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Capture the Crab (Alliance)

Capture the Crab is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Shimmering Expanse. It is step 64 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 3,600 experience and money.

Description

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! The Idra'kess have been known to train deepseeker crabs as battle companions. Use this net to capture a crab, and bring it to me. You will likely find them prowling the chamber's outer edges.

Rewards

Money10 gold30 silver50 copper
Experience3,600 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +150
Top Comments

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2
backcab+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As of 11/14/2022 I was able to complete this quest but experienced an entirely different bug as well as the bugs previously mentioned.

When I would net the crab I could not loot the crab as my right click action was stuck on using the net on the already netted crab.

To fix this I:
1. As a hunter, used Freezing Trap on the naga
2. Used the net on the crab
3. Reloaded my game with /reload
4. Looted the crab
5. Killed the naga

3
733706+31via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The previously-mentioned bugs were fixed when I did this quest. The crabs patrol around the raised rim of the structure with their "handlers" who you can kill, but just toss the net on the crab and loot him with a right-click when the little gear wheel appears. A very quick and simple quest.

By the way, don't hang around on this rim. There are constant patrols and I got attacked by three mobs while I was typing this.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP3,600
MoneyGold10g 30s
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+150

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +150

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShimmering Expanse
Objective areaKelp'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.

Shimmering Expanse Quest turn-in
Kelp'thar Forest Objective area

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

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

  • Tranquil Wash, Vashj'irAlliance · about 220 yards south-west
  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north
  • Voldrin's Hold, Vashj'irAlliance · about 800 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 340 yards north-east (on the Kelp'thar Forest map)
  • Objective areaabout 390 yards south-east (on the Kelp'thar Forest map)

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 64 of 149.

Previous: Stick it to Them · Next: Breaking Through

  1. 59Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
  2. 60Nespirah
  3. 61Making Contact
  4. 62Slave Labor
  5. 63Stick it to Them
  6. 64Capture the Crab
  7. 65Breaking Through
  8. 66We Are Not Alone
  9. 67Hopelessly Gearless
  10. 68Body Blows
  11. 69Still Valuable
  12. 70Overseer Idra'kess

Showing steps 59 to 70 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.

  • Stick it to ThemShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    I may be unable to communicate directly with the beast Nespirah, but I can still feel some things indirectly. For example, I can clearly sense that Nespirah is not happy about the naga's presence here.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Breaking ThroughShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    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...

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance 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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Capture the Crab. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Capture the Crab (this page)Alliance25909
Capture the CrabHorde25989
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