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Level: 45 Requires level: 35 Type: Group Side: Alliance Start: Captain Hecklebury Smotts End: Captain Hecklebury Smotts Sharable
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The Captain's Chest

Bring Smotts' Chest to Hecklebury Smotts in Booty Bay.

	Smotts' Chest

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I used to sail a ship from here all the way to Ratchet, in Kalimdor. I was a successful captain with a sterling reputation.

Until...

Those cursed sea giants ruined me! They smashed my ship, killed my crew, and set me on a lifeboat to Booty Bay. And one of the giants, Gorlash, stole my Captain's Chest. He said he wanted it for a snuffbox. The nerve!

I hear Gorlash wanders the coast east of here. Find him and get back my chest! Do that, and you'll have earned a captain's gratitude.

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Reward

You will receive:

	Bloodband Bracers

You will also receive: 0

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

3150 experience ( 18 90 at max. level)
75 Reputation with Booty Bay
-375 Reputation with Bloodsail Buccaneers

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Rating: +50 [-] [+]

By Ormriss on 11/21/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

To find Gorlash, leave Booty Bay from the tunnel, then head to the east coast. You should pass through an area with Bloodsail mages/swashbucklers. As soon as you hit the beach, start running north. You should see Gorlash walking around in the ocean (he's huge and hard to miss).

Gorlash is a level 47 elite giant, so come prepared. Two shamans (mid to late 40s) did this with no problems. Probably a good idea to bring some healing. Total time from getting quest, finding and killing Gorlash, then returning is maybe ten minutes.

Rating: +31 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/29/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

kill him at 36,69

Rating: +28 [-] [+]

By gothic on 08/09/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

gorlash in 36.69

Rating: +19 [-] [+]

By remy on 06/30/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)

The directions are precise. And he's definitely hard to miss.

If you have sucky bracers and could use those [see required level: 35], or if you're just lazy and impatient, you could kite him back to the entrance of the Booty Bay entrance. The goblins will take care of him.

Gorlash can rooted, stunned, slowed and novaed. Take caution to stay clear of the Bloodsail mobs. You might outrun them too but you might be slowed as well.

Rating: +16 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/29/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

Me (A 39 Rogue) and my friend (a 37 mage) had recently gotten this 45 Elite quest. Now, I know what you're saying, "Two high 30s can't take a 47 elite down!" Wrongo! It took a few tries, but we (mainly the mage, running sideways, fireblasting, to keep his attention)to lead him all the way up to the Booty Bay entrance, where the guards did the work for us, just had to keep damage on him to keep him tapped.

(Us pulling him)
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5298/gorlash17lb.jpg

(Us at the Booty Bay gates, while the guards took all the punishment)
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9440/gorlash24vx.jpg

Just goes to show, that if you put your mind to it, anything is possible :)

Rating: +14 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 09/23/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

LOC 37.69
he walks along the shore.

Rating: +9 [-] [+]

By Corrodias on 08/27/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)

This quest gives +150 Booty Bay rep and -150 Bloodsail Buccaneers rep.

Rating: +8 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/05/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Go east past the cemetary near the northern entrance to BB.&nbsp Pass the bloodsails in the meadow and turn left at the beach.&nbsp He is a few hundred feet north along the beach.

Rating: +7 [-] [+]

By noodleloaf on 01/22/2008 (Patch 2.3.3)

As of 1/20/08 He's a 42 Elite... Solo'd him as a lvl 45 Prot. Paladin. Still not an easy fight.

Rating: +6 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/06/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

What does "But my revenge isn't complete..." mean?
Is there a follow up?

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/10/2006 (Patch 1.9.1)

solo'd this no problem with 45 lock -- imp,&nbsp fear and dots-- repeat..

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/16/2006 (Patch 1.9.4)

lvl44 hunter, just kite him to the booty bay guards and have him killed )

could do as a lvl10 hunter.

