Quest Log

Basic Chemistry (Horde)

Basic Chemistry is a Horde-only group quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It is step 51 of 167 in the Icecrown storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 62.6, 44.7. It rewards 3 reward items, 4,100 experience and money. Completing it counts toward 1 achievement.

Description

A little-known quality of the flesh giants...

Their spinal fluid interacts with the plague in a very interesting way, turning it into a corrosive acid.

Poured from the towering ramparts, acid may not be a welcome sight to the troops below, but at least the victims won't rise up and add to the enemy's numbers.

Pour the contents of this flask into one of the plague cauldrons in the western chamber of the death gate.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10

Experience4,100 XP

Top Comments

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729533Jun 12, 2011+101via Wowhead

For those who dont know what to do:
Go next to a cauldron and use the potion. Mobs will spawn. Kill them as quick as you can and use the potion again. You have to do this for a few times before the cauldron is actually neutralized.

WhiterockApr 1, 2009+76via Wowhead

ORGRIM'S HAMMER Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 02/12/2009 djlinks aswell.

The Crusaders' Pinnacle*                      1)Preparations for War
 |->The Skybreaker(A)*   The Shadow Vault*
 |                         |
1)Orgrim's Hammer------->Opportunity*
 |___________________________________________
 |                  |->2)Mind Tricks        |->D)Blood of the Chosen    
3)The Broken Front  |->D)Slaves to Saronite |->2)Joining the Assault 
 |   +3)Avenge Me!  |->2)Get to Ymirheim!       |->D)Assault by Air   
 |->D)Make Them Pay!   D)King of the Mountain   |->D)Assault by Ground  
 |
 |------------------------>1)Good For Something?
1)Takes One to Know One    3)Volatility-->D)Volatility
3)Poke and Prod            5)Green Technology   
 |________________________ 6)Fringe Science Benefits
 |                       |  |->D)Riding the Wavelength: The Bombardment
3)That's Abominable!     |  |->D)Total Ohmage: The Valley of Lost Hope!
 |->D)That's Abominable! |
 |                      4)Against the Giants
5)Sneak Preview          |->4)Coprous the Defiled
 |->5)Chain of Command   |->4)Basic Chemistry-->D)Neutralizing the Plague
 |->5)Cannot Reproduce
 |  5)Retest Now-->D)Retest Now      
 |
5)Drag and Drop-->D)Drag and Drop
 |->5)Not a Bug-->D)Not a Bug
 |
5)Need More Info----------------->5)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                                 |->D)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                                 |
7)Raise the Barricades----------->8)The Ironwall Rampart
 |->8)Blinding the Eyes in the Sky |
 |  D)Keeping the Alliance Blind   |
 |                                 |
8)Bloodspattered Banners           |
 |_________________________________|  
 |
9)Before the Gate of Horror
 |                   \
9)Shatter the Shards 9)The Guardians of Corp'rethar

Amped for Revolt!(doesn't work/exist)
Quest Zones:
1)Orgrim's Hammer_____2)Ymirheim_____3)Broken Front_____4)Mord'Rethar_____5)Aldur'thar_____6)The Bombardment_____7)Valley of Lost Hope_____8)Valley of Fallen Heroes_____9)Corp'rethar
D)Daily
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
The Icecrown is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Icecrown zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

@elysiandreams: Ye, that would be really amazing :D

123654_Dec 9, 2008+69via Wowhead

The names of the rewards are a reference to Shakespeare's Macbeth:
"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."

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Rewards in detail

Type	Reward	Amount
Experience	XP	4,100
Money	Gold	10g 50s

Reward details

Pick one of these

Frog-Toe Band

TypeArmor Finger

Item level34

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike

Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster

Sells to vendors for97 silver34 copper

Bat-Wool Signet

TypeArmor Finger

Item level34

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +4 Haste

Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation

Sells to vendors for96 silver99 copper

Newt-Eye Ring

TypeArmor Finger

Item level34

BindingBinds when picked up

Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +3 Haste, +5 Versatility

Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation

Sells to vendors for96 silver65 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.

Where it comes from

Turn-in map	Icecrown	Turn-in marker at 62.6, 44.7, 4 mapped points

World Map

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-inIcecrown 62.6, 44.7/way #118 62.6 44.7
Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 61.2, 63.6/way #118 61.2 63.6

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 Icecrown map

Combat Nullifier 07-X about 760 yards
WARNING: This is Only a Test! about 960 yards
The Deathspeaker's Devout about 980 yards
Cultist Captors about 980 yards
A Valiant Effort about 1,090 yards
Scouting from a Safe Distance about 1,090 yards
Too Many Whelps about 1,090 yards
Securing the Area about 1,090 yards
A Message from Icecrown about 1,090 yards
Advancing the Effort about 1,090 yards

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east
The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,500 yards north-west
Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

Objective areaabout 790 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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Icecrown

Part 51 of 167.

Previous: Coprous the Defiled · Next: Sneak Preview

Showing steps 46 to 57 of 167.

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.

Coprous the DefiledIcecrown · Level 25-30
Reports of a powerful zombie at the death gate have reached my ears, <class>. We cannot allow a potential threat such as this to go unchallenged. Any information you are able to glean from engaging it will be better than what we know now. Go to the western chamber of the gate and find this creature.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

Sneak PreviewIcecrown · Level 25-30
Progress is being made. We have a promising array of tactics that should gain us control of the death gate. There will doubtlessly be many casualties, but in the end, we should be able to prevail - barring any interference from the Alliance. Our next focus will be Aldur'thar, the gate of desolation.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Icecrown · Level 25-30 · Group.

Basic ChemistryAlliance only · Icecrown · Level 25-30 · Group

Also counted by Icecrown: The Final Goal

Its criteria name 21 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Other storylines on the Icecrown map

Return of the Scourge15 steps, starts with Securing the Area
Class Mount: Death Knight4 steps, starts with Amal'thazad's Message
An Uncertain Fate7 steps, starts with An Urgent Request
Lorewalking: Arthas9 steps, starts with Lorewalking: The Prince Who Would Be King

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Icecrown: The Final GoalComplete the Icecrown storylines listed below.10

Icecrown: The Final Goal: its criteria name 21 quests, this one included.

Other versions of this quest

2 quests carry the name Basic Chemistry. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

Quest	Faction	Rewards	ID
Basic Chemistry (this page)	Horde	4,100 XP, Frog-Toe Band, Bat-Wool Signet, Newt-Eye Ring	13279
Basic Chemistry	Alliance	4,100 XP, Newt-Eye Ring, Bat-Wool Signet, Frog-Toe Band	13295

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Basic Chemistry (Horde)

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