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Buy Us Some Time (Horde)

Buy Us Some Time is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Kelp'thar Forest. It is step 15 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Many good warriors have been lost today.

If what the shaman says is true, then we must act swiftly or we will add to their numbers.

The naga are out there, scouring these waters looking for survivors.

We are not yet ready to fight, <race>. You must buy us time to make preparations.

Find the naga that hunt us and delay their efforts.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250
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1)A Personal Summons{H}
 |                    \
1)Eye of the Storm(A) 1)The Eye of the Storm(H)
 ├─────────────────────┘
 |
G)To the Depths{H} S)Hero's Call: Vashj'ir!(A) S)Warchief's Command: Vashj'ir!(H)
 |  ┌───────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
 |OR|
1)Call of Duty{H}──>2)Once More, With Eeling
2)Sea Legs{H}
2)Pay It Forward{H}
2)Rest For the Weary{H}
 |                    \
2)Buy Us Some Time{H} 2)Traveling on Our Stomachs{H}
 ├─────────────────────┼──┬────────────┐
2)Girding Our Loins(H) | 2)To Arms!(A) |
 ├>G)Pay Attention!(H) |  |            |
 |                  |OR|  | 2)Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces(A)
 |      2)Helm's Deep(H)  └───┤
 |      2)Finders, Keepers(H) |
 |      /                     |
2)Bring It On!(H)       2)On Our Own Terms(A)
2)Blood and Thunder!(H) 2)All or Nothing(A)
 ├──┬────────────────────┘
 | 3)Better Late Than Dead  3)Kliklak's  Craw
 | 3)The Abyssal Ride
 | G)Good Deed Left Undone  3)The Horde's Hoard
 |OR|
3)Gimme Shelter!────────>3)A Case of Crabs
3)Ain't Too Proud to Beg
 ├>3)A Girl's Best Friend
 ├>3)A Taste For Tail
 ├>3)An Opened Can of Whoop Gnash
 |
3)Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark──>3)Nerve Tonic
 ├>4)Oh, the Insanity!
 | 5)Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...  4)Blackfin's Booty
 | 5)Shark Weak
 | 5)DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun
 | 4)A Bone to Pick
 | 5)Decisions, Decisions
 | 
3)Ophidophobia──>4)Lady La-La's Medallion
3)A Desperate Plea
3)Undersea Sanctuary
6)Spelunking{H}
6)Debriefing{H}
6)Wake of Destruction─────┬>6)Decompression{H}
6)Come Hell of High Water ├>6)What? What? In My Gut...?{H}
6)The Warden's Time       └>6)How Disarming
7)Across the Great Divide
7)The Looming Threat
7)Backed Into a Corner
7)Rundown            ┌>9)Slippery Threat
8)Silver Tide Hollow─┼>9)Don't be Shellfish
9)The Great Sambino  └>8)A Distracting Scent
9)Undersea Inflation
9)Totem Modification  9)Crabby Patrons
8)Back In One Piece
G)Toshe's Vengeance──>Vengeful Heart*
Quest zones:
1)Orgrimmar+Stormwind_____2)Legion's Fate+Seafarer's Tomb_____3)Shallow's End+Smuggler's Hole_____4)Gurboggle's Ledge_____5)Skeletal Reef_____6)Deepmist Grotto+The Clutch_____7)Damplight Chamber+Shimmering Grotto_____8)Silver Tide Hollow_____9)Silver Tide Trench
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
* is another Quest Tree.


IMPORTANT INFO:


  2. In order to getPay Attention! you must completeGirding Our Loins before acceptingHelm's Deep.

  4. Better Late Than Dead andThe Abyssal Ride are NOT needed to takeGimme Shelter! and followups, however that would make you unable to getGood Deed Left Undone.

  6. [item=55186] have 0% drop chance beforeOphidophobia done and 100% after, however anyone can share you this quest as long as you are 80+lvl.

  8. Anyone can takeVengeful Heart and do it's followups as long as they are 80+lvl. Quests above are NOT needed for it.


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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Kelp'thar Forest that reward Orgrimmar reputation: Traveling on Our Stomachs (+250), Girding Our Loins (+250), Helm's Deep (+250), Finders, Keepers (+250), Bring It On! (+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
World Map

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

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kelp'thar Forest:

  • Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 500 yards east
  • Sandy Beach, Vashj'irHorde · about 1,100 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 220 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 300 yards south-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 15 of 149.

Previous: Rest For the Weary · Next: Traveling on Our Stomachs

  1. 10All or Nothing
  2. 11Call of Duty
  3. 12Sea Legs
  4. 13Pay It Forward
  5. 14Rest For the Weary
  6. 15Buy Us Some Time
  7. 16Traveling on Our Stomachs
  8. 17Girding Our Loins
  9. 18Helm's Deep
  10. 19Finders, Keepers
  11. 20Bring It On!
  12. 21Blood and Thunder!

Showing steps 10 to 21 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.

  • Rest For the WearyKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    You have done well, <race>, but there is much more to do and I grow weary. I have expended a great deal of energy sending a distress message to Earthen Ring leadership, pleading for their help. I must rest if I am to be of further use to us here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Traveling on Our StomachsKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    I'll need your help if I am to get these orcs ready for battle. Any worthy leader knows that his warriors travel and fight on their stomachs. No food, no victory. These warriors are weary from their struggle out there. They need food before they're ready to overcome a naga attack.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Kelp'thar Forest · 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 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Buy Us Some Time. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Buy Us Some Time (this page)Horde25942
Buy Us Some TimeAlliance25357
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