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Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces

Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Kelp'thar Forest. It is step 8 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 1 reputation reward, 4,800 experience and money.

Description

You've done us a great service, <class>, so I'm going to let you in on a little secret. The men you've saved today aren't your everyday Stormwind troops.

We belong to a special detachment of elite soldiers sent here not only to contend with the Horde, but to investigate the massive geological disturbances originating from the nearby sea floor.

I tell you this because our top secret equipment lies in the bottom of some of our wrecked ships here.

That gear must be retrieved!

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationStormwind +250
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1)A Personal Summons{H}
 |                    \
1)Eye of the Storm(A) 1)The Eye of the Storm(H)
 ├─────────────────────┘
 |
G)To the Depths{H} S)Hero's Call: Vashj'ir!(A) S)Warchief's Command: Vashj'ir!(H)
 |  ┌───────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
 |OR|
1)Call of Duty{H}──>2)Once More, With Eeling
2)Sea Legs{H}
2)Pay It Forward{H}
2)Rest For the Weary{H}
 |                    \
2)Buy Us Some Time{H} 2)Traveling on Our Stomachs{H}
 ├─────────────────────┼──┬────────────┐
2)Girding Our Loins(H) | 2)To Arms!(A) |
 ├>G)Pay Attention!(H) |  |            |
 |                  |OR|  | 2)Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces(A)
 |      2)Helm's Deep(H)  └───┤
 |      2)Finders, Keepers(H) |
 |      /                     |
2)Bring It On!(H)       2)On Our Own Terms(A)
2)Blood and Thunder!(H) 2)All or Nothing(A)
 ├──┬────────────────────┘
 | 3)Better Late Than Dead  3)Kliklak's  Craw
 | 3)The Abyssal Ride
 | G)Good Deed Left Undone  3)The Horde's Hoard
 |OR|
3)Gimme Shelter!────────>3)A Case of Crabs
3)Ain't Too Proud to Beg
 ├>3)A Girl's Best Friend
 ├>3)A Taste For Tail
 ├>3)An Opened Can of Whoop Gnash
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3)Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark──>3)Nerve Tonic
 ├>4)Oh, the Insanity!
 | 5)Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt...  4)Blackfin's Booty
 | 5)Shark Weak
 | 5)DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun
 | 4)A Bone to Pick
 | 5)Decisions, Decisions
 | 
3)Ophidophobia──>4)Lady La-La's Medallion
3)A Desperate Plea
3)Undersea Sanctuary
6)Spelunking{H}
6)Debriefing{H}
6)Wake of Destruction─────┬>6)Decompression{H}
6)Come Hell of High Water ├>6)What? What? In My Gut...?{H}
6)The Warden's Time       └>6)How Disarming
7)Across the Great Divide
7)The Looming Threat
7)Backed Into a Corner
7)Rundown            ┌>9)Slippery Threat
8)Silver Tide Hollow─┼>9)Don't be Shellfish
9)The Great Sambino  └>8)A Distracting Scent
9)Undersea Inflation
9)Totem Modification  9)Crabby Patrons
8)Back In One Piece
G)Toshe's Vengeance──>Vengeful Heart*
Quest zones:
1)Orgrimmar+Stormwind_____2)Legion's Fate+Seafarer's Tomb_____3)Shallow's End+Smuggler's Hole_____4)Gurboggle's Ledge_____5)Skeletal Reef_____6)Deepmist Grotto+The Clutch_____7)Damplight Chamber+Shimmering Grotto_____8)Silver Tide Hollow_____9)Silver Tide Trench
G)Gluing Separate Questlines_____S)Skippable
* is another Quest Tree.


IMPORTANT INFO:


  2. In order to getPay Attention! you must completeGirding Our Loins before acceptingHelm's Deep.

  4. Better Late Than Dead andThe Abyssal Ride are NOT needed to takeGimme Shelter! and followups, however that would make you unable to getGood Deed Left Undone.

  6. [item=55186] have 0% drop chance beforeOphidophobia done and 100% after, however anyone can share you this quest as long as you are 80+lvl.

  8. Anyone can takeVengeful Heart and do it's followups as long as they are 80+lvl. Quests above are NOT needed for it.


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

Reward details

Reputation: Stormwind +250

One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Kelp'thar Forest that reward Stormwind reputation: Buy Us Some Time (+250), To Arms! (+250), Traveling on Our Stomachs (+250), On Our Own Terms (+250), All or Nothing (+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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapKelp'thar Forest
World Map

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

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:

  • Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 370 yards south-east
  • Sandy Beach, Vashj'irAlliance · about 830 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 180 yards east

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, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 8 of 149.

Previous: To Arms! · Next: On Our Own Terms

  1. 3Pay It Forward
  2. 4Rest For the Weary
  3. 5Buy Us Some Time
  4. 6Traveling on Our Stomachs
  5. 7To Arms!
  6. 8Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces
  7. 9On Our Own Terms
  8. 10All or Nothing
  9. 11Call of Duty
  10. 12Sea Legs
  11. 13Pay It Forward
  12. 14Rest For the Weary

Showing steps 3 to 14 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.

  • To Arms!Kelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    As we struggled not to drown, my men and I were forced to abandon our weapons and much of our armor. Erunak says to expect a major attack from the naga soon and I'm inclined to believe him. If we're going to stand a chance, we'll need your help to recover our lost armaments.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • On Our Own TermsKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35

    We're as ready as we'll ever be. No sense waiting around for the naga to find us. I'll address the men, then we'll meet the enemy on our own terms and let fate decide the outcome.

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 Kelp'thar Forest map

  • Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths43 steps, starts with Bio-Fuel

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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