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Death From Below

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

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Guzz+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

As of 11/27, Wowhead indicates this quest is no longer available. This is untrue.

The quest may be bugged however as nothing happens for sometime and then O'Breen emotes:

If we can just hold them now, I am sure we will be in the clear.

Shortly after this you have to defeat 3 level 29 naga.

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Aamunkajo+21via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Standing close to Shakes O'Breen and killing the nagas standing on the pier seems to do the trick currently. As people have said, no cannons, so don't even try going up the ship. And if you are a high level, don't kill the naga off too fast - wait until Shakes notices them, too.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneArathi Highlands
Quest ID26628

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26628))

What to do

StorylineArathi Highlands, step 22 of 29
RewardsLegguards of the Promising Hero, Seafarer's Chain Leggings, The Good Captain's Bindings, 6,200 XP

Description

This is bad. It seems the Daggerspines are amassing for an attack. Naga are known for their ruthlessness in battle. They will keep attacking until I am dead. I don't value my own life above that of my crew members, but you must help to defend me. The crew will not be able to make it back to Booty Bay without my knowledge of the seas. The naga will be coming from the sea. I need you to remain up here with me to fend off the attack. Man the cannon and drive them back. Are you ready, {name}?

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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.

Arathi Highlands Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
Arathi Highlands map showing where to go for Death From BelowTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #14 25.9 83.9

Coordinates

  • Turn-inArathi Highlands 25.9, 83.9/way #14 25.9 83.9
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Arathi Highlands 26.1, 83.2/way #14 26.1 83.2

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 Arathi Highlands map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Arathi Highlands:

  • Dun Modr, WetlandsAlliance · about 720 yards south-east
  • Refuge Pointe, ArathiAlliance · about 980 yards north-east
  • Whelgar's Retreat, WetlandsAlliance · about 1,100 yards south
  • Galen's Fall, ArathiHorde · about 1,200 yards north

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

Choose one of these rewards:

Experience6,200 XP
ReputationBooty Bay +350, Bloodsail Buccaneers -350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Legs
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for60 silver53 copper
TypeMail Legs
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for58 silver41 copper
TypeMail Wrist
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for29 silver48 copper
TypeCloth Chest
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+5 Intellect, +8 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for59 silver86 copper
TypeLeather Legs
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for60 silver8 copper
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for30 silver32 copper

Reputation: Booty Bay +350

This booming coastal city is run by Baron Revilgaz of the Blackwater Raiders. Mortal enemies of the Bloodsail Buccaneers and part of the Steamwheedle Cartel.

Reputation group: Steamwheedle Cartel.

Other quests in Arathi Highlands that reward Booty Bay reputation: Goggle Boggle (+250), Sunken Treasure (+350), Speak to Shakes (+75), Drowned Sorrows (+250).

Reputation: Bloodsail Buccaneers -350

These bloodthirsty corsairs are the bane of many a merchant in the high seas. Sworn enemies of Booty Bay.

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Arathi Highlands that reward Bloodsail Buccaneers reputation: Goggle Boggle (-250), Sunken Treasure (-350), Speak to Shakes (-75), Drowned Sorrows (-250).

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

Arathi Highlands

Part 22 of 29.

Previous: Speak to Shakes · Next: Raising Spirits

  1. 17Kinelory Strikes
  2. 18For Southshore
  3. 19Goggle Boggle
  4. 20Sunken Treasure
  5. 21Speak to Shakes
  6. 22Death From Below
  7. 23Raising Spirits
  8. 24Guile of the Raptor
  9. 25The Princess Trapped
  10. 26Stones of Binding
  11. 27Breaking the Keystone
  12. 28The Princess Unleashed

Showing steps 17 to 28 of 29.

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.

  • Speak to ShakesArathi Highlands · Level 10-30

    Let's not leave Captain O'Breen waiting. He'll want to see these gems first hand. After all, that's why we're here! And after a few weeks of consorting with these pirates, the professor and I have realized the last thing that's good for our health is to be caught hanging on to their treasure.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Raising SpiritsArathi Highlands · Level 10-30

    Our race's gift of shamanism stirred me from a years-long lethargy. Now I provide for all here, crafting the same boons that gave me newfound strength. The Highland raptors are cunning and fierce beasts. Their spirits can grant our warriors great strength.

Also counted by Arathi Highlands Quests

Its criteria name 8 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Arathi Highlands has 29 steps, from First Blood to The Princess Unleashed.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Arathi Highlands (27), Hillsbrad Foothills (2).

Other storylines on the Arathi Highlands 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.

Arathi Highlands QuestsComplete the Arathi Highlands storylines listed below.10