TheWoWDBI had problems getting the "Swim to the rescue balloon at the surface" objective, jumping around the surface seemed to do the trick.
Quest
Honor and Privilege
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Confirmed. Jumping up out of the water completes the surface part of the quest.
I think it only bugs if you surface while mounted on the Seahorse. Unmounting and just jumping at the surface near the balloon worked for me.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
Quest ID25898
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25898))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Requires all ofUnfurling Plan, Come Prepared, Hostile Waters
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 131 of 149
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
All done! I'm confident it will work. And not a scrounger in sight to pop a hole in it this time! Fortuitous. Jorlan already swam up to catch it. Swam up and stopped to wait for it. He said you'd get the honors though. Jorlan's nice like that. Go to the top with the balloon, take the flare gun from the crate, and scan the horizon for Alliance ships. If you see any, fire the flare towards them. That's it! All there is to it. Swim. Float. Flare. Rescue! That last part's my favorite.
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.
Nearby on the Shimmering Expanse map
- To the Deeps about 830 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 830 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,280 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Shimmering Expanse, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Voldrin's Hold, Vashj'ir
- Tranquil Wash, Vashj'ir
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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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Other quests on the Shimmering Expanse map
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 131 of 149.
Previous: Unfurling Plan · Next: Welcome News
- 126Losing Ground
- 127Desperate Plan
- 128Hostile Waters
- 129Come Prepared
- 130Unfurling Plan
- 131Honor and Privilege
- 132Welcome News
- 133Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
- 134Losing Ground
- 135Desperate Plan
- 136Hostile Waters
- 137Come Prepared
Showing steps 126 to 137 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.
- Unfurling Plan
Survival kits never have any rope. It makes no sense! No sense at all. I bet those Kvaldir have rope. They're always riding around in boats, tying knots, dressing in nets. Go take some rope from them! I must have it for our plan to work. Absolutely must.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Welcome News
They'll probably send a skiff over, which may take a bit. I'll stay here to make contact. You need to return to the cave immediately and let them know that rescue is on its way. We can only hope that the naga have not found them yet. Go. Swim fast, <name>.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Shimmering Expanse · Level 30-35.
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 Shimmering Expanse map
- Azshara's Power
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.