TheWoWDBThey are on the cliff walls, the red clouds towards the center of the anemone are the chemicals.
Quest
Art of Attraction
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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What you're REALLY looking for are brown, tentacled flowers fairly high up on the northern cliff wall. The Frenzies, as of today, did not aggro me (this may or may not be a bug). The "red cloud" referred to in the first comment is difficult to see, but is always in the "core" of the flower (IF it is there). Just hoped to help you others I know are screaming at the monitor about how THERE ARE NO RED CLOUDS (even though they are there).
Remember that you're indeed supposed to use the quest item near the red clouds, not the fish swimming around. That's why you get the "out of range" -message.
EDIT: I'm just clarifying what Nathanniell said above, not repeating it. I know many have been confused by this. Probably because the word "anemone" isn't a well-known one.
Also added quest item link.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
Quest ID25537
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25537))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 73 of 149
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
I have an idea. A brilliant idea! Those clown-looking fish have developed a symbiotic defensive relationship with the anemones. Having dismissed anemone disguise plausibilities, I've uncovered the chemical attractor that lures the fish. I have a gyrocoptic thermascrub extractor that I've brought down to take samples. Use it to extract the chemical attractor from several of the anemones, then bring the samples back to me for rapid synthesis and deployment. Go with haste! Brilliance is waiting!
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 Shimmering Expanse map
- Honor the Flame about 230 yards
- To the Deeps about 530 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 530 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shimmering Expanse, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
- Tranquil Wash, Vashj'ir
- Voldrin's Hold, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- 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
Other quests on the Shimmering Expanse map
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 73 of 149.
Previous: A Powerful Need To Eat · Next: Odor Coater
- 68Body Blows
- 69Still Valuable
- 70Overseer Idra'kess
- 71Waking the Beast
- 72A Powerful Need To Eat
- 73Art of Attraction
- 74Odor Coater
- 75Clamming Up
- 76Bellies Await
- 77Caught Off-Guard
- 78Swift Approach
- 79An Occupation of Time
Showing steps 68 to 79 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.
- A Powerful Need To Eat
Poor things. They're starving. We've many matters to attend to, not the least of them the naga, but first we need to get some food in these bellies. I'm not sure what the naga fed them up in that shell, if anything, but they're definitely worse for the wear.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Odor Coater
Marvelous creation if I do say so myself. Ready for deployment. Simply spray the clam divers with a bit of the chemical and they shall soon be accompanied by a protective aquatic companion. You can even spray yourself to similar effect if you so desire.
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 Shimmering Expanse map
- Azshara's Power
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.