TheWoWDBYou can keep four barrels with you at a time. Each time you throw one you can get another. You can normally only destroy seven Abominations since you can't pick up any more once the quest is done, unless you're fast enough to grab one before Liam shoots the Abomination.
There's really no point in blowing up more than four, but I do it just for the possibility of an Abomination saying "Barrel smell like gunpowder..."
That always cracks me up.
Quest
You Can't Take 'Em Alone
A World of Warcraft quest in Gilneas. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Pick some barrels all over the place and throw them on Abominations. It'll get stuck on their heads and Crowley will shoot those barrels. Simple, and very fun quest.
What an awesome quest. Lets you get revenge for those abominations guarding the slaughterhouse in Classic WoW Stratholme and the pre-BC Patchwerk wreaking havoc. Throw the barrel on 'em and watch 'em blow up into bloody pulp and green bile. Great quest.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 1-20
ZoneGilneas
Quest ID14348
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(14348))
Requirements
RaceWorgen
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineGilneas, step 43 of 100
RewardsBottle of Dalaran Noir, 
Refreshing Spring Water, 
Spice Bread, 5g 35s, 2,750 XP
Bottle of Dalaran Noir, Refreshing Spring Water, Spice Bread, 5g 35s, 2,750 XPDescription
Look here, {name}. The big fat ones -- abominations, they're called -- they don't go down easy, so don't tackle them on your own. But I have an idea so crazy it might just work. Or it might get you killed, if we're not careful, I suppose. There's barrels of gunpowder beneath the sheds and by the windmills. Grab them and toss 'em right on the abominations' heads. I'll take care of the rest with this trusty old blunderbuss.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #179 35.9 66.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inGilneas 35.9, 66.1
/way #179 35.9 66.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Gilneas 34.9, 67.5
/way #179 34.9 67.5
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Choose one of these rewards:
Reward details
Items you receive
TypeConsumable
Item level1
UseWeak Alcohol
Sells to vendors for12 copper
Lowest listed price2 silver
Pick one of these
TypeConsumable
Item level1
UseDrink
Lowest listed price2 silver
TypeConsumable
Item level1
UseFood
Sells to vendors for5 copper
Lowest listed price1 silver
“Crafted by players with the Cooking skill. Can be bought and sold on the auction house.”
Reputation: Gilneas +250
The people of Gilneas are a nation of survivors. Having walled themselves off from the rest of humanity, they must now face new threats from within.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Gilneas that reward Gilneas reputation: Among Humans Again (+25), Further Treatment (+25), In Need of Ingredients (+250), Invasion (+250), Kill or Be Killed (+75), Hold the Line (+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
Gilneas
Part 43 of 100.
Previous: Hold the Line · Next: Holding Steady
- 38Among Humans Again
- 39In Need of Ingredients
- 40Invasion
- 41Kill or Be Killed
- 42Hold the Line
- 43You Can't Take 'Em Alone
- 44Holding Steady
- 45The Allens' Storm Cellar
- 46Unleash the Beast
- 47Save the Children!
- 48Two By Sea
- 49Leader of the Pack
Showing steps 38 to 49 of 100.
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.
- Hold the Line
<name>! I'm still not sure if you're alive or dead... human or worgen... I'm not even sure if I'm really awake. But THIS I am sure of... We're going to kill a great many of these motherless Forsaken.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Holding Steady
We can take it from here, <name>. Check in with Mayor Armstead. These are only a small part of the Forsaken's forces. If we don't move quickly we're going to have bigger problems on our hands. See what you can do to engage the Forsaken army at their landing location.
The storyline at a glance
Gilneas has 100 steps, from Lockdown! to Rut'theran Village.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Gilneas (89), Gilneas City (11).
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.