Quest

The Abyssal Ride

A World of Warcraft quest in Kelp'thar Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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3586632010-12-07T04:19:36-06:00+54via Wowhead

Be sure to dismiss your non combat pet before clicking the rope, or your seahorse will not spawn.

troelala2010-09-02T16:56:10-05:00+49via Wowhead

you don't use the keyboard for left or right or straight ahead.. you click the buttons on the screen or use the numbers 1-3. Don't use the usual A-W-D. Sounds obvious, but took me some tries to figure it out.

334642010-12-07T18:05:50-06:00+46via Wowhead

"Use" the coil of rope at the edge of the abyss just a few metres from the quest giver. A seahorse will arrive from the right side in about 5 seconds. Nudge forward a bit, to where the bait is, and you should be in range to Mount the seahorse when it arrives.
Once you've successfully mounted (it may take a few tries, including re-using the coil of rope), get your fingers on the 1, 2, and 3 keys.
The seahorse will start swimming on its own. Once under way, you will start getting orders to use one of the 3 controls - the orders are flashed in top centre of the screen. Orders will include a large icon of the arrow, and clear instructions, such as [<] and "Lean LEFT", for example.
Strike the correct key ONCE, IMMEDIATELY, and you will get immediate feedback, saying, "well done", "perfect" or some such thing. Another order will come in a few seconds. There are about 10 to 20 commands given as you run a circular course, and then you'll be dropped, with a completion alert.
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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35

ZoneKelp'thar Forest

Quest ID25371

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25371))

What to do

StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 23 of 149

Rewards

Vashj'ir Seahorse, 27g 48s, 6,000 XP

Description

If you are going to be making it anywhere in this kelp forest, we need to get you a reliable mount. I think I've come up with a better plan than the sea turtle, and it's not far. Tie off a lure at the rope just west of us, and then mount the seahorse that it will attract. Be warned, you may need to work hard to break the beast.

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 no plotted point

Nearby on the Kelp'thar Forest map

Orako's Report about 2,890 yards
Phosphora Hunting about 2,890 yards
A Lure about 2,890 yards
Coldlights Out about 2,890 yards
The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo about 2,890 yards
Into the Totem about 2,930 yards
Bio-Fuel about 3,000 yards
One Last Favor about 3,020 yards
"Glow-Juice" about 3,070 yards
Here Fishie Fishie about 3,070 yards

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

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

Smuggler's Scar, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 400 yards north-east
Sandy Beach, Vashj'irAlliance · about 420 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 30 yards south-west
Objective areaabout 30 yards south

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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Vashj'ir Seahorse

Money27 gold48 silver

Experience6,000 XP

ReputationThe Earthen Ring +350

Other quests on the Kelp'thar Forest map

Reward details

Items you receive

Vashj'ir Seahorse

TypeMiscellaneous

Item level10

BindingBinds when picked up

UseLearning

EffectVashj'ir Seahorse

Requires level10

“Teaches you how to beckon your Vashj'ir Seahorse. Can only be summoned in aquatic environments.”

Reputation: The Earthen Ring +350

This gathering of the most powerful shaman of Azeroth seeks to maintain the balance between the world's elemental forces. Their main focus during the cataclysm has been to repair and stabilize the damage caused by Deathwing's arrival.

Reputation group: Cataclysm.

Other quests in Kelp'thar Forest that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Sea Legs (+250), Pay It Forward (+250), Pressure is Mounting (+250), A Test of Wills (+250), Better Late Than Dead (+250), Back in the Saddle (+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.

Storyline

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 23 of 149.

Previous: Better Late Than Dead · Next: Gimme Shelter!

Showing steps 18 to 29 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.

Better Late Than DeadKelp'thar Forest · Level 30-35
Greetings, friend. It is good to see that you survived your battle in one piece. While Erunak tries to scry a place of safety for us all, I shall assist you in securing a less strenuous means of transport. I have prepared this baitstick to use near a sea turtle.

After this quest