TheWoWDBBe sure to read the quest for this one. What you need to do is pick up 25 Zul'Drak Rats in total (both the rats and basilisks in question are found in Drak'Agal, northeast of Apprentice Pestlepot) and throw 5 rats at each basilisk to "pacify" them and collect the crystal that you need. Killing them won't do anything!
Quest
Gluttonous Lurkers
A World of Warcraft quest in Zul'Drak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Remember to throw 5 separate rats in quick succession. I was throwing only 1 for a while (thinking a 5 stack would be thrown) and was wondering why things weren't triggering.
Step 1: Go to Drak'Agal (the pools of water just west of the Amphitheater of Anguish) Step 2: Loot 25 Zul'Drak Rats Step 3: Use 5 rats per Lurking Basilisk Step 4: Loot Gorged Lurking Basilisk Step 5: Repeat four more times
Quest facts
LevelLevel 20-30
ZoneZul'Drak
Quest ID12527
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12527))
Description
My master, Finklestein, is in the shrine at Heb'Valok to the northwest preparing a truth serum, and he needs basilisk crystals. Heb'Valok is on the west side of the road leading north before the Altar of Sseratus. There are basilisks to the east at Drak'Agal. If you grab the Zul'Drak rats and throw them at the basilisk, they will become gorged and docile after eating five. Then you'll be able to take their crystals. Killing the basilisk won't do you any good. That'd just break its crystals!
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Reward details
Reputation: Argent Crusade +250
Led by Tirion Fordring, the Argent Crusade combines the reformed Order of the Silver Hand with the Argent Dawn in one final push against the forces of the Lich King.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Zul'Drak that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Troll Patrol (+350), Defend the Stand (+250), Argent Crusade, We Are Leaving! (+250), New Orders for Sergeant Stackhammer (+10), Mopping Up (+250), Leave No One Behind (+250).
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.