Caught Off-Guard
Where to go
Shimmering Expanse45.3, 62.3
Objective 1 of 1. 12 recorded spots; the furthest is 28% of the zone from this pin. The pin is a real recorded spot, not their average.
/way Shimmering Expanse 45.3 62.3verified. Transcribed from a primary source: a Blizzard post, patch note, or the game itself.client build 12.1.0.69587
Who gives Caught Off-Guard
0 recordsThe NPC, object, or item that starts this quest, with the first known coordinate when available.
The relationship source is temporarily unavailable. In-game observations will appear here as players sync them.
Where to turn it in
0 recordsThe NPC or object that accepts the completed quest. Phasing and alternate-faction versions can produce more than one endpoint.
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Where to go
verified. Transcribed from a primary source: a Blizzard post, patch note, or the game itself.Read from the game client's own quest map tables on build 12.1.0.69587. These are the same positions your in-game map draws, not somebody's recollection in a comment.
- QWhere this quest points you first
/way Shimmering Expanse 48.8 66.2 - 1An objective across 12 spots
/way Shimmering Expanse 45.3 62.312 recorded spots spread across about 28% of the zone. The pin is the most central of them. - 2An objective at one spot
/way Shimmering Expanse 51.2 63.0
The faint marks are every other quest objective recorded in this zone. There is no zone artwork here, so they stand in for the coastline: quests only send you where the zone is walkable.
Standing there and seeing nothing?
- practice. Convention among strong players. Widely followed, but it is not a rule and it can be wrong.Open your own quest log map. If the game draws no marker there, you are not in the phase for it, and that is definitive. Trust the game over us, and tell us in the comments so we can record it.
What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker in Shimmering Expanse, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
Our escape from the shell can't have gone unnoticed, but either the naga at these ruins weren't informed or they don't consider us a threat. I don't intend to take the opportunity for granted - we strike now. I need you to slip into the lower level of the ruins to our west and take out as many of their patrols as you can. We cannot risk any of those patrols finding out about our occupation of this cave - make sure none escape.
Plan the run before you travel
Check the quest area, faction, and level range before you travel. If this quest is part of a chain, finish nearby campaign quests in the same zone first.
Check the exact quest giver and turn-in records above first. Use this page's community comments for phase changes, cave entrances, spawn timing, and corrections from the live game.
No group size is listed by Blizzard, so this is usually soloable unless the objective text says otherwise.
Pin the quest in-game, enable objective outlines, then use the exact-title references in the archive for NPC or object coordinates. Add a correction below if the live game differs from this record.
Before this quest
Blizzard publishes a quest's prerequisites but not what follows it, so this chain runs backwards only.
Objectives and map pin
Blizzard's public API publishes a quest's text and rewards but not its objectives, its own level, whether it can be shared, or any map coordinate. Nobody has synced quest 25952 yet, so there is nothing to show here rather than a guess. Running the WowGodSync addon while you play contributes those fields for everyone.
Check it in game
Quest completion is stored per character on Blizzard's side and is not in the public API, so paste this in your chat box and it prints true or false for “Caught Off-Guard” on the character you are logged into.
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25952))/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompletedOnAccount(25952))A false also comes back for a quest id the client does not know, so it means “not recorded as complete” rather than proof the quest exists on your account.
What people know about Caught Off-Guard
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Rewards
- Experience
- 4,800
- Money
- 13g 74s
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