Retail quest

Read the Manual

Read the Manual is a World of Warcraft quest for level 5–30 (Horde only). Rewards include 5,150 experience and item rewards.

Northern Barrens

Quest text Requirements and rewards

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

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

Back when I was in the Tinker's Union, Boss Copperplug was the best engineer we had. He defected to the Venture Company shortly before I left, and took his greatest techniques with him. He hoarded his secrets, doling out bits and pieces of knowledge to his trusted inner circle. If he built the samophlange, then he's probably got the manual. Last I heard, he was operating right here, out of Boulder Lode mine to the northeast. Get the manual from him, and collect the pages from his followers.

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 5–30
Horde only

Rewards

5,150 experience
10g50s
+350 reputation with Bilgewater Cartel

Choose one of

Out-of-Date Manual · Mistweaver, Frost, Fire, Devastation, Augmentation, Preservation, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Balance, Restoration, Arcane
Scrap Metal Shield · Holy, Elemental, Restoration, Protection, Protection

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Quests this one opens.

Completing this quest is required for these.

The Short Way Home

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, 1:25 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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