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1.	A Disturbing Development
2.	Defias in Dustwallow?
3.	Renn McGill
4.	Secondhand Diving Gear
5.	Recover the Cargo!

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Comment by adashiel

The debris is along the bottom, but because of the murky water it's hard to see until you're close. Fortunately, there's burning wreckage on the surface marking where they are. The debris on the bottom looks like the debris pools for Fishing, while the wreckage on the surface looks like burning pieces of wood. I was able to use the Salvage Kit on either one when 2.3 first came out, but now it seems you can only use it on the bottom unless the water is shallow.

When you salvage the wreckage, be prepared for an attack. Instead of a salvaged strongbox, you may get a Mirefin Ambusher.(##RESPBREAK##)2056##DELIM##adashiel##DELIM##

Comment by 87721

Open your Renn's Supplies to get the free waterbreath hat and the kit to open the salvage.

Just an FYI - if you decide to use water breath pots instead of the hat, the hat still counts down from the time you opened the bag... you can't save it for later :(

Comment by 18493

This is the follow up Quest Jaina Must Know

Comment by Badadz

Swin out east from questgiver. Look for floating boards on top and then go under water.

Comment by 79947

This quest is pretty easy if you have eng. Just make yourself an https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=10506 Deepdive Helmet. its a lot better than the helm they give you for the quest.

Comment by peeweesweden

This quest is easy as heck, but the rewards are utter shite, especially considering that by the time you can do this quest, you could quite easily solo the first part of Razorfren Kraul and kill Aggem Thorncurse to get https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=6681 instead. Twice.

I did that on my 34 hunter, and picked up a nice new boar pet while being in there.

Comment by 8153

A few words of warning for this quest:

1. If you are shape shifted while attempting to equip the helmet the helmet will disappear and you will not get the water breathing effect.

2. If there is no room in your inventory for the strong box you will fail to receive it and the wreckage will still disappear.

3. Stay away from Alcaz Island. Straying too closely will yield a ?? Elite Hydra chomping your hide the moment you get too close.

Comment by 34255

It is in the area of 64.21

Comment by kimmycake

This quest was really easy :]

I just wanted to add, that if you do decide to stay under water, all of the debris have fish floating around the bottom so you can see it from far away in the murky water. So you don't have to go up to look for the burning pieces of wood.

I only ran into 2 aggros. :D

Comment by 104850

Lol, i found out that when you strike the second time at a wreck, you can hear a sound or nothing. When you here this sound, you will get your strongbox. But if you here nothing on your second strike, the ambusher comes. So at your second strike, if you here nothing, pull back so you can try to salvage again :)

Comment by 84238

this leads to the "Jaina Must Know" chain.

https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/quest=11141

Comment by 116530

I hadn't tried the above staying on surface trick, but underwater I did find that about 50% of the time I had to aggro with murlocks that pop out of the wreckage and you dont get the strongbox.

Comment by 101773

Just a heads up, when using the salvage kit there's a very high chance you will spawn a mirefin ambusher instead og getting a quest item.

These ambushers do NOT drop the quest items so can be avoid...

Stealthers can use salvage kit, then just as bar completes restealth, done correctly you will not agro the ambusher.

Same can be applied to mages blinking out of agro range just before mob spawn.

Hope someone finds this useful! :)

Comment by 121859

I just wanted to add if it hasn't already been mentioned- when you're in the water, you can tell where the floating wreckages are because they have swarms of fish swimming under them that you'll be able to see from quite far off.

I found the drop-rate improved after I'd gotten one or two of the boxes. Also, if you're trying to get your XP up, I found the divers pretty good for that.

ETA: I just realised Kimmycake already mentioned this - it's very handy :)

Comment by 42080

I Find either this has been nerfed, or is just un-true.
I had no such luck with the above stratagy.

