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Capture the Crab (Horde)

Capture the Crab is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Shimmering Expanse. It is step 83 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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Couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong with this quest. Was killing the Naga and then dropping the net on the crab and still no update. Then I discovered by accident that while the crab is friendly, the loot symbol appears on it. Loot the crab while it is still friendly and, voila, quest update !

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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 mapKelp'thar Forest
Objective areaShimmering Expanse
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
Shimmering Expanse Objective area

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:

  • 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

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 340 yards north-east
  • Objective areaabout 390 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 83 of 149.

Previous: Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir · Next: Breaking Through

  1. 78Swift Approach
  2. 79An Occupation of Time
  3. 80A Better Vantage
  4. 81Upon the Scene of Battle
  5. 82Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir
  6. 83Capture the Crab
  7. 84Breaking Through
  8. 85We Are Not Alone
  9. 86Hopelessly Gearless
  10. 87Body Blows
  11. 88Still Valuable
  12. 89Overseer Idra'kess

Showing steps 78 to 89 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.

  • Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'irShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    The shard you recovered looks to be of naga origin. I had hoped to find a strong focal object like this for a spell I've been working on that would allow us to glimpse into the recent past. I've enchanted the blade, but you'll have to take it to a place where we know its owner was.

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: 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 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 Capture the Crab. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Capture the Crab (this page)Horde25989
Capture the CrabAlliance25909
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