During this quest you must follow Erunak to his seahorse. Sometimes the seahorse does not spawn. Just abandon the quest and start it again and the seahorse should spawn.
Quest
Waking the Beast
A World of Warcraft quest in Shimmering Expanse. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Type "/tar Erunak" he will start in the back of the room and move his way forward to you and Duarn. Follow him as he moves and stay with him. He will guide you out and take you to a sea-horse. Mount it. Do not ditch Erunak.
I just did this quest, took Erunak's Seahorse. It took me to Legion's Rest... and now I have no more quests, I had to change zones to get more? Did I miss something huge? I've been all over looking for an exclamation mark... and nothing
** I missed a quest outside called Crafty Crabs, if you do not do this quest no other chains will open up! GOOD INFO! haha**
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25996))
Requirements
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
Description
Thanks to you and the Legionnaire, 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.
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
- To the Deeps about 320 yards
- Wavespeaker's Trail about 320 yards
- Honor the Flame about 720 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
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Shimmering Expanse:
- Stygian Bounty, Vashj'ir
- Legion's Rest, Vashj'ir
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Other quests on the Shimmering Expanse map
Reward details
Reputation: Horde +150
Reputation group: Classic.
Other quests in Shimmering Expanse that reward Horde 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.
Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse
Part 90 of 149.
Previous: Overseer Idra'kess · Next: Shelled Salvation
- 85We Are Not Alone
- 86Hopelessly Gearless
- 87Body Blows
- 88Still Valuable
- 89Overseer Idra'kess
- 90Waking the Beast
- 91Shelled Salvation
- 92Crafty Crabs
- 93Something Edible
- 94Caught Off-Guard
- 95Swift Approach
- 96An Occupation of Time
Showing steps 85 to 96 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'kess
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 northeast, and look for a ramp to the upper chamber.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Shelled Salvation
A lot of the men haven't made it to the cave yet. It's a safe bet that they're stranded at the vents on the ridge above us. We found some spiralung shells on the way here. They don't produce much air, but it was enough for us to make the cave.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Shimmering Expanse · Level 30-35.
Also counted by Sinking into Vashj'ir
Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:
- Back in One Piece
- A Desperate Plea
- Decisions, Decisions
- Blood and Thunder!
- Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir
- Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
- Put It On
- Decompression
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.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- Sinking into Vashj'ir: its criteria name 14 quests, this one included.