Retail quest

The Absent-Minded Prospector

The Absent-Minded Prospector is a World of Warcraft quest for level 5–30. Rewards include 4,100 experience and item rewards.

Darkshore

Quest text Requirements and rewards

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

‹name›, ‹class› and ‹race› stand for your character’s.

Who are you again? ‹name›? Have we met? If you're here from the League, you can tell them I'm not leaving! Not without my find. I had it, right in my hands! Then the screaming. Then the wetness. Listen here whos-yer-name, I documented the whole thing in my journal the day the tidal wave hit. And I know just where I left it! The journal. Not the find. Help me get the one so we can get the other! Or vice-versa! Do you follow? Follow me!

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 5–30

Rewards

4,100 experience
10g50s

Choose one of

Woolgathering Gloves · Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Fire, Arcane
Oblivious Leggings · Balance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Windwalker, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Guardian, Feral, Vengeance, Havoc, Brewmaster
Bahrum's Bad Mood Ring · Protection, Unholy, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Protection, Blood, Frost
Absentminded Legguards · Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Restoration, Elemental, Enhancement, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival

Source

Where this data comes from.

Read from Blizzard's official World of Warcraft API.

Data from Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft API, retrieved Oct 5, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC. World of Warcraft and its game data are © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. NeedBeforeGreed isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard.

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