Objective Locations Related records Rewards Sources Keep for turn-in Have Ransom Letter × 1 with you when completing this quest. This is the item provided with the quest, not an additional item to farm.
Relevant locations Area Tanaris Hide pins
? Classic in-game map · 1 baseline placements. Select a pin for its name and coordinates. Not live spawn tracking.
Coordinates and linked records Description <The text on this note is made up of various typefaces glued onto the parchment's surface.>
We've got your precious book, gnome. If you ever want to see it again, you'll do exactly as we ask.
<A detailed set of instructions is listed, spanning 3 pages.>
Bring the money and come alone!
Rewards Money: No monetary value supplied
XP and reputation totals are withheld here: this server-derived baseline can disagree with live Classic values.
Progress text Say, what's the matter?
Completion text <Narain's face glows a bright red.>
Booknap my... book, will they!? I'll teach them what it means to mess with a psychic gnome!
Class and race requirements Races: All · Classes: All.
Sources and coverage Quest source items: Pinned Classic QuestDB source · rewards source-item field, with item-started quests distinguished. Original records retained; not independent live-client verification.
Reviewed turn-in item references rAnS0m · Pinned required-item consumption · Classic eligibility reference · Classic race-mask semantics . Reviewed 2026-10-17; exact source-item and required-slot reference, not independent live-server verification. Race-mask comparison covers only the eight reviewed playable Classic races. Original race and class restrictions are unchanged; the supplied item is separately required at turn-in. Not independent current-client verification.
Reviewed area context Freshly Dug Dirt · area reviewed 2026-10-09; coordinates not supplied. Offshore island south of Tanaris; regional context only, no map pin supplied.Map artwork credits Classic in-game map artwork by Blizzard Entertainment, served by Zamimg. Placement data and area hierarchy are credited separately below.
Image credits Entity identification references, including historical captures. Screenshot client builds are not independently confirmed.
LibQuestDB Vanilla tables; CMaNGOS classic-db factual baseline with client corrections. Not independent live-server verification.
Never use this Classic record as confirmation of Forever content. The Forever database contains its own observed records.
Pinned LibQuestDB release · Compare Classic source page · Coverage and missing data · Attribution
Pinned Classic quest reputation requirements · Absolute reputation, not progress within your current standing. Other acceptance conditions may apply; not independent live-server verification. Threshold semantics . Reviewed 2026-10-05 · Client corrections 1.15.8.67156 · no independent live-server check.