TheWoWDBThe title is a nice reference to a phrase used by Alaskan crab fishermen as seen in the Discover Channel series "Deadliest Catch". When the fishermen's pots are in an area where they're pulling up crab, they say they're "on the crab".
As of release, the quest is working.
Quest
On the Crab
A World of Warcraft quest in Dread Wastes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Broken in build 5.0.4 (15913), crab pots aren't clickable :(
Didn't I just do this? I literally just did this...
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDread Wastes
Quest ID31187
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31187))
What to do
StorylineDread Wastes, step 55 of 58
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
I just got word that a string of pots we dropped this morning hit it BIG. We're on the crab! Problem is, the rips are getting stronger and we lost track of some of the pots. They're just sitting out there, filled with spiky blue GOLD! I need you back out there. Hook one of these buoys up to any of the full traps you find and send it to the surface for us.
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.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #422 54.7 72.1
Coordinates
- Turn-inDread Wastes 54.7, 72.1
/way #422 54.7 72.1 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 44.7, 75.1
/way #422 44.7 75.1
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 Dread Wastes map
- Honor the Flame about 120 yards
- A Unified Swarm about 1,160 yards
- Debugging the Terrace about 1,280 yards
- Ordnance Disposal about 1,280 yards
- Quiet Now about 1,280 yards
- Dark Skies about 1,280 yards
- Putting An Eye Out about 1,280 yards
- The Fight Against Fear about 1,290 yards
- Sampling the Empire's Finest about 1,290 yards
- Meltdown about 1,290 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dread Wastes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dread Wastes:
- Soggy's Gamble, Dread Wastes
- The Briny Muck, Dread Wastes
- Domination Point, Krasarang Wilds
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
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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Other quests on the Dread Wastes map
Reward details
Reputation: The Anglers +250
The Anglers are a group of Pandaren fisherman that hope to feed their people and grow their knowledge of fishing.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in Dread Wastes that reward The Anglers reputation: Fresh Pots (+250), You Otter Know (+250), Meet the Cap'n (+10), Old Age and Treachery (+250), Walking Dog (+250), Dog Food (+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
Dread Wastes
Part 55 of 58.
Previous: Old Age and Treachery · Next: Reeltime Strategy
- 47Bind the Glamour
- 48Fires and Fears of Old
- 49Blood of Ancients
- 50Mazu's Breath
- 51Fresh Pots
- 52You Otter Know
- 53Meet the Cap'n
- 54Old Age and Treachery
- 55On the Crab
- 56Reeltime Strategy
- 57The Mariner's Revenge
- 58Mazu's Bounty
Showing steps 47 to 58 of 58.
Also part of: Dread Wastes (part 47 of 72).
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.
- Old Age and Treachery
Look, I ain't got reason to trust you, but there's a task I can't give to my crew. I need you to search the wreck of our old ship, the Mist-Hopper, and bring back the charter. It'd be sealed up in a silver tube, in a footlocker. It's sort of, uh... incriminating.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Reeltime Strategy
I never thought I'd see the day, but for the first time since... well, EVER, Master Angler Ju Lien asked for some help with his lines. Apparently the sea is going crazy today and he can't keep up. See if you can give him a hand. He's fishing just south of here.
The storyline at a glance
Dread Wastes has 58 steps, from Falling Down to Mazu's Bounty.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dread Wastes (55), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dread Wastes map
- The Mantid Threat
- Townlong Steppes
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.