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Defending the Rift (Horde)

Defending the Rift is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Abyssal Depths. It is step 43 of 43 in the Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths storyline, the final step. The quest's turn-in marker is in Vashj'ir at 48.4, 45.8. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 7,200 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 2 achievements.

Description

The whispers of the elements are crowding my thoughts, <name>...

The Throne of Tides is under siege!

I cannot stand idly by while the naga threaten Neptulon's realm. We must find a way to join forces with him.

Nazgrim will escort me to the depths where I can commune directly with Neptulon.

I must ask you to take a more violent path. Keep the enemy forces distracted until I arrive safely at entrance to the Throne of Tides.

May the spirits see us through, <name>.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money41 gold22 silver
Experience7,200 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250
Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

2
sweboy99+58via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Apparently Blizzard was unable to fix this (or didn't even bother), so now you're just sent off to kill 15 nagas. No submarine, no cutscene.. nothing. Just kill 15 nagas in Abyssal Breach, and talk to Nazgrim (who's in the area now). Quite anticlimactic IMO.

3
726029+50via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Here's the deal. First - don't start this quest unless you have a good 15 minutes to spare. It's a long sequence and you have no control over it.

Talk to the questgiver to start the sequence. The cinematic starts. From this point on, do nothing. While you're inside the sub, you can use the remote viewer consoles to see outside the sub.

After the sub sequence, do your best to stay out of fights. You don't need to kill anything. Engaging a Naga could bug out the quest altogether. If a Naga attacks you, just stay alive, they don't last long.

Second sequence as they engage the Naga at the crater, definitely don't attack anything. Just watch, watch, watch.

At the end, stay where you are and the turn-in NPC is right there (might take a few seconds to see him).

*edit* - This quest is all about the lore behind the Throne of the Tides instance. Listen and watch the story.

Read all 327 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP7,200
MoneyGold41g 22s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Feet
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for45 gold55 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Intellect, +7 Stamina, +4 Haste, +4 Mastery
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for1 gold8 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Agility, +7 Stamina, +4 Haste, +5 Mastery
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for45 gold87 silver

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapVashj'irTurn-in marker at 48.4, 45.8, 14 mapped points
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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.

Vashj'ir Quest turn-in 14 mapped points
Vashj'ir map showing where to go for Defending the RiftTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #203 48.4 45.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inVashj'ir 48.4, 45.8/way #203 48.4 45.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Vashj'ir 47.9, 46.6/way #203 47.9 46.6
  • Objective areaVashj'ir 37.7, 61.3/way #203 37.7 61.3

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 Vashj'ir map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Vashj'ir:

  • Tenebrous Cavern, Vashj'irHorde · about 960 yards south-west
  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards east
  • Stygian Bounty, Vashj'irHorde · about 1,500 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 50 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 1,000 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths

Part 43 of 43.

Previous: Defending the Rift

  1. 32Unplug L'ghorek
  2. 33Fiends from the Netherworld
  3. 34Fiends from the Netherworld
  4. 35Communing with the Ancient
  5. 36Runestones of Binding
  6. 37Ascend No More!
  7. 38Prisoners
  8. 39Prisoners
  9. 40Twilight Extermination
  10. 41All that Rises
  11. 42Defending the Rift
  12. 43Defending the Rift

Showing steps 32 to 43 of 43.

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.

  • All that RisesAbyssal Depths · Level 30-35

    <The voice of the ancient presses against your mind.> NOW THAT... YOU HAVE STOLEN... THE ENERGIES OF... THE FAITHFUL, ENTER... THE TEMPLE AND... DESTROY... HALLAZEAL THE ASCENDED!

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Abyssal Depths · Level 30-35.

Also counted by Sinking into Vashj'ir

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths has 43 steps, from Bio-Fuel to Defending the Rift.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Abyssal Depths (30), Kelp'thar Forest (12), Vashj'ir (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Vashj'ir map

  • Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse149 steps, starts with Call of Duty

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.

20,000 Leagues Under the SeaComplete the Neptulon quests in Vashj'ir up to and including Defending the Rift.10Sinking into Vashj'irComplete the Vashj'ir storylines listed below.10
Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Defending the Rift. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Defending the Rift (this page)Horde26194
Defending the RiftAlliance26193
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