Quest Log

Changing Tides

Changing Tides is an Alliance-only quest for level 50 in Nazjatar. It is step 12 of 13 in the Turning the Tide storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Nazjatar at 50.4, 24.8. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 10,250 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

We are out of time. We must gain control the Tidestone of Golganneth and the Javelin is our best shot at piercing the barrier surrounding it.

The guardian is formidable, but must be defeated if we are to take the fight to Azshara. What forces we have will be arrayed below, just outside their encampment.

I would trust you with the Javelin of Suramar, <name>. We will need your strength in the coming battle.

Rewards

You will receive:

Prismatic Manapearlx 25

Money70

Experience10,250 XP

ReputationWaveblade Ankoan +350

Top Comments

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BasalinaJul 9, 2019+8via Wowhead

After dying 5 times i realised Lady Jaina and the Enchanter (can't remember her name) where still alive and smashing her. I waited for them to get her down to 20% health and then was able to defeat her easily.

AisenfaireJul 21, 2019+8via Wowhead

The 2 guys with you do pretty good dps. But if you want to do as little fighting as possible:
If you have flying, using [item=152813] lets you land and click on stuff like the barricades and scrolls while mounted, and fly off when they come to hit you. Got 76% like this on my healer before running out of stuff to click.
Then just land at /way 51, 33.5 and kill a few naga there to get the remaining %. You'll then be tasked with killing Commander Kresh right there.

DrazsykerJul 2, 2019+4via Wowhead

Gives 25 manapearls on live

Read all 8 on Wowhead ↗

Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Currency	Prismatic Manapearl	25
Experience	XP	10,250
Money	Gold	70g 20s
Reputation	Waveblade Ankoan	+350

Reward details

Reputation: Waveblade Ankoan +350

An ancient species of deep sea warriors, the Waveblade Ankoan traverse the deepest and most dangerous parts of the ocean.

Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.

Other quests in Nazjatar that reward Waveblade Ankoan reputation: A Brief Respite (+500), Creature Study: Zanj'ir Naga (+150), The Laboratory of Mardivas (+500), Where the Road Leads (+150), The Lost Shaman (+25), Elemental Fury (+75).

Currency: Prismatic Manapearl x 25

A glistening sphere of arcane energy found around Nazjatar. These can be traded for rare and powerful items, or used to empower Benthic armor.

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 map	Nazjatar	Turn-in marker at 50.4, 24.8, 29 mapped points

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inNazjatar 50.4, 24.8/way #1355 50.4 24.8
Objective areaNazjatar 50.1, 44.9/way #1355 50.1 44.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Nazjatar 51.2, 36.8/way #1355 51.2 36.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Nazjatar 51.9, 34.0/way #1355 51.9 34.0
Objective areaNazjatar 51.4, 32.3/way #1355 51.4 32.3
Objective areaNazjatar 50.5, 24.6/way #1355 50.5 24.6
Objective areaNazjatar 40.3, 55.2/way #1355 40.3 55.2

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 Nazjatar map

Arcane Cache about 160 yards
Reinforced Cache about 240 yards
Most Delicious Clams about 250 yards
Forbidden Rituals about 270 yards
Void Cache about 370 yards
Plans of Attack about 580 yards
Making Kelpberry Wine about 620 yards
Plug the Geysers about 630 yards
Feed Them All about 670 yards
Break a Few Eggs about 720 yards

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

Getting there

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

The Tidal Conflux, NazjatarAlliance · about 40 yards north-west
Utama's Stand, NazjatarAlliance · about 590 yards south-east
Ashen Strand, NazjatarAlliance · about 870 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 570 yards south
Objective areaabout 340 yards south
Objective areaabout 320 yards south

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

Turning the Tide

Part 12 of 13.

Previous: The Spear of Destiny · Next: The Eternal Palace: Queen's Gambit

Also part of: Welcome to Nazjatar (part 47 of 47).

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.

The Spear of DestinyNazjatar · Level 50
The Javelins are some of the most powerful magical creations of Suramar, before the Sundering. This is just what we need to bring down the wards on the protector and the Tidestone. We must hurry back to Mezzamere, Lady Proudmoore needs to know of our success.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

The Eternal Palace: Queen's GambitThe Eternal Palace · Level 50
We have opened the way to the palace. We must end this. Queen Azshara is the most powerful sorceress in existence. She mastered magics thousands of years before our archmagi were even born. Still, we must prevail. If not, she and her dark patron will remake all of Azeroth to their desires.

Also counted by Sunken Ambitions

Its criteria name 3 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Turning the Tide has 13 steps, from A Bolt Hole to The Eternal Palace: Queen's Gambit.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazjatar (12), Zin-Azshari (1).

Other storylines on the Nazjatar map

Secrets in the Sea14 steps, starts with Insight into Our Enemies
Azshara's Trap11 steps, starts with Upheaval
Allies in Dark Places3 steps, starts with The Lost Shaman
Making a Friend3 steps, starts with Settling In
Stay of Execution5 steps, starts with Visions of Danger
Kelya Moonfall3 steps, starts with The High Life

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 this achievement.

Sunken AmbitionsComplete the Nazjatar storylines listed below.10

Sunken Ambitions: its criteria name 3 quests, this one included.

Community notes from Wowhead · 8 comments

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Changing the Scenery

Changing the Tide

Changing the Wind's Course

Channeling Our Efforts

Chaos

Chaos Control

Chaos Theory

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