Retail quest

When the Going Gets Tough, Cheat

When the Going Gets Tough, Cheat is a World of Warcraft quest for level 15–30. Rewards include 4,100 experience and item rewards.

Badlands

Quest text Requirements and rewards

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

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

I just can't get my invention to work! Gah! That's it, I've decided. I'm going to cheat and use magic. What my invention really needs is a solid piston that's thin enough to fit through a narrow copper tube, but strong enough to withstand repeated impact without breaking. The magical rods carried by those ogre magi to the north should work perfectly. From what I can tell, only the instructors carry the strong staves.

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 15–30

Rewards

4,100 experience
10g50s

Choose one of

Wooly Goat Punchers · Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Fire, Arcane
Goat Skin Mask · Balance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Windwalker, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Guardian, Feral, Vengeance, Havoc, Brewmaster
Goat Hide Boots · Balance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Windwalker, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Guardian, Feral, Vengeance, Havoc, Brewmaster
Fuselight Chainmail · Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Restoration, Elemental, Enhancement, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival
Goat Horn Band · Protection, Unholy, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Protection, Blood, Frost

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, 1:24 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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