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Who Needs Cauldrons?

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

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304661+17via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Pretty simple quest. Use your Drums on the locations.
Mill is in the middle of the farm, Barn is the building to the right, ranch house is to the left, and the grain silos to the north of the farm.
Only difficulty is placing the drum on the grain silo, took me a few try, it has to be in the middle of the two silos.

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sitecow09+15via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Replauge the plaguelands just as theyv been un-plagued! God, I can see the recruitment posters now: The Forsaken, we do exactly the same crap the Scourge pulled, but YOUR a playable character, so you wont have to face the prospect of becoming a threat to Azeroth and consequently becoming a raid boss. Join today! :D

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whuzzupj+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Interesting little tidbit, after you place the original barrel you can continue to place more at that site, you can use this to get ontop of things like the loft on the inside of the barn, I will add a screenshot.

Also you can get 4 barrels placed, as it is coming off cooldown for the fifth one the first one will dissapear, however any that were on top of it will stay there.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneWestern Plaguelands
Quest ID26978

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26978))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 34 of 63
RewardsCloak of the Salted Earth, Plague Cauldron Lid, Dithering Belt, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Have you seen the condition of Felstone Field? The Alliance forces at Andorhal have taken the area, and they're using it to... to... to grow CROPS! I almost liked it better when the Scourge held the area. At least they had the sense to put a giant plague cauldron in the middle of the field. We're going to take that farm back from these humans, {name}. Take these drums and place them at key locations around the field. I'll be waiting here at the Bulwark.

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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.

Western Plaguelands Quest turn-in 5 mapped points
Western Plaguelands map showing where to go for Who Needs Cauldrons?Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #22 26.7 56.3

Coordinates

  • Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 26.7, 56.3/way #22 26.7 56.3
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 37.3, 56.3/way #22 37.3 56.3
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 36.8, 54.4/way #22 36.8 54.4
  • Objective areaWestern Plaguelands 38.2, 54.3/way #22 38.2 54.3

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 Western Plaguelands map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:

  • The Bulwark, TirisfalHorde · about 30 yards south-east
  • Andorhal, Western PlaguelandsHorde · about 890 yards east
  • Undercity, TirisfalHorde · about 1,000 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 460 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 440 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 500 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

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationUndercity +250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Strength, +5 Stamina, +5 Haste
Suited toProtection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for3 gold10 silver
TypeShield Shield
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor64
Stats+4 Strength, +5 Stamina, +11 Intellect
Suited toRestoration, Elemental, Holy, Protection
Sells to vendors for3 gold78 silver
TypeCloth Waist
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+5 Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for2 gold1 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level21
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility, +5 Stamina
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for18 silver65 copper

Reputation: Undercity +250

Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Western Plaguelands that reward Undercity reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Alliance Later (+250), The Endless Flow (+250), War Machines (+350), Scholomancer (+500), Araj the Summoner (+350).

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

Western Plaguelands

Part 34 of 63.

Previous: Foxes and Hounds · Next: Foes Before Hoes

  1. 29Araj the Summoner
  2. 30Victory, For Now
  3. 31After the Crusade
  4. 32Latent Disease
  5. 33Foxes and Hounds
  6. 34Who Needs Cauldrons?
  7. 35Foes Before Hoes
  8. 36Lower the Boom
  9. 37Strange New Faces
  10. 38When Death is Not Enough
  11. 39Combat Training
  12. 40The Battle Resumes!

Showing steps 29 to 40 of 63.

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.

  • Foxes and HoundsWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    These Alliance forces walk around the Plaguelands like they own the place. Well, they don't! This land rightfully belongs to the Dark Lady! As the battle for Andorhal drew to a close, the Alliance forces occupying the Plaguelands scattered.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Foes Before HoesWestern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    The men who till Felstone Field are no farmers. They're soldiers. Thassarian's forces needed food, so he sent some of the Alliance north from Andorhal, to tend Felstone Field. The battle for Andorhal may be over, but another battle looms... Forsaken versus human.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands 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.