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1.	The Flesh Does Not Lie
2.	The Active Agent

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Comment by 6502

You will find the data in a box that randomly spawns in the Ziggurats.
They can spawn in Nerub'Enkan's Ziggurat, Baroness Anastari's Ziggurat or in Maleki's Ziggurat

Comment by 6460

If you are using this in an instance with many undead please be careful about drawing aggro. I use KLH threat meter and I noticed a decent jump in generated aggro while using this as a caster. For most trash mobs it's fine, but in some delicate boss battles with tanks who have been having trouble keeping aggro, keep an eye out.

Comment by kreghx

Neutral through to Friendly (50%)
Kill any undead mob within the WPL and EPL area.

Friendly (50%) through to Honoured (50%)
Kill any elite undead mob in WPL, EPL or in the instances.

Honoured (50%) through to Revered (50%)
Kill undead bosses.

Revered (50%) to Exalted
Turn in Sourgestones, cleanse the cauldron and Healthy Scales.

EXPLANATION OF HOW

Cleansing the Cauldron
To cleanse the cauldron you have to have completed all parts of the 'Target:' quests given out by High Priestess MacDonnell in Chillwind Camp.
Using your Vitreous Focuser collect Ectoplasmic Resonators off the corpses of the undead around 'Gahrron's Withering Cauldron'. The reason why you cleanse 'Gahrron's Cauldron' over and over again is because it has a higher reputation reward. You will also be collecting scourgestones but please keep these till you are pasted 1/2 through Revered with the Dawn. Once you collect 4x Ectoplasmic Resonators, 4x Runecloth go to Alchemist Arbingto in Chillwind Camp and buy 1x Arcane Quickener. Then go back to the cauldron and use it. Doing this will give the player 25 (27-28 if Human) reputation points with the Argent Dawn. I would collect around 80x Ectoplasmic Resonators at a time and cleanse the cauldron twenty times. This quest can be done over and over again. However the 'Arcane Quickeners' cost money, 45 silver. The runecloth is picked up off the corpses of the undead mobs, and you usually have more than you need.

Using only the Cauldron quest to gain reputation from Revered (50%) to Exalted you will need all of the following:

1680x Ectoplasmic Resonators
1680x Runecloth
420x Arcane Quickener (Total cost: 189 gold (PvP Rank 3: 168 gold))

Scourgestones
Most undead mobs in WPL, EPL and the instances drop Scourge Stones of some kind. Collect these stones and put them in your bank. They will stack to 250 so you shouldn't run out of space. As the reputation gains become harder after you get passed 50% in Revered I would keep them to use then. You will get 25 (27-28 if Human) points of reputation for each turn in of 20x Minion's Scourgestones, 10x Invader's Scourgestones, and 1x Corruptor's Scourgestones. However, the Argent Dawn quests at Revered and Exalted require some tokens (Revered: 10, Exalted: 25) so you will have to spend some for those quests. Once you turn in the stones you might as well use the tokens to gain addition reputation.

Amounts of ScourgeStones needed to get to Exalted from Revered (50%):

Minion's Scourgestones: 4200*
Invader's Scourgestones: 2100*
Corruptor's Scourgestones: 210*

*These figures include spending the Valour Token reward from turning in the stones.

Healthy Dragon Scales
This quest is from picking up Healthy Dragon Scales from within Scholomance off of Plagued Hatchlings and returning them to Betina Bigglezink at Lighthopes Chappel in EPL. Each scale is a quest itself, start the quest and then talk to Betina Bigglezink. You can carry as many of these scales as you can. The drop rate of these scales is low as the prereg quest is Plagued Hatchlings and that isn't done by many people. Each scale gives the player 50 (55 for Humans) reputation points with the Argent Dawn.

Total number of scales needed from Revered (50%) to Exalted: 210

Since the 1.11 patch there are more options for getting to exalted.

Turning in the repeatable quests for the different collectiable items:

For insignia of the crusade turn-ins:
crypt fiend parts
bone fragments

For insignia of the dawn turn-ins:
savage frond
cores of elements
dark iron scraps

gets you 10 rep with AD each turn-in of 30.

At Revered, turning in 7 each of the insignias of the dawn and crusade
will get you one of the superior armaments of the dawn (I would take the 18 slot bag) You also get 100 ad rep. for first turn in.
So, not only do you get an 18 slot bag, but you get 380 ad rep total with it.

Comment by Thottbot

This quest comes after The Flesh Does Not Lie, which you can only do in a strat 5-man group, and it might take a few runs depending on how many in your group have the quest.

One question about this quest though, can you do it while in a raid or do you have to 5-man this also?

Comment by Thottbot

You cannot do it in a raid.

Comment by Thottbot

the box is very very small, so look closely all around the perimeter inside the zig

Comment by Thottbot

The Quest item ( small box ) its has random spawn place! its inside one off the 3 ziggurats!
I found it in the first! guild mate found it in the 2nd other guild mates found them in 3 and 2nd etc! so ergo its not always in the last one!
Random spawn places for the quest!

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Nice quest reward!

Comment by Thottbot

"The Argent Dawn quest "The Active Agent" now offers a choice of rewards: Seal of the Dawn and Rune of the Dawn. Both may be used just like an Argent Dawn Commission.
Players seeking to replace their Seal of the Dawn (or get a Rune of the Dawn instead) once they've finished "The Active Agent" quest should speak with Betina Bigglezink in Eastern Plaguelands."

Test Realm Patchnotes

Comment by Thottbot

Just wanted to add that all party members can loot the scourge data, the tiny box does NOT disappear. In my party 3 guys looted it.

