Quest

Bad Genes

A World of Warcraft quest in Dread Wastes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Jensai2012-12-14T13:54:00-06:00+3via Wowhead

The best place to find the egg drones is at the southern most camp of mantids at (58,73).

Heskey2014-01-23T12:48:19-06:00+1via Wowhead

Does this need associated rep to unlock? I'm currently Honored with the Klaxxi and using Quest_Completeist to make sure I've done every quest in MoP, but I can't see this quest.
I've yet to waken Hisek and Xaril.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 30-35

ZoneDread Wastes

Quest ID31271

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31271))

Requirements

RepeatsDaily

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

Description

Far to the south, Wakener, the Empress's genemancers set about their dark experiments. (Dark yes, but not as dark as mine!) They dissect and mutate the nearby wildlife, breeding creatures of their own design. (Their design, which will become my design!) We must not let them succeed! (No, no! Only I am allowed such power!) Their mutations are already being unleashed for war. Go! Destroy them at any cost!

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.

Coordinates

Turn-inDread Wastes 54.4, 35.9/way #422 54.4 35.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 62.4, 66.1/way #422 62.4 66.1
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 61.4, 72.9/way #422 61.4 72.9
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 63.4, 72.8/way #422 63.4 72.8
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 58.6, 73.2/way #422 58.6 73.2

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 Dread Wastes map

Specimen Request same spot
A Little Brain Work same spot
Sampling the Empire's Finest same spot
Meltdown same spot
The Fight Against Fear same spot
Wing Clip about 10 yards
Shortcut to Ruin about 10 yards
Fear Takes Root about 10 yards
Kunchong Treats about 10 yards
Brain Food about 10 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 WastesAlliance and Horde · about 90 yards north-east
The Sunset Brewgarden, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 880 yards north
The Briny Muck, Dread WastesAlliance and Horde · about 940 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 1,200 yards south
Objective areaabout 1,400 yards south
Objective areaabout 1,400 yards south

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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3867172012-10-07T05:26:17-05:00+0via Wowhead

Assuming that was aimed at me, I was just pointing out how annoying it is without a flying mount. I didn't find it particularly hard otherwise.

Lesser Charm of Good Fortunex 2

Money13 gold74 silver

Experience4,800 XP

ReputationThe Klaxxi +130

Other quests on the Dread Wastes map

Reward details

Reputation: The Klaxxi +130

These Mantid Elders are untouched by the corruption and insanity that has overtaken the remainder of the Mantid Swarm. They seek to work with the races of Pandaria to restore their Queen to glory.

Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.

Other quests in Dread Wastes that reward The Klaxxi reputation: Psycho Mantid (+250), Preserved in Amber (+500), Wakening Sickness (+250), The Klaxxi Council (+250), Kunchong Treats (+130), Fires and Fears of Old (+500).

Currency: Lesser Charm of Good Fortune x 2

Possession of the Lesser Charms of Good Fortune will result in great happiness and the eventual conversion into Warforged Seals, which allow players to risk a coin to receive a bonus reward from raid encounters.

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 daily quests in Dread Wastes

Other storylines on the Dread Wastes map

Dread Wastes72 steps, starts with Falling Down
The Mantid Threat9 steps, starts with Reflections in Amber
Townlong Steppes53 steps, starts with A Foot in the Door

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.