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Quest

Changing Tides

A World of Warcraft quest in Nazjatar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Aisenfaire+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

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.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 50
ZoneNazjatar
Quest ID56325

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(56325))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineTurning the Tide, step 12 of 13
Rewards70g 20s, 10,250 XP

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.

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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.

Nazjatar Quest turn-in 29 mapped points
Nazjatar map showing where to go for Changing TidesTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #1355 50.4 24.8

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

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.

Related
Money70 gold20 silver
Experience10,250 XP
ReputationWaveblade 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.

Storyline

Turning the Tide

Part 12 of 13.

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

  1. 1A Bolt Hole
  2. 2Utama's Vengeance
  3. 3What Remains of Zin-Azshari
  4. 4Shoring Up Mana Reserves
  5. 5Echoes of Pain
  6. 6Secrets in the Ruins
  7. 7Help Them See the Truth
  8. 8Purging the Defilers
  9. 9The Javelins of Azshara
  10. 10There's Something in the Water
  11. 11The Spear of Destiny
  12. 12Changing Tides
  13. 13The 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

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