Quick Facts

Series

1.	Where's Synge?
2.	Sunken Treasure
3.	Two-Tusk Takedown

Storyline
Thousand Needles The Grimtotem are Coming Two If By Boat Do Me a Favor? Down in the Deeps Bar Fight! In the Outhouse Pirate Accuracy Increasing Circle the Wagons... er, Boats Circle the Wagons... er, Boats Quiet the Cannons A Little Payback Where's Synge? Sunken Treasure Two-Tusk Takedown Haunted With a Little Help... Carcass Collection The Mad Magus Negotiations Get Koalbeard! The Ancient Brazier Fool's Gold Fake Gold for Black Gold Back to Riznek Eminent Domain Defend the Drill Go Blow that Horn Deliver the Goods Special Delivery for Brivelthwerp The Greatest Flavor in the World! We All Scream for Ice Cream... and then Die! Freezing the Pipes That Smart One's Gotta Go Free Freewind Post Grimtotem in the Post The Brave and the Bold Horn of the Traitor Together Again No Weapons For You! Darkcloud Grimtotem Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe The Rattle of Bones Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof The Writ of History Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud The Drums of War Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs The Captive Bride Invoking the Serpent Trouble at Highperch Free the Pridelings Death to all Trappers! Release Heartrazor The Twilight Skymaster On to the Bulwark Something to Wear Break Them Out Behind You! Codemaster's Code The Elder Crone To the Withering To the Withering Four Twilight Elements Unbound The Doomstone Spread the Word

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Comments

Comment by Whollyunholy

This can actually be quite a tricky one to find (don't follow the skull on your map). Due south of the questgiver (about a hundred yards), you will find a cave with ~L41 elite ogres within. Use the quest item given to you to bribe them; they should then despawn, giving you an easy run out of the cave.

Bear left constantly while in the cave to find Two-Tusk.

The fight with Two-Tusk is an interesting one; periodically he will jump into a treasure chest and then something will happen: either the other chests will spawn weak pirates, or (very) weak parrots, while he himself appears or disappears. The fight appears to be a DPS race as he doesn't attack you directly, so if you can concentrate on him, I would. He has around 45K health.

Near the end of the fight an engineer will spawn, "casting" a very slow gunshot aimed at you. I haven't been hit by it but I would assume it hurts. You are prompted via a Blizzard raid warning to kill the engineer before she can get the shot off, but killing Two-Tusk causes her to despawn, so check his health at this point and see which you prefer.

Soloed first time as a L44 shaman (elemental spec). Shouldn't cause you much trouble. Melee characters may find the pirates more troublesome; as a caster, I didn't seem to be in range for them to aggro on me.

Good luck.

Comment by 505525

Cave around 91,82.

Comment by DaCreature

Cave entrance: 92.83
Enter, follow cave to 93.83
Turn down left side of cave.
Travel down and play the musical treasure chest game.

Comment by 64801

If you of a higher level that you can kill him before he even gets into a box don't. I had this quest bug out to where I could not loot him after he died. If you have DoTs just hit him with one and let it work for a bit then take him out. Seems to glitch if you kill him too fast.

Comment by 139938

Follows up with Haunted.

Comment by 538048

Easily solo'd as a rogue. Simply stealth through the cave, and make liberal use of Distract and chain saps. One of the most interesting quests I think I've done in this game in the last six years, and that's saying a lot. Kudos to Blizzard for coming up with something so unique.

Comment by 43954

If you're a pet using class, put your pet on passive before bribing the den whompers or your pet will attack them with possibly unfortunate results.

Comment by Roxxy

A Youtube video of the quest.

Comment by 725535

solo'd at at lvl 40 Rogue - simple focus on Two-Tusk

Comment by deathager

Location : 91,82 | where the cave entrance is.

Den Whomper is just a small (!) ogre.
Keep throwing gold to them until you reach Tony ( he drops the key you need )

Dont worry you wont have to battle that hard to kill him.
Once you go near him he will hide to the chests behind
and you will have to attack him when he shows up. Easy n' funny!
And once you kill him he finally drops the key.

Comment by 752655

Ok so I am leveling an Undead Hunter and came accross this encounter without the quest. At lvl 41 easily soloed all the elite ogres and killed two-tusk with ease. Not that that is anything speacial but just adding that this is a fairly easy deal. Happy hunting.

Comment by Jeryn

Entrance to the den at: 92,83

Stick to the path on the left once you are inside.

