Quick Facts

Series

1.	The Great Sambino
2.	Undersea Inflation
3.	Totem Modification
4.	Back in One Piece
5.	Toshe's Vengeance

Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse Call of Duty Sea Legs Pay It Forward Rest For the Weary Buy Us Some Time Traveling on Our Stomachs To Arms! Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces On Our Own Terms All or Nothing Call of Duty Sea Legs Pay It Forward Rest For the Weary Buy Us Some Time Traveling on Our Stomachs Girding Our Loins Helm's Deep Finders, Keepers Bring It On! Blood and Thunder! Better Late Than Dead The Abyssal Ride Gimme Shelter! Ain't Too Proud to Beg A Taste For Tail A Girl's Best Friend Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark Ophidophobia A Desperate Plea Oh, the Insanity! Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt... Shark Weak DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun A Bone to Pick Decisions, Decisions Undersea Sanctuary Spelunking Debriefing Spelunking Debriefing Wake of Destruction Come Hell or High Water What? What? In My Gut...? What? What? In My Gut...? Decompression Decompression The Warden's Time Across the Great Divide The Looming Threat Backed Into a Corner Rundown Silver Tide Hollow The Great Sambino Undersea Inflation Totem Modification Back in One Piece Vengeful Heart Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar Nespirah Making Contact Slave Labor Stick it to Them Capture the Crab Breaking Through We Are Not Alone Hopelessly Gearless Body Blows Still Valuable Overseer Idra'kess Waking the Beast A Powerful Need To Eat Art of Attraction Odor Coater Clamming Up Bellies Await Caught Off-Guard Swift Approach An Occupation of Time A Better Vantage Upon the Scene of Battle Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir Capture the Crab Breaking Through We Are Not Alone Hopelessly Gearless Body Blows Still Valuable Overseer Idra'kess Waking the Beast Shelled Salvation Crafty Crabs Something Edible Caught Off-Guard Swift Approach An Occupation of Time A Better Vantage Upon the Scene of Battle Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir Reoccupation The Revered Lady To the Fathom-Lord's Call Built to Last Not Soon Forgotten Looking Forward Clear Goals Not Entirely Unprepared Properly Inspired Swift Action Fallen But Not Forgotten Gauging Success Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge Looking Forward Clear Goals Not Entirely Unprepared Properly Inspired Swift Action Fallen But Not Forgotten Gauging Success Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge By Her Lady's Word No Trespass Forgiven Stolen Property Chosen Burden The Culmination of Our Efforts Losing Ground Desperate Plan Hostile Waters Come Prepared Unfurling Plan Honor and Privilege Welcome News Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep Losing Ground Desperate Plan Hostile Waters Come Prepared Unfurling Plan Honor and Privilege Welcome News Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep Her Lady's Hand At All Costs Devout Assembly Final Judgment A Breath of Fresh Air Full Circle A Breath of Fresh Air Full Circle

Screenshots

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Comments

Comment by HelsRike

The Air Valve drops from one of the Green Sand Crabs, they're all around the quest-giver. The bubbles needed to use the Air Baloon are all around you, glittering like a quest-objective does :)

The Valve doesn't have a 100% drop-rate, took me about 15 kills to get mine.

Comment by fosticpopcorn

The balloon appears to disappear if you mount up on your seahorse, and for me the only way to get it back was to drop and re-pick up the quest. I wasn't able to receive the balloon if I accepted the quest while mounted as well.

To avoid this hassle, just pick up the quest while unmounted and collect 10 levels of inflation without mounting.

As for the air, the bright teal seashells and the clumps of green... tube... things...(cacti with holes at the top?) can both be used to collect air, if no one else has used them recently. There's a short cooldown before they start providing air again (look for the sparkles and small air bubbles).

Comment by Kickkiller

i cant abandon any quests as of 19/08.

:(

Comment by 590188

First part of the quest is relatively easy. Second part not as much, took me roughly 15-20 kills to get it. I was just going to check this site about drop rate when i looked back to my screen to notice the last one i killed had it on him. Figures.

Comment by Darthpred

Air Valve also can be found at coords 40, 26 at Silver TideTrench
i'll add the screenshot right after posting

Comment by Joodass

For those that be as mentally challenged as I seemd to be. You pick up a 'balloon' which goes into ur bags and you need to click on it to collect the air. I just sat on a vent with my balloon out not knowing why the air wasn't automatically going in......duh!

