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Making Contact

A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Earthmender Duarn yells: Spirit of Life, lend me your aid!
Earthmender Duarn yells: Grant me the clarity to speak with this creature!
Earthmender Duarn shuffles uncomfortably.
Earthmender Duarn says: Nothing is happening... something must be preventing me from speaking with her.
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Guide to Vashj'ir Shimmering Expanse Alliance quests:

The Vashj'ir quests start in Stormwind with Call of Duty.
The immediate pre-requisite for these quests is Across the great Divide which starts in Kelp'thar Forest .

Initial chain:
The Looming Threat
Backed Into a Corner
Rundown
Silver Tide Hollow

Several side quests are now enabled:
Slippery Threat, Don't be Shellfish, and A Distracting Scent
Also a side-chain:

The main chain continues at Toshe Chaosrender
Vortex (optional)
Vengeful Heart
Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
A Pearl of Wisdom (optional;starts from Luminescent Pearl from the boss)
Nespirah
Making Contact
Slave Labor and Stick it To Them
Capture the Crab
Breaking Through
We Are Not Alone
Body Blows, Hopelessly Gearless, and Still Valuable
Overseer Idra'kess
Waking the Beast (also unlocks A Cold Welcome)
A Powerful Need to Eat
Clamming Up and Art of Attraction plus Odor Coater
Bellies Await
You can do all these simultaneously:


While killing naga, hope Ancient Elven Etching drops to start Piece of the Past
If you do these quests and haven't already continued on the main chain,
The Call of the Blade will set you back on track.

Main chain continues:
Upon the Scene of Battle [You can actually get this quest a bit earlier]
Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir
Turn to Naga and do:


Looking Forward
Clear Goals, Not Entirely Unprepared, and Properly Inspired
Swift Action
Fallen but Not Forgotten and Gauging Success
Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
As a naga again, complete:


Losing Ground
Desperate Plan
Come Prepared, Unfurling Plan, and Hostile Waters
Honor and Privilege
Welcome News
Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
As a naga, work on


If you are missing any of the naga optional quests, you may now talk to Wavespeaker Valoren to get the Blade of the Naz'jar Battlemaiden which allows you to repeat any of the visions

This chain [for this zone] wraps up:
A Breath of Fresh Air (enables The War has Many Fronts link to Deepholm)
Full Circle

The Vashj'ir quests conclude in the Abyssal Depths

That is every comment on this page.

Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35
LocationShimmering Expanse, Kelp'thar Forest
Quest ID25900

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25900))

What to do

WhereShimmering Expanse, Kelp'thar Forest
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 61 of 149
Rewards6g 87s, 2,400 XP

Description

I can't believe that Nespirah would willingly allow these naga to take residence inside her shell. As I see it, one of two things has happened: they have convinced her to willingly join their cause, or they have weakened her to a point where she cannot fight back. Either one is bad. Here in this chamber, I should be able to communicate directly with Nespirah. Let us find out for ourselves. Speak to me when you are prepared, {class}.

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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 no plotted point
Kelp'thar Forest Objective area no plotted point

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

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

  • Tranquil Wash, Vashj'irAlliance · about 220 yards south-west
  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 360 yards north
  • Legion's Rest, Vashj'irHorde · about 360 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.

Related
Money6 gold87 silver
Experience2,400 XP
ReputationThe Earthen Ring +75

Reward details

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +75

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Shimmering Expanse that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Backed Into a Corner (+350), A Distracting Scent (+250), Totem Modification (+250), Undersea Inflation (+250), Don't be Shellfish (+250), Slippery Threat (+250).

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

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 61 of 149.

Previous: Nespirah · Next: Slave Labor

  1. 56Totem Modification
  2. 57Back in One Piece
  3. 58Vengeful Heart
  4. 59Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
  5. 60Nespirah
  6. 61Making Contact
  7. 62Slave Labor
  8. 63Stick it to Them
  9. 64Capture the Crab
  10. 65Breaking Through
  11. 66We Are Not Alone
  12. 67Hopelessly Gearless

Showing steps 56 to 67 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.

  • NespirahShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    It is clear to me at this point what must be done, <name>. The naga can only be obtaining these pearls from one place: Nespirah, the ancient, shelled creature that rests outside of this cave. Why Nespirah would submit to the naga, however, is beyond my understanding.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Slave LaborShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    It will take me some time to break through this barrier and communicate with Nespirah. In the meantime, you can save some of those men that the naga have enslaved in the pits below. <Duarn produces a length of rope from within his robes.> This should come in handy.

Other quests with this name

This one: 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.