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Quest

The Sum is Greater than the Parts

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

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Bufe+74via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is the easiest of these quests i have ever done.

Keep using the stun and AOE on the adds until the Doc arrvies.
Let the doc get close...TARGET him, do another knockback when all mobs are back on you.

use the chain-pull to pull the doc towards you while he is mid-air...

Use the first petbar key on Mr.Doc...just spam it....hits him really hard...
When mobs get close,

do another knockback when all mobs are back on you.

use the chain-pull to pull the doc towards you while he is mid-air...

Use the first petbar key on Mr.Doc...just spam it....hits him really hard...
When mobs get close,

...repeat untill doc is dead...

Took me 3 chain pulls to bring the doc down..had like 40% health left...
Dont focus on killing adds, just use the above method to take out the NPC.

Easy..

Cheers

Bufe

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slicendice101+68via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Actually I tried your plan 3 times, it was very ineffective at destroying the Doctor, instead I just kept punching the adds (press 1) and pushed them back with the knockback (press 2) when the Doctor came I kept focus on him and just started spamming 1, when the adds come back quickly push them off again with knockback and resume punching the Doctor, and seriously don't bother with clearing the adds over the doctor they all despawn when the doctor dies

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 25-30
ZoneIcecrown
Quest ID13043

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13043))

What to do

StorylineIcecrown, step 101 of 167
RewardsBone Witch's Drape, Belt of Njorndar, Glaciel Ranger's Leggings, 21g, 5,150 XP

Description

Opening the tome, you notice all manner of disgusting illustrations concerning the construction of what the doctor refers to as "the ultimate weapon"! Clearly the prototype, Nergeld, is the massive flesh giant standing still at the end of the nearby Hall of Horrors. If an army of those things were to be constructed, then it would mean doom. The only way to ensure that doesn't happen is to slay Dr. Terrible! Perhaps if you were to take control of the construct, the doctor would reveal himself?

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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 3 mapped points
Icecrown map showing where to go for The Sum is Greater than the PartsTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #118 32.5 43.0

Coordinates

  • Turn-inIcecrown 32.5, 43.0/way #118 32.5 43.0
  • Objective areaIcecrown 34.2, 34.5/way #118 34.2 34.5
  • Objective areaIcecrown 33.9, 36.3/way #118 33.9 36.3

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

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

  • Death's Rise, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 840 yards west
  • The Shadow Vault, IcecrownAlliance and Horde · about 1,000 yards north-east
  • River's Heart, Sholazar BasinAlliance and Horde · about 2,500 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 370 yards north
  • Objective areaabout 290 yards north

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:

Money21 gold
Experience5,150 XP
ReputationKnights of the Ebon Blade +350

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor3
Stats+4 Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Versatility
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for37 gold60 silver
TypeLeather Waist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor7
Stats+6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for24 gold17 silver
TypeMail Legs
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor15
Stats+8 Agility or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for47 gold55 silver
TypePlate Wrist
Item level34
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor13
Stats+4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +6 Haste, +7 Critical Strike
Suited toHoly, Unholy, Protection, Retribution, Arms, Fury, Blood, Frost
Sells to vendors for24 gold36 silver

Reputation: Knights of the Ebon Blade +350

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 Icecrown that reward Knights of the Ebon Blade reputation: To the Rise with all Due Haste! (+10), The Story Thus Far... (+10), Blood in the Water (+250), From Their Corpses, Rise! (+250), You'll Need a Gryphon (+250), No Fly Zone (+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

Icecrown

Part 101 of 167.

Previous: The Bone Witch · Next: The Art of Being a Water Terror

  1. 96The Rider of Frost
  2. 97The Rider of Blood
  3. 98The Fate of Bloodbane
  4. 99Eliminate the Competition
  5. 100The Bone Witch
  6. 101The Sum is Greater than the Parts
  7. 102The Art of Being a Water Terror
  8. 103Through the Eye
  9. 104Find the Ancient Hero
  10. 105Not-So-Honorable Combat
  11. 106Banshee's Revenge
  12. 107Battle at Valhalas

Showing steps 96 to 107 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.

  • The Bone WitchIcecrown · Level 25-30

    You remember Lady Nightswood, don't you? She certainly remembers you. She's the forlorn and very angry banshee that you 'saved' when you also broke Vile and myself out from under the Lich King's dominion. The lady has gone into Jotunheim and possessed their bone witch.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • The Art of Being a Water TerrorIcecrown · Level 25-30

    The water lock outside my cave is teeming with elementals that the vrykul magi have yet to tame. I am going to teach you a trick for possessing these creatures for a short time, and you will use them to wreak havoc upon Jotunheim!

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.