Comment by 327123

Got air valve on the third crab. Couldn't fill air bag. Stood on sparkly, click wasn't possible at ten full minutes. Bag never filled Finished ten crabs and the bag disappeared. Had to abandon and give up the valve. Still can't fill bag and now no valve either.

Comment by Triese

While you are doing this quest, make sure to also have the quest "Crabby Patrons", given from Felice. You have to kill the Crabs for the Air Valve, so you might as well complete another quest in the process.

Comment by Eveena

You fill the balloon and then go to another plant where air is bubbling and repeat. You need ten fills to complete this part of the quest. The other is killing crabs to get a valve. Look for a red bar on the top center of your screen. It keeps track of the number of fills you have done. If you don't do these in a reasonable time your balloon will go away and you have to start over. At times it appears to have gone (when mounted), but it will come back when you dismount.

Comment by 737161

I found the valve lying on the ground to the N of the questgiver. Directly underneath a giant greenish coral on the edge of the gorge. About 50yds N.

Comment by Nekrotik

Done this a few times now. The crabs drop the valve but it also spawns on the ground in different places. If you mount your seahorse the balloon goes away but you can still hand in the quest because that part is complete as soon as you fill it. You don't need to actually hand it over to him.

Comment by 90320

Keep clicking Sambino's Air Balloon near the air pockets to get 2 or 3 Air bubbles instead of 1

Comment by Sercease

If you are mounted on your seahorse when you pick up the quest the balloon won't spawn. There should be a balloon roped to you that you drag around to fill. Make sure you de-mount THEN pick up the quest. Drove me batty for a while.

Comment by 478033

The noise the ballon makes when inflating is the same sound when using a linking book in the game MYST: URU.

Comment by 773744

If you have the addon Carbonite the quest tracker Has Buttons right next to the quest text you can Push no need to search through you Bags

Comment by capnbiff

Do you keep clicking on the air bubble plants, waiting for a "filled" message so you can move on? Getting frustrated because nothing's happening? You have to click on the air bubble plants a total of ten times in order to fully inflate the air balloon. If you have objectives enabled and are tracking the quest, the balloon activation icon will show up next to the quest on your screen and that icon can be used without ever having to open your bags. Once you harvest the first air plant, you'll get a new, larger version of the icon appearing in the upper right hand corner of your screen, just to the left of the minimap display. This new icon has a number superimposed upon it, stating how many times you've filled the bag. Also, it has a mouseover tooltip which states: "Inflated Air Balloon: Your balloon is partially filled with air. 10 inflations will probably do the trick."

Comment by 766766

I can't get this to work. If I'm not near enough to anything, it tells me I'm out of range. If I'm close enough, it says Invalid Target or Target Not Selected or something like that. It seems to want something to be clicked / selected. However, I don't see anything streaming air bubbles that can be clicked. I've swam all over the area and there's nothing to fill the balloon with air. I don't have a problem getting the balloon to spawn, and I've already found the air valve.

Is there something to click/select before you fill the balloon with air? Do you have to be mounted, or un-mounted?

Comment by Whiterock

<<Feedback here, please>>

Comment by wharris

Guide to Vashj'ir Shimmering Expanse Alliance quests:

The Vashj'ir quests start in Stormwind with Call of Duty.
The immediate pre-requisite for these quests is Across the great Divide which starts in Kelp'thar Forest .

Initial chain:
The Looming Threat
Backed Into a Corner
Rundown
Silver Tide Hollow

Several side quests are now enabled:
Slippery Threat, Don't be Shellfish, and A Distracting Scent
Also a side-chain:

The Great Sambino
Crabby patrons
Undersea Inflation
Totem Modification
Back in One Piece
Toshe's Vengeance (optinal linking quest)

The main chain continues at Toshe Chaosrender
Vortex (optional)
Vengeful Heart
Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
A Pearl of Wisdom (optional;starts from Luminescent Pearl from the boss)
Nespirah
Making Contact
Slave Labor and Stick it To Them
Capture the Crab
Breaking Through
We Are Not Alone
Body Blows, Hopelessly Gearless, and Still Valuable
Overseer Idra'kess
Waking the Beast (also unlocks A Cold Welcome)
A Powerful Need to Eat
Clamming Up and Art of Attraction plus Odor Coater
Bellies Await
You can do all these simultaneously:

While killing naga, hope Ancient Elven Etching drops to start Piece of the Past
If you do these quests and haven't already continued on the main chain,
The Call of the Blade will set you back on track.

