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Breaking Through

A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Chaoslux+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)
the presence of a fifth element. This element is not as clearly described as the other four, but it has to do with the shared... commonality between all living creatures.


Am i the only one that mentality scream "Heart!" when i read that?

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695338+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)
Voice of Nespirah yells: Kkkk... aaahhh...!
Voice of Nespirah says: What's happening? Can you hear me?
Voice of Nespirah says: I can't see you, but I can sense your presence. I'll explain what I can.
Voice of Nespirah says: The naga are suppressing my will. I can feel what they're doing, but I am powerless to act.
Voice of Nespirah yells: I will NOT be a tool of the naga. I will resist as long as I can, but I can't last forever. Please, someone, stop them!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
LocationShimmering Expanse, Kelp'thar Forest
Quest ID25990

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25990))

Requirements

FactionHorde only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

WhereShimmering Expanse, Kelp'thar Forest
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 84 of 149
Rewards6g 87s, 2,400 XP

Description

A trained shaman has the ability to communicate with the four elements of earth, fire, air and water. This is known. What is not as widely known, however, is the presence of a fifth element. This element is not as clearly described as the other four, but it has to do with the shared... commonality between all living creatures. My theory is that the crab, as a creature of the sea, is close enough to Nespirah that, with the elements' coaxing, we can convince it to act as Nespirah's mouthpiece.

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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.

Shimmering Expanse Quest turn-in no plotted point
Kelp'thar Forest Objective area no plotted point

Nearby on the Shimmering Expanse map

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

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:

  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north
  • Legion's Rest, Vashj'irHorde · about 360 yards south
  • Stygian Bounty, Vashj'irHorde · about 440 yards south

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.

Related
Money6 gold87 silver
Experience2,400 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +75

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +75

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 Shimmering Expanse that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Backed Into a Corner (+350), A Distracting Scent (+250), Totem Modification (+250), Undersea Inflation (+250), Don't be Shellfish (+250), Slippery Threat (+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 84 of 149.

Previous: Capture the Crab · Next: We Are Not Alone

  1. 79An Occupation of Time
  2. 80A Better Vantage
  3. 81Upon the Scene of Battle
  4. 82Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir
  5. 83Capture the Crab
  6. 84Breaking Through
  7. 85We Are Not Alone
  8. 86Hopelessly Gearless
  9. 87Body Blows
  10. 88Still Valuable
  11. 89Overseer Idra'kess
  12. 90Waking the Beast

Showing steps 79 to 90 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.

  • Capture the CrabShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    Everything in my body tells me that Nespirah is trying to speak with me, but I cannot hear her. Perhaps the naga have done something to her voice. <Duarn thinks to himself for a moment.> Nespirah's voice may be suppressed... that means... we need to find a voice for her! I've got it!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • We Are Not AloneShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    <Duarn closes his eyes, pauses, and nods.> Nespirah has just informed me that we are not the only people fighting inside of this shell. A small group of Horde slaves has escaped and is currently fighting off the naga on the other side of the shell, up on the ledge that overlooks Nespirah's heart.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Shimmering Expanse · Level 30-35.

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

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.