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Phosphora Hunting

Phosphora Hunting is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Abyssal Depths. It is step 4 of 43 in the Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

Oskar's last wish, before he floated up into that great-eel's gullet, was to bring back food for the captain, so that's what we'll do.

My brother had a genius plan. He saw those murlocs luring fish out of the reeds with a phosphorescent antenna, and devised a way to make one of his own. All ya need is something that glows.

Kill the crabs and groupers that roam the canyon's floor. They aren't edible themselves, but their phosphora is far more valuable than their meat.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationAlliance +250
Top Comments

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723503+2via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Beware of the groupers. You can get a debuff called Grouper Bite which does 5% hp damage every second and, as far as I can see, cannot be cured in any way (doesn't say anything about magic, curse, poison, etc.). Couldn't cure it myself, and the other guild members I've talked to that have picked it up said they had to die before they could get rid of it.

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

Guide to Vashj'ir Abyssal Depths Alliance quests:

The entire Vashj'ir line starts in Stormwind with Call of Duty.
The immediate pre-requisite to this chain is Full Circle from
Shimmering Expanse.

At any time, kill a Hellscream Seadog to get Claim Korthun's End.

Main chain:
Bio-fuel
Fuel-ology 101 ( use 2 remora and 3 hammerhead oil)
The Brothers Digsong
Phosphora Hunting
A Lure and Coldlights Out
Optional: Enormous Eel Egg should have dropped, which starts
a quest leading to The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo

Next: One Last Favor which also unlocks optional quests


Those Aren't Masks
Put it On
Several optional quests:


Scalding Shrooms and Into the Totem
... It Will Come (also unlocks Fiends from the Netherworld)
Unplug L'ghorek
Communing with the Ancient
Runestones of Binding and Ascend No More!
Optional: Twilight Cage Key drops to start Prisoners
Twilight Extermination
All that Rises
Back to Darkbreak Cove
Defending the Rift (gives 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and ends the Vashj'ir quests)

Read all 6 on Wowhead ↗

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationAlliance+250

Reward details

Reputation: Alliance +250

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Abyssal Depths that reward Alliance reputation: The Brothers Digsong (+10), A Lure (+250), Coldlights Out (+250), Enormous Eel Egg (+75), The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo (+350), One Last Favor (+10).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapKelp'thar Forest
Objective areaAbyssal Depths
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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.

Kelp'thar Forest Quest turn-in
Abyssal Depths Objective area

Nearby on the Kelp'thar Forest map

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

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Kelp'thar Forest:

  • Darkbreak Cove, Vashj'irAlliance · about 740 yards south-east
  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 2,000 yards east
  • Tranquil Wash, Vashj'irAlliance · about 2,000 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 490 yards south-west

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, Abyssal Depths

Part 4 of 43.

Previous: The Brothers Digsong · Next: A Lure

  1. 1Bio-Fuel
  2. 2Fuel-ology 101
  3. 3The Brothers Digsong
  4. 4Phosphora Hunting
  5. 5A Lure
  6. 6Coldlights Out
  7. 7Enormous Eel Egg
  8. 8The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo
  9. 9One Last Favor
  10. 10Sira'kess Slaying
  11. 11Treasure Reclamation
  12. 12A Standard Day for Azrajar

Showing steps 1 to 12 of 43.

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.

  • The Brothers DigsongAbyssal Depths · Level 30-35

    Private <name>, at attention! Ve are havink a small problem! Ve have sent Humphrey and Oskar Digsong out to Underlight Canyon, to the northvest, but they are not comink back. They vere supposed to scout out the area, but ve have lost all contact with them.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A LureAbyssal Depths · Level 30-35

    Stick this device on your head, then swim through the kelp and coral along the canyon's edge. There should be all kinds of little fish in there that find your new antenna irresistible. When we return to Darkbreak Cove, we'll have armfuls of fish for everyone!

The storyline at a glance

Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths has 43 steps, from Bio-Fuel to Defending the Rift.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Abyssal Depths (30), Kelp'thar Forest (12), Vashj'ir (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Kelp'thar Forest map

  • Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse149 steps, starts with Call of Duty

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.

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