Comment by 121654

don't listen to them i found out the wreckage the ones with the most fish by them have the item your looking for the one with the less fish have the mob by them.p so have fun want remmber only u can prevent forest fire's wrong qoute lol

Comment by 30549

I found his dialog after you turn in the quest amusing so here it is:

Renn McGill says: Hmm... old coins... ugly jewelry...
Renn McGill says: More ugly jewelry... letters home... I'm beginning to give up hope!
Renn McGill says: Hey... what's this? A pair of manacles and not just any. These are enchanted. This cargo, it wasn't a thing... it was a person!

Comment by 153015

It seems there are less divers southern.

Comment by Thottbot

Easiest way is to stay above the water and look for the flaming wreckage. The stuff to salvage is directly below it. Sometimes you will get a lockbox, othertimes a small 36-38 mob appears.

Comment by Thottbot

Quest can be solo'd...did as 37 warrior.
However when opening the loot below each burning board (need 6)
just before it would finishing opening a murloc would appear and then the loot item would disappear w/o getting credit due to being interrupted.

Just had to keep going to another and another or wait for respawn...sometimes a murloc would appear, but only when murloc did not appear would get quest item credit.

It can be done but is annoying....make sure you are wearing the diving helmet, so you don't run out of breath! good luck

Can be found around coords 65.15 and nearby

Comment by Thottbot

were/how do u get the salvage kit?

Comment by Thottbot

You find a lot of cargo at Coord's 66'11. For people who dont have Cords. It is northwest of Alcaz island. You'll see them clearly floating on the water. Put on your diving gear, first you have to right click the diving kit in your bag.

Comment by Thottbot

CAN YOU KEEP THE DIVING HELMET?

It would be far cooler than the quest reward! For sure!

Comment by Thottbot

This quest is extremely easy!

Renn McGill gives you a bag "Renn's Supplies". Which gives you the "Salvage Kit" & "Repaired Diving Gear". Equip the Diving Gear & it will replace your helm.

I swam the bottom & looked for the flaming wreckage. Swim EAST from Renn, you'll find these really easy. You have to use the "Salvage Kit" to basically mine the Strong boxes. There is a chance a murloc will appear. I can see where this can be annoying if you get unlucky. Only took me 8 tries to get my 6. Murlocs were only level 36 for me.

I solo'd this quest as a 37 Shaman! Only thing you have to careful are the random Defias Divers that swim in the waters! They'll range up to level 38.

Once complete, just head back to Renn & it's that simple!

Comment by Thottbot

I'm not to sure what some people found on the bottom, but i got the 6 salvaged strongbox's from the burning peices of wood you see floating not to far from Ren Mcgill. I found this quest a bit buggy as i could only get it to collect if i jumped up on the wood facing the sparkles very close and click on the salvage kit. If you get interuppted by a Mirefin Murloc you don't get to collect that time. Does anyone know if you get to keep the Helmet after? I'd rather drop the quest than give this up :)

Comment by Thottbot

Took me 15 minutes. It can't be easier.

Comment by Thottbot

Pretty easy, soloed with a 35 shammy

Comment by Thottbot

Follow up quest:

https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/quest=11141/jaina-must-know

Comment by Thottbot

I too found the quest giver had disappeared. No stupidity about it - He just wasn't there. Must be a bug

Comment by Thottbot

66, 13 is a good place to go. It's a small island that you can stand on to mana up (for spellcasters), and you can see five or six burning wreckages in the area.

Comment by Thottbot

This Quest is just free xp for druids, they get an aquatic form at level 16, so it's pretty sinple. If a murloc pops up, cat form pwn it and go back. Priceless.

Comment by Thottbot

when you see the burning wreck u have to dive down below to where the boxes are and then salvage it. sometimes, as part of the quest, instead of salvaging, a murloc will appear out of nowhere and u will have to fight it. i already have a helm i wear, so i used a breathing potion for this quest

Comment by Thottbot

where is this guy after you get all his supplies

Comment by Thottbot

Fairly easy.

