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A Physical Specimen

A Physical Specimen is an Alliance-only quest for level 10-30 in Northern Stranglethorn. It is step 22 of 60 in the Northern Stranglethorn storyline. It rewards 5 reward items, 5,150 experience and money.

Description

The soul is ready, but the body is not. For a skull as well-formed, as marvelous, as beautiful as this... we will need a suitable body.

The chief of the Bloodscalps, Gan'zulah, won his throne with brute force. If he still lives, you'll find him in Zul'Kunda, to the west.

Taking his body won't be easy, but nothing a sturdy <class> like yourself couldn't handle. Bring it back here when you're done.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP5,150
MoneyGold21g

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeTwo-Handed Axe Two-Hand
Item level18
BindingBinds when picked up
Weapon9 - 19 damage, speed 3.6
Stats+8 Stamina, +5 Strength, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toFury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Frost, Blood
Sells to vendors for1 gold32 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor11
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for42 silver53 copper
TypePlate Legs
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor16
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for42 silver60 copper
TypeLeather Legs
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for42 silver44 copper
TypeCloth Waist
Item level16
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+3 Intellect, +5 Stamina
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for21 silver26 copper

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapNorthern Stranglethorn
Objective areaDuskwood1 mapped point
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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.

Northern Stranglethorn Quest turn-in
Duskwood Objective area 1 mapped point
Duskwood map showing where to go for A Physical SpecimenObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #47 37.9 88.2

Coordinates

  • Objective areaDuskwood 37.9, 88.2/way #47 37.9 88.2

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 Northern Stranglethorn map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Northern Stranglethorn, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Northern Stranglethorn:

  • Rebel Camp, Stranglethorn ValeAlliance · about 50 yards south-east
  • Raven Hill, DuskwoodAlliance · about 730 yards north-west
  • Darkshire, DuskwoodAlliance · about 1,300 yards north-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 940 yards west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Northern Stranglethorn

Part 22 of 60.

Previous: A Nose for This Sort of Thing · Next: Bloodlord Mandokir

  1. 17Saving Yenniku
  2. 18Just Hatched
  3. 19I Think She's Hungry
  4. 20Favored Skull
  5. 21A Nose for This Sort of Thing
  6. 22A Physical Specimen
  7. 23Bloodlord Mandokir
  8. 24Priestess Thaalia
  9. 25Mind Vision
  10. 26See Raptor
  11. 27Mind Control
  12. 28Be Raptor

Showing steps 17 to 28 of 60.

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.

  • A Nose for This Sort of ThingNorthern Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    <Osborn looks at the skull again.> In life, he was strong, powerful, a lord among trolls. With our help, he can be a lord once more. The Bloodscalp scavengers that wander the ruins to the southwest hoard magical fetishes that can help us. They hide these artifacts under the ground.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Bloodlord MandokirNorthern Stranglethorn · Level 10-30

    <race>. You just resurrected your worst nightmare. You didn't think I was a friend, did you, <race>? Ah, ha ha haaaa! You've served your purpose. I've returned to the realm of the living, and it's all thanks to you. So, instead of killing you, I'm going to make you a deal instead.

The storyline at a glance

Northern Stranglethorn has 60 steps, from The Fate of Kurzen to Big Game Hunter.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Northern Stranglethorn (60).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Northern Stranglethorn map

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.

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