Rating: +4 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/24/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Solo'd as a LVL 45 Lock.&nbsp He hits hard but if you can throw on multiple DOT's and then fear him (i did this about 7 times)&nbsp he'll drop for you.&nbsp Nothing added either so don't worry that fear will aggro anything...

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/29/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

Loc is right he walks the beach. Killed him with a 45 mage, 44 druid, 40 priest it was close but we did it!

Rating: +3 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/30/2006 (Patch 1.10.1)

After two unsuccessful attempts (thank god for feign death) i managed to bring the hefty chap down - gfor any interested hunters this is what i did:
firstly place a frost trap in front of me, then sent pet in, putting him on bestial wrtath then got him to stun the guy for 3 secs. once that was done i used mortar on him (3 sec more stun +400dmg approx), all the while pounding arcane shot and multishot.&nbsp Once pet was near death i called him back and made gorlash run over trap, thank god he didnt resist or it would have been curtains! Bandage pet and mend. resume battle - he at about 45% health now.&nbsp Keep pounding till pet hits dust then finished him off melee.&nbsp If he engages you in melee hit the clip and kite him

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By widdo on 04/15/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Soloed him as a lvl 46 Protection pala. just put seal of light on him and on yourself, and heal urself when u get low on hp and he will be no problems

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By ghandithegreat on 04/15/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

kited him as a shammy (along w/ the other 3) pull him w/ lightning bolt at max range then just keep throwing down earthbind & searing totem, as well as frost shock now & then and get him to the guards, he goes down in about 3 seconds

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/05/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Soloed at lvl 45 mage, wasn't easy but completed first try. Just use scorch a lot and frost nova every chance u get.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.3)

Easily solo'ed him with 46 warlock full affliction build, just fully dot him (do Amplify Curse for Curse of Agony), Death Coil, instant Howl of Terror, drain life, redot, fear, drain life and he must be dead, ended up full hp and half mana.

Don't forget to life-tap first tho before you use drain life and spihon life, because all health you don't get, you cant use for life-tap either.

Rating: +2 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/27/2005 (Patch 1.3.2)

35,70

Editing in some more information:

He's quite easy to find, really, just follow the shores north, he's a big greenish sea giant. (Behind the bloodsailor camps, behind the zombiemasters ruins)

Edited, Sun Jun 19 00:12:28 2005

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By spleen1015 on 02/25/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

I was able to solo this quest as a 47 Hunter. I sent in my pet and healed him after every 2 Arcane Shots. My pet died with Gorlash's last blow.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By iluvsleep on 03/24/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

I too was able to solo this quest as a lvl 46 Affliction spec'd Lock. As said before, key is to keep Gorlash feared & dot'd at all times as he hits very hard.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 05/13/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Soloed as a 45 warlock. summoned void put him on passive, then just life tap-immolate-corruption-agony-death coil-fear repeat til he died i used 1 Health stone and at the end i had 98% hp 50% mana and 1 dead Gorlash

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 12/29/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)

Soloed 48 Hunter beast spec easy. Dropped treasure chest for quest and some change. He gave me like 650exp.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/06/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

8800 hp, myself (49 mage) pounded him while a 43 warrior did some damage and took the aggro sometimes. I mostly played hit and run/blink and we barely took him down, but its better than nothing.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 01/23/2006 (Patch 1.9.2)

I did him today myself as a 44 Warlock. I lost my VW in about the 30 seconds of the fight and didn't waste mana on a new pet. After a lot of DoTs, fears, lifetaps, and overall havoc, he went down. I ended with about 100 health and zero mana.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 06/04/2005 (Patch 1.4.2)

Is there a reputation change?

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/13/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

did it with:
lvl 46 Rogue (me)
lvl 38 Mage
lvl 39 Mage
lvl 40 Warlock

Took 3 trys, first 2 we didn't have the warlock. Found it difficult he was also level 47.

