Quick Facts

Series

1.	The Admiral's Cabin
2.	Without a Captain or Crew

Storyline
Deepholm, War & Gunships Where's Goldmine? Explosive Bonding Compound Something that Burns Apply and Flash Dry Take Him to the Earthcaller To Stonehearth's Aid The Quaking Fields The Axe of Earthly Sundering Elemental Ore One With the Ground Bring Down the Avalanche Bring Down the Avalanche Stonefather's Boon We're Surrounded Sealing the Way Thunder Stones Shatter Them! Fixer Upper Battlefront Triage Troggzor the Earthinator Rush Delivery Close Escort Keep Them off the Front Reactivate the Constructs Mystic Masters Down Into the Chasm Sprout No More Fungal Monstrosities A Slight Problem Rescue the Stonefather... and Flint The Hero Returns The Middle Fragment Gunship Down The Earth Claims All Captain's Log Diplomacy First All Our Friends Are Dead The Admiral's Cabin Without a Captain or Crew Take No Prisoners On Second Thought, Take One Prisoner Some Spraining to Do Return to the Temple of Earth Deathwing's Fall Blood of the Earthwarder Bleed the Bloodshaper Question the Slaves The Forgemaster's Log Silvermarsh Rendezvous Quicksilver Submersion The Twilight Overlook To Catch a Dragon Big Game, Big Bait Testing the Trap Abyssion's Minions Block the Gates The World Pillar Fragment

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by 594066

The whiskey is on the first lifeboat to the right as you exit the Admiral's Cabin. The rope is a under the second light on the right side.

Comment by 16877

The rope I found just on the main deck, and I saw another one on the bow of the ship. The bottle of whiskey, like others said, is on the lifeboat to the right when you leave the Admirals Cabin

Comment by 322291

There's also a bottle of whiskey in the cabin directly below him, on the table.

Comment by disaster77

I'm surprised that no one has noted this quest name & rewards are based off of Murder City Devils songs (Midnight Service at the Mutter Museum, Idle Hands, Press Gang) and lyrics. Plus the singer of the band is named Spencer Moody.

Comment by 735504

This quest is packed full of references the defunct punk band Murder City Devils ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_City_Devils )

The quest title "Without a Captain or a Crew" and the phrase "this ship is filled with rats" are references to "Bear Away". ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09qfelSxIQ )

The text "some rum... no whiskey" refers to their song "Rum to Whiskey"

The reward "Press Gang Girdle" is a reference to their song "Press Gang" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz375utJsWs )

The reward "Gloves of Idle Hands" references "Idle Hands".

Lastly, the reward "Midnight Service Treads" refers to their song "Midnight Service at the Mutter Museum"

Here are the lyrics to Bear Away:

The Vesta is landing
The Vesta is landing
Without a captain, without a crew
Dead in the hull, tied to the wheel

This ship of death, this ship is filled with rats
You better find your mother
You better look for cover
We make a choice, we make it everyday
To get up in the morning and to bear away

You better find some cover
You better outlive your mother
You better find some cover

This ship of death
This ship has a new captain
This ship is landing
We don't need a doctor
We need a sacrifice
We need a sacrifice

You better hide your babies, until the morning
We make a choice, we make it everyday
To get up in the morning and bear away
You better outlive your mother
You better outlive your mother
You better outlive your mother

Turn up the lampposts, stay out of the shadows
This is a plague like no other
We need a martyr, we need a victim
We need a sacrifice
Pray before sundown, send your children to grandma's
Nail a cross to the door
Bear away

Comment by 718771

I saw the rum on the cabin below the admiral's cabin. go down one level and search through the table. I found the rope right in the main deck, beside the mechanisms that use roap :) Some screenshots here for those still confused: http://www.wowstability.com/without-a-captain-or-crew/

Comment by 749961

If you are lost like I was, this quest is in the Air Ship that flies around the TWLIGHT PRECIPICE

Comment by 751659

seriously guys who thought he was going to hang himself LOL!

Comment by Whiterock

Comment by Kalados

I cannot believe no one has pointed out what an amazing badass this guy is yet.

Stabbed, left for dead, made his way to the wheel, and is steering the ship with blood pouring out of him.

We need him back in the future. Don't let this valiant hero go to waste blizz!

Comment by 760013

If you can't find the ship:

1. Go to where the Quest Tracker guides you
2. Fly a bit up in the air
3. Go to video settings and turn view distance to either "Good" or "High"
4. Look around you'll see the ship immediately

Rope Location:

I was able to locate the rope twice on the ship (there could be more locations)

The first one is right in front of you, when you ascend the stairs from below deck (it's near some sort of turning lever)

The second one is right from the first one (that is if you come from below deck), near the lamppost

Bottle of Whiskey Location:

I found the bottle three times (I think that's all of them)

The first one is on the right (when you exit the chamber where you got the Quest) on edge of a life boat.

The second can be found behind the left spool of rope (Point of view: Exiting Quest giver's chamber)

The third one is located on the lower deck, in a room where all the supplies are stored. It's placed upon a table.

I hope this post was of help to anyone.

Comment by 1057704

For some reason I had the materials but never went to hand it in, couldn't see the ? question mark on the map since it was so high in the air...

Just head Up to the ship and it'll appear.

Comment by Aros

After completing this quest

First Mate Moody says: Thanks... this'll give us a couple more hours of not running into the rocks. No guarantees after that.

Comment by 1374013

Without a captain or crew http://youtu.be/KsKVI4pLCnU

Comment by 1440987

Without a Captain or Crew http://youtu.be/2IxxaHapcKM

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4_IMFlLeEg&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Boxofbeer

Without a Captain or Crew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYSNBvMgqMI

Comment by markeloff

A turn-in ? for this quest shows up on the map of Valley of Lost Hope in Icecrown for some reason. The quest can't be turned in there.

Comment by LadyJessa

10 years later poor Moody is still tied to that wheel, guts pouring out

Comment by yuniorhdez

Ok for those of you that have had the quest in there forgotten and don't even remember how you got it. The coordinates in this article will do you no good because both items are ON THE FLYING BOAT... yes FLYING! Which means its moving around... thus, the huge list of coordinates.
Instead look for the flying boat on the eastern side of the map, high in the air. Once on the ship, the bottle is next to the bow entrance in the middle of the boat and the rope is on the front of the ship.
When in doubt check this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYXZst2B7W4, dunno who did it but helped me.

Links

Without a Captain or Crew

Bring First Mate Moody a Bottle of Whiskey and a Spool of Rope.

	Bottle of Whiskey (1)
	Spool of Rope (1)

Description

Not sure who you're with, but you don't look like one of... them.

I'm not sure what happened. I slept through supper and woke up to a ship full of dead people and murderers.

Not sure if you want to kill me or not, but I'll spare you the trouble.

<Moody points to a wound in his stomach. His insides are not where they should be.>

I can keep steering the ship for a while longer. You don't die from a gut wound immediately. Just bring me some rope and some rum... no, whiskey.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Midnight Service Treads			Gloves of Idle Hands
	Press Gang Girdle

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

150 reputation with The Earthen Ring

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26427))