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1.	Clean Up
2.	Just Around the Corner
3.	Slightly Unstable
4.	A Delicate Touch

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Comment by Fafhrd

35,88. Hilarious quest when hit by Beta-lag.

Comment by 223436

If a site mod is reading this, this quest isn't alliance only as stated in the quick facts, it can be accepted by both factions. You can just remove this post once you make the change.

Comment by 248298

Rogues can trivialize this quest by using Disarm Trap. I decided not to because that would ruin the fun!

Comment by 248976

Actually, when you read the quest log, it says that you should follow the path that Jeer Sparksocket used to get out.
This socalled path starts at a 'Danger' sign @ 36|88

If you look closely you will see somekind of path where there are no mines.
First it goed around some trees and then into the minefield.

This way you can get to the toolbox without exploding any of the mines.
And ofcourse, take the same way back ;)

Comment by baffler

Best way to do this with druid is to keep spamming flight form. You can eventually get to the middle, but you might want to put a few HoTs on yourself before you try.

Comment by Eminence

no. the easiest way is to walk in.
marked with a dead gnoll lying on the ground, enter there, theres a big path you can just walk in :)

made a picture. the gnoll aint on the picture though, but he's just behidn my char on the pic :D

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9940/justaroundthecornerop6.jpg

Comment by zeusal

Approach from West at 34,89 travel between some trees. Stick to the mountains on the right (south) and negotiate to 35,89 from here travel north, then ark back to the west and you have a clear path through the mines to the tools.

Comment by kenzi

If you can't seem to loot the toolbox, try turning off all your addons.

Comment by 48128

Just get your Rocket Helm that you've gotten from a quest in Netherstorm, fly at a high point (high enough for the canons not to hit you) directly above the object (it's easy if you have quest helper)
and drop down, before you reach the bottom (duh...) use the helmet and viola!

Comment by Sunsilk

Mages, you can blink through some mines to make life easier.

Comment by 39261

There's a path through the mine field that starts at 34.4 , 86.8.
Head east, south, then spiral around Janks. Easy. =D

Comment by 35860

Man, I must be retarded coz none of the stuff above helped me. So I've decided to just die close to the quest item and then rez. It worked and saved soooo much time. Do this if you can handle 10% Durability loss. GL

Comment by 253196

As a mage, I just flew onto the mountain beside the mines, aimed, hit slowfall, then jumped. Landed right on top of the tools.

Comment by 256767

This might be interesting to know for those who really have troubles completing this quest.. for some reason P:

I was trying to get the "Mine Sweeper" achievement so I figured the bigger I was the easier I hit things, but my mammoth that can carry multiple people didn't seem to trigger many at all.. In fact, I could just charge in right to the toolbox without hitting a single mine.
If you really can't manage, or are just too lazy, just ask someone who has a multi-person mammoth.
(Not sure this would work with a chopper, as they're much lower to the ground)

Comment by 203219

note that this quest allows you to get the "Going Down?" achievement as well

Comment by shinjuru

There's a clear path, sort of like a nautilus shell. Wide enough to see the pattern if you zoom out.

Comment by 255786

The quest is fun enough but the mine guns or whatever they are have too long of a range. Even across the road they knock you off your flyer. Not a hard quest just annoying.

Comment by maranzano

as Resto Druid, just go in stealth, turrets won't activate

Comment by 260462

This Quest was easy for me ;> Becouse i am a rogue and i Disarmed all the bombs easyly XD

Comment by 141882

Druids can just spam flight form whenever knocked out, easy peasy.

Comment by Arrowdodger

as a priest:
Fly HIGH and position yourself right above the guy. dismount and Levitate.

Comment by 27627

The achievement "Mine Sweeper" can be gotten here.

Comment by 277831

no need any trick. no need to be rogue or mage. after several blasts, i saw theres a trail in it. i wish i read the quest carefully or read what civilian posted, so i didnt need to use 4 heavy frostweave bandages b4 i saw the trail by myself lol

Comment by Parolyzer

I just died close to the guy and rez'd in the spot :)

Comment by Zazzy

Found a dead easy way to do it after getting blasted all ways. Get on your mount and get high enough not to get blown off it. When you are right over the tools simply dismount. You die but land directly on the target. Rez in the centre. Voila!

Comment by Maozsi

As a mage, used my mount to fly over the spot at 35,87 (far enough to avoid the turrets) then canceled it and used slow fall

Comment by DaaaaaaNnE

You cannot youse flying mount to fly to him.

