Dark Tides is a quest for level 50 in Nazjatar. It is step 4 of 11 in the Azshara's Trap storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Nazjatar at 41.9, 80.7. It rewards 8,500 experience and money.
A Tidemistress leads the naga in this area.
She is performing some damnable ritual outside, demanding sacrifices of our soldiers.
Stop her before more of our own meet a cruel fate.
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why aren't the quest rewards (gear) visible on this page?
This quest is way harder on the Horde version. Alliance has an NPC tank the whole area for you.
I just interrupted the Tidal spell she casts and used the horde AOE spell and slowly whittled her way down. Took a few goes as a fresh 120 in hierlooms as bear tank.
Reward from this quest was nerfed into the ground it seems - can confirm on live it rewards a 370, which is 25 item levels below what was being rewarded from world quests in 8.1.5. Vendor trash to pretty much everyone except fresh 120s.
| Type | Reward | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Experience | XP | 8,500 |
| Money | Gold | 46g 80s |
| Turn-in map | Nazjatar | Turn-in marker at 41.9, 80.7, 2 mapped points |
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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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1355 41.9 80.7
TheWoWDB/way #1355 41.9 80.7/way #1355 42.9 76.8Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Nazjatar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Nazjatar:
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
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.
Part 4 of 11.
Previous: The First Arcanist · Next: Fortunate Souls
Also part of: Welcome to Nazjatar (part 7 of 47).
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
Our situation is dire, <name>. The Horde fleet was decimated by the attack on Dazar'alor. This naga trap has claimed much of what we had left. Survivors report seeing the naga taking captives. Thalyssra has gone on ahead to see what she can do to help them.
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
<name>, I am glad to see that you survived the wreck. Many were not as fortunate... I am capable of stalling the enemy here for now, but this position is not defensible long term. We need to find somewhere safe for our forces. Once we have taken measure of the wounded we will push on.
This one: Nazjatar · Level 50.
Azshara's Trap has 11 steps, from Upheaval to Scouting the Palace.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazjatar (11).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
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.
2 quests carry the name Dark Tides. They differ in the faction shown here.
| Quest | Faction | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Tides (this page) | Same | 56063 |
| Dark Tides | Alliance | 56642 |
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