Quest 8553 · Classic Era details

The Captain's Cutlass

Quest level50Requires level40Classic zoneStranglethorn Vale

Classic Era reference from QuestieDB, not verified for Forever. Quest ID 8553 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70790. QuestieDB 1.0.10, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-11-03 (source).

The task

Objectives

Speak with Sprogger.

No linked targets are recorded in this Classic source.

Rewards and gains

Reputation

No reputation gain is recorded in this source.

Experience and money are not supplied by this imported quest record.

The route

Quest locations

Classic pins are approximate reference points. Reported ! and ? markers are search points near quest NPCs. Hover or focus a marker for details.

Start Turn in

Stranglethorn Vale

Classic start and turn-in

Fully revealed map assembled from client map and exploration textures. Artwork from build 1.60.1.69977, compared file by file with build 1.60.1.70790 and unchanged. Associated by the client filename `Interface/WorldMap/Stranglethorn_c60`, not by a direct map-art foreign key. This is client artwork, not a verified in-game map. Artwork © Blizzard Entertainment.

StartCaptain Hecklebury Smotts (26.69, 73.61)
Turn inSprogger (26.66, 73.64)

From Classic. One NPC can have several recorded spots; the map shows each one where it was recorded.

The people

Start and turn-in

Starts from

Ends at

Coordinates are approximate Classic references. The `/way` formats require TomTom or a compatible addon; use the named-zone form from outside the zone.

The path

Quest chain

Quest text

No quest text yet. It appears here once a player reports it through RestedRealm Companion.

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