Brewfest Chowdown (Alliance)

This quest, Brewfest Chowdown, is the introductory quest to the Brewfest event of the same name "Brewfest Chowdown". To complete this quest you merely need to participate in the event whether you win or lose.

Once you accept the quest take a seat on one of the four seats behind the long table alongside the quest giver and wait for the event to begin. The event will not begin until all four seats are occupied by players, so be patient. At times of high demand there can be competition just to get a seat.

You can PARTICIPATE in the EVENT again, at any time after completing this quest, just by occupying a seat, as there is no further quest to be accepted.

Winning the Brewfest Chowdown event will result in the award of one [item=169599] which will appear in your bag. Upon collecting five (5) [item=169599]s you will be able to purchase the toy [item=169865]. The quest giver is also the vendor for this Toy.

There are no consolation rewards for the 3 losers. After participating in the event you will gain a 5 minute "Full Stomach" debuff, temporarily preventing participation in the event. The debuff is removed if you die.

After collecting 5 tokens & purchasing the toy there appears to be no further achievement or need to continue participating in the event. This quest MAY reset daily, however I do not know at this time.

To WIN this event you must be the first to eat 10 plates of sausages. WHEN THE EVENT BEGINS your action bar will be replaced by a bar with only 3 actions (Keys 1, 2 & 3) and a progress bar in the lower centre of the screen. The keys are basically 1. Eat Sausage (1 sec CD), 2. Refreshing Brew (10 sec CD) & 3. New Plate (please, because I've just finished the last plate) (3 sec CD). The progress bar (%) shows you how Full your Stomach is.

Eating (key 1) fills the bar. Drinking (key 2) reduces the bar. (If Not eating the % will gradually decrease naturally.) If, when eating, the bar exceeds 100% you will get a "choking" and be unable to perform any action for 4 or 5 seconds. When each plate is empty then key 3 (New Plate) will become active & Key 1 (Eat) will be inactive until key 3 New Plate has been used. (Similarly key 3 is inactive while a plate that is not empty is present.) (TIP: Suggest start with key 3 when event begins to ensure a plate is active.)

(TIP: I found eating so much/so fast that I 'choked' will lead to losses. Use Drink (key 2) frequently and have the patience to wait for the bar to reduce naturally if key 2 is on CD, as this is faster than the overeating & choking delay.)

NOTE: All players receive the same number of sausages at each plate/stage of the event. Any visual that appears otherwise is just that, visual only. As players rapidly 'eat' sausages the graphics may not have time to 'draw' the sausage before it is consumed. Never the less, there are fewer sausages on the first few plates for each player but are the same for each player.

Players giving you grief? Can't see what's on your plate? Here are two solutions:

Solution 1: The Solo Strategy (Guaranteed to Work)

Stop watching your character eat the sausages on their plate, instead watch the vehicle action bar. This helps to not only ignore the other players who are blocking your vision, but also focuses your attention on a smaller part of the screen. While monitoring your choke bar make sure to press the buttons as the become available. Fast button pressing is not required during the actual competition as faster button mashing is likely to result in your character choking. Instead take it slowly and eventually you will win. This may still be frustrating to those that are impatient, however patience is indeed the key to this challenge. As for actually making it into the eating competition, fast mouse clicking is your ticket. Unfortunately there is no queue which means that everyone will be scrambling to get into the competition and sadly disrespecting one another as they push and shove to get ahead of one another.

Solution 2: The Group Strategy (Not Guaranteed to Work)

If all else fails you might be able to form a group for later in the two week holiday event to alternate taking turns to each earn your tokens. This can wind up with you taking an hour to ensure that each of the four players in your group receives enough tokens for the toy. This strategy can make the competition much less arduous as three players can afk while one wins their tokens. Sadly, this is not a guaranteed viable strategy as other players make still be swarming the competition later in the holiday. Take this strategy with a grain of salt and as a last resort.

Don't give up! You can do this!

And remember you are competing against other players, not NPCs. Sometimes you will be competing with highly skilled players while other times you will be the most skilled. Practice doesn't make perfect, but it does make you better!

How to always win: Make sure to spam the LIVING HELL out of your "1" key, you can consume all sausages at once, no matter the choke bar % if you click fast enough. I don't even use the brew, i just SPAM "1" and then get new platter after im done choking, works everytime if you eat all sausages at once!

PRO TIP: if you know you are about to lose just exit the vehicle and you will not get any debuff.