TheWoWDBQuest text can be a little confusing. The ship is not near the surface; it's a sunken ship around 48,84 (Horde). It's surrounded by Muckskin Scroungers that you need for the quest Hostile Waters
Quest
Come Prepared
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest progress:
A whole big box of amazing! That's what it is. I need more amazing in my life.Me too, Fiasco. Me too.
Blood Guard Toldrek, who offers the Hostile Waters (the next quest in the chain) was not present near Sizzlegrin after I turned in this quest and Unfurling Plan. Logging out and logging in seemed to fix the issue - Toldrek spawned and I was able to pick up the next quest.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
Quest ID25970
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25970))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 137 of 149
RewardsAnomuran Footpads, 
Nephropsis Treads, 
Staff of Post-Facto Preparation, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Anomuran Footpads, Nephropsis Treads, Staff of Post-Facto Preparation, 13g 74s, 4,800 XPDescription
It's a short swim to the top. Not much trouble really. Hard to get any supplies up there though. Too heavy. All of the ships in all of the Horde fleets stow a survival kit. I had a balloon from the old survival kit, but it fell on hard times recently. I need another survival kit. There's a ship to the southeastish. Let's hope that the survivors were dumb and didn't take the survival kit. More survival kit for us.
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
- To the Deeps about 610 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 610 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,200 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
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Stygian Bounty, Vashj'ir
- Legion's Rest, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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Choose one of these rewards:
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Other quests on the Shimmering Expanse map
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeLeather Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for35 gold6 silver
TypeMail Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +5 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for34 gold93 silver
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon9 - 12 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+8 Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Haste, +8 Mastery
Suited toAugmentation, Fire, Arcane, Restoration, Preservation, Devastation, Frost, Balance, Shadow, Mistweaver, Elemental, Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, Discipline, Holy
Sells to vendors for83 gold96 silver
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 137 of 149.
Previous: Hostile Waters · Next: Unfurling Plan
- 132Welcome News
- 133Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
- 134Losing Ground
- 135Desperate Plan
- 136Hostile Waters
- 137Come Prepared
- 138Unfurling Plan
- 139Honor and Privilege
- 140Welcome News
- 141Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
- 142Her Lady's Hand
- 143At All Costs
Showing steps 132 to 143 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.
- Hostile Waters
Fiasco came out here with a balloon of some sort that he retrieved from one of our ships. He tried to float it to the top, but those Muckskin Scroungers came out of nowhere and swarmed the thing. He's got an idea for another balloon, but we need to make sure that the past doesn't repeat itself.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Unfurling Plan
Survival kits never have any rope. It makes no sense! Rope and bombs, that's all they should store. The rest of this stuff is just a waste of space. Except maybe the balloon. That's coming in handy right now. I bet those Kvaldir have rope.
Quests that require this one
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 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.