TheWoWDBAs per a previous post: you may loot a "Scourge Device" while doing this quest. If so, run back to Anastasia right away and turn in the quest it gives. The quest you receive sends you back to the beach to kill NPC's that are a part of THIS quest...should save you some time :)
Quest
And You Thought Murlocs Smelled Bad!
A World of Warcraft quest in Howling Fjord. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Attention Casters: The Servitor Shades teleport right on top of you when you first engage them in combat. Be sure to move a step or 2 back after your first cast so the stay in front of you.
Any and all undead on the coast will give you credit for the quest.
Edit to add: The scourge have a chance to drop a horde only quest item called Scourge Device, which starts the quest It's a Scourge Device
Alliance version: Scourge Device
It's a Scourge Device
(This post was made during the WotLK Beta, Build 8820)
Several different types of NPCs count as completion towards "Chillmere Coast Scourge".
The larger, purple murlocs (e.g., Unstable Mur'ghoul, Mur'ghoul Corrupter, Mur'ghoul Flesheater) count, however, the smaller blue murlocs (e.g. Chillmere Oracles) for some reason do not, so don't waste your time with those, as they additionally have an annoying hex that turns you into a murloc. The humanoids (Necrotech) and wraiths (Servitor Shade) also fairly obviously count as Scourge.
An item that starts a quest, Scourge Device, has a chance from dropping from any of the Scourge you're killing. It will lead you back to "Bring Down Those Shields", which as of 8820 is bugged.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneHowling Fjord
Quest ID11397
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11397))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
I came here to investigate a rumor about a Scourge presence nearby. I expected murlocs along the coast down below, but I never thought I'd see this! The Scourge are down there, and they're changing murlocs, and anything else they can get their hands on, into the walking dead! {class}, we will not suffer them to create more of their kind, especially not from murlocs! There is a ramp down to the beach just northwest of the camp. See to it that you deal with the Scourge in a timely fashion!
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Reward details
Reputation: The Hand of Vengeance +250
The Forsaken tasked by Sylvanas Windrunner with enacting Undercity's vengeance against Arthas by delivering the latest strain of their deadly Plague.
Reputation group: Horde Expedition.
Other quests in Howling Fjord that reward The Hand of Vengeance reputation: Test at Sea (+250), Reports from the Field (+150), Let Them Eat Crow (+250), Guide Our Sights (+250), Landing the Killing Blow (+350), Report to Anselm (+75).
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.
Where this quest fits
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Howling Fjord · Level 10-30.
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.