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The daily quests in Zul'Drak work a little differently. Commander Kunz, located at the Argent Strand, gives you a quest (daily) which requires you to visit four NPC's at Argent Crusade posts and complete their dailies. The quests from the Captains are random each time, but if you complete all four within 20 minutes, when you return to Commander Kunz to hand in, you'll receive a 'bonus' quest titled 'Congratulations!' Nothing required for that, simply more rewards for doing it all in such good time.

Pre-Requisites: You have to complete two starter quests before Commander Kunz will give you the daily. Very simply quests.

[74] Defend the Stand (Both)
From: Commander Falstaav at the Argent Stand
Objective: Destroy any 10 Scourge in the courtyard at The Argent Stand
Reward: 21150 experience, 6g 20s and 250 reputation with Argent Crusade

[74] Parachutes for the Argent Crusade (Both)
From: Commander Falstaav at the Argent Stand
Objective: Equip 10 Argent Crusaders or Argent Shieldmen out in the courtyard with parachutes.
Reward: 21150 experience, 250 reputation with Argent Crusade and a further 9g 42s by choosing and vendoring the Blade of Valorous Service reward. (Can't see the cloth rewards being an upgrade to anyone).

You can do both of these quests together. Commander Falstaav is facing the courtyard you complete both quests in, so head down the steps. The scourge are obvious, and all you have to do is kill them. For the Parachutes, simply locate any Crusader or Shieldman and right click the Crusader Parachute provided. Sometimes the flying mobs will pick up NPC's and try to take them away. If they escape or the mob gets killed, the NPC is dropped from the air. Therefore they need parachutes. They must not be in combat to receive them.

Once you have completed both, return to Commander Falstaav and hand in. The daily will now become available from Commander Kunz just a few feet away.

[76] Troll Patrol (Both)
From: Commander Kunz at the Argent Stand
Objective: Visit the four Argent Crusade posts, follow their captain's orders, and then return and report to him.
Reward: 21150 experience and 6g 20s.

Troll Patrol is the daily quest, although the first time you do it, you will be doing 'Patroll'. This quest requires you to visit Captain Brandon, Captain Rupert, Captain Grondel and Alchemist Finklestein to complete their tasks. I've attached a map outlining their locations, and the route I take. I find it's easier to go:

Alchemist Finklestein >> Captain Grondel >> Captain Rupert >> Captain Brandon

Obviously this is not the only way to do it, so choose which ever way is easiest for you. As mentioned above, there is a bonus quest if you complete all the tasks in under 20 minutes, which is also why I choose to do Finklestein first, that can be the clincher on if you'll make it on time or not. If you do fail his task, you can also abandon the Troll Patrol and go get it again, thus resetting your timer. It definitely helps to be level 77 with a flying mount for this quest because the travel time between the different bases is considerable.


Ok, so lets get on with the tasks...

Alchemist Finklestein's's Task Location 35.1, 52.1 inside the building

[76] Troll Patrol: The Alchemist's Apprentice
Objective: Alchemist Finklestein at Heb'Valok wants you to assist him in the creation of a truth serum.
Reward: 5300 experience, 1g 58s and 75 reputation with Argent Crusade

Note: Quest will be 'Lab Work' the first time you do it.

On the map above, you will see the 'x' just out from a building, Alchemist Finklestein is inside that building. The building has Finklestein standing in the middle room, which another room full of bookshelves and ingredients on either side. This daily quest requires 6 ingredients for a truth serum. Ingredients will vary from day to day, but there is a constant pattern to the ingredients required:

• The 1st, 2nd and 3rd ingredients are common (i.e. either room will have it in multiple spawns.)
• The 4th and 5th are uncommon (i.e. found in multiple spawns only in one room.)
• The last or 6th ingredient is rare (i.e. one spawn only.)

Mod Helper - EasySerum
EasySerum is an addon to help you do this quest. When Alchemist Finklestein whispers you the name of an item to find, such as "Pickled Eagle Egg", the addon will print a message that says "Pickled Eagle Egg: Right side, Case 1, Row 2, Item 2". EasySerum avoids the top row of shelves which are inaccessible. Also, this prefers the right side - since this is nearest to Finklestein's Cauldron. Cases and Items are numbered left-to-right and Rows are numbered top-to-bottom.



Warlocks: Time to put your Demonic Circle to use! Simple place it in front of his cauldron and it allows you more time to find the ingredient he is asking for.



Captain Grondel's Task Location 48.1, 63.9
You'll find Captain Grondel inside a building with large banners out the front. This dwarf has three different quests in his rotation:

1. Creature Comforts which requires you to Collect 20 pieces of Dead Thornwood
2. Couldn't Care Less which is a simple kill quest for 7 Mossy Rampagers
3. And Whatdya Want, a Medal? which requires you to Collect 7 Drakkari Medallions from the nearby Drakkari Corpses

All three quests reward you with 5300 experience, 1g 58s and 75 reputation with Argent Crusade.

Since the objective is to do the quests as quickly as possible, the first two quests are the easiest. All 3 quests are done in the same area, the watery section just out from the quest giver. The Dead Thornwood is very easy, simply look for big thorns coming out of the water. The Moss Rampagers inhabit this same area (along with Lurking Basilisks), so if you get the kill quest you simply look for those guys - they are the Northrend equivelent to the Bog Lords of the Spawning Glen in Zangarmarsh.

