TheWoWDBKill Diseased Black Bear's (Not the Shaggy black bears), and pick the Plague Tangle which grow around their body. Multiple Plague Tangle's grow after killing 1 Deseased black bear.
Quest
Latent Disease
A World of Warcraft quest in Western Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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From my experience, five Plague Tangles grow from every Diseased Black Bear corpse. Sometimes they are hidden by the body of the bear, but they are there. So you should only need to kill four bears total.
I concur. Only had to kill 4 to get 20. At one point it looked like I only got 4, but when I looted one there was another under it.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 15-30
Quest ID26934
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(26934))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineWestern Plaguelands, step 32 of 63
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
I need plagued grass for an... an experiment, of sorts. Those Argent Crusaders and those infernal Cenarion druids have done too good a job of healing the plaguelands, however... and I can't find proper reagents within a reasonable walking distance. Some of the local wildlife retain the plague's touch, however. Kill a diseased black bear, then retrieve the grass that grows where its decaying body lies. It's not optimal, but it'll do.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #22 26.7 56.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inWestern Plaguelands 26.7, 56.3
/way #22 26.7 56.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Western Plaguelands 33.1, 61.3
/way #22 33.1 61.3
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 Western Plaguelands map
- At War With The Scarlet Crusade same spot
- Honor the Flame about 110 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,040 yards
- Keeping the Peace about 1,240 yards
- Sacred Ground about 1,250 yards
- Seeking Guidance about 1,250 yards
- The Light Reveals about 1,340 yards
- Finding the Scepter about 1,940 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Western Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Western Plaguelands:
- The Bulwark, Tirisfal
- Andorhal, Western Plaguelands
- Undercity, Tirisfal
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- 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 Western Plaguelands map
Reward details
Reputation: Undercity +250
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 Western Plaguelands that reward Undercity reputation: The Battle for Andorhal (+25), Scourge First... Alliance Later (+250), The Endless Flow (+250), War Machines (+350), Scholomancer (+500), Araj the Summoner (+350).
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
Western Plaguelands
Part 32 of 63.
Previous: After the Crusade · Next: Foxes and Hounds
- 27Scholomancer
- 28Brute Strength
- 29Araj the Summoner
- 30Victory, For Now
- 31After the Crusade
- 32Latent Disease
- 33Foxes and Hounds
- 34Who Needs Cauldrons?
- 35Foes Before Hoes
- 36Lower the Boom
- 37Strange New Faces
- 38When Death is Not Enough
Showing steps 27 to 38 of 63.
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.
- After the Crusade
Our victories are quickly piling up, <name>. The Scarlet Crusade, which has long persecuted the Forsaken, is on its last legs. While they still hold their monastery here in Tirisfal, they no longer occupy Hearthglen, or Tyr's Hand, far to the east.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Foxes and Hounds
These Alliance forces walk around the Plaguelands like they own the place. Well, they don't! This land rightfully belongs to the Dark Lady! As the battle for Andorhal drew to a close, the Alliance forces occupying the Plaguelands scattered.
The storyline at a glance
Western Plaguelands has 63 steps, from Scourge First... Horde Later to Turning Yourself In.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Western Plaguelands (63).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Western Plaguelands map
- The Ashbringer
- Tirisfal Glades
- Scepter of Sargeras
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.