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Waking the Beast (Alliance)

Waking the Beast is an Alliance-only quest for level 30-35 in Shimmering Expanse. It is step 71 of 149 in the Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse storyline. It rewards 2 reputation rewards, 4,800 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

Thanks to you and the Captain, Nespirah has full control of her body... but most of the naga don't know this yet. Once we make our escape, she will activate her biological defenses and destroy the naga from within.

Make yourself ready... I will now tell Nespirah to begin the countdown.

Rewards

Money13 gold74 silver
Experience4,800 XP
ReputationAlliance +150, The Earthen Ring +150
Top Comments

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Voice of Nespirah yells: K-k-k-k-kkkah! I am freed from the naga's servitude, and my will is once again my own!
Voice of Nespirah yells: My body is already starting to fight the naga infection. Please, I ask you to get to safety before I unleash my wrath!
Voice of Nespirah says: You may leave now, friend. The tauren's friend Erunak should be waiting outside with seahorses. In fact, it looks like he is here now.

Erunak Stonespeaker says: I have secured escape for us, <name>. You are to come with me.
Erunak Stonespeaker says: Duarn - excellent work. Do not dally long within Nespirah's shell. You know as well as I do the dangers posed by an angry demigod.
Voice of Nespirah says: Worry not, Erunak. The tauren will be safe.
Erunak Stonespeaker yells: Now, follow me!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,800
MoneyGold13g 74s
ReputationAlliance+150
ReputationThe Earthen Ring+150

Reward details

Reputation: Alliance +150

Reputation group: Classic.

Other quests in Shimmering Expanse that reward Alliance reputation: We Are Not Alone (+75), Hopelessly Gearless (+250), Body Blows (+250), Still Valuable (+250), Overseer Idra'kess (+500).

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.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapShimmering Expanse
Objective areaKelp'thar Forest
World Map

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.

Shimmering Expanse Quest turn-in
Kelp'thar Forest Objective area

Nearby on the Shimmering Expanse map

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

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:

  • Tranquil Wash, Vashj'irAlliance · about 60 yards south
  • Silver Tide Hollow, Vashj'irAlliance and Horde · about 460 yards north
  • Voldrin's Hold, Vashj'irAlliance · about 760 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 180 yards north-east (on the Kelp'thar Forest map)
  • Objective areaabout 80 yards east (on the Kelp'thar Forest map)

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse

Part 71 of 149.

Previous: Overseer Idra'kess · Next: A Powerful Need To Eat

  1. 66We Are Not Alone
  2. 67Hopelessly Gearless
  3. 68Body Blows
  4. 69Still Valuable
  5. 70Overseer Idra'kess
  6. 71Waking the Beast
  7. 72A Powerful Need To Eat
  8. 73Art of Attraction
  9. 74Odor Coater
  10. 75Clamming Up
  11. 76Bellies Await
  12. 77Caught Off-Guard

Showing steps 66 to 77 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.

  • Overseer Idra'kessShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    My men are flagging, <name>. We won't last much longer against these naga, I'm afraid. With the Idra'kess' weapons, and Nespirah's pearls, we should be ready to bust out of here. Follow the wall to the southeast, and look for a ramp to the upper chamber.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • A Powerful Need To EatShimmering Expanse · Level 30-35

    Poor things. They're starving. We've many matters to attend to, not the least of them the naga, but first we need to get some food in these bellies. I'm not sure what the naga fed them up in that shell, if anything, but they're definitely worse for the wear.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance only · Shimmering Expanse · Level 30-35.

Also counted by Sinking into Vashj'ir

Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:

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

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Waking the Beast. They differ in the faction shown here.

QuestFactionID
Waking the Beast (this page)Alliance25922
Waking the BeastHorde25996
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