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Sampling the Source

Sampling the Source is a quest for level 45. It is step 2 of 11 in the Fulfilling the Prophecy IV storyline. It rewards 6,150 experience and money.

Description

My companion has fallen terribly ill, as you can see.

He must have caught whatever these taurens had. Their entire camp has been wiped out!

It appears to be fel in origin, and impervious to all known treatments.

I've been working tirelessly to find a cure, but I don't think Roland here has much time left.

I could use an extra hand. Some samples from the source should speed things up.

Just be sure to avoid direct contact with the contagion. Levitate should be helpful.

Rewards

Money20 gold22 silver
Experience6,150 XP

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Known issues

Top Comments

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1
Boxofbeer+25via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Use levitate (or fly mount if can) to reach the quest area. [item=143654]s look like fel blobs, can be found on fel ground.
Also, if you have to fight caster mobs, slay them asap, their adds may kill you, but despawn if summoners die.

Sampling the Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_JpPUgw3Y

This is a part of [class=5] quest chain for new class hall champion - [champion=1002]
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[champion=1002] quest chain.
1
A Curious Contagion
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5-pGK9uybs
2
Sampling the Source
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_JpPUgw3Y
3
Shambling Specimens
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95IMrZXOg1c
4
Mischievous Sprites
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP4GTTxP08k
5
Crafting a Cure
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W6B94_6DwI
6
[quest=45348]
Netherlight Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbmGHaFDDsI
7
To the Broken Shore
Broken Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfUS1RmY1L8
8
Countering the Contagion
Broken Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVUOJA7oCsE
9
Administering Aid
Broken Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcBWUI7yTw0
10
Sterile Surroundings
Netherlight Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vlp_A1ltE
11
Champion: Aelthalyste
Netherlight Temple
[champion=1002]

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Check whether you have already completed it in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(45344))

Top Comments

The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.

1
Boxofbeer+25via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Use levitate (or fly mount if can) to reach the quest area. [item=143654]s look like fel blobs, can be found on fel ground.
Also, if you have to fight caster mobs, slay them asap, their adds may kill you, but despawn if summoners die.

Sampling the Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_JpPUgw3Y

This is a part of [class=5] quest chain for new class hall champion - [champion=1002]
_

[champion=1002] quest chain.
1
A Curious Contagion
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5-pGK9uybs
2
Sampling the Source
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_JpPUgw3Y
3
Shambling Specimens
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95IMrZXOg1c
4
Mischievous Sprites
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP4GTTxP08k
5
Crafting a Cure
Highmountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W6B94_6DwI
6
[quest=45348]
Netherlight Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbmGHaFDDsI
7
To the Broken Shore
Broken Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfUS1RmY1L8
8
Countering the Contagion
Broken Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVUOJA7oCsE
9
Administering Aid
Broken Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcBWUI7yTw0
10
Sterile Surroundings
Netherlight Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vlp_A1ltE
11
Champion: Aelthalyste
Netherlight Temple
[champion=1002]

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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP6,150
MoneyGold20g 22s
Where it comes from
Turn-in mapTrueshot Lodge
Objective areaHighmountain12 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.

Trueshot Lodge Quest turn-in
Highmountain Objective area 12 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #650 26.7 38.2

Coordinates

  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Highmountain 26.6, 33.7/way #650 26.6 33.7

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 Trueshot Lodge map

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

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Trueshot Lodge:

  • Trueshot Lodge, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 380 yards north-east
  • Trueshot LodgeAlliance and Horde · about 390 yards north-east
  • Sylvan Falls, HighmountainAlliance and Horde · about 640 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 1,100 yards north (on the Highmountain map)

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

Fulfilling the Prophecy IV

Part 2 of 11.

Previous: A Curious Contagion · Next: Mischievous Sprites

  1. 1A Curious Contagion
  2. 2Sampling the Source
  3. 3Mischievous Sprites
  4. 4Shambling Specimens
  5. 5Crafting a Cure
  6. 6Safekeeping
  7. 7To the Broken Shore
  8. 8Countering the Contagion
  9. 9Administering Aid
  10. 10Sterile Surroundings
  11. 11Champion: Aelthalyste

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.

  • A Curious ContagionLevel 45

    It has been brought to my attention that a rather curious contagion is spreading through a small coastal region within Highmountain. The local tribes have abandoned the area for fear of catching this ailment that currently has no known cure.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Mischievous SpritesLevel 45

    It's a little-known secret that the dust sprites use for their various tricks has restorative properties. Some within the alchemy community balk at this claim, but they only refute it because they've never been able to get their hands on the rare ingredient.

Quests that require this one

The storyline at a glance

Fulfilling the Prophecy IV has 11 steps, from A Curious Contagion to Champion: Aelthalyste.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Trueshot Lodge (6), Broken Shore (3), Netherlight Temple (2).

Other storylines on the Trueshot Lodge 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.

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Sampling the Goods
Sampling the Local Fare
Sampling the Local Wildlife
Sampling the Nightmare
Sanctifying Ground
Sanctuary Under Siege
Sanctum Improvements
Sanctum of the Sages
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