This is possibly the most infamous quest in the entire game. Most people choose this as their least favorite, due to it's difficulty and the relatively poor rewards. That said, a warlock will have an easiser time with this due to Underwater Breathing...

Elixir of Water Breathing can be very helpful on this quest if you are not a druid and are typically inexpensive.
-> https://classicdb.ch/?item=5996

Note: Shaman (lvl 22) and Warlocks (lvl 16) have buffs that allow underwater breathing if you find one in the area.

Hint: Ask Nicely (shaman need a reagent for their buff you may have in your inventory)
-> https://classicdb.ch/?item=17057

all this crap about having to get a certain box first is not true. it doesnt matter what order you get them in. if a box isn't there, it's because someone else got to it before you did, and it hasnt spawned.

I have just completed this quest following the hints given above.
Just swim down to the back of the ships and collect the lock boxes through the hull.
I was attacked by only one Murlock. I'm sure he regreted it. He died I didn't.
Getting the angle for the second misty ship (the one on it's side) is harder and may take a few attempts but you can do it.
I did the whole thing solo as a 15 level druid. No breathing potions or spells.

1st box 39,27 at the back of the boat as stated
2nd box 38,28 also at the back of the boat.

This was farely simple.

I went into the ship fought till I ran out of air and died. Then I took my spirit and went right to the lock box. Opened it ant took the chest. Next i just swam for out and went to shore to rest up.&nbsp Repeated in the next ship..

u find the two boats
find the chest which is at the bottom most part and the most posterior part of the boat
swim in ignoring all the beasts
die inside next to the box
go get ur body next to the box
get the item

that is if you cant do it the normal way

I just tried this as a 17 druid. I could not get the chest from the outside. I double checked by going inside first to see exactly where it was. I was not allowed to unlock from outside the ship. Must be a fix.

*sigh*

I used to use the wall bug here, but it seems like it doesnt work anymore. Don't try to waste time cause I allready wasted too much!

I found the two ships together and got Mist Veil from the northernmost ship. I cannot find the the silver dawning one. Are these the two located next to one another or do I go to the other ship north of those two. Or somewhere else entirely?

Thanks

Future Patch 1.5 Changes (5/10/05)This could be an official acknowledgement that this quest is ridiculously difficult for its intended level.

Underwater quests are always difficult because of the breathing limitation, movement limitation and of course AI's non-Line-of-Sight aggro.

Easiest way to do this is to bring a group or:

Die at the first box. Respawn, loot, swim out (alive).

Kill the guard at the second box, die. Respawn, loot, try swim out, but you'll probably die again due to aggro trough the walls.

But you completed it anyway. Yes, the graveyard is very close.

You can't do this at lvl 14, I died right in front of the chest, I tried to resurrect my body, but it doesn't let me, So I have to talk to Tyrael's sister.

I reckon it's much safer to do this quest with a water breathing buff than not. If a murloc aggros on you and you're halfway out of breath, there's a good chance you won't make it to the surface. Try to acquire a cheap water breathing potion or get a buff cast on you. In my case I just spammed trade politely for a "reasonably priced" potion and someone mailed it to me for free.

In reply to favre, the lockboxes are definitely at the bottom (ie. in the bottom-most deck) of both ships (one box in each).

In the last patch, virtually nothing could be selected through walls or typical pathing blockers. This has been identified as a bug and is expected to be fixed soon.

Then again, it's Blizzard. Could be a couple years.

Just completed as a level 15 druid. Only 'needed' to kill 3 murlocks at each location to reach box. Grabbing aggro from the murlock and then swimming to the surface was the best method for me since I did not have my aquatic form nor did I have potions. Both boxes are at the very bottom of each boat. You'll find the boats somewhere near 40,27. These are not exact coords, but if you stand there, you will see the boats. :)

A few tips:
1) Kill the murlocks quickly. When they reach around 5-10% health, they "run in fear." About 95% of the time they bring a friend back with them. :)
2) The Greymist Seers like to heal themselves, but are very squishy.

As the bug was fixed, I had to find the chests on my own. Both boats have a gaping hole on their bottom sides. Go in those, then swim the length of the boat. You'll find the chests at the opposite end as the hole.

I couldn't do this in one swim, as I needed to clear out blockers and I didn't have a water breathing buff on me.

