TheWoWDBEmpty Cauldron @ 57.9 61.7 (have to enter the inn and go downstairs).
Iron Chain @ 62.1 60.2
Crusader Skulls can be obtained by any humanoids in the vicinity.
Quest
The Plaguebringer's Request
A World of Warcraft quest in Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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The cauldron is located in the inn, at 58,64 the cauldron is in the basement of the inn
Skulls can be picked up from the people around the village
the iron chains are located at 62,60 hanging on the wall of the Avalon Forge
Amusingly, if you continue to ask him where Heigan is, he will say the following:
- NEVER say that name around me! Consider this your one and only warning!
- I can tell you where he's not...
- How dare you! Get out of my sight!
- That no good kiss-up is probably practicing ballet in his chambers.
- Heigan is probably performing maintenance on his slime and crap filled dance studio.
Quest facts
Quest ID12716
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12716))
WoW Forever: what our data shows
Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Versus the Classic Era clientNew in the WoW Forever beta client - quest id 12716 is not sighted in our Classic Era baseline (build 1.15.9.69722)
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4
Requirements
ClassesDeath Knight, Evoker, Adventurer and Traveler
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
Description
Look at this pumpkin patch! Notice anything missing? Of course you don't, because you're a moron! Your brain was probably the first thing to die. <Noth sighs.> I have been commanded to put together a plague cauldron. You will help me. Directly inside the gate of New Avalon is the inn. Enter the inn and steal an empty cauldron. Then go to the forge, also near the gate, and steal some iron chains. Bring those back to me along with 10 Crusader skulls. Do I need to tell you where to get those too?
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 areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #124 55.9 52.4
Coordinates
- Turn-inPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 55.9, 52.4
/way #124 55.9 52.4 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 57.9, 61.8
/way #124 57.9 61.8 - Objective areaPlaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 62.0, 60.2
/way #124 62.0 60.2 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave 57.8, 68.7
/way #124 57.8 68.7
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Getting there
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
- 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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Money10 gold50 silver
Experience6,200 XP
Reward details
Items you receive
TypePlate Waist
Item level29
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor14
Stats+8 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike
ClassesDeath Knight
Sells to vendors for1 silver30 copper
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
The Scarlet Enclave
Part 26 of 58.
Previous: Lambs To The Slaughter · Next: Noth's Special Brew
- 21Victory At Death's Breach!
- 22The Will Of The Lich King
- 23The Crypt of Remembrance
- 24Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide
- 25Lambs To The Slaughter
- 26The Plaguebringer's Request
- 27Noth's Special Brew
- 28How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
- 29Behind Scarlet Lines
- 30The Path Of The Righteous Crusader
- 31Brothers In Death
- 32Bloody Breakout
Showing steps 21 to 32 of 58.
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.
- Lambs To The Slaughter
Most humans would have fled the moment a Scourge necropolis took up residence in their air space. Not the Scarlet Crusade! I must confess - I rather enjoy our exchanges with the Crusade.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Noth's Special Brew
The cauldron is ready to begin spewing its foul corruption across the land! Now, death knight, a brief lesson in plague cauldrons. The gas that the cauldron emits is deadly to the living, but empowers Scourge.
Quests that require this one
The storyline at a glance
The Scarlet Enclave has 58 steps, from In Service Of The Lich King to Saurfang's Blessing.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Plaguelands: The Scarlet Enclave (54), Eastern Plaguelands (2), Elwynn Forest (1), Orgrimmar (1).
Other storylines on the Eastern Plaguelands map
- Eastern Plaguelands
- Origins
- Path of the Light III
- Class Mount: Paladin
- The Path of Light
- The Ashbringer
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.