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Like Rats

A World of Warcraft quest in Eastern Plaguelands. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Attention enchanters!

The [npc=9451] around the cathedral in Tyrs Hand are the only source of the formula Formula: Enchant Weapon - Crusader in the game. After handing in this quest at the Light's Hope Chapel the scarlet archmages will become unreachable for your character thus also the formula because the area of Tyrs Hand will change due to phasing. After finishing the quest there won't be any enemies around the cathedral anymore.

If you have already finished the quest you can either try to get the formula with another character (no need to be an enchanter, drops for everyone) which hasn't finished the quest yet or buy it at the auction house because the formula is not BOP.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 15-30
ZoneEastern Plaguelands
Quest ID27620

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(27620))

What to do

StorylineEastern Plaguelands, step 37 of 46
RewardsBarthalomew's Belt, Cloak of the Reverend, Band of Zeal, 31g 50s, 6,200 XP

Description

Well, I'm glad that Eligor and Korfax left some fun for me. It was a battle unto itself to keep them from rushing headlong into the middle of this cathedral. That's YOUR job, after all. The cathedral lies ahead of us, the last real bastion of Scarlet power remaining. Within it, Crusader Lord Valdelmar sits atop Tyr's Hand's crumbling pulpit of lies. There will be no escape; there will be no mercy. The last simpering vestiges of the Scarlet Crusade end here. Slay him.

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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.

Eastern Plaguelands Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Eastern Plaguelands map showing where to go for Like RatsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #23 75.6 52.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inEastern Plaguelands 75.6, 52.0/way #23 75.6 52.0
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 82.3, 79.4/way #23 82.3 79.4
  • Objective areaEastern Plaguelands 76.1, 75.4/way #23 76.1 75.4

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 Eastern Plaguelands map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Eastern Plaguelands, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Eastern Plaguelands:

  • Light's Hope Chapel, Eastern PlaguelandsAlliance · about 40 yards south
  • Acherus: The Ebon HoldAlliance and Horde · about 340 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 780 yards south
  • Objective areaabout 630 yards south

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
ReputationArgent Crusade +500

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypePlate Waist
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+5 Strength or Intellect, +7 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for9 gold34 silver
TypeCloth Back
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +5 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for13 gold85 silver
TypeArmor Finger
Item level23
BindingBinds when picked up
Stats+4 Agility, +6 Stamina
Suited toVengeance, Enhancement, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Windwalker, Feral, Guardian, Havoc, Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, Survival, Brewmaster
Sells to vendors for28 silver26 copper

Reputation: Argent Crusade +500

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 Eastern Plaguelands that reward Argent Crusade reputation: Rough Roads (+350), Zaeldarr the Outcast (+250), Frederick's Fish Fancy (+250), To Kill With Purpose (+250), Dark Garb (+250), Catalysm (+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.

Storyline

Eastern Plaguelands

Part 37 of 46.

Previous: Argent Upheaval · Next: Argent Call: Northdale

  1. 32The Wrathcaster
  2. 33The Huntsman
  3. 34The Commander
  4. 35Befouled No More
  5. 36Argent Upheaval
  6. 37Like Rats
  7. 38Argent Call: Northdale
  8. 39Ix'lar the Underlord
  9. 40Impatience
  10. 41Nobody to Blame but Myself
  11. 42Beat it Out of Them
  12. 43Blind Fury

Showing steps 32 to 43 of 46.

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.

  • Argent UpheavalEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    I'll say we've done enough damage to these barracks to call this a win. A commander, a huntsman, and a warlock, all slain... not to mention the relics that we've liberated. Or shall I say... YOU liberated. The cathedral still remains, but not for long.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Argent Call: NorthdaleEastern Plaguelands · Level 15-30

    Tyrosus has given us our next task: slaying more undead in Northdale. Gidwin is excited to move forward, but I think we should show a little more caution. Let's meet up with Fiona. She should be at the next tower by now... Eastwall Tower, I think it's called.

Also counted by Eastern Plaguelands Quests

Its criteria name 5 quests; others include:

The storyline at a glance

Eastern Plaguelands has 46 steps, from Gidwin Goldbraids to Journey's End.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Eastern Plaguelands (46).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Full Caravan Recruit all 8 characters into Fiona's travelling party in Eastern Plaguelands.

Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map

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.

Achievements

Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.

Eastern Plaguelands QuestsComplete the Eastern Plaguelands storylines listed below.10