Okay, Aspect of the Crab is not a new WotLK ability, but I had to think of a post title. I just wanted to let those know who haven’t done much questing with the Midsummer Fire Festival to check out the new crab quest! The quest itself is a three quest quest-chain. Once complete, two additional quests are offered. Here is a quick run through of the three quests:

Keep in mind that Ashenvale is Neutral Territory. This may be a pain to have fun on PvP Servers so I recommend doing so at slow times.

Unusual Activity

To find the quest-giver, you’ll have to search for the big bonfire within any of your major cities (I choose Ironforge for no particular reason). Once given the quest, you are sent to the west coast of Ashenvale. It took me a while to figure out what I was doing because I didn’t quite read the quest. In order to complete the quest, keep killing the Twilight Cultist at the entrance of Blackfathom Depths. You don’t have to enter the temple, you can find the cultist outside on the shore. They’re easy to kill. Keep killing them and they’ll eventually drop an envelop. Once looted, use your totem that was given to you to call a wolf spirit.

An Innocent Disguise

The wolf spirit will continue the quest-line by giving you an orb. This is what makes this quest shine. Once activated, your character temporarily turns into a blue crab (as you can see in the picture above). You may also notice that all Twilight Cultist are now friendly. Your mission now is to head up the coast to a little camp. There will be a bonfire, a cultist, and some naga (no tents so don’t search for a “camp”). The area you’re searching for is near the edge of Darkshore and Ashenvale. Stick around the area acting like a crab and listen to their conversation. Eventually the mission will be complete. You can either run away and use the totem to call forth the spirit wolf or you can continue to play as a crab.

The orb can only be used on the west coast of Ashenvale and isn’t consumed so you can keep using it as long as you’re on the quest. For fun, before turning into a crab become in combat with a nearby creature. This will take our your weapons. If you use the orb and turn into the crab, your weapons will still be out.

Inform the Elder

Simple, the spirit wolf will send you back to the elder that sent you to Ashenvale. From there, the elder will send onto two addition quests.