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The Aid of the Tides quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq6AvgTop08
This quest is part of the Horde War Campaign (gated behind the [faction=2157] reputation).
The Strike on Boralus Cutscene questchain of the Ready for War <= more info and rep requirement inside.89The Strike on Boralus[npc=135691]Zuldazarhttps://youtu.be/AX24I23YKzw912The Strike on Boralus[npc=140485]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/FZBnUWzCF-I92The Strike on Boralus[npc=140485]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/FJ85Qp99pdU953The Strike on Boralus[npc=140487]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/99975Cte1Cg96The Strike on Boralus[npc=140487]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/JmNNU-2HGjY97The Strike on Boralus[npc=140487]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/Fc8rggNETzw99The Strike on Boralus Cutscene[npc=140485]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/mq6AvgTop08100The Strike on Boralus [currency=1553][npc=135691]Tiragarde Soundhttps://youtu.be/fYM_2Xy92GE
Id column is approximate quest № In Kul Tiras storyline (Ready for War <= for more info about order)
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see a number there
Quest
The Aid of the Tides
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Makes no sense to me at all. Once this quest is over you still have Plunder Harbor as a base, makes no sense.
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Quest facts
Quest ID52192
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52192))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
With Derek's body and the Abyssal Scepter in stow, our undertaking here today is complete. Let us escape under their noses. When you are ready, let us return to Zuldazar. Sylvanas will want to hear of our victories.
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-inIn-game waypoint: /way #862 58.4 62.6
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #895 86.9 53.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inZuldazar 58.4, 62.6
/way #862 58.4 62.6 - Objective areaTiragarde Sound 86.9, 53.2
/way #895 86.9 53.2
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 Zuldazar map
- Return to Zuldazar same spot
- Operation: Grave Digger same spot
- Operation: Water Wise same spot
- Operation: Bottom Feeder same spot
- Through the Front Door same spot
- Our War Continues same spot
- The Day is Won same spot
- A Goblin's Definition of Success same spot
- The Return of Derek Proudmoore same spot
- The Ongoing Campaign same spot
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zuldazar, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zuldazar:
- Port of Zandalar, Zuldazar
- The Mugambala, Zuldazar
- Tusk Isle, Zuldazar
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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Reward details
Reputation: The Honorbound +150
A special delegation of the Horde army, focused on disrupting Alliance operations in Kul Tiras.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
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 Strike on Boralus
Part 11 of 13.
We now have the perfect bait to draw the Kul Tiran military away from their capital city of Boralus. This will buy us time to obtain our ultimate goal: the Abyssal Scepter.
Previous: Life Held Hostage · Next: Champion: Lilian Voss
- 1When a Plan Comes Together
- 2The Bulk of the Guard
- 3Old Colleagues
- 4A Well Placed Portal
- 5Relics of Ritual
- 6Tidesage Teachings
- 7Forfeit Souls
- 8Gaining the Upper Hand
- 9Return to the Harbor
- 10Life Held Hostage
- 11The Aid of the Tides
- 12Champion: Lilian Voss
- 13A Cycle of Hatred
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.
- Life Held Hostage
As Lilian has pointed out, it seems we have a final visitor. Shall we go pay him a visit?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
The storyline at a glance
The Strike on Boralus has 13 steps, from When a Plan Comes Together to A Cycle of Hatred.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tiragarde Sound (8), Boralus (2), Zuldazar (2), Orgrimmar (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Zuldazar map
- Unrest in Zuldazar
- Among the People
- Gaining a Foothold
- Serious Monkey Business
- The Strike on Zuldazar
- Warbeast Kraal
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.