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Quest
The Looming Threat
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I tried starting the quest while on my Sea Turtle mount and I couldn't see him in the dream. Only when I dismounted and started the quest could I see him.
For the people still struggling with this quest (I know I did a lot...) try a simple relog. It worked for me when anything else didn't.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
Quest ID25334
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25334))
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse, step 50 of 149
Rewards10g 30s 50c, 3,600 XP
Description
Can ya feel how angry the elements be? They be wantin' to attack us and consume us even as we just arrive. We need ta calm dem, but that kinda wisdom only comes from knowin' what's riling them up in da first place. Come sit with me by da fire. Let yaself get lost in da flames... let ya spirit peer into the true threat.
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
- Honor the Flame about 960 yards
- To the Deeps about 1,710 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 1,710 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
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Sandy Beach, Vashj'ir
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 Shimmering Expanse map
Reward details
Reputation: The Earthen Ring +150
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 Shimmering Expanse that reward The Earthen Ring reputation: Backed Into a Corner (+350), A Distracting Scent (+250), Totem Modification (+250), Undersea Inflation (+250), Don't be Shellfish (+250), Slippery Threat (+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 50 of 149.
Previous: Across the Great Divide · Next: Backed Into a Corner
- 45What? What? In My Gut...?
- 46Decompression
- 47Decompression
- 48The Warden's Time
- 49Across the Great Divide
- 50The Looming Threat
- 51Backed Into a Corner
- 52Rundown
- 53Silver Tide Hollow
- 54The Great Sambino
- 55Undersea Inflation
- 56Totem Modification
Showing steps 45 to 56 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.
- Across the Great Divide
We will need to press deeper into Vashj'ir if we want to uncover what the naga are doing here. Go to the Lightless Reaches, the giant chasm bordering the Kelp'thar Forest to the west. If you look across it, you should see a cluster of plant-life surrounding the entrance to Damplight Chamber.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Backed Into a Corner
The naga are upon us, <class>. Aid us in fightin' dem off!
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.