbuilding
Horde: Shipbuilding
Strange Tools
Alliance: Strange Tools
(no Horde equivalent)
Ship Shape
Alliance: Ship Shape
Horde: Ship Shape
The Invasion of Tanaan
Obstacle Course
Alliance: Obstacle Course
In, Through, and Beyond!
The Assault Base
Alliance: The Assault Base
Shipyard Report
Alliance: Shipyard Report
Naval Commander
Alliance: Naval Commander
Destroying the Competition
Upgrading The Fleet




Quest obtained from: Warchief Vol'jin (in the Town Hall of your Garrison)
Head to Bron Skyhorn, your Flight Master, to get a flight to the Iron Docks.
Complete the quest with Sammy Fivefingers (56.15,6.66 Gorgrond)

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

Hadn't visited my garrison for years. No one associated with the questline would give me the next quest. Talked with garrison flightmaster and took free flight to Iron Docks. Sammy Fivefinger = no quests. Hearthed back to garrison; Vol'jin was next to the command table with this quest available.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 40
LocationGorgrond, Frostwall
CategoryGarrison Campaign
Quest ID38568

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(38568))

Description

Whatever be left of da Iron Horde be fallin' back ta Tanaan Jungle, where Gul'dan is turnin' them into sumthun' even worse. A frontal assault be suicide. But da seas be open. If we attack by both land an' sea, Gul'dan got ta fall back somewhere. {name}, it be time ta build a shipyard! We need local resources. Go to da Iron Docks. Gazlowe's boys are already there. Gather any equipment ya find, and see if ya can recruit us a proper Horde Shipwright!

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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.

Gorgrond Quest turn-in 1 mapped point
Gorgrond map showing where to go for We Need a ShipwrightTurn-in

In-game waypoint: /way #543 56.1 6.7

Frostwall Objective area no plotted point

Coordinates

  • Turn-inGorgrond 56.1, 6.7/way #543 56.1 6.7

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 Gorgrond map

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

Getting there

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

  • Iron Docks, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 1,300 yards south-west
  • Everbloom Overlook, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east
  • Skysea Ridge, GorgrondAlliance and Horde · about 2,100 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 5,500 yards south-west (on the Frostwall map)

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
Money8 gold49 silver
Experience1,350 XP

Where this quest fits

Other storylines on the Gorgrond 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.