Quest

Nature vs. Nurture

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

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Mithen2017-07-18T05:59:59-05:00+299via Wowhead

When the legion invasion is on in High Mountain the mobs here do not spawn. After the invasion they will pop back up.
Very annoying but at least this may save you some time trying to find tadpoles!
*EDIT*
Still the same for Legion Remix Oct 2025

jfoobar2018-01-28T21:05:38-06:00+44via Wowhead

Yup, still the same issue. There is an invasion so there are no mobs here at all except for the roaming "crab rider" rare. You can do the two Murky quests just fine and you can easily go around and complete the zone event just by looting supply crates, but this quest and everything that comes after it will have to wait until the legion assault is over.
Glad I read the comments here before I opened a useless GM ticket.

Drunkion2017-05-07T02:27:43-05:00+26via Wowhead

The reason that this quest cannot be completed sometimes is because the zone is under assault by The Legion. Once the assault is over with, the murlocs re-spawn. It's an annoying bug.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-45

ZoneHighmountain

Quest ID40045

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(40045))

What to do

StorylineMurky Waters, step 4 of 6

Rewards20g 22s, 6,150 XP

Description

I appreciate murloc-kind far too much to tell you to go kill all the adults. What we should be doing is setting up the next generation to be more peaceful; Murky is the best representative for this. Bring him to talk to the murloc tadpoles. He'll get them on our side.

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inHighmountain 42.7, 10.9/way #650 42.7 10.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Highmountain 46.6, 8.9/way #650 46.6 8.9

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 Highmountain map

Blood Debt about 620 yards
Step into the Dark about 670 yards
Destruction: Rumblings Near Feltotem about 790 yards
Beast Mastery: Rumblings Near Feltotem about 790 yards
Windwalker: Rumblings Near Feltotem about 790 yards
Discipline: Rumblings Near Feltotem about 790 yards
Rock Troll in a Hard Place about 1,030 yards
Pet Rocks about 1,030 yards
Stonedark Crystal about 1,030 yards
They Will Pay With Blood about 1,030 yards

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Highmountain, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

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

Shipwreck Cove, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 60 yards west
Prepfoot, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-east
The Witchwood, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 290 yards east
Objective areaabout 260 yards north-east

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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Money20 gold22 silver

Experience6,150 XP

Other quests on the Highmountain map

Storyline

Murky Waters

Part 4 of 6.

Previous: Slime Time · Next: Murlocs: The Next Generation

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.

Slime TimeHighmountain · Level 10-45
Murky's a growing boy, he needs to eat! What better than slimeweed for a young murloc? There's plenty of it around in the water amongst the murlocs; swim through it and feed Murky!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Murlocs: The Next GenerationHighmountain · Level 10-45
The time has come! Murky and his followers need a place to hide out and train--away from the mature murlocs--so that they can prepare to take over in the future. There's a nice cave not too far away... only problem is that it's filled with makrura. This would be a good base for the tadpoles.

Quests that require this one

Oh, the Clawdacity!

The storyline at a glance

Murky Waters has 6 steps, from That Guy in the Costume to Oh, the Clawdacity!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Highmountain (6).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Sojourner of Highmountain Complete the Highmountain local storylines listed below with a Timerunner.
No Shellfish Endeavor Complete the Murky quests listed below.
Mrglgrgl of Grglmrgl Complete the storylines involving King Mrgl-Mrgl in Borean Tundra, Highmountain, and Zul'Aman.

Other storylines on the Highmountain map

Legion Blacksmithing42 steps, starts with Strange New Ores
The Bloodtotem Tribe14 steps, starts with The Bloodtotem Tribe
Rivermane Tribe13 steps, starts with Keepers of the Hammer
Allies of the Horde: Highmountain18 steps, starts with Walking in Their Footsteps
Legion Leatherworking45 steps, starts with Skin Deep
Snowblind Mesa10 steps, starts with Battle of Snowblind Mesa

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.