TheWoWDBI made the mistake of killing a couple of corrupted duskrats in the cave and got a poison or disease which killed me (hunter with 367 max health). It seems to drop just from the rats and really kicks away the health points, so if you're tempted to kill rats - resist the temptation.
Quest
A Cure In The Dark
A World of Warcraft quest in Darkshore. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Ok, this was a bit tricky for me, the only waterfall I had seen was the mini malestrom, this is the wrong waterfall! Instead you'll go to 56.26 and you'll be facing the right path up to the Vile Grell(For the corrupted source as well). Hope this helps!
57.31 is the actual cordinates. The cave is hidden behind a small waterfall. When you get to some metal crates you are really close.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 5-30
ZoneDarkshore
Quest ID13554
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13554))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineDarkshore, step 7 of 55
RewardsIchor Stained Vest, 
Befouled Staff, 
Rat Hair Vest, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Ichor Stained Vest, Befouled Staff, Rat Hair Vest, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
<Some unintelligible speech spews forth from the machine before you make out Wizbang's voice again.> Duskrats! They've been eating the duskrats! Those little buggers only come from one place, a cave against the cliff-face to the east. Find a path up to the northeast and look for an opening under the waterfall. The duskrats there are either getting into something nasty or someone's intentionally spreading some agent through them - in either case, just bring me back several samples of the stuff!
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #62 51.1 19.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inDarkshore 51.1, 19.7
/way #62 51.1 19.7 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Darkshore 57.6, 32.7
/way #62 57.6 32.7 - Objective areaDarkshore 54.2, 29.2
/way #62 54.2 29.2
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Darkshore map
- Rescue Effort about 50 yards
- Action This Day about 50 yards
- Defending Lor'danel about 50 yards
- A Threat from the North about 50 yards
- Honor the Flame about 200 yards
- A New Hope about 650 yards
- Nature and Nurture about 1,400 yards
- Stonehide Leather Sample about 1,570 yards
- Scrap of Pants about 1,570 yards
- Immaculate Stonehide Leather about 1,570 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Darkshore, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Darkshore:
- Lor'danel, Darkshore
- Whisperwind Grove, Felwood
- Rut'theran Village, Teldrassil
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
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TypePlate Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+1 Strength or Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for2 silver20 copper
TypeStaff Two-Hand
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon3 - 4 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+2 Stamina, +1 Agility
Suited toGuardian, Feral, Survival, Windwalker, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for3 silver82 copper
TypeCloth Chest
Item level5
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+1 Intellect, +2 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for2 silver23 copper
Reputation: Darnassus +250
This Alliance capital is populated by Night Elves and is located in the Island of Teldrassil. Ruled by the Priestess of the Moon, Tyrande Whisperwind.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Other quests in Darkshore that reward Darnassus reputation: One Shot. One Kill. (+250), Shatterspear Laborers (+250), Remnants of the Highborne (+250), Reason to Worry (+250), Denying Manpower (+250), Swift Response (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Darkshore
Part 7 of 55.
Previous: The Corruption's Source · Next: A Lost Companion
- 2Threat from the Water
- 3Buzzbox 413
- 4No Accounting for Taste
- 5Buzzbox 723
- 6The Corruption's Source
- 7A Cure In The Dark
- 8A Lost Companion
- 9Unsavory Remedies
- 10Ritual Materials
- 11Twice Removed
- 12The Ritual Bond
- 13The Shatterspear Invaders
Showing steps 2 to 13 of 55.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- The Corruption's Source
I rushed here as soon as I heard the news from Wizbang. I know who's behind this mess now. Zenn Foulhoof. He came over from Teldrassil after he was chased out for performing perverse magics.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- A Lost Companion
Please help... I can barely sit up. My friend, a bear named Grimclaw, he's not here. I sent him ahead to let the Sentinels know we were coming before we left Auberdine, but he never arrived.
The storyline at a glance
Darkshore has 55 steps, from The Last Wave of Survivors to The Battle for Darkshore.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Darkshore (55).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Darkshore map
- The Warchief's Command
- Legion Skinning
- Legion Mining
- Felwood
- In Darkest Night
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.