There are burning bits of wood that mark where some wreckage is (just below). Use the salvage kit to get the lockboxes (by right clicking it near the wreckage). Sometimes murlocs jump out at you, although mostly you'll get the lockboxes. I found if you need to eat or drink, kill anything surrounding the wreckage and go sit on the burning wood to drink - yes, they're sittable on!

The defias divers aren't too much of a problem. Just annoying.

Comment by Thottbot

I agree this quest was a snap for a druid. I didn't even have to use the dive helmet, just popped into aquatic form and swam to the burning wreckage. If something interrupted me I switched to cat form, killed it, and went back to looting the wreckage. Nice!

Comment by Thottbot

I was helping a friend of mine do this quest. She spoke with the guy floating in the water, and she went to collect the damaged suit, and tool kit. When we went back to turn that part in he wasn't there anymore. But we found out that the guy will disappear after the one part of this quest, but give it a few minutes, and he will come back. We just waited in the same spot, and he reappeared and she was able to turn that part in and then go collecting the salvaged boxes. So, if he disappears on you, don't give up.

Comment by Thottbot

easy quest soloed as a 34 paladin without dying. Only problems were the occasional lvl 38 diver, but even then a single heal was enough to outlast them

Comment by Thottbot

Did this as a level 37 warrior. Once I figured out that the strong boxes were NOT going to show up with the little gear symbol the quest was pretty easy. I even lost my diving gear somehow and managed the quest just fine. The only agro was an occasional murloc and and occasional diver...no real problems.

When I turned in the quest I realized that I could have gone back to the guy and gotten more diving gear.... oh well.

Comment by Thottbot

When doing this quest, I recommend that you dive down and clear the area of monsters *before* trying to collect the cargo. Otherwise, what is likely to happen is that when you collect the cargo pile, it turns into a murloc. Then, while the murloc is introducing you to its claws, one or more defias divers in their "radar men from the moon" suits will stop by and introduce you to their spears. This is interesting the first time it happens, but annoying after about the 5th time.

Using a water-breathing potion makes life easier as well.

Comment by Allakhazam

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Comment by Allakhazam

Although this quest wasn't hard it was annoying as utter hell. I had to go through 15 or 17 different burning cargo wrecks before I was able to gather the required ammount of cargo. 5 times in a row I got Mirefin ambushers, and though not hard they were annoying.

P.S - This quest sucks for Mages, not a single award item you can use once completed.

Comment by Allakhazam

It wasn't as bad as some others described. Took about 5-10 mins.
To start, look right behind the quest-giver in the ocean. You will see some burning wreckage floating around. That's what you're looking for. The quest-giver gives you a bag which contains Diving gear and Salvage Kit. Wear the Diving gear (head piece) as it will allow you to breath under water. Now swim to a burning wreckage. Right beneath it you'll see Shipwreck debris. Swim to it and when you get close enough click on your Salvage kit. This will randomly either give you the quest item or spawn a lvl 37 murlock. I had to fight two mulocks to get my 6 boxes. Also watch out for the lvl 38 Defias Divers in the water. They roam around.
Quest leads to: Jaina Must Know

Comment by Allakhazam

Just look out for burning planks of wood. Dive down and right click. Watch out for the occasional Murloc that might spawn. Also, some level 37 Defias Divers swimming back and forth. I had no problem with my Shammy at level 39. Nice 3700 XP and 40 silver.

Comment by Allakhazam

Welll there is a couple of interesting things about this quest. One, the debris (scattered on the ocean floor near Renn) may give you a drop or may spawn a mirefin ambusher. Two, the gear he gives you to do the quest is an underwater breathing device ... so, you might want to think about not turning in the quest and just keeping this nifty toy :D I am a mage so I am going to try to keep it as there is no caster reward >.< for this quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

Since the duratin on the diving gear is only 60min.. I would not keep it!

Comment by Allakhazam

I can understand the logic behind having defias divers roaming around the wreckages, but to have a murlock pop out of them is rather lame imo. Hasn't bliz prolonged the game long enough now with trying to get to level 70? (80 late next year I understand) Apparently not, when they keep adding these lame quests.

