TheWoWDBMultiple references here, which damn near made me laugh out loud. First, the play on words between brue and brew (i.e. fermenting mead from honey.) Second, brue is similar to grue (per Casn's comment) which was a monster that would eat you if you moved around in the dark without a lantern in Infocom's first Zork game. Also in Zork I, going into the basement of the small white house was how you kicked off your adventure.
Quest
Don't Go in the Basement
A World of Warcraft quest in Stormsong Valley. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Well, if you dont go in the basement, you wouldnt complete the quest.
Entrance to the basement located at 70.7 69.2 spot, it's the house where you found crystallized honey.
After you getting in the basement, examine Mead Barrel next to a wall.
Then you have to defeat [npc=131861] honey elemental.Don't Go in the Basement - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLieoZxSdIc
I feel like this series of quests is a reference to the Goosebumps book "Stay Out of the Basement". In that book a botanist experiments on plants in his basement and creates a half plant half human monster, which his children discover.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 30-60
ZoneStormsong Valley
Quest ID50064
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(50064))
Requirements
FactionAlliance only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineNot the Bees!, step 4 of 13
RewardsHoney-Artisan's Ring, 
Apiarist's Protective Drape, 25g 74s, 8,150 XP
Honey-Artisan's Ring, Apiarist's Protective Drape, 25g 74s, 8,150 XPDescription
We checked everywhere... well, <gulps> everywhere except the basement. B-b-but, dad told me never to go down there. He said it's dark, scary, and dangerous to go alone... I could be eaten by a brue! I don't even know what that is, but I don't wanna be eaten! {name}, do you think you could go down first?
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #942 71.0 69.2
Coordinates
- Turn-inStormsong Valley 71.0, 69.2
/way #942 71.0 69.2 - Objective areaStormsong Valley 70.9, 69.1
/way #942 70.9 69.1
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 Stormsong Valley map
- To Stormsong about 80 yards
- Don't Bee Crazy about 80 yards
- Sticky Fingers about 80 yards
- Bee in the Bonnet about 80 yards
- Such a Sleebee-head about 80 yards
- An Un-Bee-lievable Solution about 160 yards
- Beehemian Rhapsody about 160 yards
- Forced Labor about 450 yards
- Haywire Harvesters about 460 yards
- House Stormsong about 460 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Stormsong Valley, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Stormsong Valley:
- Mildenhall Meadery, Stormsong Valley
- Brennadam, Stormsong Valley
- Tidecross, Stormsong Valley
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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Reward details
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TypeArmor Finger
Item level50
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+9 Stamina, +14 Haste, +15 Critical Strike
Sells to vendors for32 gold2 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level50
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Agility or Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation, Vengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster, Protection, Fury, Arms, Retribution, Unholy, Blood
Sells to vendors for38 gold85 silver
Reputation: Storm's Wake +25
Home to farmers, craftsmen, soldiers, and the mysterious tidesages, the Storm's Wake seeks to reclaim Stormsong Valley and affirm their place in Kul Tiras.
Reputation group: Battle for Azeroth.
Other quests in Stormsong Valley that reward Storm's Wake reputation: The Missing Fleet (+25), House Stormsong (+75), Haywire Harvesters (+150), Unnecessary Duress (+150), Proclamation Investigation (+150), A Risky Ploy (+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.
Storyline
Not the Bees!
Part 4 of 13.
Previous: Cleanup Duty · Next: Recovering Raimond
- 1Mayhem at Mildenhall Meadery
- 2Detective Mildenhall
- 3Cleanup Duty
- 4Don't Go in the Basement
- 5Recovering Raimond
- 6Royal Succession
- 7Sticky Situation
- 8Honey Glazed Sam
- 9The Bee Team
- 10Free the Farmhands
- 11Fetching Wrex
- 12Wendigo Away
- 13Back to the Lab
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.
- Cleanup Duty
Wh...why, why is all of the honey alive and what happened to everybody? You don't think... oh no! Please, <name>, tell me they haven't been eaten! Ahhhh! That would be terrible. Please don't let me be eaten too!
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Recovering Raimond
The map we found earlier had some red markings, near the flower field. Do you think you could go up there and look for dad? I'm going to stay here and check out the rest of this stuff. I'd go with you... but, I'm sort of allergic to bees. Oh, and take his boot. Just in case!
The storyline at a glance
Not the Bees! has 13 steps, from Mayhem at Mildenhall Meadery to Back to the Lab.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Stormsong Valley (13).
Other storylines on the Stormsong Valley map
- A House in Peril
- Secrets of Stormsong Valley
- Deadwash Line
- Defense of Fort Daelin
- Milstone Hamlet
- Storming In
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.