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What We Came For

What We Came For is an Alliance-only quest for level 15-30 in Tanaris. It is step 26 of 48 in the Tanaris storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Tanaris at 50.0, 82.9. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Gnomeregan previously learned that the Bilgewater goblins of the Horde survived a crash on an uncharted island near Kalimdor before arriving in Durotar. We initially came here to investigate what techniques and technology could possibly allow a hopeless pack of imbeciles to survive such harsh conditions.

While the goblins are at a loss, we still need to find out exactly what happened here. Search the beach for wreckage and belongings and bring anything that appears significant back to me.

Rewards

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationGnomeregan +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationGnomeregan+250

Reward details

Reputation: Gnomeregan +250

The former denizens of Gnomeregan, now living in New Tinkertown and in league with the Alliance.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Tanaris that reward Gnomeregan reputation: Seaside Salvage (+250), Puddle Stomping (+250), Rocket Rescue (+250), Lootin' Plunder (+250), You Too, Brute? (+250), Momentum (+75).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTanarisTurn-in marker at 50.0, 82.9, 9 mapped points
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.

Tanaris Quest turn-in 9 mapped points
Tanaris map showing where to go for What We Came ForTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #71 50.0 82.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inTanaris 50.0, 82.9/way #71 50.0 82.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Tanaris 51.6, 92.2/way #71 51.6 92.2

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 Tanaris map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Tanaris:

  • Gunstan's Dig, TanarisAlliance · about 760 yards west
  • Bootlegger Outpost, TanarisAlliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north
  • Gadgetzan, TanarisAlliance · about 2,600 yards north

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 460 yards south

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

Tanaris

Part 26 of 48.

Previous: Define "Crazy" · Next: Terrapination

  1. 21Cutting Losses
  2. 22Chicken of the Desert
  3. 23A Great Idea
  4. 24Just Trying to Kill Some Bugs
  5. 25Define "Crazy"
  6. 26What We Came For
  7. 27Terrapination
  8. 28You Too, Brute?
  9. 29Un-Chartered
  10. 30Get The Centipaarty Started
  11. 31Maul 'Em With Kindness
  12. 32Sandscraper

Showing steps 21 to 32 of 48.

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.

  • Define "Crazy"Tanaris · Level 15-30

    We received reports that a goblin shipwreck occured on this beach some time ago, with the survivors left to fend for themselves. We expected there to be a modicum of survivors, perhaps some even suitable for interrogation.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • TerrapinationTanaris · Level 15-30

    We need to obtain the object described in this journal, for certain. Extracting it from a chest would be a feasible matter, but the object itself sounds compromised, and unstable. Attempting to forcefully open the chest could be disastrous.

The storyline at a glance

Tanaris has 48 steps, from Seaside Salvage to The Grand Tablet.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tanaris (48).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Tanaris 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.

Related
What the World Sees
What They Know
What Tomorrow Brings
What Was Buried
What We Do Best
What We Do For Gems
What We Don't Know...
What We Got
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