TheWoWDBSwim back out of the cave. Head southwest. You will find Samir and Mack are at co-ords (48:40).
Lance
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Quest
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
A World of Warcraft quest in Kelp'thar Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Possible reference to the movie "The Abyss" (1989) by the way Samir tows Mack behind him back to safety.
In "The Abyss" Bud (Ed Harris) and Lindsey (Mary E. Mastrantonio) are stranded with a one person set of scuba gear and they are too far from safety to swim without extra oxygen. Lindsey drowns and Bud tows her back to safety where she is reived.
They are on the ocean floor, not up in the strings of kelp.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneKelp'thar Forest
Quest ID25598
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25598))
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 25 of 149
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
Now that you've brought me to safety, I'm afraid I must impose upon your kindness just a bit further. The captain of our ship, Samir, is still out there. Mack too. I'm sure they made it to the sea floor but beyond that I didn't see what became of them. I simply couldn't get by in a place like this without their help. I lost sight of them in a clump of kelp west of where you found me. Please hurry! They couldn't have gotten far...
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Nearby on the Kelp'thar Forest map
- Phosphora Hunting about 3,310 yards
- A Lure about 3,310 yards
- Coldlights Out about 3,310 yards
- The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo about 3,310 yards
- Orako's Report about 3,310 yards
- Into the Totem about 3,320 yards
- Bio-Fuel about 3,440 yards
- One Last Favor about 3,450 yards
- "Glow-Juice" about 3,480 yards
- Here Fishie Fishie about 3,480 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Kelp'thar Forest, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kelp'thar Forest:
- Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'ir
- Sandy Beach, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 25 of 149.
Previous: Gimme Shelter! · Next: A Taste For Tail
- 20Bring It On!
- 21Blood and Thunder!
- 22Better Late Than Dead
- 23The Abyssal Ride
- 24Gimme Shelter!
- 25Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- 26A Taste For Tail
- 27A Girl's Best Friend
- 28Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark
- 29Ophidophobia
- 30A Desperate Plea
- 31Oh, the Insanity!
Showing steps 20 to 31 of 149.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Gimme Shelter!
Please, <race>! You must help me! I've barely managed to survive, what with naga, sharks, and that horrible monster that attacked our ship. I can see a cave that might be safe, but I don't dare try to make it unless I know there's air inside. Can you make sure it's ok?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Taste For Tail
It could be days before we're ready to make our way to the surface, and to be honest, I'm already beginning to get hungry. I hate to be picky, but when it comes to seafood, I'm afraid there are very few things I can stomach.
The storyline at a glance
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse has 149 steps, from Call of Duty to Full Circle.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Shimmering Expanse (98), Kelp'thar Forest (48), Abyssal Depths (2), Vashj'ir (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Kelp'thar Forest map
- Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.