TheWoWDBthe Taken Gilblins also give the head. WoWs quest helper thing isnt fully accurate on the places they spawn either.
Quest
Those Aren't Masks
A World of Warcraft quest in Abyssal Depths. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Guide to Vashj'ir Abyssal Depths Alliance quests:
The entire Vashj'ir line starts in Stormwind with Call of Duty.
The immediate pre-requisite to this chain is Full Circle from
Shimmering Expanse.At any time, kill a Hellscream Seadog to get Claim Korthun's End.
Main chain:
Bio-fuel
Fuel-ology 101 ( use 2 remora and 3 hammerhead oil)
The Brothers Digsong
Phosphora Hunting
A Lure and Coldlights Out
Optional: Enormous Eel Egg should have dropped, which starts
a quest leading to The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick BoogalooNext: One Last Favor which also unlocks optional quests
Those Aren't Masks
Put it On
Several optional quests:
Scalding Shrooms and Into the Totem
... It Will Come (also unlocks Fiends from the Netherworld)
Unplug L'ghorek
Communing with the Ancient
Runestones of Binding and Ascend No More!
Optional: Twilight Cage Key drops to start Prisoners
Twilight Extermination
All that Rises
Back to Darkbreak Cove
Defending the Rift (gives 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and ends the Vashj'ir quests)
The actual mobs you're 'supposed' to kill seem to be somewhat rare.
Go for the Taken Giblins. They're more numerous and 'easier' (one mob versus two, one of which is like... 5k health.) to kill.
They can be found all around Deepfin Ridge.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneAbyssal Depths
Quest ID25981
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25981))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineVashj'ir, Abyssal Depths, step 13 of 43
Rewards13g 74s, 4,800 XP
Description
{name}, there are these demon squid-things out there that are eating gilblins' heads and then taking them over! That's one way to get slaves. Think you could swim out northwest onto Deepfin Ridge or into the Sira'kess Front and bring me back some of those Merciless things?
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 Abyssal Depths map
- Full Circle about 50 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Abyssal Depths, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Abyssal Depths:
- Darkbreak Cove, Vashj'ir
- Tranquil Wash, Vashj'ir
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
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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Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
Other quests on the Abyssal Depths map
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths
Part 13 of 43.
Previous: A Standard Day for Azrajar · Next: Put It On
- 8The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo
- 9One Last Favor
- 10Sira'kess Slaying
- 11Treasure Reclamation
- 12A Standard Day for Azrajar
- 13Those Aren't Masks
- 14Put It On
- 15Environmental Awareness
- 16The Perfect Fuel
- 17Orako
- 18"Glow-Juice"
- 19Here Fishie Fishie
Showing steps 8 to 19 of 43.
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.
- A Standard Day for Azrajar
<name>, the snakes are after our daft and barmy. Go back northwest to Deepfin Ridge and plant some do me good in that pot and pan pitch and toss of theirs. They'll kick and prance away with their alderman's nails tucked between their nutmegs when they see that.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Put It On
Hey, <name>, I've got an idea for a disguise! Take one of these merciless whatchamacallits and put it on your head. What could possibly go wrong? Ready to put it on?
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Abyssal Depths · Level 30-35.
The storyline at a glance
Vashj'ir, Abyssal Depths has 43 steps, from Bio-Fuel to Defending the Rift.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Abyssal Depths (30), Kelp'thar Forest (12), Vashj'ir (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Abyssal Depths map
- Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
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.