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Looking Forward (Horde)

Looking Forward is a Horde-only quest for level 30-35 in Shimmering Expanse. It is step 113 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 600 experience and money.

Description

The Captain used the information you gathered for him to make a forward post under the terrace to our west. He's been preparing there for some kind of attack against the naga.

You should go to him immediately and inform him of the scope of what you've witnessed. Our force is small, and I fear for our soldiers if we charge in too recklessly.

Take my sea horse. It knows the way.

Rewards

Money1 gold37 silver40 copper
Experience600 XP
Top Comments

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

1
lilybonbon+20via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

What I did to bypass the door, as it was closed after several relogs and retaking of the quest, if you have the toy "Zhevra Cushion" Just press your nose against the door, place the zhevra cushion down, mouseover in front of you and sit on it, when you get up, you can just walk through!

2
235214+6via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This quest was bugged for me - the barrier was meant to be a trick one (once inside you can see what I mean) but was actually a solid wall, I could see the NPCs through the small gap but could not get in. I had to suicide by the door and ghost res inside.

After that I turned in the quest as normal and afterwards, the wall was no longer "there" and I could pass in and out with no issues.

3
830361+5via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

It's bugged for me. Blocked door, can see NPCs through the crack, but am unable to get in there.

Taking the Tamed Seahorse isn't an option- clicking on it does nothing (and yep, I dismounted before I tried it).

Can see the quest giver exclamation point on my map, but cannot get into the building to get the quest.. which frustrates me because I'm stuck at 90/130 towards my Loremaster title, and it seems to be the only quest left in the zone that I can find 0-o

Everyone else is right- strip off your gear and aggro a puffer fish and let it kill you next to the door- you can res on the inside of it and you'll have access to the quest giver.

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP600
MoneyGold1g 37s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShimmering Expanse
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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.

Shimmering Expanse Quest turn-in

Nearby on the Shimmering Expanse map

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

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:

  • Stygian Bounty, Vashj'irHorde · about 600 yards south-east
  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 620 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 780 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 113 of 149.

Previous: Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge · Next: Clear Goals

  1. 108Properly Inspired
  2. 109Swift Action
  3. 110Fallen But Not Forgotten
  4. 111Gauging Success
  5. 112Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
  6. 113Looking Forward
  7. 114Clear Goals
  8. 115Not Entirely Unprepared
  9. 116Properly Inspired
  10. 117Swift Action
  11. 118Fallen But Not Forgotten
  12. 119Gauging Success

Showing steps 108 to 119 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.

  • Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran RidgeShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    Look, I know this is asking a lot during a time like this, but I need you to tear yourself away from this defeat for a moment. I will tend to these soldiers - you need to find the location of that battle with the Kvaldir General to the west that you told me about.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Clear GoalsShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    I see. The news you bring is grim, but I was not entirely unprepared for such possibilities. Without any effective scouting of naga numbers, I knew our plan was risky, but that's why we established this forward post. Let me put it to you plainly, <class>.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde 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

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.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Looking Forward. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Looking Forward (this page)Horde25958
Looking ForwardAlliance25747
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