TheWoWDB1. In disguise, teleport up and get the quest from Drakaru
2. Teleport down using the lower green teleport
3. Still in disguise, run just down the ramp to the yellow murky pool all around the platform. Avoid blightguards which will see through your diguise and aggro. Target a geist and use the sceptre.
4 A little one-icon pet bar should pop up with a crystal on it. If not, hit Ctrl 1 If it still doesn't pop up it may be an add-on problem. Log and try again, then disable and try.
5. Walk over close to one of the crystals in the pond and hit the pet crystal-icon. Your pet geist will gather the crystal and run away up the ramp. The gather will not register until he has teleported up to his master.
6. Repeat.
7. The plague wagons around the perimeter of the area beyond the yellow pool mostly have cauldrons on them. Click on the diluting additive near a wagon or cauldron and run away. Repeat.
8. Teleport up and hand in to Drakaru, then back down to Stefan in Ebon Hold
Quest
So Far, So Bad
A World of Warcraft quest in Zul'Drak. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The Drakuru's Task for this part is It Rolls Downhill
Note that you can actually dilute the same cauldron multiple times.
Quest facts
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12669))
What to do
Infiltrator's Shield, 
Cords of Duplicity, 
Subtle Boots of the Infiltrator, 10g 50s, 4,100 XPDescription
Everything you've reported is consistent with what we know. Learning of Drakuru and earning his trust will lay the groundwork for your future missions. Return to him and do as he says. Do whatever you must to appear sincere, {name}. A great deal is riding upon your performance. This time I'm adding an additional assignment: While you're in the field, pour this additive into their blight cauldrons. It should neutralize the scourging agent and render the batch useless.
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #121 14.1 73.8
Coordinates
- Turn-inZul'Drak 14.1, 73.8
/way #121 14.1 73.8 - Objective areaZul'Drak 27.1, 46.2
/way #121 27.1 46.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Zul'Drak 30.0, 45.4
/way #121 30.0 45.4
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 Zul'Drak map
- Warchief's Command: Zul'Drak! about 900 yards
- Hero's Call: Zul'Drak! about 900 yards
- A Flawless Plan about 1,180 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,380 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,390 yards
- You Can't Miss Him about 2,970 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Zul'Drak, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Zul'Drak:
- Ebon Watch, Zul'Drak
- Sunreaver's Command, Crystalsong Forest
- Windrunner's Overlook, Crystalsong Forest
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Reputation: Knights of the Ebon Blade +250
Freed from the grasp of the Lich King, his former Death Knights have regrouped against him under the banner of Highlord Darion Mograine.
Reputation group: Wrath of the Lich King.
Other quests in Zul'Drak that reward Knights of the Ebon Blade reputation: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide (+250), An Invitation, of Sorts... (+150), Darkness Calling (+150), Near Miss (+75), Close Call (+75), Silver Lining (+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.
Storyline
Zul'Drak
Part 26 of 79.
Previous: Reunited · Next: Hazardous Materials
- 21Our Only Hope
- 22The Storm King's Vengeance
- 23Infiltrating Voltarus
- 24Dark Horizon
- 25Reunited
- 26So Far, So Bad
- 27Hazardous Materials
- 28Sabotage
- 29Betrayal
- 30Parachutes for the Argent Crusade
- 31Pa'Troll
- 32Creature Comforts
Showing steps 21 to 32 of 79.
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.
- Reunited
<name>! Ya musta received mah gift! Turn around, mon, lemme get a good look at ya... Ahh, ya make me proud. We come such a long way, you and I, and now we be servin' da Lich King together. Stick with me and big things be comin, mon. Big things... but first, we need to be gettin' ya caught up.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Hazardous Materials
Blight crystals?! What could this scumbag Drakuru be up to? Clearly, he's working on something significant. Continue to do his bidding and perhaps once he's more familiar with you he'll reveal his plans. In the meantime, we need to have a look at these crystals.
The storyline at a glance
Zul'Drak has 79 steps, from This Just In: Fire Still Hot! to Convocation at Zol'Heb.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Zul'Drak (79).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Zul'Drak map
- Lorewalking: Loa
- The Storm Peaks
- Wrath of the Lich King Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
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.