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Buoy Fishing

A World of Warcraft quest in Val'sharah. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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lunamoonraker+53via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Location: North of Glooming Reef, the nearest flight path, in Val'sharah.

Speak to [npc=109760] located on a boat (balloons attached to it) close to the world quest marker (28.7, 49.4) who will provide the [item=139044] required to undertake the quest. Also a buff, [spell=218379] which aids the player during this underwater quest.

Objective: Attach the provided buoys to 15 x [npc=109752] while avoiding or killing the patrolling hostile [npc=109797].

Reward: 20 x Black Barracuda.

Notes:


  • The crabs are located on the sea bed under the boat. Attaching the buoys produces a balloon and bubble attachment to the crabs which floats them to the surface.

  • The buff, [spell=218379] has a duration of 10 minutes. If it runs out or the item is used up before completion, return to [npc=109760] and speak to her again. If the quest text option (white speech bubble) is not available try using the [item=141605] to take you to the the nearest flight path at Gloom Reef; return and try the dialogue again.

  • As indicated by the buff, [spell=218379], the 100% speed boost only works when you are travelling on the sea bed.

  • Due to the relatively low number of crabs available which don't respawn quickly with a lot of players trying to complete the quest, it can take multiple buffs and a long time to complete it at busy times.

  • Using a stealth ability while moving around on the sea bed will help avoid aggro from the hostile fish while searching for the crabs.

  • Any movement boost will help move even faster and help get to the crabs quickly.

  • To help target and use the item try using a macro such as:


/tar Enormous Sea Crab
/use Satchel of Buoys


  • This is not an elegant macro but does work to target the crab. You still need to be close up to them for the item to work.

  • Try to position yourself to the front of the crab as they walk around and can move out of the short range before the Use cast is completed.

  • This is one of the fishing world quests that count towards the Fishing 'Round the Isles achievement.

EDIT: As of 25 September 2016, when completing the quest, they appear to have increased the numbers of crabs in the location and extending them out in a wider area. Also faster respawn rates making it easier to complete.

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Aletheua+31via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

If you're like me, the first thing I did was go to the bottom, complain about the depth, try to kill the crabs, then float up and look to Wowhead for the answer. BEFORE you go to the crabs, you'll want to go up to 28.7, 49.4 and talk to the lovely lady in a boat for a buff and the means to give these guys some buoyancy :) Happy questing!

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 45
LocationVal'sharah
SideBoth
SharableNo
Added inLegion
Quest ID41273

The Blizzard quest API has no row for this quest, so its quest text and rewards are not shown - only what the client game files carry.

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(41273))

Requirements

Quest typeFishing World Quest
ProfessionFishing (skill 75)

Read from the quest filters in the current retail client build.

Objectives

  • Enormous Sea Crabs Buoyed x 15

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.

Val'sharah Objective area 1 mapped point
Val'sharah map showing where to go for Buoy FishingObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #641 28.7 49.5

Coordinates

  • Objective areaVal'sharah 28.7, 49.5/way #641 28.7 49.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Val'sharah map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Val'sharah, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Val'sharah:

  • Gloaming Reef, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 640 yards south
  • Bradensbrook, Val'sharahAlliance and Horde · about 820 yards south-east
  • The Dreamgrove, Val'sharah (Druids Only)Alliance and Horde · about 1,200 yards north-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.

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Where this quest fits

Other storylines on the Val'sharah 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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.