Retail quest

Preventing the Worst

Preventing the Worst is a World of Warcraft quest for level 30–40. Rewards include 5,450 experience and item rewards.

Quest text

What the quest giver says.

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

Have you seen all the fungus on the buildings in Pinchwhistle Point? It's only a matter of time 'til it releases enough spores to infest the whole coastline! The remaining infected that are in Pinchwhistle Point will be too far gone for us to save later on, so let's do the right thing and put them out of their misery and prevent an even worse outbreak. I made some firebombs that will burn the fungus down, but I'll need you to place them while I set up the detonator. Are you up for it?

Requirements and rewards

What it takes, what it gives.

Requirements

Level 30–40
Complete first: Skimming Off the Top, The Right Parts for the Job, Field Trial

Rewards

5,450 experience
16g98s

Choose one of

"Super Sterlized" Blastguard Legwraps · Frost, Discipline, Holy, Shadow, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Fire, Arcane
"Super Sterilized" Blastguard Britches · Balance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Windwalker, Assassination, Outlaw, Subtlety, Guardian, Feral, Vengeance, Havoc, Brewmaster
"Super Sterilized" Blastguard Leggings · Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Restoration, Elemental, Enhancement, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival
"Super Sterilized" Blastguard Legplates · Holy, Protection, Fury, Frost, Blood, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms

Leads to

Quests this one opens.

Completing this quest is required for these.

Flame On

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, 1:45 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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