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Better Late Than Dead

Better Late Than Dead is a quest for level 30-35 in Kelp'thar Forest. It is step 22 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward and 4,800 experience.

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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.

Rewards

Experience4,800 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+250

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapKelp'thar Forest
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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.

Kelp'thar Forest Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Kelp'thar Forest map

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'irAlliance · about 390 yards south
  • Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 430 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 210 yards east

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 22 of 149.

Previous: Blood and Thunder! · Next: The Abyssal Ride

  1. 17Girding Our Loins
  2. 18Helm's Deep
  3. 19Finders, Keepers
  4. 20Bring It On!
  5. 21Blood and Thunder!
  6. 22Better Late Than Dead
  7. 23The Abyssal Ride
  8. 24Gimme Shelter!
  9. 25Ain't Too Proud to Beg
  10. 26A Taste For Tail
  11. 27A Girl's Best Friend
  12. 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!Kelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    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 RideKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    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 Depths43 steps, starts with Bio-Fuel

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.

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Betrayal at Tempest's Reach
Betrayal at the Grove
Betrayal of the Brotherhood
Betrayal of the Guard
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Better With Age
Better... Stronger... Less Dead
Between a Rock & a Rock
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