TheWoWDBFor some reason I didn't get a follow up/there isn't one, so go back North to Calia for the Feed the Eater quest to resume the story. The ! is visible on the map
Quest
Essence of Plague
A World of Warcraft quest in Maldraxxus. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Calia is at /way 71.15, 71.39 with the next quest
You have to go back to stairs and take quest from Calia to clear plague.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 50-90
ZoneMaldraxxus
Quest ID65664
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(65664))
What to do
StorylineReturn to Lordaeron, step 9 of 15
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP
Description
Your little friend there looks hungry! Not to worry, I know just what to feed it. Soon it will grow big and strong and be able to eat all the plague it can. There are various concoctions nearby that will give it bolstering properties. And every color is a different flavor! I will take the plague sample you brought me deeper into the House of Plagues, to see what else we can learn. Meet me there, and let your plague eater dine in style!
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #1536 68.7 81.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inMaldraxxus 68.7, 81.8
/way #1536 68.7 81.8 - Objective areaMaldraxxus 71.0, 74.1
/way #1536 71.0 74.1 - Objective areaMaldraxxus 69.7, 75.6
/way #1536 69.7 75.6 - Objective areaMaldraxxus 68.5, 79.8
/way #1536 68.5 79.8 - Objective areaMaldraxxus 71.1, 71.5
/way #1536 71.1 71.5
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 Maldraxxus map
- RSVP: Plague Deviser Marileth about 670 yards
- By Any Other Name about 670 yards
- Fit For a Margrave about 670 yards
- Plague Deviser Marileth's Best Friend about 680 yards
- A Plague on Your House about 690 yards
- Plaguefall: Knee Deep In It about 690 yards
- Pool of Potions about 690 yards
- Callous Concoctions about 700 yards
- Applied Science about 780 yards
- Hazardous Waste Collection about 780 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Maldraxxus, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Maldraxxus:
- Plague Watch, Maldraxxus
- Bleak Redoubt, Maldraxxus
- Renounced Bastille, Maldraxxus
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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 Maldraxxus map
Reward details
Reputation: Undercity +150
Led by Sylvanas Windrunner, the Forsaken have joined a tenuous alliance with the Horde and established this capital in the vast depths under the Ruins of Lordaeron.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Maldraxxus that reward Undercity reputation: House of Plagues (+100), Feed the Eater (+150), Return to Brill (+100).
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
Return to Lordaeron
Part 9 of 15.
Previous: Feed the Eater · Next: Embodiment
- 1Eyes of the Wolf
- 2Assemble the Forsaken
- 3This Land is Ours
- 4The Blight Congress
- 5Walk of Faith
- 6Consulting Our Allies
- 7House of Plagues
- 8Feed the Eater
- 9Essence of Plague
- 10Embodiment
- 11Return to Brill
- 12The Remedy of Lordaeron
- 13The Desolate Council
- 14Path of the Dark Rangers
- 15Report to Greymane
Also part of: Return to Lordaeron (part 9 of 15).
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.
- Feed the Eater
The House of Plagues has suffered calamity, much like Lordaeron. I hope that our work and effort here will reverse some of that destruction. But first, we must reach farther into the House of Plagues so we can strengthen the capabilities of Faranell's plague eater.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Embodiment
What a nasty little plague you've brought me, apprentice. Must've been concocted by a true sadist. To study the sample, I gave it form. But the ungrateful thing turned on me and attacked, completely unprovoked! It's shuffled a bit further on into the House.
The storyline at a glance
Return to Lordaeron has 15 steps, from Eyes of the Wolf to Report to Greymane.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Tirisfal Glades (8), Maldraxxus (5), Tirisfal Glades (1), Oribos (1).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Maldraxxus map
- A Golden Dawn
- The House of Rituals
- Theater of Pain
- Righteous Retribution
- House of Constructs
- The House of Eyes
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.