Main chain continues:
Upon the Scene of Battle
Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir
Turn to Naga and do:

Reoccupation
The Revered Lady
To the Fathom-Lord's Call and Built to Last
Not Soon Forgotten (ends first vision)

Looking Forward
Clear Goals, Not Entirely Unprepared, and Properly Inspired
Swift Action
Fallen but Not Forgotten and Gauging Success
Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
As a naga again, complete:

By Her Lady's Word
No Trespass Forgiven and Stolen Property plus Chosen Burden
Setting an Example (optional)
The Culmination of Our Efforts (ends second vision)

Losing Ground
Desperate Plan
Come Prepared, Unfurling Plan, and Hostile Waters
Honor and Privilege
Welcome News
Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
As a naga, work on

Devout Assembly and Her Lady's Hand
At All Costs
Final Judgement (awards Visions of Vashj'ir Past)

If you are missing any of the naga optional quests, you may now talk to Wavespeaker Valoren to get the Blade of the Naz'jar Battlemaiden which allows you to repeat any of the visions

This chain wraps up:
A Breath of Fresh Air (enables The War has Many Fronts link to Deepholm)
Full Circle

The Vashj'ir quests conclude in the Abyssal Depths

Comment by 536871

The air valve can be found on the green sand crabs or it can be found at 40, 26. I have found it twice at those exact coordinates.

Comment by 718423

Do you maybe have yourself selected? I did once, and it told me invalid target. I think you need to make sure that nothing is selected at all. If that's not the issue, I have no idea whatsoever.

Comment by 836243

Thx same here lol :)

Comment by 930428

found the valve at 46.8, 33.9

Comment by 773583

How is the air collected? I'm dragging a baloon around & I have Sambino's Air Valve. Clicking Sambino's Air Valve from within my inventory while around the bubbling plants does nothing. ;[

Comment by 908620

Valve was at 40,41

Comment by 1014729

found valve at 46.8-33.9 its tiny and was up near the "wall"

Comment by 999628

Found this at 46, 34. Really helped knowing what it looked like. Looks like a little nut rather than a valve.

Comment by 774804

To inflate your balloon, first, find it in your bag and place it on the action bar. Go around to all the shiny air bubble plants and click your action bar key. Ten pumps will fill your balloon and complete the quest.

Comment by 1404639

the "Open Source" is the snail shells on the sea bed. -_- took me ages to find this out and i didn't see ANYONE saying what the source was. Just about how to find the Valve, which i got off a crab while doing the quest that you also pick up next to the npc you get the balloon from.

Comment by petrock

This is, by far, one of the stupidest and most annoying quests!

Comment by Lynhowl

I got the valve by killing the crabs that also were required for a quest right on the same place of this one. Then you can fill your balloon with anything that emits bubbles, be it a blue big snail conch on the seabed or big green clumps of green corals that looks like hollowed out squashes. Don't forget to target the balloon, position yourself on the bubbles and click the icon of the valve on your quest tracker or your inventory. 10 times will do the trick.

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1XTSe4N-6g&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Boxofbeer

Undersea Inflation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsfavWFo_AE

Comment by 1638571

Now it can be done with mount. You can also collect bubbles without having unmounted first

Comment by Aphelyite

Don't do this as a druid in swim form. Don't go too fast. Don't go too far.

Use your subdued seahorse and stand. Directly. On. Top. Of. Bubbles.

Hover over shells/plants with the bubbles and w a i t so the balloon fills and gets a stack. If not, you may miss a stack and the air pocket disappears.

This quest is a pain.

Comment by morituri

As of 10.1.7 you won't be dismounted when you collect the air. But you will lose what ever amount of bubbles you have if you do this while mounted. Need to collect 10.

Links

Undersea Inflation

Fill one of Sambino's Air Balloons and find his Lost Air Valve.

	Fill Sambino's Air Balloon (1)
	Sambino's Air Valve (1)

Provided item:

	Sambino's Air Balloon (1)

Description

Fine! Fine. You argued me into it. You can help.

I'm leaking air worse than a zeppelin stuffed with quilboar! My air valve must have come loose somewhere in the trench.

I brought spare air balloons - make yourself useful and go fill one up, will ya? And find my valve! I'll need that too.

I bet the crabs snatched it up... pinchy, greedy little things.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

250 reputation with The Earthen Ring

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25218))