Talk with Elder Lusshan in the pool with the pearl floating above it in the center of the village.
And
(in the beta, sometimes it bugs, so)if you don't see the "talk-baloon" on your minimap, abandon the quest, and take it again.
Quest
Spirits of the Water
A World of Warcraft quest in The Jade Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Can't find Elder Lusshan? Log out and back in and he'll appear in the glowing blue pool.
"Powerful strangers come from across the sea. Seek their strength. Add it to our own."
We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile.I couldn't help it, that's all I could think of hearing it.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(29894))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Our war against the hozen rages without end, and the future of our tribe is uncertain. This is why our waterspeaker has decided to seek wisdom from the waters. Elder Lusshan is waiting. Please deliver the instruments so that they may begin.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #371 58.9 81.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inThe Jade Forest 58.9, 81.7
/way #371 58.9 81.7 - Objective areaThe Jade Forest 58.7, 83.2
/way #371 58.7 83.2 - Objective areaThe Jade Forest 58.8, 81.3
/way #371 58.8 81.3
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 The Jade Forest map
- Mists of Pandaria: Onward to Adventure in Pandaria about 910 yards
- Defiance about 1,110 yards
- Rally the Survivors about 1,110 yards
- Journey to the East about 1,120 yards
- Orchard-Supplied Hardware about 1,120 yards
- Spitfire about 1,120 yards
- The Monkey King's Challenge about 1,150 yards
- The Mission about 1,290 yards
- Unbound about 1,300 yards
- Maul Gormal about 1,300 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Jade Forest, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Jade Forest:
- Pearlfin Village, Jade Forest
- Paw'Don Village, Jade Forest
- Jade Temple Grounds, Jade Forest
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 Jade Forest map
Reward details
Reputation: Pearlfin Jinyu +5,000
A reserved, methodical race of fish people.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in The Jade Forest that reward Pearlfin Jinyu reputation: The Path of War (+2,000), Freeing Our Brothers (+2,000), Ancient Power (+2,000), Jailbreak (+1,000), Kung Din (+4,000), Family Heirlooms (+2,500).
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
The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony
Part 13 of 13.
Previous: Family Heirlooms
- 1The White Pawn
- 2Hozen Aren't Your Friends, Hozen Are Your Enemies
- 3The Missing Admiral
- 4The Path of War
- 5Freeing Our Brothers
- 6Ancient Power
- 7Kung Din
- 8Jailbreak
- 9The Pearlfin Situation
- 10Road Rations
- 11The Elder's Instruments
- 12Family Heirlooms
- 13Spirits of the Water
Also part of: The Jade Forest (part 30 of 88).
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.
- Family Heirlooms
We recently lost a fierce battle against the hozen at Moonwater Retreat. We evacuated as many of our people as we could, but still, there were many we could not save. We have no tokens of our lost over which to send our prayers.
Also counted by Campaign: The Jade Forest
Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:
- Flying Colors
- Maul Gormal
- The Jade Witch
- Pei-Back
- The Silkwood Road
- The Perfect Color
- Quill of Stingers
- Anduin's Decision
Also counted by Upjade Complete
Its criteria name 19 quests; others include:
- Flying Colors
- Maul Gormal
- The Jade Witch
- Pei-Back
- The Silkwood Road
- The Perfect Color
- Quill of Stingers
- Anduin's Decision
The storyline at a glance
The Jade Forest, The Waterspeaking Ceremony has 13 steps, from The White Pawn to Spirits of the Water.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Jade Forest (13).
Other storylines on The Jade Forest map
- The Jade Forest, Dawn's Blossom & Tian Monastery & Nectarbreeze Village
- The Jade Forest, Greenstone Quarry & Terrace of Ten Thunders & The Jade Serpent
- The Jade Forest, Strange Bedfellows & Grookin Hill
- The Jade Forest, The White Pawn & Pearlfin Village
- The Jade Forest, Paw'don Village
- Mists of Pandaria
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward these achievements.
- Campaign: The Jade Forest: its criteria name 19 quests, this one included. Greater Bronze Cache.
- Upjade Complete: its criteria name 19 quests, this one included.