Just did this quest as a 19 priest. I'm an alchemist, so I had an elixir of water breathing. I got Mist Veil's lockbox first, and it was glowing. however, when I was looking for Silver Dawning's lockbox, it wasn't glowing at all. It's kind of hidden in the water, as it matches up with the boat. It's at the very back of the boat on the bottom level.

Hope this helps.

I was able to do this as a rogue alright. Just stealth, swim in the back port hole and go straight for the lockbox.

Unlock as FAST as possible before you're interrupted by the murlocs. Then swim out as fast as possible. Buff as necessary. Make sure to have a health potion (not to mention burst of speed and improved dodge skills) ready for your escape.

Im a level 15 druid, i did this at lvl 14 though. found out a little glitch that works to your advantage,
as you know from reading, both boxes are in the stern of each boat.
what i did was come in from the stern side on both, i swam up to the ship.

On the 1st ship i had to kill 2 murlocs, and the got as close as i could to the back of the ship to where the silver cog turned gold and i was able to open the box without ever seeing it or entering the ship

did the same thing on the second ship but only faced one murloc and obtained the box

the trick is that you find it from the seaside with your mouse and swim right up to the back of the ships easy as 123...

Did this at lv 14 rogue. Pretty easy, died 3 times

Want advice? Don't even bother.

The things can see u thto the wood panels and the y can even travel thro them (bit of a glitch there), very annoying wen they do it runnin away.

I do have a tactic tho. Go with a very large group and bomb ur way in and find the box. Die, then respawn rite at the box all at the same time and jst simply slaughter them! DO this for both boxes.

Wait til ur lvl 17 as well (the quest level) - but still required a few ppl in a grp and then u do stand a bttr chance.

Did anyone else catch that this is the name of a Peter Murphy song?

Each time I did this a 40+ guy helped me.

I died more from getting stuck in the ship window things and drowning. :/ Breathing potions would have really helped.

I think some runs at this are easier than others depending on how recently someone else has cleared out the murlocs.

Anyway, after several solo tries on the 2nd ship, I paired up and we each took a term as sacrificial lamb, drawing the murlocs to the frnont of the ship while the other player unlocked the box. So that's another option.

It was a little bit harder. Make sure you kill all the ones underneath the boat. Still able to kill 2 at a time and I did morph into bear form. Make sure you go to the top and you can regen faster (eating food/drinking) because you can sit out of the water on the sail mast. Good luck

For me this was truly the most annoying quest I've done so far.

I've completed the quest using a lvl 15 hunter. It took me at least 6 or 7 lives to do it, here's why.

I had no problem locating the chest on the outside of the boat at the back. That was the easy part. Eliminating enemies around that area, also easy.

At the same time as I was doing the quest there was also like 3 other people doing it.

I lost three lives on the first chest in this way:
Life 1: Opening chest... bar is almost filled.... all of a sudden one of the people starts swimming from around the corner closely followed by about 2 thrashers and three of the little creatures. You would think that they would continue and follow that player? No. As soon as they saw me all of em turned on me.

Life2: Swimming towards the chest, same player as before starts swimming towards me, dragging 2 thrashers and 2 creatures. Dead again...

Life3: Getting very suspicious now. I've inspected the area, and it looks clear. I get to the bottom almost to the chest and two other players swim by me... you know what follows. This time though I sent my cat to distract the creatures. It worked well(he has roar), for about 10 seconds, and as Im getting away I get ambushed by 1 creature and the rest catch up....

Next time I did it problem free.

Second chest

I died at least 4 times. I died atleast twice because of this girl who kept getting in the way and asking me what I'm doing, and the first time as I started typing I was ambushed. Second time she kept jumping in front of me so I couldn't target the chest to open.

Then I teamed up with someone who was also doing the quest. Bad idea. This guy not only did not know how to steer properly underwater he did not follow directions. First thing I said to him, don't go inside the boat, first thing he did is go inside and pull all the creatures out and swam towards me. He swam a bit faster than me so he survived an extra 5 seconds. Eventually I abandoned the idea of "teamwork" and completed this on my own...

extremely easy, just killed two murlocs, one at each ship. Went to Stern on the OUTSIDE, and got close enough to loot through the wall...easy easy easy