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Quest
Plants of Zangarmarsh
A World of Warcraft quest in Zangarmarsh. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Shocking how no one mentions a fine area to farm these.
It's true most, if not all mobs have an average of 20-25% chance to drop these...but I found out that the most annoying of Zangarmarsh creatures hold the key to gaining many Unidentified plants.
If you've ever done an instance in Zangarmasrh, you know of the lake to swim through has a plentiful amount of Mudfin frenzys' that every so often shoot up at you.
Turns out these buggers each have a 20-25% chance to drop an Unidentified Plant, and being they are all 1/4 of a regular mob, to AoE them down in a sense technically quadruples your chance of finding an Unidentified Plant.
I farmed these guys in bear form with no hassle and hit some mobs of 4 with no drops, to tanking a mob of 8 getting 7 drops...the odds are in your favor if you're out for the Grinding of Unidentified Plants.
Best of luck, and good fishing!
9000 rep from neutral (first contact) to Honored (when the quest stops being available). This means 360 plant parts for non-humans, 330 for humans in order to go straight to Honored. If you quest properly afterwards (All of CE's Zang quests, BEM quests, etc.) you can be Revered without even doing Steamvault.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
ZoneZangarmarsh
Quest ID9802
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
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Description
The lakes of Zangarmarsh are slowly being drained of their water. We don't quite know why, but we do know that many plants species are in danger of becoming extinct. As the expedition's cataloguer, it is my job to track and identify these plants so we can better understand what's happening to them. If you'd like to help, bring me unidentified plant parts. They can be picked right from the ground if you're an herbalist, and the indigenous creatures of the swamp may also carry plant parts on them.
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Experience4,100 XP
ReputationCenarion Expedition +250
Reward details
Items you receive
TypeMiscellaneous
Item level1
BindingBinds when picked up
Sells to vendors for12 copper
Reputation: Cenarion Expedition +250
An exploratory force sent to Outland by the Cenarion Circle to study surviving life forms. The Cenarion Expedition has quickly gained in size and autonomy since the opening of the Dark Portal.
Reputation group: The Burning Crusade.
Other quests in Zangarmarsh that reward Cenarion Expedition reputation: Watcher Leesa'oh (+75), Observing the Sporelings (+250), A Question of Gluttony (+250), Familiar Fungi (+250), Stealing Back the Mushrooms (+350), Disturbance at Umbrafen Lake (+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.