Comment by Allakhazam

These new dustwallow marsh quests stink of the daily TBC quests.

All blizz have done is this -

1) Grabbed some old wow models
2) Placed them randomly across the map
3) Added a little lame story to it
4) Use an item on another item and then hand in to quest giver

I can instantly tell which are the new quests and which are the orignal quests.

I cant quite place my finger on it, but theres something not enjoyable about the new quests, they just seem shallow, no mystery behind them, no real storyline, no character to them. Kill a mob, collect an item, thats it. Its like your just completing the quest for the sake of it with no real reason for doing so.

Wierd feeling i have doing these quests, just too similar to the shallow dailies in TBC to be enjoyable.

Comment by Allakhazam

sigh, from 10 the debris i get quite everytime a mirefin :((

Comment by Allakhazam

This quest is extremely easy!

Renn McGill gives you a bag "Renn's Supplies". Which gives you the "Salvage Kit" & "Repaired Diving Gear". Equip the Diving Gear & it will replace your helm.

I swam the bottom & looked for the flaming wreckage. Swim EAST from Renn, you'll find these really easy. You have to use the "Salvage Kit" to basically mine the Strong boxes. There is a chance a murloc will appear. I can see where this can be annoying if you get unlucky. Only took me 8 tries to get my 6. Murlocs were only level 36 for me.

I solo'd this quest as a 37 Shaman! Only thing you have to careful are the random Defias Divers that swim in the waters! They'll range up to level 38.

Once complete, just head back to Renn & it's that simple!

Comment by Allakhazam

when I did this, I think the closer to the starting npc the wreckage was, the more of a chance it would not contain a murloc. As I got closer to the big island, I got more of the murlocs - just a thought - might not be correct but that's the way it seemed to me.

Comment by Allakhazam

Its pretty easy, just open Renn's supplies (you get when you accept quest) get the repaired diving gear and the salvage kit, then swim east of the island where you get quest and look for burning wreckage, swim under the burning wreckage and use the salvage kit on the debris, do this until you have six of them, just go back if you still need more.just remember to watch out for defilas and the annoying murlocs that come out of the debris sometimes, and dont go too close to alcaz island

Edited, Jan 26th 2008 12:35pm by WOWjonathan

Edited, Jan 26th 2008 12:38pm by WOWjonathan

Comment by Allakhazam

Swim out in the sea from the questgiver and you'll see some burning wreckages ( I found the first one at 64,20). Then dive down under the wreckage and you'll see a shipwreck debris. Use the salvage kit, and you'll find a salvaged strongbox. Contine 'til you've got six, then return to the questgiver.

Edit: You may not get a strongbox of every debris, insted you'll get to fight an annoying lvl 37 murlock or something. So keep your eyes open.

Edited, Nov 16th 2007 5:56am by xDunkelheit

Comment by Allakhazam

yep right you are on that one ...sigh...can't blame me for tryin tho hehe...this quest leads to Jaina Must Know btw :)

Comment by Allakhazam

Leads to "Jaina must know"

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Recover the Cargo!

Bring 6 Salvaged Strongboxes to Renn McGill in Dustwallow Marsh.

	Salvaged Strongbox (6)
	Salvage Kit (1)

Provided item:

	Renn's Supplies (1)

Description

Well, I was able to make enough repairs to this gear to let you dive for awhile, anyway. I wouldn't count on it holding out for a long time, though.

The wreckage of the ship is strewn along the bottom from the east coast of this island out toward Alcaz Island. While that helm holds out, locate pieces of the wreckage on the bottom between this island and Alcaz. Use this salvage kit to search the wreckage for pieces of the cargo. Be careful not to venture too close to Alcaz Island. Those hydra are fierce.

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You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Fleshripper		Crimson Barbut
	Mariner's Sword

You will also receive:

	Repaired Diving Gear

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11140))

Recover the Cargo!

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