Quick Facts

Series

1.	Operation: Bottom Feeder
2.	Journey to the Middle of Nowhere
3.	Deep Dive
4.	Seafloor Shipwreck
5.	Checking Dog Tags
6.	The Sunken Graveyard
7.	Captain By Captain Biolumi-Nuisance
8.	The Undersea Ledge
9.	Water-Breathing Dragon
10.	Grab and Go
11.	With Prince in Tow

Storyline
At the Bottom of the Sea Journey to the Middle of Nowhere Deep Dive Seafloor Shipwreck Checking Dog Tags The Sunken Graveyard Captain By Captain Biolumi-Nuisance The Undersea Ledge Water-Breathing Dragon Grab and Go Siege of Boralus With Prince in Tow Operation: Bottom Feeder

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by varenne

Hobart Grapplehammer is in the middle of the ship, near the ship's main sail.
/way 41.59 67.47 Hobart Grapplehammer
Speak with him and dive down to the ocean floor
Use extra action button.
It has 2 modes:

On - Attracts hostile mobs and you will have to fight sharks from time to time
Off - Way too dark to see anything

Deep Dive quest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZQxC3nnnjc
This quest is part of the Horde War Campaign (gated behind the The Honorbound reputation).
At the Bottom of the Sea questchain of the Ready for War <= more info and rep requirement inside.

ID	#	Quest	Ready for War	Questgiver	Zone	Video
75	Operation: Bottom Feeder	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept
76	Journey to the Middle of Nowhere	At the Bottom of the Sea	Nathanos Blightcaller	Zuldazar	https://youtu.be/YIMaG7vY6fE
77		Deep Dive	At the Bottom of the Sea	Nathanos Blightcaller	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/mZQxC3nnnjc
78	Seafloor Shipwreck	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/W23r0tbSzbI
79	Checking Dog Tags	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/wKqjIMdfC8Y
80	The Sunken Graveyard	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/is7PlEMfzxI
81	1	Captain By Captain	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/FrQ8DLBMAp8
82	2	Biolumi-Nuisance	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/NeInbUzqmZA
83	The Undersea Ledge	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/DuWp76FIqYk
84	Water-Breathing Dragon	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/THZr9L0P7Q8
85	Grab and Go	At the Bottom of the Sea	Auto Accept	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/EuU3VS8oW6s
86	1	Siege of Boralus	Siege of Boralus	Lilian Voss	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/MWh0hPwM0F4
87	2	With Prince in Tow	Azerite	Nathanos Blightcaller	The Great Sea	https://youtu.be/IaObjbhTxtI

Id column is approximate quest № In Kul Tiras storyline (Ready for War <= for more info about order)
# is additional ordering info. Can take multiple quests at the same time if you see a number there

Comment by Shivacode

The music during this quest is amazing.

Comment by Tinkerer

One of the coolest quest chains, I love how the bioluminescent creatures actually glow.

Comment by Lucifa42

So for science I decided to leave my headlamp on too long to see what happens.

A shark with 400m HP appears and hits you for 2.5m damage.

Comment by jimmaryland

Using Underlight Angler, was able to swim around without interrupting the quest, despite the instructions warning about not using magical swimming items (didn't catch the exact phrase). Did not try other items or underwater spells, so unsure if others would lead to the crushed skull referenced in the instructions.

Comment by TheMaelstorm

Hands up if you immediately thought of Subnautica game. If you haven't, go and play it :p

Comment by HottStepper

Straight up thee best quest ever. More things need to be this dark. Like the manor place should be lit up like this

Comment by OrylieKT

Total fun questline loved it. You go down to the bottom, test the light and then do the follow up quests. Turn the light on and off as you quest, about every 15 seconds if you want to be on the safe side. It's great and immersive (pun intended!) and I loved the look of the shipwrecks on the floor of the sea.

When you do the follow ups and have to find the captains and sailors it's helpful if you have the sparklies turned on in the interface. They are skeletons bascially floating in the water and/or on the deck of the shipwreckes. you just have to click them, it id's them, then continue on.

When you have your "light" on you can see the yellow cricles where they should be. get to the bottom, turn on the light and move toward the object.

Also you can follow other people and their lights. This will save you time.

Finding and killing the creatures took me more time than anything else. ranged has it better here vs. melee but easy enough to do.

Overall a great questline. Very much enjoyed it! Have fun with the light!

Comment by Wiyix

While doing this quest on an alt, Hobart Grapplehammer appeared with the name "Unknown" and couldn't speak to him to continue. Relogging fixed this issue.

Comment by Derplyn

Fun questline for thalassophobics.

Comment by Atomicpumpkin

If you've done this quest on alts and you just want to get it over with quickly just use your Bowl of Glowing Pufferfish. The more fish colors you use on yourself the brighter and whiter the light. You can easily see all the seafloor around you and you never have to use your dive light.

Comment by Rakenessaa

I love this quest! I've been Alliance for a few expansions, but am super glad to have leveled a Horde character to experience this.

Comment by DaemoniKira

Dear Hunters: You are probably going through these quests and wondering if some of these bioluminescent beasts you're encountering are tameable!
Seafloor Shambleclaw is tameable, but loses its bioluminescence upon being tamed, turning into simply "Crab".
Luminescent Siltfeeder is not tameable, despite being a Beast, probably because it is a fish and I don't think fish are tameable, for obvious reasons.
So no bioluminescent pets for us. :( yet...

Comment by Taalmisbruik

Did anyone else experience servere anxiety during this questline?

Comment by Stinkerbug13

not sure if it was this way from the start but i had issues with the beginning of the quest, made it to the bottom on the ocean and didnt know how to turn in, so after like 20min of swimming around i thought maybe it was bugged so i went back to the boat and was going to abandon the quest and noticed the button to finish quest, then it continued to the next stage..

Comment by Ricros

If you swim down to the bottom of the ocean without putting on the diving helmet, no mobs will appear and the ocean will not be dark.

I swam around and was able to find several other shipwrecks which you don't even go to during the quest chain.

Comment by hjp426

Just a heads up, was on my dragonriding mount when I was sent to the sea floor. No mobs were around, didn't have helmet buff, and essentially ran out of breath. Learned the hard way, have him send you down while you're dismounted, then everything works as it should :)

Links

Deep Dive

Speak with Hobart Grapplehammer to dive to the ocean floor, then test your headlamp.

	Speak with Hobart to dive into the Great Sea (1)
	Reach the ocean floor (1)
	Test your headlamp (1)

Description

We need you to retrieve Marshal M. Valentine's body at the ocean floor below. I should warn you: this part of the ocean is going to be very deep, and very dark, and very cold. Speak with Hobart at the starboard side of the ship. He's brought all the machinery you'll need to get to the ocean floor.

Rewards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

150 reputation with The Honorbound

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(52765))

Guides

Horde War Campaign in Battle for Azeroth