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Decompression (Alliance)

Decompression is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Kelp'thar Forest. It is step 46 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

I simply cannot bear the thought of so many others like this soldier imprisoned, surrounded by naga.

Something must be done to rescue them!

Try this, <name>. Use it on the prison cells to make them buoyant.

If we can get them to the surface, at least they stand a chance at being rescued.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeBow Ranged
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon15 - 20 damage, speed 3.0
Stats+8 Agility, +12 Stamina, +7 Haste, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toBeast Mastery, Marksmanship
Sells to vendors for84 gold29 silver
TypeLeather Chest
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor12
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Versatility, +6 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for50 gold43 silver
TypeCloth Waist
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike, +6 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for25 gold44 silver

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +250

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Kelp'thar Forest that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Sea Legs (+250), Pay It Forward (+250), The Abyssal Ride (+350), Pressure is Mounting (+250), A Test of Wills (+250), Better Late Than Dead (+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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapKelp'thar Forest
World Map

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

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

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

  • Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 580 yards north
  • Sandy Beach, Vashj'irAlliance · about 640 yards west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 410 yards south

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 46 of 149.

Previous: What? What? In My Gut...? · Next: Decompression

  1. 41Debriefing
  2. 42Wake of Destruction
  3. 43Come Hell or High Water
  4. 44What? What? In My Gut...?
  5. 45What? What? In My Gut...?
  6. 46Decompression
  7. 47Decompression
  8. 48The Warden's Time
  9. 49Across the Great Divide
  10. 50The Looming Threat
  11. 51Backed Into a Corner
  12. 52Rundown

Showing steps 41 to 52 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.

  • What? What? In My Gut...?Kelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    Wha...what IS this!? There's great pain growing... from deep in my bowels. I think... ugh... they must have poisoned me! They fed us strangely glowing seaweed that they grow around their stronghold... I think these cramps will worsen if I don't get more soon... Please, <race>. Try to find me some!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Warden's TimeKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    <Erunak's image penetrates your mind.> You have done well, <name>, but more remains to be done. Before moving on from this place, let us be sure that we leave it in disarray. Find the one who leads these naga and repay him for his misdeeds.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Kelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35.

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 this achievement.

Sinking into Vashj'irComplete the Vashj'ir storylines listed below.10
Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Decompression. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

QuestFactionRewardsID
Decompression (this page)Alliance4,800 XP, Breathstone-Infused Longbow, Pteropod Robes, Cone-Snail Cinch25888
DecompressionHorde4,800 XP, Cone-Snail Cinch, Pteropod Robes, Breathstone-Infused Longbow26008
Related
Declawing The Bloodmane
Decommissioned Mission
Decommissioned Mission
Decommissioning Darkness
Decompression
Deconstruct Additional Pylons
Decontamination
Decor Treasure Hunt
Database

Quest Location and Connections

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