TheWoWDBIf you have some of the Dread Wastes zone buffs, then using Taoshi's Sap on the guards doesn't work; you are immediately put into combat by using it, breaking your stealth and the entire point of the sap.
Quest
A Unified Swarm
A World of Warcraft quest in Dread Wastes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The questline is as follows
1 Reflections-in-amber
2 Once-more-into-korvess
3 Crippling-the-hive
4 Rotten-at-the-roots entry at 47 16
5 Amber-secrets
6 Old-faces-new-problems
7 A-unified-swarm
8 Heart-of-the-swarm
9 The-mantid-threatFairly simple and easy questline :)
For some unexplained reason they brought back the same klaxxi'va council npcs that were killed during dread wastes quesline by the previous empress shek'zeer
Quest facts
LevelLevel 50
ZoneDread Wastes
Quest ID56617
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(56617))
What to do
StorylineThe Mantid Threat, step 7 of 9
Rewards46g 80s, 8,500 XP
Description
It seemed as though the mantid had been producing the corrupted amber for some time before our... intervention. It stands to reason that they are keeping a stockpile of it somewhere. The Shado-Pan's scouts have been reporting an increased presence of the swarm's warriors in Klaxxi'vess. I would wager that they are guarding the corrupted amber. Meet me there. If we have a chance to destroy that amber, then we need to take it.
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 #422 53.2 39.6
Coordinates
- Turn-inDread Wastes 53.2, 39.6
/way #422 53.2 39.6 - Objective areaDread Wastes 56.5, 29.5
/way #422 56.5 29.5 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 54.7, 34.2
/way #422 54.7 34.2 - Objective areaDread Wastes 54.2, 37.6
/way #422 54.2 37.6 - Objective areaDread Wastes 45.4, 16.5
/way #422 45.4 16.5
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 Dread Wastes map
- The Fight Against Fear about 140 yards
- Sampling the Empire's Finest about 140 yards
- Meltdown about 140 yards
- Bad Genes about 140 yards
- Specimen Request about 140 yards
- A Little Brain Work about 140 yards
- Debugging the Terrace about 150 yards
- Ordnance Disposal about 150 yards
- Quiet Now about 150 yards
- Wing Clip about 150 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dread Wastes, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dread Wastes:
- Klaxxi'vess, Dread Wastes
- The Briny Muck, Dread Wastes
- The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread Wastes
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money46 gold80 silver
Experience8,500 XP
Other quests on the Dread Wastes map
Storyline
The Mantid Threat
Part 7 of 9.
Previous: Old Faces, New Problems · Next: Heart of the Swarm
- 1Reflections in Amber
- 2Once More Into Kor'vess
- 3Crippling the Hive
- 4Rotten at the Roots
- 5Amber Secrets
- 6Old Faces, New Problems
- 7A Unified Swarm
- 8Heart of the Swarm
- 9The Mantid Threat
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.
- Old Faces, New Problems
One of N'Zoth's minions appears to have taken note of our presence. Shall we pay them a visit?
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Heart of the Swarm
We need to know what we're up against. Before we return to the Serpent's Spine, we should take the opportunity to scout the swarm. I will fly us over the Heart of Fear. We should be able to survey Empress Shek'zara's forces from above.
The storyline at a glance
The Mantid Threat has 9 steps, from Reflections in Amber to The Mantid Threat.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dread Wastes (5), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (3), Vale of Eternal Blossoms (1).
Other storylines on the Dread Wastes map
- Dread Wastes
- Townlong Steppes
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.