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Neutralizing the Plague (Horde)

Neutralizing the Plague is a Horde-only group quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It rewards 6,200 experience and money.

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Description

You no longer need my assistance in neutralizing the enemy's plague cauldrons, <race>.

Hunt down the flesh giants at the death gate and use the fluid from their spines to render batches of the plague ineffective.

You are striking at the heart of the enemy's strategy. This is an important mission - vital to our cause, and should be carried out whenever time permits.

Remember, the giants and the plague cauldrons can be found on Mord'rethar.

Rewards

Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
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1
Whiterock+13via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

ORGRIM'S HAMMER Quest Tree From Whiterock
Give + to 05/10/2009 LostDrewid aswell.

The Crusaders' Pinnacle*                      1)Preparations for War
 |->The Skybreaker(A)*   The Shadow Vault*
 |                         |
1)Orgrim's Hammer------->Opportunity*
 |___________________________________________
 |                  |->2)Mind Tricks        |->D)Blood of the Chosen    
3)The Broken Front  |->D)Slaves to Saronite |->2)Joining the Assault 
 |   +3)Avenge Me!  |->2)Get to Ymirheim!       |->D)Assault by Air   
 |->D)Make Them Pay!   D)King of the Mountain   |->D)Assault by Ground  
 |
 |------------------------>1)Good For Something?
1)Takes One to Know One    3)Volatility-->D)Volatility
3)Poke and Prod            5)Green Technology   
 |________________________ 6)Fringe Science Benefits
 |                       |  |->D)Riding the Wavelength: The Bombardment
3)That's Abominable!     |  |->D)Total Ohmage: The Valley of Lost Hope!
 |->D)That's Abominable! |
 |                      4)Against the Giants
5)Sneak Preview          |->4)Coprous the Defiled
 |->5)Chain of Command   |->4)Basic Chemistry-->D)Neutralizing the Plague
 |->5)Cannot Reproduce
 |  5)Retest Now-->D)Retest Now      
 |
5)Drag and Drop-->D)Drag and Drop
 |->5)Not a Bug-->D)Not a Bug
 |
5)Need More Info----------------->5)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                                 |->D)No Rest For The Wicked
 |                                 |
7)Raise the Barricades----------->8)The Ironwall Rampart
 |->8)Blinding the Eyes in the Sky |
 |  D)Keeping the Alliance Blind   |
 |                                 |
8)Bloodspattered Banners           |
 |_________________________________|  
 |
9)Before the Gate of Horror
 |                   \
9)Shatter the Shards 9)The Guardians of Corp'rethar

Amped for Revolt!(doesn't work/exist)
Quest Zones:
1)Orgrim's Hammer_____2)Ymirheim_____3)Broken Front_____4)Mord'Rethar_____5)Aldur'thar_____6)The Bombardment_____7)Valley of Lost Hope_____8)Valley of Fallen Heroes_____9)Corp'rethar
D)Daily
*Click to see more info about that quest-line.
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262933+12via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

While this quest "recommends" two players, please note that this cannot be completed solo no matter how gosu you may be.

The quest item you are given has a 1:30 cooldown and must be used at specified intervals or else the quest fails. You must have 2 people to finish it.

3
Stealthy+10via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is the daily quest that becomes available after completing Basic Chemistry. It's basically a repeat of that quest - kill a Pustulent Horror, have everyone in your group loot the spine and use it to convert it to a Pustulent Spinal Fluid.

Head inside Mord'rethar, find a cauldron and use the fluid on it. Once the fluid is used on a cauldron, waves of mobs will spawn and attack until the cauldron is neutralized. Spawned mobs will randomly be one of the following:
- 8 x Living Plague (12K HP each)
- 2 x Rampaging Ghoul (25K HP each)
- 1 x Plague Drenched Ghoul (65K Health)
- 4 x Living Plague and 1 x Rampaging Ghoul

As stated above, using the fluid is channeled and any hits from mobs will break the channel and start the cooldown for that player, so ideally you'll want 3 people - one to tank the spawns, and two others to alternate using the fluid on the cauldrons. It can be done with 2 if you can burn through (or taunt) the mobs fast enough - but leaves little room for error.

Sometimes the cauldrons bug out and become unusable until a server restart or maintenance, so if one isn't working try the other two.

Finally, the Living Plagues drop loot - coins, cloth, potions, food & drink, vendor trash and the occasional green item, so don't forget to loot them!

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,200
MoneyGold31g 50s
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This one: Horde only · Icecrown · Level 25-30 · Group.

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2 quests carry the name Neutralizing the Plague. They differ in the faction shown here.

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Neutralizing the Plague (this page)Horde13281
Neutralizing the PlagueAlliance13297
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