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That's Abominable!

A World of Warcraft quest in Icecrown. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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I found this to be quite a different experience for me than others have described it. Here is what I did.

1. Kill an abomination, loot it for the guts.
2. Fly to a point near the battlefield, checking to make sure there are no nearby mobs to aggro.
3. Summon the pet abomination.
4. Select the pet and set focus on it so you can always see its health.
5. Select a mob in the battle area, press CTRL-1 to have the pet attack. Select the farthest away mob you can see.
6. On the way to the mob you told the pet to attack, it will aggro other mobs.
7. Pay attention to the pet's health. If it gets too low, explode it immediately with CTRL-5.
8. If the pet makes it to the mob you told it to attack with some health left, select another mob it hasn't aggro'd yet and make the pet attack that. Repeat from Step 6 until you explode the pet.

Be aware that if there were any mobs that aggro'd the pet but did not get exploded, they may start coming after you next.

Now some people have said things about "being close enough to the mob to credit for its explosion". I can tell you that I just did this exactly as I described and got credit, despite being outside the battle area. I don't know if that was an old problem that was fixed or changed, but what I have just described does work at this time.

Hope that helps.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneIcecrown
Quest ID13288

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13288))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineIcecrown, step 27 of 167
RewardsSlippers of the Broken Front, Mantle of Reanimation, Geist Stalker Leggings, 10g 50s, 4,100 XP

Description

Abominations... They can be a very capable enemy. I've seen them turn the tide of battle more than once. What few realize, is that they can also be very capable friends. They are not deep thinkers. If you know the secrets of their creation, you can issue them basic orders that they will not question. Fortunately for you, I know these secrets. This kit will reanimate the remains of the abominations you defeat. Take it, and learn to use them against the Scourge on the death gate.

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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 40 mapped points
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In-game waypoint: /way #118 62.9 43.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 62.9, 43.8/way #118 62.9 43.8
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)Icecrown 68.4, 62.0/way #118 68.4 62.0

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

Alliance 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 1,500 yards north-west
  • Crusaders' Pinnacle, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,600 yards south-east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 830 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 820 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 810 yards south-east

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.

Related

Choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP

3D Model

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

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Feet
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+6 Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Versatility
Suited toAffliction, Frost, Discipline, Holy, Fire, Arcane, Shadow, Destruction, Demonology
Sells to vendors for37 gold73 silver
TypeLeather Shoulder
Item level33
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor8
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +10 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for35 gold73 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for49 gold13 silver
TypePlate Shoulder
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor18
Stats+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for36 gold91 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

Icecrown

Part 27 of 167.

Previous: Poke and Prod · Next: Against the Giants

  1. 22The Broken Front
  2. 23Your Attention, Please
  3. 24Borrowed Technology
  4. 25...All the Help We Can Get.
  5. 26Poke and Prod
  6. 27That's Abominable!
  7. 28Against the Giants
  8. 29Basic Chemistry
  9. 30Coprous the Defiled
  10. 31Sneak Preview
  11. 32Chain of Command
  12. 33Cannot Reproduce

Showing steps 22 to 33 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.

  • Poke and ProdIcecrown · Level 25-30

    As someone of your experience must surely know, there's no better way to familiarize one's self with their enemy than by confronting them in combat. While you no doubt lust for the glory of taking Icecrown Citadel, that cannot happen without taking each of the Lich King's gates first.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Against the GiantsIcecrown · Level 25-30

    While it's going to be crucial to defeat the Scourge on the ground, we mustn't neglect the gate itself. The flesh giants on the ramparts are capable of hurling massive boulders and chunks of ice, inflicting devastating damage to enemy infantry below. Muster a force and defeat these giants.

Other quests with this name

This one: Alliance 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.