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Decisions, Decisions

A World of Warcraft quest in Kelp'thar Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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lynchsta+7via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Not sure what was going on in Beta 3 months, ago, but you can see the Pewter Prophet now. It's on the ground right next to Budd as soon as you get the quest. Once you have the quest, just use the Pewter Pounder right away, quest is done.

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Whiterock+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

The Distant Island Quest Tree From Whiterock
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1)A Personal Summons{H}
 |                    \
1)Eye of the Storm(A) 1)The Eye of the Storm(H)
 ├─────────────────────┘
 |
G)To the Depths{H} S)Hero's Call: Vashj'ir!(A) S)Warchief's Command: Vashj'ir!(H)
 |  ┌───────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
 |OR|
1)Call of Duty{H}──>2)Once More, With Eeling
2)Sea Legs{H}
2)Pay It Forward{H}
2)Rest For the Weary{H}
 |                    \
2)Buy Us Some Time{H} 2)Traveling on Our Stomachs{H}
 ├─────────────────────┼──┬────────────┐
2)Girding Our Loins(H) | 2)To Arms!(A) |
 ├>G)Pay Attention!(H) |  |            |
 |                  |OR|  | 2)Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces(A)
 |      2)Helm's Deep(H)  └───┤
 |      2)Finders, Keepers(H) |
 |      /                     |
2)Bring It On!(H)       2)On Our Own Terms(A)
2)Blood and Thunder!(H) 2)All or Nothing(A)
 ├──┬────────────────────┘
 | 3)Better Late Than Dead  3)Kliklak's  Craw
 | 3)The Abyssal Ride
 | G)Good Deed Left Undone  3)The Horde's Hoard
 |OR|
3)Gimme Shelter!────────>3)A Case of Crabs
3)Ain't Too Proud to Beg
 ├>3)A Girl's Best Friend
 ├>3)A Taste For Tail
 ├>3)An Opened Can of Whoop Gnash
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3)Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark──>3)Nerve Tonic
 ├>4)Oh, the Insanity!
 | 5)Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...  4)Blackfin's Booty
 | 5)Shark Weak
 | 5)DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun
 | 4)A Bone to Pick
 | 5)Decisions, Decisions
 | 
3)Ophidophobia──>4)Lady La-La's Medallion
3)A Desperate Plea
3)Undersea Sanctuary
6)Spelunking{H}
6)Debriefing{H}
6)Wake of Destruction─────┬>6)Decompression{H}
6)Come Hell of High Water ├>6)What? What? In My Gut...?{H}
6)The Warden's Time       └>6)How Disarming
7)Across the Great Divide
7)The Looming Threat
7)Backed Into a Corner
7)Rundown            ┌>9)Slippery Threat
8)Silver Tide Hollow─┼>9)Don't be Shellfish
9)The Great Sambino  └>8)A Distracting Scent
9)Undersea Inflation
9)Totem Modification  9)Crabby Patrons
8)Back In One Piece
G)Toshe's Vengeance──>Vengeful Heart*
Quest zones:
1)Orgrimmar+Stormwind_____2)Legion's Fate+Seafarer's Tomb_____3)Shallow's End+Smuggler's Hole_____4)Gurboggle's Ledge_____5)Skeletal Reef_____6)Deepmist Grotto+The Clutch_____7)Damplight Chamber+Shimmering Grotto_____8)Silver Tide Hollow_____9)Silver Tide Trench
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
* is another Quest Tree.


IMPORTANT INFO:


  2. In order to getPay Attention! you must completeGirding Our Loins before acceptingHelm's Deep.

  4. Better Late Than Dead andThe Abyssal Ride are NOT needed to takeGimme Shelter! and followups, however that would make you unable to getGood Deed Left Undone.

  6. [item=55186] have 0% drop chance beforeOphidophobia done and 100% after, however anyone can share you this quest as long as you are 80+lvl.

  8. Anyone can takeVengeful Heart and do it's followups as long as they are 80+lvl. Quests above are NOT needed for it.


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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneKelp'thar Forest
Quest ID25743

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25743))

What to do

StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 36 of 149
RewardsGod-Grinding Grips, Wristguards of Prophetic Perishing, Pounded Pewter Links, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP

Description

This is no magic solution to my curse! It's just a hammer! I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. There's NO WAY I'm gunna use this to break my shiney - not after all I've gone through to get it. <Budd pauses in thought for a moment.> But that means I'm stuck down here for eternity... I had just learned to sail, you know. Ohhh... I can't decide. Here, you take the hammer and I'll just set the shiney down and look the other way.

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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.

Kelp'thar Forest Quest turn-in no plotted point

Nearby on the Kelp'thar Forest map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Kelp'thar Forest, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kelp'thar Forest:

  • Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 340 yards north
  • Sandy Beach, Vashj'irAlliance · about 580 yards south-west

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:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Hands
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +5 Mastery
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for29 gold83 silver
TypeLeather Wrist
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Haste, +4 Mastery
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for29 gold72 silver
TypePlate Waist
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Dodge, +6 Parry
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for29 gold61 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 36 of 149.

Previous: A Bone to Pick · Next: Undersea Sanctuary

  1. 31Oh, the Insanity!
  2. 32Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...
  3. 33Shark Weak
  4. 34DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun
  5. 35A Bone to Pick
  6. 36Decisions, Decisions
  7. 37Undersea Sanctuary
  8. 38Spelunking
  9. 39Debriefing
  10. 40Spelunking
  11. 41Debriefing
  12. 42Wake of Destruction

Showing steps 31 to 42 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.

  • A Bone to PickKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    We did it! Gnaws is down, and I have our shiney! That's good news. Darn shiney is cursed treasure - makes everyone who touches it a skeleton. That's bad news. These cursed pirates say the Gilblin King has the secret to remove the hex. That's good news.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Undersea SanctuaryKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    I believe I've located the author of your note, friend. It would seem that he is in desperate need of attention if he is to survive. I shall attune one of my scrying orbs, that you might see him for yourself.

Also counted by Sinking into Vashj'ir

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

Also counted by Sinking into Vashj'ir

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

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 Kelp'thar Forest map

  • Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths43 steps, starts with Bio-Fuel

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 these achievements.

Sinking into Vashj'irComplete the Vashj'ir storylines listed below.10Sinking into Vashj'irComplete the Vashj'ir storylines listed below.10