Retail quest

By the Skin of His Teeth

By the Skin of His Teeth is a World of Warcraft quest for level 1–20. Rewards include 2,750 experience and item rewards.

Gilneas City

Quest text Requirements and rewards

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

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

One of those mangy fleabags got Dempsey real good. We cannot move him until we stabilize his bleeding. Give us a hand holding back these mongrels. A couple of minutes is all we need, brother!

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 1–20
Race: Worgen

Rewards

2,750 experience
5g35s
+250 reputation with Gilneas

Choose one of

Darius' Sash · Arcane, Fire, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction
Darius' Handguards · Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration
Dempsey's Gloves · Balance, Feral, Guardian, Restoration, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Brewmaster, Windwalker, Mistweaver, Havoc, Vengeance
Bracers of the Queen's Gate · Holy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Protection, Blood, Frost, Unholy

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, 1:37 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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