TheWoWDBThe three targets are just called "mind-shackled ankoan" until you damage them a bit, then they turn green and the quest completes. One is up the ramp a bit.
Quest
Deteriorating Knowledge
A World of Warcraft quest in Nazjatar. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Quest turn-in is in a cave at 38.10, 30.96. It appears obvious once you know where it is, but looking on the map/minimap it is not so obvious.
They are all insisde Deepsea Slave Pen
Quest facts
LevelLevel 50
ZoneNazjatar
Quest ID55595
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(55595))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineSecrets in the Sea, step 2 of 14
Rewards23g 40s, 6,800 XP
Description
My clan came to Nazjatar, eager to destroy the naga queen. We were not prepared for the darkness that she commands. Our scouts knew this land best, but their knowledge now deteriorates as their minds are controlled by Azshara's forces. Find and free our scouts, and you may still have a chance to access their knowledge.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1355 39.0 30.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inNazjatar 39.0, 30.4
/way #1355 39.0 30.4 - Objective areaNazjatar 39.0, 54.7
/way #1355 39.0 54.7
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 Nazjatar map
- Plans of Attack about 320 yards
- Reinforced Cache about 350 yards
- Pearls of Unimaginable Power about 380 yards
- Turn the Scale about 390 yards
- Plug the Geysers about 400 yards
- Most Delicious Clams about 420 yards
- The Eternal Palace: Queen's Gambit about 520 yards
- More Mouths To Feed about 550 yards
- We've Got Crabs! about 580 yards
- Drunk Angry Murlocs about 580 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Nazjatar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Nazjatar:
- Ashen Strand, Nazjatar
- The Tidal Conflux, Nazjatar
- Mezzamere, Nazjatar
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
- Objective area
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.
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Reward details
Reputation: Waveblade Ankoan +75
An ancient species of deep sea warriors, the Waveblade Ankoan traverse the deepest and most dangerous parts of the ocean.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Nazjatar that reward Waveblade Ankoan reputation: A Brief Respite (+500), Creature Study: Zanj'ir Naga (+150), The Laboratory of Mardivas (+500), Where the Road Leads (+150), The Lost Shaman (+25), Elemental Fury (+75).
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
Secrets in the Sea
Part 2 of 14.
Previous: Insight into Our Enemies · Next: Bound by Honor
- 1Insight into Our Enemies
- 2Deteriorating Knowledge
- 3Bound by Honor
- 4What We Know of the Naga
- 5Scouting Undercover
- 6Sating Snapdragons
- 7Working with Purpose
- 8We Can't Have Dull Weapons
- 9Stealing the Naga's Secrets
- 10Sea Slug Liquidation
- 11Coveted Crystals
- 12Let the Residue Lead You
- 13Clearing Out the Cache
- 14Friends In Need
Also part of: Welcome to Nazjatar (part 27 of 47).
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.
- Insight into Our Enemies
There's no telling what awaits us within this land. We cannot press forward without first knowing exactly what we're up against. Our new allies have long been embattled with the naga. They would know best how to navigate these waters.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Bound by Honor
It is true that my clan has been battling the naga for generations, but it was only in recent times that we took the fight to Nazjatar. Our leader was slain by the vile queen, and now honor binds my clan to this deep ocean. We will avenge their death or die here trying. It is our way.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Nazjatar · Level 50.
The storyline at a glance
Secrets in the Sea has 14 steps, from Insight into Our Enemies to Friends In Need.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Nazjatar (14).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Nazjatar map
- Turning the Tide
- Azshara's Trap
- Allies in Dark Places
- Making a Friend
- Stay of Execution
- Kelya Moonfall
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.