The Drakkari Medallions is the hardest one, if you had to label one 'hard'. The guys you are looking for are the 'Drakkari Corpses', but because of the water that covers the ground, it can make them very hard to find. If you have trouble finding them, the following macro may help: /target drakkari corpse Hot key or button that and spam it to quickly find your targets.

You'll be able to run through most of the water (even as a gnome), however there are deeper areas to avoid since they force you to swim, which slows you down. You can "loot" the corpses while being mounted on a vehicle mount, e.g. Mechano-Hog, Flying carpet or mammoths.



Captain Rupert's Task Location 58.1, 72.5
Next I head straight across to Captain Rupert. He'll also be in a little building/area, and if it's your first time there, the mini map will glow with yellow exclamation marks. He also has three quests in his rotation:

1. Intestinal Fortitude - Restore courage to the cowering Crusade Recruits
2. Throwing Down - Use the High Impact Grenades near 5 Nethurbian Craters
3. And Done to Death - Use the Incinerating Oil on 5 Defeated Argent Footmen in Drak'Sotra

All three quests reward you with 5300 experience, 1g 58s and 75 reputation with Argent Crusade.

And again, all three quests are done in and around the same area as the quest giver. The cowering Crusade Recruits are everywhere, and the best part about this one is you don't even have to dismount. Simply run up, talk to them and move on. If at all possible, avoid the recruits hiding in buildings with intact roofs, because entering one will dismount you. There are ghouls wandering around the area, but they don't aggro the recruits, and so long as you hover when you talk to the recruits, they won't go after you, either. If you're still on a ground mount, you'll have to pay more attention to those ghouls, but so long as you can avoid being dazed off, they shouldn't present much of a difficulty.

To make it even easier you can make a macro with the following command: /target Crusade recruit - just spam it to help you find them easier.

The Nethurbian Craters are a little more difficult. They look like brown ant hills (see image below), usually guarded by a large Nerubian. You don't have to target the mound, simply right click your grenades from your inventory and wait for them to explode. You need to be very near after you throw your grenade to get the credit. If you throw it and run off you may not get it. Don't worry about the small nerubi (little spiders), they do not put you into combat and don't attack so don't bother with them.

Be sure to check inside the main building there as they can be sometimes found in either the left or right room.

For Done to Death, the Defeated Argent Footmen that you want are just southwest of the quest giver. Do NOT use the Defeated Argent Corpses that are just southeast of the quest giver by the spiders, as the oil will give an "invalid target" message.





Captain Brandon's Task Location 48.8, 78.9
Captain Brandon is the last one I do as he is closest to the Argent Strand to hand in. Like above, there are three different quests you might get:

1. High Standards which asks you to place the Argent Crusade Banner in the Drakkari Pedestals at Drak'Sotra
2. Something for the Pain which you need to collect 5 Mature Water-Poppies from Drak'Sotra Fields
3. And Can You Dig It? which you need to use the Steel Spade on the nearby Ancient Dirt Mounds to recover the Ancient Drakkari Relic

High Standards is the easiest and quickest quest. All you have to so is head into the same courtyard that the above series takes place in and place the Argent Crusade Banner in the Drakkari Pedestals. You can just do a big loop around the yard to get all three. The pedestals sparkle and have a large flag on top, so they are very easy to spot. The locations for each are:

• North 50.4, 73.1
• East 53.2 72.3
• South 52.5, 76.6
• Wowhead Map Link

Of the other two quests, the Water Poppies are the easiest. If you look on your map, just south west of the quest giver are fields. In these fields you will find water elementals and lots of water poppies. You are looking for the large sparkling kind for this quest. Simply loot 5. You can do it all pretty much without agroing any elementals.

Beside the fields (south east) is where you need to be to recover the Drakkari Relics. I've included a picture of what the area looks like, and if you look closely (very closely) you can just make out the dirt mounds. They are rather hard to see, even in game. Once you do spot one, run near and right click the spade to hopefully uncover a relic. If it's not a relic, it will be an aggressive troll.





[76] Congratulations!
From: Commander Kunz at the Argent Stand
Objective: Nothing...
Reward: 31450 experience, 18g 60s, 350 reputation with Argent Crusade and Patroller's Pack.

If you manage to complete all the quests in under 30 minutes, this quest is the 'bonus' reward. All you have to do is accept and then hand in. The pack may reward you with:

• Distinctive Feathers
• A Slimming Ankle Bracelet
• A Stylish Toe Ring
• Or if you're really lucky, some Scruffy Toe Lint
• There are lots of green items also
• Deputy Pa'trolla Badge is the only purple.

Note: Handing this quest in, does take up a 2nd Daily quest slot when you turn it in.

And there you have it, the Zul'Drak Dailies. This has become a regular run for me as it results in some fairly nice XP and a bit of gold. Since I am still leveling (as of writing this), I do these first and then go and quest. This gives me a mini boost to my experience, without eating into the normal quests available that I am relying on for additional gold once I reach 80.

The totals for this daily series is:

• The four sub-dailies give 21,200 experience and an average of 341 rep and 12g 72s
• Troll Patrol adds 21,150 experience, 250 rep and 12g 69s
• And Congratulations adds a further 31,450 experience, 350 rep and 19g 05s.
• Total = 73,800 experience 941 rep and 44g 46s

If you don't have a lot of play time, this can be a nice easy way to always be gaining experience without having to travel far.

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