Comment by beauxaj

One quick tip to see which chest he'll be at. Dot/bleed/flameshock/poison him if you can, anything that does periodic damage. You'll be able to see them tick even before the chest he's in opens, makes it very easy.

Comment by Morah

Seems to be a bit of a refference to the movie Scarface
The guy is called Tony Two-Tusk, the main character of the movie is called Tony Montana.
When the troll dies he says : "No... da world... is mine..." which is also a refference, since "The world is yours" is written in neon lights on a statue in the house of Tony Montana.
It's not as obvious as other refferences in WoW, but still...

Comment by edmeister9000

Wait a sec, im doing the loremaster requirements at 85, and i think i remember helping this fellow get himself a boat in northern barrens...

Comment by 770905

If anybody like me is completely directionless and can't follow the "south" or "west" instructions on this page for how to find the cave entrance, it is a little bit back and to the right of the house that is directly next to the quest giver. Just walk past the house and then a little bit further. When in the cave, hang left, and just keep flinging treasure. I guess I killed him too quickly the first time, because while sparkly, he wasn't lootable. Next time I didn't throw quite so much dps, and waited for the engineer to come out, and then it worked.

Comment by 389905

mobs give 900xp each, lol woot so killing them all.

Comment by 718446

Really handy for meelee : Press V so the nameplates show up, you will be able to locate Tony even before he shows himself.

Comment by deggdegg2005

Screw the gold, soloing these guys as a hunter is way more fun. Explosive trap + ice trap + lock and load FTW!

Comment by balatro

It is possible to still kill him while inside a chest which results in his body spawning outside, sparkling, but unlootable. I unloaded on him as a rogue and my poisons killed him before he popped out of the chest.

If this happens to you - hold back when he gets to about 500 hp or so and just melee him or whatever you need to do to avoid a bugged quest.

Comment by zeakster777

I found this quest extremely easy to do as a rogue. The Den Whomper are susceptible to being Sapped. I never even had to use the quest item at all. I stealthed my way through the cave, and if any of the ogres got curious, I gave it to them.

The fight itself was easy as well, but I did have BoA gear, so I'm not sure how it would bode for anybody not geared with such. At the time of this quest, I was Sublety specialized, and I found that Shadowstepping the Tony fellow when he appears in a chest a good chunk of running time. If you take any large amount of damage, using Evasion and Recuperate make this fight very easy. I never had to attack anything but the boss.

Comment by 452602

Did this grouped with a friend. He did not drop the key. I left the group, killed him again and now I could loot the key.

Comment by Niamh

An overview of all the quests needed to get to the blue rewards and all other gear you can earn on your way there:
(This is mostly Horde version of the quests, but Alliance version is pretty similar.)

0. Warchief's Command: Thousand Needles!
1. To the Summit
2. The Grimtotem are Coming
3. Two If By Boat: Mirage Amulet Maloof's Spare Boots Floating Belt Bracers of Desperate Need
4. Do Me a Favor?
5. Down in the Deeps: Razzeric's Vest Driver's Armbands Wet Suit Leggings Raceway Boots
... gives Speedbarge Diving Helm
6. ... Bar Fight!
7. ... In the Outhouse
8. Pirate Accuracy Increasing
9. Circle the Wagons... er, Boats: Speedbarge Leggings Pirate Sinker's Gloves Bear Hug Bracers Manly Pauldrons
... gives River Boat
10. Quiet the Cannons
(side quest: A Little Payback: Paper Roll Bracers Rugfizzle's Boots Outhouse Boots Payback Band)

11. Where's Synge? (pick it up to do together with Quiet the Cannons)
12. Sunken Treasure
13. Two-Tusk Takedown: Buoyant Shoulderpads Synge's Wristbands Den Whomper Boots Drinker's Bracers

14. Haunted
15. With a Little Help...: Evil Dolly's Cuffs Lilly's Bandana Fajardo's Bracers Hard Headed Helm
16. Carcass Collection
17. The Mad Magus: Discarded Wedding Band Magus Tirth's Robe Holdfast Belt Ghostcaller's Leggings Alimony

18. Negotiations
19. Get Koalbeard!
20. Fool's Gold
(side quest: The Ancient Brazier: Shroud of Contempt Belt of False Promises Greaves of the Sacred Flame)
21. Fake Gold for Black Gold
22. Back to Riznek: Suspicious Slippers Swindler's Vest Belt of the Unfooled Uncompromising Helm

