Simmer Down Now
Quest #25
Level 25
Ashenvale
1 run – thin
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What to do
Captain Tarkan at Silverwind Refuge wants you to defeat Tideress and 12 Befouled Water Elementals at Mystral Lake.
Objective by objective
- Kill or interact with Befouled Water Elemental NPC #3917
- Kill or interact with Tideress NPC #12759
The quest's own structured objectives. How many of each you need is set by the game when you accept it, so it is not stored here – the sentence above is the quest's own wording.
The quest giver's words
You should've seen it, <class>!
The elves thought Silverwind to be impenetrable. With its heavy defenses and their army of water elementals, they were almost right.
Almost.
One of our mages was able to summon a twisted elemental designed to send the others into a chaotic rage.
Ahh, the looks on their faces!
<Tarkan laughs.>
Unfortunately, the mage who summoned it fell in battle. Now I need someone to bring down our creation.
Progress
You back already? What's the situation out there - all cleared up now, thanks to you?
Completion
Yeah, I heard that someone tore up the lake out there like a dust devil through the Barrens. From the sound of it too, we might be able to set up a possible observation area out there to keep an eye on our Alliance friends. Well, that is if we can keep it on the down low...
Looks like you ended up being quite useful after all; the transports between here and Stonetalon should have an easier time of it. Take this - you've earned it.
Category: Ashenvale.
What you need
Nothing: no quest item is handed out and none is required to start.
The reward
No item reward.
- Money
- 18s
- and 12s more at level 90, the level cap, in place of the experience
- Experience
- 2,000
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at level 30 or lower; less above
By character level
Level Experience Share 23–30 2,000 100% 31 1,600 80% 32 1,200 60% 33 800 40% 34 400 20% 35–89 200 10% 90 none 12s more money The game pays the full figure up to five levels above the quest, then 20 % less for each level more, down to a tenth, and none at the level cap. A bonus of your own (a guild perk, a holiday) comes on top.
The listed figures and the players here disagree, so both are shown rather than one picked.
- Experience: players were paid 10% more than the 2,000 listed. An experience bonus (heirlooms, a guild perk) pays more; a character well above the quest's level earns less.
Reputation
- Orgrimmar +250
Who it is for
- Faction
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- Race
- any race
- Class
- any class
- Level
- quest level 25, requires level 23
- Profession
- none
- Repeats
- once only
The chain
This quest stands alone: nothing leads to it and nothing follows it.
Where it starts and ends
- Starts at
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- Captain Tarkan npc · Ashenvale at 0.501, 0.676
- Hand in to
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- Captain Tarkan npc · Ashenvale at 0.501, 0.676
- pick up
- turn in
These two markers are the quest giver's and the hand-in's own positions – not where anybody was standing. The recorded positions are further down, under the community data.
Relevant locations
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Ashenvale
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Captain Tarkan
Starts the quest · 50.1, 67.6
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Captain Tarkan
Hand the quest in · 50.1, 67.6
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Befouled Water Elemental
Quest objective · 47.6, 70.0
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Tideress
Quest objective · 48.2, 69.6
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The pins are the game's own map markers; the coordinates are the game's 0–100, as
/way takes them.
What players recorded
Everything below this line is a different kind of knowledge from everything above it. Above: what the quest is, the same on every realm. Below: what actually happened when people played it, uploaded by them, with the number of runs printed against every figure. It is an observation, not a fact about the quest.
This guide rests on 1 completed run. That is enough to show where people went and not enough to trust the timings – treat them as one player's evening.
How precise this guide is
Early guide Built from 1 run by 1 player – low confidence. Every upload of this quest sharpens it: the hotspots tighten, the order and the timings settle, and the parts below unlock as the sample grows.
- Where to go – pick-up, objectives and hand-in available
- Typical time and objective order – median and middle half needs 3 completed runs (now 1) not yet
- Tips – what most players do needs 5 runs (now 1) not yet
- Where players die – death hotspots on the map needs 5 characters from at least 2 different people (now 1 from 1) not yet
Timings
Based on 1 completed run. Published by the analyser – low confidence.
Same 1 run; mean 10 min 45 s.
Counting every recorded attempt, finished or not.
14 tracked kills, typically 2,200 XP, done around level 23.
The route
An early route: drawn from the first runs and sharper with every upload. Pick-up, hand-in and the objective hotspots are where the quest is, so they are shown from the first run.
Map coordinates are the addon's own 0–1 zone coordinates (Ashenvale), origin top-left, x to the right and y downward. Drag the zone map to pan, ctrl/⌘ + scroll or the buttons to zoom; the grid lines are tenths of the zone.
- hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
- where players were
- pick up
- turn in
- Pick up
- 0.500, 0.680 median of 1 recorded accept on Ashenvale
- Turn in
- 0.500, 0.680 median of 1 recorded turn-in on Ashenvale
- Deaths during this quest
- None recorded – nobody died doing this.
Objectives, in the order players do them
Order published by the analyser from 1 run.
Objective 2 — needs 1
Players finish it about 3 min 17 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet
Go to (published hotspots):
- 0.490, 0.690 weight 1.00, 2 points
1 recorded position in Ashenvale.
- hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
- where players were
- pick up
- turn in
Objective 1 — needs 12
Players finish it about 10 min 7 s into the quest (median over 1 run, low confidence). order not certain yet
Go to (published hotspots):
- 0.485, 0.708 weight 0.67, 16 points
12 recorded positions in Ashenvale.
- hotspot centroid (numbered by weight)
- where players were
- pick up
- turn in
Tips
The analyser has not published tips for this quest yet. These are read straight off the raw runs on this page, with the evidence spelled out.
- Most players finish objective 2 first.Evidence: median time to reach it is the shortest, over 1 run
Recorded runs
| Character | Time | Deaths | Level | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bananaroot-Hoptallus |
10 min 45 s | 0 | 23 | 18s |
Community notes
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