TheWoWDBJust a note to fellow shamans, dropping any of our earth totems will currently replace the quest item and interrupt the drilling. Take care to drop your 4 totems before starting the quest or just don't drop an earth totem.
Quest
Totem Modification
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Might be just me being dense, but as nobody else has posted it yet.... You need to move away from the quest giver a little and plant the totem in the sand, ie. the land that is sand coloured, not the white stuff. Felt stupid once I'd worked that out.
just a note, hunter traps will also interrupt the drilling as well.
Quest facts
Quest ID25217
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25217))
Description
Okay, I'll let you in on the real work, since you're looking at me so desperately. This rock is untapped! It's probably richer than a trade prince during a great war! I need samples. More samples. Samples from everywhere! I've modified my earth totems to drill through the sand and store samples of the rock underneath. Go find a nice spot and plant one. The shaking and rumbling will probably attract all the cute, curious wildlife, so maybe you can make some friends while you're at it.
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.
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #203 58.7 46.3
Coordinates
- Objective areaVashj'ir 58.7, 46.3
/way #203 58.7 46.3
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 Shimmering Expanse map
- Honor the Flame about 460 yards
- To the Deeps about 940 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 940 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:
- Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'ir
- Tranquil Wash, Vashj'ir
- Sandy Beach, 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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3D Model
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Reward details
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TypePlate Waist
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +5 Mastery
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for25 gold63 silver
TypeDagger One-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon6 - 10 damage, speed 1.8
Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Mastery
Suited toSurvival, Subtlety, Assassination
Sells to vendors for66 gold36 silver
TypeOne-Handed Mace One-Hand
Item level35
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon5 - 6 damage, speed 2.6
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike, +4 Haste
Suited toRestoration, Mistweaver, Shadow, Holy, Discipline, Elemental, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Balance
Sells to vendors for66 gold11 silver
Reputation: The Earthen Ring +250
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), Undersea Inflation (+250), Don't be Shellfish (+250), Slippery Threat (+250), Rundown (+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 56 of 149.
Previous: Undersea Inflation · Next: Back in One Piece
- 51Backed Into a Corner
- 52Rundown
- 53Silver Tide Hollow
- 54The Great Sambino
- 55Undersea Inflation
- 56Totem Modification
- 57Back in One Piece
- 58Vengeful Heart
- 59Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
- 60Nespirah
- 61Making Contact
- 62Slave Labor
Showing steps 51 to 62 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.
- Undersea Inflation
Fine! Fine. You argued me into it. You can help. I'm leaking air worse than a zeppelin stuffed with quilboar! My air valve must have come loose somewhere in the trench. I brought spare air balloons - make yourself useful and go fill one up, will ya? And find my valve! I'll need that too.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Back in One Piece
Yeah yeah, I'm sure Felora wants you back. That woman has no respect for innovation. When I told her about the modifications I was making for my Earth Elemental, she nearly threw a fit. Go tell her everything's all well and dandy.
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.