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1.	Drag it Out of Them
2.	By Hook Or By Crook
3.	The Tortusk Takedown

Storyline
Northern Barrens In Defense of Far Watch The Far Watch Offensive Supplies for the Crossroads Crossroads Caravan Pickup Drag it Out of Them By Hook Or By Crook The Tortusk Takedown Grol'dom's Missing Kodo Animal Services The Kodo's Return Crossroads Caravan Delivery The Forgotten Pools Fungal Spores Kolkar Leaders A Growing Problem In Fungus We Trust The Stagnant Oasis Altered Beings Flushing Out Verog Verog the Dervish Hezrul Bloodmark Counterattack! The Zhevra Hunting the Huntress Echeyakee Into the Raptor's Den Who's Shroomin' Who? Club Foote Love it or Limpet Ammo Kerblammo To Track a Thief Investigate the Wreckage The Stolen Silver Take it up with Tony Glomp is Sitting On It Guns. We Need Guns. Mutiny, Mon! Find Baron Longshore The Baron's Demands A Most Unusual Map Gazlowe's Fortune Raging River Ride Samophlange Samophlange Samophlange Samophlange Samophlange Repair Wenikee Boltbucket Nugget Slugs Return to Samophlanger Read the Manual Competition Schmompetition Miner's Fortune The Short Way Home Harpy Raiders Harpy Lieutenants Serena Bloodfeather Report to Thork Mor'shan Caravan Pick-Up Mor'shan Caravan Rescue Demon Seed Mor'shan Caravan Delivery

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Comment by Nulgar

Talking to the Captured Razormane gives 5 options:

Who sent you!
<Punch him in the mouth.>
<Kick him in his big fat face.>
<Offer food.>
<Tickle Time!>

Obviously, the first option gives you only a <Snort> or "I say nothing"
The second and third options, being brutal, at first only meet resistance as well, but after a time or a certain combination of beatings and kicks (or just random, couldn't figure that out yet) will get the quilboar to say

You waste your strength! Tortusk train us warriors never to talk.
Oh - I've said too much!

which completes the objective.
However, you can also choose the fourth and fifth option, which will get the quilboar to blab immediately:

Mnn, <snort> why you cook this meat? Tortusk tells us meat taste best when stolen and raw.

Haha - <snort> ha - heee! <snort> Haha no stop haha <SNORT> <wheeze> Hee hee! Battlemaster Tortusk never prepared us for this!

each followed by "Oh - I've said too much!" of course.

The brutal options will buff you with Nasty, increasing your attack power and magical damage done by 8 for 20 minutes. Using one of the brutal options hide the nice options, but you can click off the Nasty buff to see those again.
Being nice buffs you with Saintly, increasing your health regeneration by 3% for 20 minutes - which, at this level, is rather uninteresting, since you still have a huge HP regen out of combat anyway, compared to your HP.
If you don't manage to beat it out of the quilbar to complete the objective and receive the Nasty buff, simply be nice to him once to complete the quest, click off the Saintly buff, then kick him again.

Speaking of clicking off, having the Saintly buff prevents you from seeing any option whatsoever. If you happen to choose tickling first, thinking it to be some random funny meaningless thing, but want to check out the other options as well, don't try and abort the quest, this will get you nowhere :P Just click off the buff. Took me a while to figure this out, so I better share this with you, to save you the humiliation.

Comment by nalanthus

The name of this quest is possibly a reference to the intro of the British TV series, The Prisoner, in which which Number Two tells Number Six that they want information, and by hook or by crook they will get it.

Though, it could simply be a coincidence as the phrase 'by hook or by crook' means 'by any means necessary'.

Comment by Morec0

NOTE: when you complete this quest DO NOT ABANDON IT WHATEVER YOU DO! Although you will be able to reaccept the quest you will be unable to get the dialouge options needed to finish it. I made the mistake of doing this when I attempted to get a little more sadistic fun out of this.

I am currently waiting on a Blizzard response to a ticket I opened about this.

