TheWoWDBto clarify: you do not have to get past the shark to complete this quest! you find a turtle, mount it, swim around a bit, get eaten by the shark, then return to the quest giver. easy!
Quest
Better Late Than Dead
A World of Warcraft quest in Kelp'thar Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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There's something about mounting a turtle with a meat stick that just doesn't seem right...
This was the single most traumatizing quest I have ever done in WoW.
Me and the turtle had already bonded too...
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneKelp'thar Forest
Quest ID25477
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25477))
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 22 of 149
Rewards4,800 XP
Description
Greetings, friend. It is good to see that you survived your battle in one piece. While Erunak tries to scry a place of safety for us all, I shall assist you in securing a less strenuous means of transport. I have prepared this baitstick to use near a sea turtle. It is crude, but it should serve to bring one under your control. Once you've become comfortable with the animal, simply guide it back here to me.
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
- Orako's Report about 2,860 yards
- Phosphora Hunting about 2,870 yards
- A Lure about 2,870 yards
- Coldlights Out about 2,870 yards
- The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo about 2,870 yards
- Into the Totem about 2,910 yards
- Bio-Fuel about 2,980 yards
- One Last Favor about 2,990 yards
- "Glow-Juice" about 3,050 yards
- Here Fishie Fishie about 3,050 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:
- Sandy Beach, Vashj'ir
- Smuggler's Scar, 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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Experience4,800 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +250
Other quests on the Kelp'thar Forest map
Reward details
Reputation: The Earthen Ring +250
This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.
Reputation group: Cataclysm.
Other quests in Kelp'thar Forest that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Sea Legs (+250), Pay It Forward (+250), The Abyssal Ride (+350), Pressure is Mounting (+250), A Test of Wills (+250), Back in the Saddle (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 22 of 149.
Previous: Blood and Thunder! · Next: The Abyssal Ride
- 17Girding Our Loins
- 18Helm's Deep
- 19Finders, Keepers
- 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
Showing steps 17 to 28 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.
- Blood and Thunder!
The time has come to make our stand, <race>. We'll defend this ship to our last breath, and make these naga scum think twice before approaching it again! For the Horde!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Abyssal Ride
If you are going to be making it anywhere in this kelp forest, we need to get you a reliable mount. I think I've come up with a better plan than the sea turtle, and it's not far. Tie off a lure at the rope just west of us, and then mount the seahorse that it will attract.
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.