TheWoWDBSeems bugged as of 28/03/2023 - tries to trap the crab again rather than looting.
But can be done if you spam interact button that you have keybinded and it will loot the crab instead of trying to net it again.
Quest
Capture the Crab
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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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
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.
Quest facts
Quest ID25909
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25909))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
WhereShimmering Expanse, Kelp'thar Forest
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 64 of 149
Rewards10g 30s 50c, 3,600 XP
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.
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.
Nearby on the Shimmering Expanse map
- Honor the Flame about 350 yards
- To the Deeps about 530 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 530 yards
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'ir
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
- Voldrin's Hold, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Shimmering Expanse map
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.
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 64 of 149.
Previous: Stick it to Them · Next: Breaking Through
- 59Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
- 60Nespirah
- 61Making Contact
- 62Slave Labor
- 63Stick it to Them
- 64Capture the Crab
- 65Breaking Through
- 66We Are Not Alone
- 67Hopelessly Gearless
- 68Body Blows
- 69Still Valuable
- 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 Them
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 Through
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
- Azshara's Power
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.