Comment by 348590

compared to the morally questionable prisoner torture I had to do in Wrath, it was much more fun to tickle this quillboar!

Comment by Morec0

I hit tickle time, just to see what would happen. Upon realizing that it completed the quest for me my sadistic nature demanded I redo it and pick a darker choice. Then the problem I spoke of above started.

Comment by 117482

I abandoned this quest so i could try out all the torture options, and when i went to talk to the Quilboar the second time, i was unable to choose any of the options.

So don't abandon this quest, you will be unable to complete it.

Comment by Deaconn

Comment by 159111

This quest's title is a reference to the 1967 TV show "The Prisoner". In the opening title sequence, the Number 2 states that they'll get the information from the Prisoner (Number 6) "By hook or by crook, we will!" A really good show and a must see.

Comment by Nulgar

It's a general phrase/metaphor, not a movie/series quote.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/by-hook-or-by-crook.html

Meaning
By whatever means necessary - be they fair or foul.

Origin
It is sometimes suggested that 'by hook or by crook' derives from the custom in mediaeval England of allowing peasants to take from royal forests whatever deadwood they could pull down with a shepherd's crook or cut with a reaper's billhook. Another commonly repeated suggestion is that the phrase comes from the names of the villages of Hook Head and the nearby Crooke, in Waterford, Ireland. Hook Head and Crooke are on opposite sides of the Waterford channel A third suggestion is that the phrase derives from two learned judges, called Hooke and Crooke, who officiated during the reign of Charles I (born 1600 - died 1649) and who were called on to solve difficult legal cases. Hence, the cases would be resolved 'by Hooke or by Crooke'.

Comment by Blackriver

It's definitely random. I "kicked him in his big fat face" once and he talked.

Comment by DrCheis

You can continue punching/kicking him in the face after he talks.

Don't give me that look, you wouldn't have picked that option if you didn't enjoy it.

Comment by Capnboomkin

Important: If you attempt to abandon the quest in order to get the other buff that you didn't get, you have to right-click the old buff to get rid of it before you get the dialog options to get the new one.

Comment by demonlock666

Tickle Time!

Comment by GitGudGuides

By Hook Or By Crook http://youtu.be/ms03kD_V3yc

Comment by bebita

By Hook Or By Crook https://youtu.be/YyC5ZAtlSD4

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XD5C7ORdQs&feature=youtu.be

Comment by WoWQHelps

HD Video Tutorial for this quest : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjAUypb74Dk

Comment by 0Aloreth

If you punch the prisoner, drop the quest, and take it again, you will not be able to hit him again and thus be unable to finish the quest.

Comment by machina2413

Sample video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mELAwcDId5Q

Comment by casonator

I chose "Tickle Time!". I regret nothing lol

Comment by aurabeedit

New model update made the quillboar female, so the text doesn't match... Example: "Punch him in his fat face"

Comment by Taurenmoo814U

Quest text at the end of this is interesting when Togrik says "A power leader can inspire his people to acts of greatness or atrocity. But we orcs would know that more then others.."

This he highlights the awareness some members of the horde have to the factions problem of following bad leaders, and lets not forget, this quest text was put in at the time Garrosh was just made warchief, and long before sylvanas was made it.

Seems the cycle of the horde following bad leaders keeps coming back on them, at least some of the horde are aware of this problem.

Comment by globalmenace

Once again, quest circle marker is off. Don’t run there, he is in the arena just behind Togrik. Fix this kind of stuff, Blizz!

Comment by globalmenace

No waterboarding as option? Blizz, update your game to current US torture standards.

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By Hook Or By Crook

Question the nearby Razormane prisoner. If he's not there or unconscious, Togrik can revive him for you.

	Razormane Prisoner Interrogated (1)

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I suppose he'll come around with some cold water to the face. What do you think he'll tell us?

I'll secure him inside our livestock pen behind me here. I don't think he'll stay conscious long. Find out what you can about why the quilboar are attacking our farms! I'll leave the interrogation methods up to your better judgment.

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