TheWoWDBDue to the usual Multi-level appearence of the area, and of course your minimap not picking up this fact can be quite hard to figure what you are looking for.
Simply go to the bottom level of the ruins and look for anything dangling plantation from the roof of the structure, now, it helps to get up close and personal to the plants, as the "Bloated Kelp" very nicely merges into the plant, and on most occasions the "sparkles" merge in too.
The "Bloated Kelp" is almost Acorn shaped in apperence, and if as stated you are up close you should eventually see one. For the most part they do seem to spawn at the bottom of the plants, but did find some half way up (wich were well camoflaged) and one at the very top.
Hope this helps, as if like me, was looking "From a distance" you really cannot see these too well if at all..
Happy Hunting..
Quest
Properly Inspired
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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More accurately, they are hanging at the ends of the plants hanging from the ceiling.
Ugh. Such awful narration from this idiotic NPC.
The items you want are found in the outer ring, surrounding the sunken city south of the "attack base" where you picked up the quest.
[Horde only.... alliance is so much easier; they need no instructables]
The key item, missing here, is that these items are found on the *LOWEST* level of the ancient city. On inverted vine things which hang from the "roof", or from the floor of the next level up. Your kelp balls are round light-yellow bowling-ball sized things which hang from the tips of these vines, generally 20-35 feet above the sand floor. Should sparkle, so you can kick yourself once you do see one.
Best of luck
Quest facts
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Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Been all over the place. Blown all kinds of things up. I thought I might have some trouble carrying on the trend, what with the water and all, but it's all just a matter of inspiration. I found something volatile enough to make bombs out of! There's a bunch of kelp hanging under the terrace to the southwest. Normally kelp stores gas that makes it float - this kelp produces a different kind of heavy gas. It keeps it hanging, but also makes for great explosions. Gather me some?
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 Shimmering Expanse map
- To the Deeps about 350 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 350 yards
- Honor the Flame about 640 yards
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
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Stygian Bounty, Vashj'ir
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
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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Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 116 of 149.
Previous: Not Entirely Unprepared · Next: Swift Action
- 111Gauging Success
- 112Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
- 113Looking Forward
- 114Clear Goals
- 115Not Entirely Unprepared
- 116Properly Inspired
- 117Swift Action
- 118Fallen But Not Forgotten
- 119Gauging Success
- 120Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
- 121By Her Lady's Word
- 122No Trespass Forgiven
Showing steps 111 to 122 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.
- Not Entirely Unprepared
I overheard your conversation with the Captain. I know what we're doing sounds insane, but we really don't have much choice. There are people back at that cave that are depending on us. I've stationed lookouts on various ledges in the immediate area.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Swift Action
We have everything we need to begin the attack. If your claims were correct, you would do well to make sure you cling tight to your mount as we make the run. Anyone who gets caught in the open water isn't likely to out-swim a naga.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · 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
- Azshara's Power
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.