Comment by Thottbot

As of 11/26/05 I can guarentee you cannot do this in a raid, then wait until everyone has left, even if you remake a group that is not a raid.

Also I found the box in the Baroneess' Zigg on the left side if you're facing the front of the zigg. It was the first zigg we cleared, woot :)

Comment by Thottbot

Let me guess, it wasn't an INSTANCED raid quest...

Araj's Scarab, Battle of Darrowshire, and perhaps other non instanced quests can be completed in a raid but you have to leave the raid group to loot/talk to the guys to get the rewards.

Many many items that are quest items will no longer drop if you are in a raid group even if you are soloing, such as the Silithus quests. The timbermaw quests will not count kills, but will still drop the beads/feathers.. so Blizz has chosen to do it differently everywhere seemingly.

Quests in instances marked DUNGEON can no longer be done in a raid and then converted back to a 5 man by making the person the leader and everyone else leaving.

Some things can partly be done.. like Aurius in UD Strat.. he will come help fight Baron in a 10 man, and will give the reward to everyone who is there whether they had the quest or not.

This one however, requires a 5 man, like the prereq.

Comment by Thottbot

Is there any way to re-do this quest? I accidently chose the seal instead of the rune for my 60 Mage. :(

Comment by Thottbot

Having the rune means you can throw away the argent dawn commision?

Comment by Thottbot

Are the ziggaruts in Stratholme Undead side or Scarlet side?

Comment by Thottbot

Found the little chest in the room behind Nerub'enkan.

Comment by Allakhazam

anyone think this quest is soloable by a druid/rogue?

Comment by Allakhazam

I somehow lost my argent dawn commission trinket and i heard this works the same AND has the attack power for Undead

Perfect for Scholo

http://wow.rpgbeacon.com/quest.php?ID=959

this link has where the scourge data is

Remember, they spawn in different Ziggurat (randomly)

Comment by Allakhazam

anyone know how to trade my "seal of the dawn" in for a "rune of the dawn?"

Edited, Tue Sep 13 21:12:20 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

im at her now and she wont change my seal for a rune....

Comment by Allakhazam

Incase you are wondering how small the chest is ... here is a picture of it: http://whalebait.com/koori/pics/tinychest.jpg (Data is found within) ~ K

Edited, Fri Sep 30 15:23:34 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

Is this doable in a raid?

Comment by Allakhazam

To note, the chests that contain the item is TINY! Make sure you check the floors. Not the pedistles.

Comment by Allakhazam

Okay, the secret is: You need to destroy your Seal of the Dawn first, then Betina will have the options to replace it with either a Seal or a Rune.

Comment by Allakhazam

So do you have to be revered or exalted to pick up this quest?

Comment by Allakhazam

SO metal box in either of the zigs. ther are only the 3 of them right.?

Edited, Tue Sep 20 16:32:36 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

im guessing this isnt doable in raid

Comment by Allakhazam

You can not complete this quest in a raid. I've ran several raids and everytime I am not able to click onto the box so this is 5 man only.

Also, you can't solo this as a rogue/druid because you have to defeat the mini-boss that is out in front of the ziggurat before the doors will open to let you inside of it.

Comment by Allakhazam

nvm that really is a hunter and caster trinket...so im a tard

Edited, Nov 14th 2006 at 12:23pm PST by Raneth

Comment by Allakhazam

Spawned inside the Zigg with the baroness out front for me
the data is inside a small metal box barely noticible on the ground

Comment by Allakhazam

EDit: Forget I said this. I misread the item description. Darn, that was a small box.

Edited, Wed Apr 5 01:41:39 2006

Comment by Allakhazam

What side does the scourge data drop from and wich one?

Comment by Allakhazam

The Data spawned in a small metal crate in the 2nd Zig with the spider outfront. Was inside on the floor for me.

Comment by Allakhazam

Is the attack power melee, ranged, or both?

Comment by Allakhazam

The "Data" is in the beginning-middle of the "Strat-Baron" area. Use the side entrance (EP 47,25).

In 1 of the 3 Ziggurat's (House).
Either by: Baroness Anastari, Nerub'enkan or Maleki the Pallid.
For "Alpha Map" users : No. 12, 13 and 14.

Edited, Mar 31st 2007 1:00pm by xxxstonie(##RESPBREAK##)272##DELIM##Uchur##DELIM##

Comment by CCow

Just to reiterate what has been said in a few of the previous comments already:

In order to complete this quest, you need to enter the correct one of the three Ziggurats that you can find in The Gauntlet area of Stratholme.
You won't just get the quest progress passively, but you will need to click a small box to collect the Scourge Data.
Make sure you look around the Ziggurats as the box is quite easy to miss!

Comment by padmanek

In Classic, if you delete the trinket you can get a replacement from Betina. You will get to choose between spell power one and attack power one again.

Comment by MrKnubbles

If you just completed a Strat run and then picked up this quest, you can go back into the empty instance and loot your quest item.

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The Active Agent

Travel to Stratholme and search the ziggurats. Find and return new Scourge Data to Betina Bigglezink.

	Scourge Data (1)

Description

You will have to delve deeper into Stratholme, <name>.

Beyond the first gates you will find the ziggurats. We know that the Scourge draws great power from these structures. Search the Ziggurats and return with any information that you may discover.

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Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Seal of the Dawn		Rune of the Dawn

The following spell will be cast on you:

	Burst of Experience

You will also receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

100 reputation with Argent Dawn

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(5213))

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