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Quest
Culling the Deep
A World of Warcraft quest in Zaralek Cavern. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I don't know how you know, but I am so glad you do. <3
Don't worry about this during It Was Not Enough - there will be plenty spawned as you do the objectives, and 2-3 on the cave exit before the turnin. Just focus on following the mole!
Quest facts
Quest ID72872
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(72872))
What to do
Description
Have you seen these deepflayers before? Well, of course you have! You were almost eaten by one! They're getting a little too cozy to me and my people's settlement nearby, and need to be dealt with. Inside the cave, outside the cave, they're all over the place! That's why I came here in the first place. Since I can tell we'll be ramblin' round with each other for a bit, why not give me a hand?
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #2133 60.2 37.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inZaralek Cavern 60.2, 37.8
/way #2133 60.2 37.8 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zaralek Cavern 61.3, 42.0
/way #2133 61.3 42.0
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 Zaralek Cavern map
- Cataloging Horror about 880 yards
- A Ghastly Legacy about 890 yards
- Restless Death about 900 yards
- Stain Removal about 900 yards
- A Tower Yonder about 900 yards
- A Worthy Ally: Loamm Niffen about 900 yards
- Tougher Down Under about 920 yards
- Honor the Flame about 930 yards
- Excavation: Gaze of Neltharion about 980 yards
- Antiquated Antics about 1,050 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zaralek Cavern, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zaralek Cavern:
- Obsidian Rest, Zaralek Cavern
- Loamm, Zaralek Cavern
- Dragonscale Camp, Zaralek Cavern
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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Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
Other quests on the Zaralek Cavern map
Storyline
Breaking Ground
Part 8 of 16.
Previous: It Was Not Enough · Next: Niffen and Goliath
- 3A Crack in the World
- 4Where the Flames Fell
- 5Scar of Earth and Fire
- 6The Patience of Princes
- 7It Was Not Enough
- 8Culling the Deep
- 9Niffen and Goliath
- 10Brother's Keeper
- 11Secrets From Our Father
- 12The Earth Gives Way
- 13Smells Like Loamm
- 14Welcome to the City of Smells
Showing steps 3 to 14 of 16.
Also part of: Zaralek Cavern (part 6 of 72).
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.
- It Was Not Enough
You're smellin' real down and out there, kid. Can't imagine what you been through to end up here. Well, it don't matter! We niffen ain't the sort to leave anyone behind. Especially not people who're about to be served up as a deepflayer's snack!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Niffen and Goliath
I didn't just come all the way out here to save your sniffers, ya know! The deepflayers are vicious and stubborn, like obsidian ore. We've tried to lead them from our town by leaving out food and such, but they're all too keen to attack our sparrow caravans.
The storyline at a glance
Breaking Ground has 16 steps, from The Land Beneath to Six Hundred Feet Under.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zaralek Cavern (10), Valdrakken (3), Ohn'ahran Plains (2), Zaralek Cavern (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Zaralek Cavern map
- The Ancient Bargain
- Sundered Legacy
- The Dragons and the Scale Expedition
- Inevitable Confrontation
- Inherited Sin
- Azerothian Archives
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.