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Not a Bug (Horde)

Not a Bug is a Horde-only quest for level 25-30 in Icecrown. It is step 56 of 167 in the Icecrown storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Icecrown at 62.3, 42.8. It rewards 5 reward items, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

Alright, friend, time to plant a bug.

Relax, it's not a bug exactly, but it'll serve our purposes.

In the northern portion of Aldur'thar, the cult's void summoners enslave demonic minions. Use this rod to siphon the dark matter from the corpses of these enslaved minions, and then use the cultists' summoning crystal to bring our little spy into being.

Until it is discovered, the messenger will serve as our eyes and ears, discreetly observing the actions of our enemy.

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
Top Comments

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ezesion+102via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

There's a lot of potential confusion on this quest. Here's what you do:


  • Get 5 dark matters of the voids. The voids can be found with their summoner at the plateau above the summoning stone.

  • With 5 dark matters move to the stone, click it, and watch your void run off.

  • You can actually attack the void, but quest is completed at it's appearance.

  • Everything happens around 53.33, or the "TH" in Aldur'thar.

As a daily you should also pair this up with Retest Now, so remember to buff up with [Diluted Cult Tonic].

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Shoulder
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor5
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility, +9 Haste
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for35 gold43 silver
TypeLeather Hands
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Haste
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for24 gold62 silver
TypeMail Hands
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for23 gold62 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor23
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +13 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for46 gold56 silver
TypePlate Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +9 Dodge
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold34 silver

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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapIcecrownTurn-in marker at 62.3, 42.8, 15 mapped points
World Map

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.

Icecrown Quest turn-in 15 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #118 62.3 42.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 62.3, 42.8/way #118 62.3 42.8
  • Objective areaIcecrown 53.8, 33.6/way #118 53.8 33.6
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 55.9, 29.7/way #118 55.9 29.7
  • Objective areaIcecrown 62.3, 42.9/way #118 62.3 42.9

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 Icecrown map

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

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Icecrown:

  • Argent Tournament Grounds, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north-east
  • The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards north-west
  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 660 yards north-west
  • Objective areaabout 680 yards north-west

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.

Quest Line

Storyline

Icecrown

Part 56 of 167.

Previous: Retest Now · Next: Need More Info

  1. 51Basic Chemistry
  2. 52Sneak Preview
  3. 53Chain of Command
  4. 54Cannot Reproduce
  5. 55Retest Now
  6. 56Not a Bug
  7. 57Need More Info
  8. 58No Rest For The Wicked
  9. 59Raise the Barricades
  10. 60Bloodspattered Banners
  11. 61Blinding the Eyes in the Sky
  12. 62The Ironwall Rampart

Showing steps 51 to 62 of 167.

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.

  • Retest NowIcecrown · Level 25-30

    This should do the trick! Those twisted hooligans are looking for souls to put in their crazy-juice? Then I say we help 'em out a bit! Take a swig of this - don't worry, I've diluted it plenty... Its only effect will be to detect any cultist's essence once you've defeated them.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Need More InfoIcecrown · Level 25-30

    The Cult of the Damned are notorious for concocting grandiose plans that in the end, rarely succeed. But something feels different this time.... Perhaps it's the proximity to the Lich King that has their fervor heightened. Whatever it is, they appear to be more confident than ever.

Other quests with this name

This one: Horde only · Icecrown · Level 25-30.

The storyline at a glance

Icecrown has 167 steps, from Honor Above All Else to Light Within the Darkness.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Icecrown (162), Moonglade (2), Dragonblight (2), Shattrath City (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Icecrown 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.

Other versions of this quest

4 quests carry the name Not a Bug. They differ in the faction/rewards shown here.

QuestFactionRewardsID
Not a Bug (this page)Horde4,100 XP, Mantle of the Dark Messenger, Gilly's Strangulation Gauntlets, Chain Gloves of the Demonic Minion, Legplates of the Northern Expedition, Gutbuster of Aldur'thar13358
Not a BugAlliance4,100 XP, Gutbuster of Aldur'thar, Legplates of the Northern Expedition, Chain Gloves of the Demonic Minion, Gilly's Strangulation Gauntlets, Mantle of the Dark Messenger13342
Not a BugSame4,100 XP13344
Not a BugSame4,100 XP13365
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