TheWoWDBWhen a cage is open, you cant rescue the prisoner so just leave those. Dont stand trying to figure out what to do : /
Quest
Prisoners
A World of Warcraft quest in Abyssal Depths. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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What I wonder is, how on EARTH can a imprisoned, skinny blood elf female in a very revealing robe keep a large 2h mace hidden?
Sometimes (well...almost always for me :/) the cage is open and it has prisoner inside... You have to wait till it close and then use it ...
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneAbyssal Depths
Quest ID26149
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26149))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Abyssal Depths, step 39 of 43
RewardsGrimhorn Pummeler, 
Darkspear Ritual Blade, 
Goblin Shanker, 13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Grimhorn Pummeler, Darkspear Ritual Blade, Goblin Shanker, 13g 74s, 4,800 XPDescription
The Twilight cultist dropped this key. Use it to free the Horde prisoners in the cages inside of L'ghorek. Hurry before the prisoners become sacrifices to whatever lurks below!
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.
Nearby on the Abyssal Depths map
- Full Circle about 920 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Abyssal Depths, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s first objective area marker on Abyssal Depths:
- Tenebrous Cavern, Vashj'ir
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
- Stygian Bounty, Vashj'ir
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeTwo-Handed Mace Two-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon18 - 24 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+8 Strength, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +7 Mastery
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for84 gold90 silver
TypeOne-Handed Sword One-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon4 - 7 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +3 Mastery
Suited toDevastation, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Holy, Mistweaver, Frost, Fire, Arcane, Augmentation, Preservation, Devourer
Sells to vendors for68 gold17 silver
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon6 - 10 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for68 gold42 silver
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, Abyssal Depths
Part 39 of 43.
Previous: Prisoners · Next: Twilight Extermination
- 32Unplug L'ghorek
- 33Fiends from the Netherworld
- 34Fiends from the Netherworld
- 35Communing with the Ancient
- 36Runestones of Binding
- 37Ascend No More!
- 38Prisoners
- 39Prisoners
- 40Twilight Extermination
- 41All that Rises
- 42Defending the Rift
- 43Defending the Rift
Showing steps 32 to 43 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.
- Ascend No More!
TO STOP... THEIR... RITUALS OF ASCENSION... YOU MUST DESTROY... THE ANCIENT CONDUITS. THEY USE... THE CONDUITS TO... SIPHON... MY ENERGIES AWAY... AND MAKE... ASCENDANTS. A FIGHT WITH... NEPTULON IS IMMINENT. THE TWILIGHT'S HAMMER... MUST BE DENIED... THESE CREATURES.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Twilight Extermination
NOW, TAKE... THE ATTUNED RUNESTONE... AND USE... IT TO POSSESS... ONE OF... THE BOUND TORRENTS... AT... THE CENTRAL TEMPLE. THEY WILL IGNORE... YOU. YOU ARE BENEATH... THEIR NOTICE. USE... THE ELEMENTAL'S POWERS... TO DESTROY... THE TWILIGHT DEVOTEES... AND... THEIR... FACELESS OVERSEERS.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Abyssal Depths · Level 30-35.
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 Abyssal Depths map
- Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
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.