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Comment by 4069

In addition to killing the mobs listed that drop the Meat, you can loot underwater clams that are in the area. There are 34-35 mobs in the area that you'll probably have to kill to be able to loot the underwater clams.

There are also a number of water logged chests if you're a rogue looking to level up your lock picking skill. Becuase of swimspeed this becomes a slow quest.

This quest is also very near https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=6143 for the Horde, so you might just want to hit them at the same time.

Comment by Ormriss

Watch out for the crawlers on the ocean floor. They won't aggro on you (unless you attack them), but they will destroy the giant clams you need to open in order to get the meat. They run fast once they've zeroed in on a clam, so attack them before they get near it.

Comment by 23118

The ship is at 33,33

Comment by 32725

Also watch out for the Deepstrider Giant (https://www.wowhead.com/classic/npc=4686) who might be passing by when you're collecting the clams

Comment by Thottbot

This ship mentioned in the quest is acctually much closer to Ethel Rethor, keep going west from the road near there and it should be a little southwest once you get to the coast, it sticks out of the water a bit

Comment by Thottbot

I found the ship at 33;33

Bubbles can be found just north of the ship and at 25;38

Bait was found at 25;47 23;40 24,43 29;36 and at local wildlife in the area.

Comment by Thottbot

Location is correct and its true that enraged reef crawlers eat the clams, but if you kill them, you can loot the clam meat back.

Comment by Thottbot

I found the clams that spawned at 29,26 and 29,29 the easiest to get and did not have to fight at all.

Comment by Thottbot

... more like 3 min

Comment by Thottbot

33,26 has a bunch of giant clams laying around.

Comment by Thottbot

I was doing this quest and an Enraged reef crawler ate the clam I was going for, so i decided I would kill him for it and when I did he dropped the clam. I continued killing a few more in the area and I found that they also seem to drop the clams.

Comment by Thottbot

and kill the mini crabs!

Comment by Thottbot

There are actually clams on the sea floor even before you reach the ship when you come from Shadowprey Village. There's already one at 23,49 and other ones on the way to the ship. There are less mobs here, but also less clams.

Comment by Thottbot

This quest wasvery easy for me as long as you don't draw a big mob. Just take it slow and use any frost resistence you have. Kill the crabs too for more meat. I just found two clams close and they spawned really fast. Never found a ship though.

Comment by Thottbot

Wreckage is at 32,32

Soft-Shelled Clam are scattered up and down coast around wreckage. Engraged Reef Crawlers also drop them (and steal the ones from the sea bed).

Comment by Thottbot

Ship wreckage is at 33,33 - direclty to the west of Thunder Axe Fortress, so it's better to travel thru the land.

Comment by Thottbot

This quest is doable if you are lvl 31 or more, just be careful not to get too close to those 2 or more levels higher than you. Start by swimming north of Shadowprey village, and check under the water every so often for the big white clams. You can usually wait around for the monsters to move away, then dart down and open the clam and get the meat. Be on the watch for the crabs - they will eat the clam, so you have to get to it first. Contrary to what the quest says - you can find these clams long before you reach the wrecked boat. And be careful with tangling with the nagas, I was mobbed several times by them. Being undead makes this quest quite easy - since you can stay underwater 3x normal, otherwise you may need to get some water-breathing potions cause some of the dives are deep (especially the one's before the wrecked boat).

Comment by Thottbot

When i turned this quest in she was off on the beach taking a nap! I felt sorry for waking her!

Comment by Thottbot

Does this quest give Troll Rep? Like not for the shadowprey ones, but for the ones so you can get the raptor mount?

Comment by Thottbot

We did this last night as level 33 warlock and priest, and I think we did get the a little of the troll rep you asked about, but can't swear to it as I wasn't thinking about rep.

The map and descriptions above are great. We did it the hard way, exploring the western half of Desolace for the first time. We got as far as the fortress before we saw a way to get down to the beach (could have swum up from Shadowprey Village with only a few attacks, actually). My wife, on a better computer, could see the shipwreck from the hills overlooking the beach, and with Eye of Kilrog I finally saw it myself, as well as the path down, a bit south of the fortress full of Burning Blade.

Someone mentioned the naga; if you take the easiest path down to the beach by the shipwreck, you should be able to stay to the south of them out of their way. Otherwise, it is just a matter of fighting shellfish that usually do not wind up attacking you two at once, and taking the clams after clearing usually one angry shellfish. (Though we did see a level 41 elite giant walking around underwater nearby at one point in our half hour or hour gathering 20 clams).

Don't get discouraged if someone else is farming them or the crab-creatures eat one; the drop rate after they are eaten isn't 100%, but we did get one or two clams from the (lower-level) crabs who eat them. More importantly, they respawn about as quickly as you can swim around the area around the ship.

This was nice with the neverending-breath spell of the warlock, and an underwater breathing potion would work just as well. There is also, however, a bubbling air vent near the ship and one of the clams. You can breathe there instead of having to surface. I also found it useful to open the clams and loot the meat as I went, or the program doesn't keep track of how many you have.

