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Into the Whirlpool
Into the Whirlpool is a quest for level 45, added in Legion. Completing it counts toward 2 achievements.
Quest Objectives
Albino Barracuda x 8
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It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that to complete this world quest, you have to actually swim into the whirlpool. There are multiple pools of albino barracuda to fish up the required 8 once inside.
Of note, a random group of murlocs will run up onto the land to attack occasionally. You can avoid them using a fishing raft. :)
I jumped into the whirlpool and entered the cave, but no Albino Barracuda fishing pools were available. Tried leaving and re-entering thru the whirlpool with no luck. What worked for me was swimming towards the blocked cave entrance then back - that seemed to trigger the World Quest.
This is the quest that shows as Cave Fishing for the achievement Fishing 'Round the Isles
| Objective area | Val'sharah | 1 mapped point |
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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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #641 30.5 62.4
Coordinates
- Objective areaVal'sharah 30.5, 62.4
/way #641 30.5 62.4
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 Val'sharah map
- Cutting off the Heads about 350 yards
- Shriek No More about 390 yards
- A Sight For Sore Eyes about 460 yards
- For the Corn! about 460 yards
- Mad Ernie the Alchemist about 480 yards
- Doom and Gloom about 480 yards
- Herding Goats about 480 yards
- Quieting the Spirits about 500 yards
- Shadowsong's Return about 500 yards
- Source of the Corruption about 500 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Val'sharah, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Val'sharah:
- Gloaming Reef, Val'sharah
- Bradensbrook, Val'sharah
- Lorlathil, Val'sharah
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.
Objective targets
Albino Barracuda
KindItem
Needed8
Item typeQuest
“These cave-dwelling fish have never seen the light of day. And those who hunt them usually never see the light of day again...”
Creature, object and item facts from the current retail client; “also asked for by” lists other quests whose objectives name the same target. Prices are the US commodity auction house’s lowest listed price.
First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight patch 12.0.7, the oldest build in our datamine).
Where this quest fits
Other storylines on the Val'sharah map
- Into the Nightmare
- All Nightmare Long
- The Black Rook Threat
- Archdruid of the Claw
- Bradensbrook
- Black Rook Hold
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.
Fishing 'Round the IslesComplete 20 of the fishing world quests.10Variety is the Spice of LifeComplete 100 different Legion World Quests.10
- Fishing 'Round the Isles: its criteria name 43 quests, this one included.
- Variety is the Spice of Life: its criteria name 967 quests, this one included.
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