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Quest
Really Big Worm
A World of Warcraft quest in Dragonblight. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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i would just like to point out that Rattlebore is a female she is the spawnmother as the quest states
This is good advice. Rattlebore is at the very end of a long series of caves called "Ice Heart Cavern" filled with Ice Heart Jormungar Feeders and their little pals Ice Heart Jormungar Spawn. The larger ones apply a corrosive spit debuff which you are probably familiar with from the lead up to this quest.
Rattlebore himself is in a larger cavern surrounded by the smaller worms, which you probably should clear before attempting the fight. He has 100,000+ HP and hits harder, especially after his debuffs (Powerful Bite and Corroded Mind) are applied. Fun facts:
- Immune to sleep
- Immune to fear
- Immune to slowing
- Immune to snares/roots
So, basically, kiting is right out. However, some people have claimed success by DOT'ing him and then running like the wind for the tunnel exit. He will reset if you outdistance him when he tries to cast, though. The quest is probably soloable by some classes, especially well-geared tanks who can heal themselves. It's definitely two-mannable with a tank+healer or tank+dps if you're sufficiently geared. For three people, it's easily done, even if you've only got cloth wearing DPS -- just remember to clear the nearby spawns and take turns with the aggro,
Quest facts
Quest ID12080
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12080))
What to do
WhereDragonblight, Crystalsong Forest
StorylineDragonblight, step 149 of 149
RewardsRattlebore Slayer Leggings, 
Ice Heart Chestguard, 
Crystalplate Legguards, 31g 50s, 6,200 XP
Rattlebore Slayer Leggings, Ice Heart Chestguard, Crystalplate Legguards, 31g 50s, 6,200 XPDescription
The jormungar have a spawnmother in the caverns below. We call her Rattlebore - a name that was gifted to her by an adventurer from the Plaguelands. I saw her only briefly as I was fighting off their initial onslaught - she is large enough to devour one of my young whole. This cavern will not be ours until she is removed from it.
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 areaIn-game waypoint: /way #115 59.0 17.8
Objective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #127 41.3 87.7
Coordinates
- Turn-inDragonblight 59.0, 17.8
/way #115 59.0 17.8 - Objective areaDragonblight 50.6, 18.0
/way #115 50.6 18.0 - Objective areaCrystalsong Forest 41.3, 87.7
/way #127 41.3 87.7
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 Dragonblight map
- Galakrond's Unrest about 800 yards
- Saving Nine about 1,080 yards
- Killing Time about 1,080 yards
- Cut from the Same Cloth about 1,080 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,330 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,340 yards
- The Day That Chromie Dies about 1,370 yards
- Rewind about 1,370 yards
- Preserve the True Future about 1,370 yards
- The Deaths of Chromie about 1,370 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Dragonblight, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Dragonblight:
- Kor'kron Vanguard, Dragonblight
- Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong Forest
- Dalaran
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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Choose one of these rewards:
Money31 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
Other quests on the Dragonblight map
Reward details
Pick one of these
TypeLeather Legs
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor10
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +11 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for49 gold7 silver
TypeMail Chest
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor17
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for46 gold23 silver
TypePlate Legs
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor22
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for48 gold1 silver
TypeCloth Legs
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+8 Intellect, +11 Stamina, +12 Critical Strike
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for47 gold11 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.
Storyline
Dragonblight
Part 149 of 149.
Previous: Worm Wrangler
- 138Shaved Ice
- 139Soft Packaging
- 140Something That Doesn't Melt
- 141Hard to Swallow
- 142Lumber Hack
- 143Harp on This!
- 144Slim Pickings
- 145Messy Business
- 146Stomping Grounds
- 147Apply This Twice A Day
- 148Worm Wrangler
- 149Really Big Worm
Showing steps 138 to 149 of 149.
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.
- Worm Wrangler
So be it. If the giants will not come to our aid, perhaps we can make use of these worms. There are sure to be some spawn with their brood mother in the cavern below. Take this box and capture 3 of their spawn and bring them to me. Where diplomacy fails, enslaving is a perfectly viable alternative.
Also counted by Might of Dragonblight
Its criteria name 12 quests; others include:
- Conversing With the Depths
- Worm Wrangler
- The End of the Line
- Informing the Queen
- The High Cultist
- Tales of Destruction
- The Plume of Alystros
- That Which Creates Can Also Destroy
Also counted by Might of Dragonblight
Its criteria name 14 quests; others include:
- Agmar's Hammer
- Conversing With the Depths
- Worm Wrangler
- The End of the Line
- Where the Wild Things Roam
- Informing the Queen
- The Translated Tome
- Tales of Destruction
The storyline at a glance
Dragonblight has 149 steps, from The Liquid Fire of Elune to Really Big Worm.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Dragonblight (144), Crystalsong Forest (5).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Dragonblight map
- Lorewalking: Arthas
- The Deaths of Chromie
- Fulfilling the Prophecy II
- Icecrown
- Light's Wrath
- Aluneth, Greatstaff of the Magna
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 these achievements.
Might of DragonblightComplete the Dragonblight storylines listed below.10Might of DragonblightComplete the Dragonblight storylines listed below.10
- Might of Dragonblight: its criteria name 12 quests, this one included.
- Might of Dragonblight: its criteria name 14 quests, this one included.