Comment by Frankup

Do it the fun way and try to land in the center by using the mines :]

Comment by 40639

Actually most of you were wrong on this one. You go to "Honest Max" (40,84) who is right next to Skizzle Slickside, the K3 flight master. "Honest Max" is to the left of Skizzle. Get a free loaned riding mount from "Honest Max" and fly to the center of the minefield. No bombs or anything. A jump off icon will be in your toolbar. Click the tools (35,87) then hop back on the mount and go turn in! Easy as that!

Comment by Aephinevra

Using the Noggenfogger Elixir to reduce size makes it easier to avoid stepping on mines. I ran in from the southwest near the hills, even managing to make one the mines explode, but I was not sent into the air. Try it.

Comment by 256123

incredibly easy as a pally with cold weather flying. just fly high above the mine field so the anti-air bombs dont activate, and air-drop bubble in.

Comment by 175004

Well it's easy.If you are a mage(as i do)use blink.Otherwise just tell a rogue to help you.Try to awaid places with many traps and go round them as the name of the quest says just go around traps.

Comment by 300698

Best way I done it? Was to get as close I could. Die. Walk back to corpse. Rez, Get the tools. :p

Comment by 243069

Easy for a lock. Get as close as you can then hell fire till you die run back and rez in the middle.

Comment by 231012

i just died a respawned on toolbox =o lol

Comment by 314206

You can just fly above the minefield (far enough so the turrets wont shoot you down) and then fly over the spot with the tools and fly down the turrents wont hit you did it just now (:

Comment by 320181

I tried finding a path...
going around the trees first
flight form flight form drop drop
letting the mines knock me in the right direction...
But like Karlis suggested.. your better of dying as close to the tool box as Possible and rezzing

Comment by snuzzle

Once you find that there's a path and take it, it becomes cake. The gnome's pics didn't really help (sorry!) so I made some of my own:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9117/aroundthecorner1.png
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8580/aroundthecorner2.png

Hope this helped someone!

Comment by 101807

For mage/priest/engineer : Fly high above the toolbox, dismount, and slowfall / levitate / parachute cloak

Everyone else : Take your armor off, fly above the box, fall, and land near the toolbox and you will be able to run back to your corpse and resurrect right next to it with no durability cost.

Comment by seminole1

ha ha, fun quest. it took me a while to figure it out but i decided to fly to the top of the mountain then look over the mine field and i saw a path thst snaked through the field to the toolbox. the path started on the left side then circled around and around the toolbox then went to it

Comment by bortus

im not sure if this was supposed to happen but when i used the loaned flying mount to get there i wasnt shot down and i just flew in and out with out a problem.

Comment by Beastana

There's an easy trail coming from the westside. If you go to the western side of the field, you'll find a dead tree and a fallen log to the left of it. I got in by following the snow trail starting from the left of the fallen log. There's also a dead gnoll marking the beginning of the trail. There are no mines here, but you still have to be careful to keep a distance away from them. Good luck^^ don't get blown into the air!

Comment by 321880

Just blink through it as a mage... pretty easy but fun :)

Comment by 326895

JUST NEED TO WALK AROUND IN A PASSWAY

Comment by ustoopia

Before I started the quest I read the comments here and was informed that the mines would blast me into the way I want to go, if i approach them correctly. I actually had some fun in doing this quest because once a mine blasted me somewhere then another mine would instantly blast me another direction, and then another, and so forth.
So as pala I was happy that I was able to heal myself because else I don't think I would have made it out of the field again alive.
After a couple of tries I landed exactly next to the tools. When I was done I had some more fun with those mines having them blast me back and forth again. Fun quest!

Comment by Zhawq

For some reason I just couldn't find the right angle from looking at the screenshots.
I found the right trees so I was sure I was somewhere in the right place. But "somewhere" doesn't cut it, so in the end I had to take some chances and hope I did it right.

I didn't do it quite right, but I realised, that if I could manage to get myself blown inwards towards the item on the ground, there was a small path sort of line running counter clockwise and straight to the item. So even though my life got down to half, I didn't die during the quest.

Getting away from the area was somewhat easier than it was getting into it.

But don't fly over the place, or even around it. You'll get blown off your mound aat a distance where you can't even see the area. So be careful. I was very close to losing myu life on that account twice because I wasn't aware of how far the border actually stretched.

I hope this may help someone.

Comment by 42051

If you approach the minefield from K3, there is in the outer section two very burnt trees, and then two small chunks of trees a bit further in. Between these two there is a really obvious and safe path to the quest's completion, no need to die.

Comment by Vanda

At first I lol'ed then I broke my keyboard.

Comment by 310137

I died then rezzed back in the middle where the tools are, bingo!

Easiest & quickest way.

Comment by Ernst

Schh..
Round the corner!
Schh...
Round the corner!