23a. Eminent Domain
23b. Defend the Drill
24. Go Blow that Horn
25. Deliver the Goods: Send-Off Belt Speedbarge Bailer Pozzik's Vest
26. Free Freewind Post
27. Grimtotem in the Post
(side quest: Horn of the Traitor: Horn of the Traitor)

28. The Brave and the Bold
29. Together Again

30. Grimtotem Chiefs: Isha Gloomaxe
31. Grimtotem Chiefs: Elder Stormhoof: Hands of the Chosen Darkcloud Mask Freewind Spaulders Legguards of the Pinnacle
32. Grimtotem Chiefs: Grundig Darkcloud
33a. The Writ of History
33b. The Drums of War
33c. Grimtotem Chiefs: The Chief of Chiefs: Lasting Peace Hood of Disgrace Legguards of Disfavor
34. The Captive Bride
35. Invoking the Serpent: Windsong Rifle Mantle of Invocation Wind Serpent Bracers Ring of the Subduer
36. Trouble at Highperch
(No Weapons For You!, What's that Rattle?, The Rattle of Bones & Darkcloud Grimtotem: Blood Waders Bracers of Reluctant Violence Pauldrons of the Teachings Reaper's Amulet are side quests during this chain)

37a. Free the Pridelings
37b. Death to all Trappers!: Swift Mountain Boots Trapper's Helm Pao'ka's Belt Trapper Punchers
38. Release Heartrazor
39. The Twilight Skymaster: Prideling Down Leggings Heartrazor's Gift Skymaster's Pants Pridekeeper's Breastplate
40. On to the Bulwark

41a. Something to Wear: Lakota's Mace Well Hammered Shield Bloodstained Twilight Belt
41b. Break Them Out
42a. Behind You!: Starion's Slippers Codemaster's Cuffs Fastfuse Gloves Bulwark of Leaders
42b. Codemaster's Code
43. The Elder Crone
44. To the Withering

45a. Four Twilight Elements
45b. Unbound
46. The Doomstone: Bracers of Safe Keeping Withering Mask Dirty Work Greaves Dupe's Bracers

47. Spread the Word: Robe of the Thousand Needles Leggings of the Thousand Needles Vest of the Thousand Needles Chestguard of the Thousand Needles Pauldrons of the Thousand Needles Helm of the Thousand Needles

(If I missed something, let me know)

(on a side note: I got Thousand Needles Quests while just going for the end quest by doing all it's pre-requisit quests and some side quests that were in the same area. (Also did a chain started with Special Delivery for Brivelthwerp but afaik this is not needed.))

Note: 07/11/2011, changed the 1st sentence, it was originally "An overview of all the quests needed to get there:" to avoid some confusion as to what this post is all about.

Comment by saeid

the cave ! inter and find " tony two-tusk " kill him ! he has 6604 HP point ! and some ability to fight ! be careful ! after killing him , loot the key ! it will be done .

Comment by RicardoZ

Yet another HORRIBLY written and designed quest in 1kN. Big surprise.

Comment by BloodMage2020

And my professor told me that flashing bling will never get me anywhere in life.

Comment by 1137791

Since I'm a 90 hunter, I dismissed my pet, then I swapped out my main weapon and used my fishing pole to beat the hell outta this dude. Worked for me and I am able to move on to other quests to gain my achievement for this area.

Comment by Elfshine

Thank you all for the useful comments. Led right to it, downed him right away. Very helpful thread!

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=8Vpdv4VhIlk&feature=youtu.be

Comment by WoWQHelps

HD Video Tutorial for this quest : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI84i7T_Hw4

Comment by Rhonlynn

The cave entrance is 91.56/82.48. My alliance gnome picked up this quest. I had a hard time finding it.

Comment by ranzalduam

Easy fight with an Affliction Lock. You can still use the gold bribe to get away from the cave, it is still in the inventory

Comment by WokkaD

After you have collected the key, you will need to access the treasure from your bags (right click) so you don't have to fight the ogres on the way out.

Links

Two-Tusk Takedown

Obtain the Rusted Cage Key.

	Rusted Cage Key (1)

Provided item:

	Fake Treasure (1)

Description

This treasure's all fake, but it's not like those den whompers are going to know the difference. Stupid ogres!

Here's the plan... you head into the Admiral's Den and spread all of this "treasure" around to any ogres that get in your way. Then all you have to do is confront Tony Two-Tusk.

You'll have the key to the cage in no-time!

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Buoyant Shoulderpads			Synge's Wristbands
	Den Whomper Boots			Drinker's Bracers

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

350 reputation with Bilgewater Cartel

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25628))