TheWoWDBAny mobs you kill in the area give you a 20 second buff called Pheromone Tracking. Having this buff will show a red cloud/trail surrounding the Eyes of the Empress, even when you are too far away to target them. The Eyes of the Empress are small maggots crawling around on the ground. Click on the Eyes of the Empress to collect them.
You can also see the Eyes of the Empress when not having the buff, but only if you're really close. You don't see the red cloud then, just the maggots. Collecting an Eye of the Empress also gives you Pheromone Tracking.
Quest
Debugging the Terrace
A World of Warcraft quest in Dread Wastes. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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I had to increase my view distance and particle density settings in order to see the clouds before the pheromone buff wore off. If I hadn't done that I would probably still be doing this quest.
Killing mobs for buff didn’t work for me. Instead slowly search the ground for small glowing insect. Take it and the buff will be now active. You can see the red clouds and complete the quest faster.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-35
ZoneDread Wastes
Quest ID31237
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(31237))
Requirements
RepeatsDaily
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
If this Empress is truly possessed by fear and paranoia, she will have sent scouts to every corner of the land in order to cement her control. These scout grubs are likely everywhere, but difficult to spot with the naked eye. Better to track them by the pheromone trails they leave behind. I've already... gifted you... a reactive toxin that will reveal these trails to you for a brief time after experiencing the thrill of victory. Go now to the Terrace of Gurthan and root out these spies.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #422 54.8 36.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inDread Wastes 54.8, 36.2
/way #422 54.8 36.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 65.3, 40.2
/way #422 65.3 40.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Dread Wastes 65.6, 25.3
/way #422 65.6 25.3
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
- Ordnance Disposal same spot
- Quiet Now same spot
- Dark Skies same spot
- Putting An Eye Out about 10 yards
- Culling the Swarm about 20 yards
- Eradicating the Zan'thik about 20 yards
- Mistblade Destruction about 20 yards
- Vess-Guard Duty about 20 yards
- The Scent of Blood about 20 yards
- Not Fit to Swarm about 20 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 Sunset Brewgarden, Dread Wastes
- The Briny Muck, Dread Wastes
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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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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
- Kunchong Treats
- Culling the Swarm
- Eradicating the Zan'thik
- Dark Skies
- Dreadspinner Extermination
- An Ancient Empire
- Sap Tapping
- Putting An Eye Out
Other storylines on the Dread Wastes map
- Dread Wastes
- The Mantid Threat
- 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.