Comment by 186590

SCHWWT! Around the corner! (lol athene reference?)

Comment by 237728

I thought getting blown to bits was hilarious. Good achievement too.

Comment by 485593

Simplest soloution!
1. remove all gear to include weapon. (this prevents damage to your gear saving the repair cost)
2. Get on flying mount, fly high enough that you are not shot.
3. Get directly above tool box and dismount (note do not buble)
4. You will die, return to your body and rez next to the tool box directly on it.
5. pick up box and run for it when safe regear.

no need to dodge or disarm mines took less than 1 minute

Comment by 488129

If you happen to be an engineer with the Springy Archnoweave just start flying form a distance away then parachute into the the field at the desired location......

Comment by Arkham

It now appears that the cannons no longer dismount you, but only nudge you back a little ways. This seems like it might be a side effect of the "knockbacks no longer dismount players" item in the 3.3 patch notes.

Comment by 390870

Don't think about flying in. The cannons will knock you back, which makes your mount try to land (into mines of course) or shift you out of flight form.

Comment by 141922

There is a spiral path as stated by other posters, it is the easier way .. just find that spiral and you won't hit any minds. Still this quest is lame.

Comment by Nekrotik

It's hard to describe just exactly how bad this quest blows. I'm never doing this one again. And Genion's dead wrong, you can't just fly over the spot and land without getting hit. I died 3 times trying this before I got lucky and rezzed near the toolbox.

Comment by 556575

OMG thank you for the pics i think i paid more to repair my gear than this quest gave!

Comment by 455652

Holy crap!U r a god! So easy with ur notes. Ty

Comment by darkxi

As a Mage, I "Blinked" in, set the next spot, blink, set, blink. Sometimes though I got ahead of myself and blinked right on top of a mine, lol

Comment by dlbert2000

you no longer get dismounted when a mine hits you
very easy to get to the center now

Comment by Diabolic

I just walked in without any little bit attention and tried to find a way while flying, at last. I managed to dunk myself to quest area, huge fun. :D

Comment by Allakhazam

simple path, start at 34 88 (southmost sign on east side) standing on the sign you can see a path leading behind the trees to your left, once you are past the grey tree look north and you see a short path around to the tools. took me 10 seconds to run to the tools

Comment by Allakhazam

Do not fly into this quest. It will knock you off your mount

Approach it from the southwest. You'll see danger signs setup. If you look carefully you'll see a winding area that is free of mines. This is a path. If you follow the path you can get to the tools, but get them quick because inevitably something will explode near you right after you get them.

As a mage, use fire ward and slow fall so that if you get thrown you don't get killed.

Comment by Allakhazam

i found this quest frustrating, none of the suggestions worked for me -- until i just let myself be killed by the mines, flew back on the skeletal mount, revived right next to the box then used my flying mount to fly up above the range of the turrets and outta there. When all else fails...

Comment by Allakhazam

Start at the corpse lying at 34.2,86.6 point yourself due East. It is a mini-maze, stick to the widest path. This is an arc curving right, followed by a left spiral to the toolbox. Same way back out. Not sure if the mines are random/changing, but I doubt it.

And yes, don't fly in :)

-Ading

Comment by Allakhazam

The guy in the middle is ABSOLUTELY correct. (The one where you start at the corpse) Do what he says, and laugh at everyone else!

Edited, Jan 2nd 2009 7:46pm by DiKarCidar

Comment by Allakhazam

I did it easily with a flying mount. Fly way up above, ie out of range of the turrets, and then fall down. I hit ice block and blew up the mine I landed on got the tools as mine jumped out with slow fall. Easy

Comment by Allakhazam

Best way to do this quest? the very easiest way...............DON'T !, IT SUX. it is not worth even trying any of the suggestions above, It takes to long to get any of them right, Oh and as far as flying in is concerned, that idea is as good as a bag of hammers in a swimming contest.

Comment by Allakhazam

Thanks very much hunterading! That was super and for the other hunters out there....this is the time when even I do dismiss my beloved pet for a while...:)
/Magrath- pet collector & beastmistress

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Just Around the Corner

Jeer Sparksocket at K3 would like Sparksocket's Tools retrieved from his minefield.

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Blast it! Where are my tools? I had them here just a moment ago.

Oh! I probably forgot them when I was setting up that minefield in the west. That's mildly inconvenient. I'd be quite appreciative if you could go get them for me. You'll need to watch your step though... you should be able to use the same path that I did to get out.

Oh, and don't try to fly in... I had the presence of mind to set up turrets to shoot down anything that might fly, and they aren't very discerning in who they target.

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