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The problem with this rare is that he's right on the border between Suramar and Azsuna. If you fight him on the hill and move around a bit, you'll cross between the zones, which causes him to despawn and respawn over and over again (probably related to the CRZ technology). The wave makes it even harder since it'll knock you back.
For an easy time, simply pick a side to fight him on, and pull him back. I brought him to the nearby beach on Suramar side and had no issues at all.
Rare
Tideclaw
Tideclaw is a Rare Beast of the Crab family, level 45, hostile to players.
Details
Tideclaw at a Glance
What does Tideclaw do?
Rare spawnRare · minimap vignette 1510
Level and Map Tracking
The game data tunes Tideclaw for level 45, Legion content.
The map marks it with vignette 1,510, which the client hides once hidden tracking quest 43542 is complete. In game, /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(43542)) prints true when that quest is flagged for your character.
In the Client Files
Standing toward playersHostile
Also Monster Beast at level 45 in the current client data
Files
Background
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Hunter Pet: Crab
Tideclaw belongs to the Crab creature family, which Hunters can tame; its pet specialization is Tenacity. The Crab diet in the client data: Fish, Bread, Fungus, and Fruit. The Crab family’s own pet skill line (Pet - Crab) teaches 2 abilities:
More Crab
Other creatures in the Crab family. See the whole family.
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Tideclaw rare is located in Suramar, near Azsuna
/way Suramar 18.6, 61.1 Tideclaw
Tideclaw kill and location video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdGPa-ffYpk[quest=43542] is part of the Adventurer of Suramar
General info:
Rare NPC in legion have almost instant respawn time (1-2 min max)
On first kill drops [currency=1220] and sometimes [item=138839]
[item=138839] can be buffed with [item=139390]
Tideclaw kept despawning on me after about 30 seconds. He reset whether I was right on top of him, at the other end of the platform, or in the water. He would immediately respawn after despawning.
If you're fast enough, you can kill him. As a 828 Shadow Priest (as of this post), it took me a few tries to finally bring him down before he reset, and his loot was awarded to me automatically instead of having to loot the corpse, which immediately disappeared.
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Game Data
Creature ID110824
Display ID70524
Faction template14
Content tuning335
Vignette1510
Tracking quest43542