3150xp

Edited, Aug 13th 2006 at 12:20pm EDT by WindsOfCreation

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/23/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Group of 3, myself (50 marks hunter), 43 Holy Pally, and 41 Lock. Really easy. When I joined the group, I was expecting more of a fight from Gorlash (I figured that he's a named Elite, so it might be a challenge.) Nope. Found him at 34,74, marked him, set a frost trap and had my pet tank him. He took a while to go down, but he only took down about 1/3 of my pet's health. Could have solo'ed easily, IMO.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/30/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

solo'd as a 43 frost mage

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/15/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Gorlash wanders along the beach just outside of BB. Exit via the jaws, and head East. Get to the shore, and travel North just a short way, and you will run into him.

The wife and I (45 druid and rogue) barely beat him, but did take him out.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 08/29/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)

My 45 Druid walked up the beach with a 40 Paladin in tow, threw Roots, Moonfire, and Wrathed till he broke roots. Shifted to Dire bear and hit him till dead. Paladin healed about 5 or 6 times so this is not a solo if you're a 45 Druid!

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/09/2005 (Patch 1.5.1)

I solo'd this quest EASILY as a 45 priest.

Start with mind blast, devouring plague, and shadow word pain. Mind flay until he gets to you, then fear and run the other way. Reapply shadow word pain when it runs out, and just keep running. When he catches up to you again, fear AGAIN and shadow word pain. It might take a while, but I killed him without even taking a hit.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 07/17/2005 (Patch 1.6.0)

My first attempt I was solo lvl 48:

I sent in Voidy, set up my DoTs, should have used CoW instead of CoA. My poor Voidy was hit hard in the opening rounds. Didn't have much time to Health Funnel Voidy. Then my only SB aggro the beastie with barely a smidgeon of hp left on Voidy...had to sac Voidy...I ran like Forest Gump with the beastie pounding away at me with his feet...ha ha no effect with VW sacrifice...after a short run the beastie disengaged pursuit.

I waited abt 5 mins and by that time two Alliance members had gathered with me, I belive they were a druid and a pally. Anyway, this time I was determined to drop the beastie. I went in with CoW this time, then the two Alliance members swooped in with full force...we tore that giant apart with me finishing the beastie with a Soul Fire. Great Finish!

Needless to say I could not have done it w/o the help of the Alliance Members, especially since I am part of the Horde.

2900xp
rep with Booty Bay "increased"
rep with Bloodsail Bucs "greatly decreased"

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/29/2005 (Patch 1.8.2)

Went to the cords given he was right there my lvl 55 hunter and I killed him no trouble and I am a 45 druid

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/10/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)

Locaion : 33,72 STV

I soloted him as a lvl 48 warrior. Rend, Sunder, Sunder, Sunder ( now he had 50% hp ) then heoric strike and MS all the way, when he had 19% I executed him for 1988 :)

Had to use a Healing potion though.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 10/16/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)

Solo'd it today as 47 Warlock. I didn't do as well as some... VW died, I died, but with lots of fear and DoTs, he died under my DoTs the precise moment I did. Raced back, looted body, job done. He was 47 Elite. 224-355 damage when he hit.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 02/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)

Gorlash - 33.75

Solo'd as a 44 BE hunter, cleared the casters on the beach and got 3 mana taps from em, then just kited him around the beach till he died, had my pet nip at his heels the whole time (dont get pet to tank him) used 1 mana pot, and my arc torrent.

Got a pathetic 3150xp.

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 04/17/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)

Solo'd as level 51 Warrior, used one major heal potion, sundered him up, demoshout and thunderclapped

Also can hamstring and bandage if nessecary, took 2 attempts to get him down

Rating: +1 [-] [+]

By Anonymous on 03/17/2005 (Patch 1.2.0)

Its only 2900 exp and a crappy cloth bracelet(for a hunter at least). Ill have to say it was a letdown after taking this big guy down.

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