Nice XP and reward for us, as well as filling out our map with the centaur village (Maraudon?) and fortress on the way.

Comment by Thottbot

Make sure to pick up a quest at location 36,30 while you're on the beach! It's a book that you have to click on.

Comment by Allakhazam

A couple of Hints

There is a neat ecocycle going on here. The enraged reef crawlers (non-agro crabs)like the clams. The crawdad men (agro) like to eat the crabs. So the Crawdad men guard the clams and wait for the crabs.

If you kill the crawdad men, often the crabs will run in and eat the clam. If you kill the crabs while they are eating that clams, often you can reclaim the clam from them.

Also note, inside giant soft shell clams are the normal size clams. Inside those are the clam meat you need for the quest. The clams don't stack, so if you have limited inventory space, make sure to get the clam meat (which does stack) out of each clam as you get it.

Comment by Allakhazam

There is a lvl38 Elite Dwarf giant - lol, that walks along the coast if you attempt to swim to the wreck from the quest NPC. Didn't fight him, but I know the giant dwarves can be tough with their stomp.

Comment by Allakhazam

The monster is the lvl 30 enraged crab things that are neutral and not agressive, I was approaching my final one and it ran over and the clam disapeared before i could get the meat. There were plenty more though.

Comment by Allakhazam

I noticed that the enraged crawler sout there tend to eat the clams if you catch them in the process ofn eating and attack you can get the crawler to drop the quest item it seems

Comment by Allakhazam

maybe everyone is smarter then me but after you get the clams remender you gotta right click em to open em and get the meat =(

Comment by Allakhazam

You can get the clam meat from the shells. I found 5 that I just circled around.

31,30
33,30
33,33
32,35
34,35

Also, if you see an enraged crawler run towards one of the shells, they'll "eat" the shell. If you kill them, you get the meat they stole.

Comment by Allakhazam

it was a little hard whit all the pincers but shamans water brething made it easy

Comment by Allakhazam

I did 2 more quest when i did this quest at the same time.. Less running... :)
Quest: The Corrupter
and the Quest: Other Fish to Fry
Did all three quest at lvl 35.

Comment by Allakhazam

it was a little hard whit all the pincers but shamans water brething made it easy

Comment by Allakhazam

cordnates of the shipwrech are 32,32

Right off the coast, pretty simple to find. Clams are all alone the ocean floor right off the coast. Watch out for the agro lvl 34/35, but not too bad.

According to another site, if you take too long a "monster" will come and eat them. I didn't encounter this. I simply collected the clams and opened them once I had a total of 10.

If you aren't a druid or undead bring breathing pot.

Comment by Allakhazam

this quest pissed me off at start as i they kept disapearing lol but if you swim on the serface and not dive its easier just keep your eyes open and you can see the shell things throgh thr watter when you do dive and get them its coz their so white against the blue waters makes it so much easier :)

Comment by Allakhazam

Well, if you swim along the shore from the village to the wreckage you'll meet the clams and reefcrawlers along the way. I collected all 10 clams even before I got to the ship.

The reefcrawlers also has the clams as drops.

Comment by Allakhazam

the shells are between shadowprey village and the
nagabase. just swim the coast north till the broken ship (wrack).

the shells are slained by Enraged Reef Crawler but coming back
pretty fast, so don't worry.

the quest goes good with the naga slain one,
that u get on the peer in shaodwprey village.

good hunt,
assel

Comment by FortuneBlast

Watch out for Enraged Reef Crawlers, they actively seek out and loot soft-shelled clams themselves - so if you see one approaching, kill/sheep/fear them so they don't ninja loot. If they do manage to loot one though, killing them makes them drop the quest item.

Comment by Manbearcow

Clam Bait Quest Guide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKlBqSTumk

Soft-Shelled Clam Meat is found inside Soft-Shelled Clams which can be found near a Shipwreck along the coast of the Veiled Sea.

If you continue running West from the point where the main trail ends on the map, you'll be heading directly towards it.
You can see part of the shipwreck poking out of the water from shore.

You will loot a clam from the clam (which feels a bit redundant) and inside with be the clam meat.

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Clam Bait

Find 10 pieces of Soft-shelled Clam Meat and bring it back to Mai'Lahii at Shadowprey Village.

	Soft-shelled Clam Meat (10)
	Soft-shelled Clam (10)

Description

You have the look of a fisherman, <class>! I love to fish - been fishing all my life. The best bait to use is soft-shelled clam meat; the fish just can't resist, you know what I mean?

Up north you will find a wrecked ship off the coast. Soft-shelled clams are littered throughout the area. If you bring me back 10 pieces of soft-shelled clam meat, I will give you something in return.

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You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Pardoc Grips		Ringtail Girdle
	Bracesteel Belt

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

100 reputation with Darkspear Trolls

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(6142))

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