TODO: Bring back a removed Barrens quest #1236
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The Barrens should have one more quest available to the players in 0.5.3. Not everthing is known about it from the sources we currently have, so I'd rather report what I've managed to find and wait for more sources while working on other issues.
Currently known quest details
Name: Industrial Espionage
Level: 18
Required Level: 13
Location: The Barrens
Quest ID: 859
Offered by: Sputtervalve
Turned in to: Wizzlecrank's Shredder
Quest experience reward: [SPECULATION] Between 200-450 exp.
Quest description text
Quest Details
It's a typical breadcrumb quest. Because Wizzlecrank is in a remote area, far away from any quest hub, Blizzard needed to somehow make players aware that there is something to do there, creating a quest that would lead to finding Wizzlecrank and starting the Ignition quest. That is why this quest shouldn't grant a lot of experience, since there is a trend in all alpha breadcrumb quests awarding very little experience.
Later on (patch 0.6 according to my research) this quest was changed into a simple gossip from Sputtervalve.
Sources
WarcraftStrategy (Captured at 19/08/2004 - second day of 0.9)
https://web.archive.org/web/20040819042657/http://wow.warcraftstrategy.com:80/sg_quests.php?QuestId=859
WoWhead (Showing required lvl 13)
https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=859/unused
GoblinWorkshop (Captured at 06/09/2004 - last days of 0.9)
https://web.archive.org/web/20040906103955/http://www.goblinworkshop.com:80/quests/industrial-espionage.html
Screenshot from 0.5.5 with people talking about this quest
https://archive.thealphaproject.eu/media/Alpha-Project-Archive/Images/Azeroth/Kalimdor/Barrens/Goblin%20Shreddar.jpg
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