Aman'Thul's Titan Archive · Quest record 26649

Drive-By Piracy

A verified Blizzard quest record from The Cape of Stranglethorn. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.

The Cape of StranglethornLevel 10 - 30

Quest start

Who gives Drive-By Piracy

1 record

The NPC, object, or item that starts this quest, with the first known coordinate when available.

IronpatchNPC #2547
The Cape of Stranglethorn · 46.6, 95.0

Quest completion

Where to turn it in

1 record

The NPC or object that accepts the completed quest. Phasing and alternate-faction versions can produce more than one endpoint.

IronpatchNPC #2547
The Cape of Stranglethorn · 46.6, 95.0

Identity and tooltip facts come from Blizzard. Relationship rows are refreshed from Wowhead's structured source tables and merged with anonymous in-game observations from WoW-God Sync. Inspect source

What To Do

Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker in The Cape of Stranglethorn, then return to the turn-in NPC.

Quest Text

Now that you know how to handle our cannons, it's time to hit some real targets! The Venture Company has found gold to the north of here... a rare type they call "Black Gold". More like a Black Spot if you ask me. We're going to take that gold, but first, we need to get rid of those Venture Company goons. I've got an oarsman who will take you out there. Head off the ship down the gangplank and speak with him on the islet's northern shore.

Aman'Thul's field brief

Plan the run before you travel

Archive context

Check the quest area, faction, and level range before you travel. If this quest is part of a chain, finish nearby campaign quests in the same zone first.

Stuck?

Check the exact quest giver and turn-in records above first. Use this page's community comments for phase changes, cave entrances, spawn timing, and corrections from the live game.

Group size

No group size is listed by Blizzard, so this is usually soloable unless the objective text says otherwise.

Use the evidence

Pin the quest in-game, enable objective outlines, then use the exact-title references in the archive for NPC or object coordinates. Add a correction below if the live game differs from this record.

Field notes

Objectives and map pin

Blizzard's public API publishes a quest's text and rewards but not its objectives, its own level, whether it can be shared, or any map coordinate. Nobody has synced quest 26649 yet, so there is nothing to show here rather than a guess. Running the WowGodSync addon while you play contributes those fields for everyone.

Have I done this?

Check it in game

Quest completion is stored per character on Blizzard's side and is not in the public API, so paste this in your chat box and it prints true or false for “Drive-By Piracy” on the character you are logged into.

Completion check

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26649))

Warband-wide check (11.0+)

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompletedOnAccount(26649))

A false also comes back for a quest id the client does not know, so it means “not recorded as complete” rather than proof the quest exists on your account.

Community quest guide