The Jig is Up

Quest Giver: Annie Bonn — Scalawag Point, Howling Fjord [35, 79]

Objective: Bring Annie Bonn Jonah Sterling’s Spyglass.

Quick Facts

• Level: 71 (Suggested players: 3, but soloable by all classes)
• Faction: Both (Alliance & Horde)
• Location: Cave at [33, 75], north of Scalawag Point
• Chain Position: Final quest (9 of 9) in the Scalawag Point Infiltration chain
• Prerequisite: Meet Number Two
• Pairs With: The Frozen Heart of Isuldof (same cave)

Walkthrough

Find the Cave

• The cave is at [33, 75] on the north side of the island. Annie Bonn’s quest text says “a cave west of here,” but the entrance is actually more north than west. Head uphill from Scalawag Point and look for the cave opening.

Phase 1: “Mad” Jonah Sterling

• Jonah Sterling is a level 70 Elite standing just inside the cave entrance, in a small alcove to the left.
• Fight him down to roughly 30% health. He has a whirlwind-style Flailing attack with deceptive range. Back away when he starts spinning.
• At 30%, Jonah flees and jumps through a hole into the pit below, where his pet bear Hozzer kills him.

Between Phases: Heal Up

• Do not follow Jonah immediately. You leave combat when he jumps. Take this window to eat, bandage, drink, and wait for cooldowns. It takes roughly 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the event resets and Hozzer goes back to sleep.
• Save your major cooldowns for Hozzer, not Jonah. Wasting CDs on the easier Phase 1 can lead you to regretting it during Phase 2.

Phase 2: Hozzer

• Walk down the ramp (don’t jump) to reach Hozzer in the lower cave. He has roughly 25-30k HP.
• Hozzer is immune to Fear but vulnerable to stuns, roots, and slows (including Frost effects). He moves slowly when snared.
• He does a knockback that can also reset threat. Pet classes: be ready to re-establish aggro after knockback.
• Hozzer hits for roughly 800-1000 on cloth, 400-600 on plate. Manageable for most classes with self-healing or damage mitigation.
• Loot Jonah Sterling’s Spyglass from Hozzer’s corpse (not from Jonah).

Return to Annie Bonn

• Head back to Scalawag Point and turn in to Annie Bonn. Her completion text seals the power grab: “He never thought this ‘wench’ would make it.”

Efficiency Tips

• Combo quest: If you have The Frozen Heart of Isuldof, the heart is in the back of the same cave, up a ramp past where Hozzer sleeps. Grab it after killing the bear to knock out both quests in one trip.
• Tagging warning: Only the group that tags and kills Hozzer can loot the spyglass. If another player is lurking below waiting to steal the tag while you fight Jonah above, you’ll need to repeat the whole event. Check the lower cave before engaging.
• Soloability: Despite the “Suggested: 3 players” label, this quest is widely reported as soloable by every class and spec at level 70-71 in quest greens. 

Class Tips

• Hunters: Send your pet down first before jumping to ensure it takes aggro from Hozzer. Mend Pet easily outheals the bear’s damage.
• Warlocks: Hozzer is fear-immune. Use Voidwalker for tanking rather than trying to kite with Fear.
• Frost Mages/Frost DKs: Hozzer is vulnerable to all slows and Frost Nova. Kite him up and down the cave ramps for a nearly damage-free kill.
• Rogues: Stunlock Jonah in Phase 1 (save Evasion for Hozzer). Open Phase 2 with Cheap Shot from stealth since you leave combat between phases.
• Plate classes: Straightforward. Both mobs hit relatively softly against plate armor.

Lore Context

• This quest is the culmination of Annie Bonn’s pirate coup. She’s been scheming against “Mad” Jonah Sterling from the start, and she uses you as her instrument to remove him. Her quest text lays out Sterling’s failures plainly: attacking Alliance and Horde navies simultaneously was suicidal, and enslaving tuskarr who die within days of leaving their climate was pointless cruelty.
• Sterling’s madness isn’t just incompetence. The Frozen Heart of Isuldof, one of four cursed vrykul artifacts the Northsea Freebooters stole from Shield Hill, literally drove him insane. He became so paranoid that he abandoned Scalawag Point entirely to live in a cave with his bear. The same grave robbery that cursed Sterling also awakened the kvaldir, setting the entire tuskarr/pirate conflict into motion.
• Annie Bonn’s takeover ends the Freebooters’ war against both major factions. After this quest, she promises: “Your allies won’t get any more trouble from my crew.”

According to post-Shadowlands lore, Annie maintained leadership and the crew went from “monstrous to merely annoying” under her command.

Explore Howling Fjord’s hidden easter eggs, lore mysteries, and connections across Warcraft history in Vikstone’s Howling Fjord Chronicles, along with the complete quest storyline.