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Comment by 8237

This quest is quite irritating, make sure to get the Flame in a Bottle from next to the quest giver after you pick up the quest.

The camp like the quest says is in between Felstone and Dalson's. It contains Hunter and Mage Scarlet Mobs primarily. Pick off the mobs individually as fighting more than one can get bad fast. Keep up a fast pace as they respawn fairly quickly. When all of them are killed burn the tent and place the flag.

Though this quest is very annoying it leads into a chain dealing with the fields in WPL and their cauldrons that give really fast and awesome EXP. Doing the whole chain line is about 70k exp and doable in about an hour. Don't get discouraged by this first quest.

Comment by 4441

The camp can be found at 40, 53.

Comment by homiebrah

Soloed this one as a 53 Affliction lock. Cleared out one side and was able to light the tent and plant the flag. Careful of the Medics. They will heal each other.

Tent located at coords in nullzone's post.

Comment by 26092

tent respawned super quick when I was there

Comment by 35155

This quest is really great if you have a few people with you especially since the mobs are like 51-54 for the lvl 50s its better to clear this area and then always make sure you have the fire with you.(People forget it sometimes) just don't rush this quest

Comment by 43147

Wow, wtf, was just doing this, you can do solo easy at 51-52. Had error which caused me to die ..., but wait, when i come back all the ones I killed respawned. This area has fast respawn rate. And as above said, watch out for the meds healing each other.

Comment by Sprea

I had real problems with this quest with my 53 warrior. I wasn't able to kill them fast enough before they respawned.

Finally I cleared out enough on the west side so I could get close enough and torch the tent and plant the banner.

If you're a meele class just use your gun or pull by presence, be careful tho since you might get more than you can handle.

Comment by 37721

Doing it rigth now, really hard because they pull each other. I've died 5 times so far, i'm 51 fury war. i would say wait a lvl with this one.

Comment by 50236

pritty hard, but not impossible...

lvl 52 frost mage. got whiped twice...

a tip for all mages ...
you should attack from east .. sometimes you have to kill 2 "mages" at the same time, they will use arcane missiles ... so you should pull with sheep :) and then it's easy

Comment by mattous

After you complete this quest you can then do the following:

All Along the Watchtowers (56g) - https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=5098 (h)
The Scourge Cauldrons (53) - https://www.wowhead.com/classic/quest=5228 - (h)

Comment by Thottbot

Try something more like 40, 53. You have to go a fair distance behind the barn.

Comment by Thottbot

The Flames in the bottle is just beside ti the Quest giver and the camp i at 40,53

Comment by Thottbot

Ok so you get the quest over at the Argent dawn camp in Tristfall glades, dont forget to pick up the Fire in a bottle next to quest giver...Now in between the First 2 cauldron areas, On left, lies a camp, go around back of it, and kill one at a time from there...Remmy they are humans, so they will run once they get close to dying (Kinda like alliance) then burn the tent, next plant the flag...you can not plant the flag unless you burn the tent...Finally did it for the faction as a lvl 60...I dont see anyone soloing it lesser than lvl 53.

Good luck all

Comment by Thottbot

If doing this in a party everyone has to burn tent and plant the pole. For us the tent respawned as soon as someone planted the pole. Quest would not complete with another party member planting pole.

Comment by Thottbot

When you get this quest, grab the bottle from the crate next to the guy who is giving quest.

The object is the little camp about 40,53. Good luck with the mobs, burn down the tent using the bottle place the banner and your done.

Mobs are hard. I'm 54 warrior and getting my booty kicked.

Comment by Thottbot

This quest blows.

1-The mobs spawn quickly, you need to kill at least 1/4th of them.

2- The Invokers have been buffed to stop the CFGs. Their missiles now HURT a lot.

3- IMPORTANT: You need to BURN the tent, THEN plant the flag. If the tent respawns, you have to go back to the questgiver to get another bottle of flames.

MEH!

Comment by Thottbot

Whoever says this quest is easy its not, the respawn rate is way to quick you get 3 killed and 2 more pop up. Location is at 40.53. I would recommend taking a small group with you to complete it.

Comment by Thottbot

So I tried this as a 53 lock thinking I can sac and howl of terror my way in but no, the tent won't burn if you are in combat.

Watch your pulls - I pulled one and it agroed a ton of others and I got my ass handed to me.

Haven't done this yet - will try again when I am higher :(

Comment by Allakhazam

Remember to get the Flame in a Bottle from a box next to the quest giver.

this is key, forgot about it first time around :P

Comment by Allakhazam

I wish I could take credit for this, but I can't....

You will need 2 people....

Sneak to the back of the camp. Have your friend mounted. Have him run through the camp.. as soon as he goes, you go and burn the tent. DO NOT TARGET ANY MOB or you can't plant the flag. If your friend is good.. we will survive. I was out of there before the mobs got back. left the same way i got there... out through the back... not one mob hit me.

We (he) healed and I ran aggro on my mount. ....

Comment by Allakhazam

The Invokers arcane missles are ungodly, here. Very tight aggro, and they flee like any other Scarlet wuss. Crowd Control is necessary to complete this fairly. It took me longer than it should have, and in the end all I did was clear the backside and set that thing ablaze and bolted. I was determined because the chain quest is a Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix song... A good one, might I add. :D

Comment by Allakhazam

Loc: 40,53
Soloed Rouge 58
Died three times because aggroed two or three mages that started blasting me with spells.
The tactics are simple at my lvl you don't pickup much aggro so go around pull one by one a kill (apply Crippeling Poison)
Burn the Tent and place the flag. (the torch to burn the Tent is pickedup near the quest giver)
They respawn every 2 minutes or something.
Enjoy.

Comment by Allakhazam

First get the bottle with flame in a box next to the npc where you get the quest. then go to 40.53 you'll see a white tent. Shield yourself then freeze those scarlet mobs then quick burn of the tent and place the banner and at last blink and run away

Comment by Allakhazam

easy for rogue just pull what u can at back. Sap what u need to to get to tent in stealth. Then burn tent, u will be attacked but it doesnt interupt the process. Run and re-stealth. After go back to front by the table and stand and place flag there, once its placed run and stealth.

Comment by Allakhazam

If your a hunter, this quest is easy. If your pet's HP is high enough send it to attack the central guy. It will probably aggro all the other guys, so you just run in and burn the tent while your pet gets killed, then run once your done. This may also work for locks depending on the demon you use.

I managed to finish burning the tent right as my pet died, and then I died while running away.

Comment by Allakhazam

@ lvl 51 this is impossible. all mobs are either 53/54 (most orange) and as soon as you start burning (even after sapping one and blinding one and popping evasion) they will pwn your face with arcane missiles WAY Before you can get the cast (burning the tent) off. died twice. so only try this if youre at LEAST lvl 52, not even sure then

Comment by Allakhazam

Edit: Double Post >.<

Oh well, here are more information on how I completed this. I used Hit and Run on most of my kills. Pull one, kill and then run away if there are adds. For the Invokers, I Mind Controlled them and let their friends kill him/her. Then run away again.

I also discovered that if you Mind Control a Medic, he has a skill that will increase your Arcane Resistance by 78 for 1 hour. Very useful in fighting the Invokers.

Edited, Oct 17th 2006 at 8:01pm PDT by Soulreign

Comment by Allakhazam

Remember to get the Flame in a Bottle from a box next to the quest giver.
You also have the banner in your inventory.
This quest is very hard for the level, the pop rate is faster than normal, so bring friends.

Comment by Allakhazam

5250 exp at lvl 57 / 100 rep inc with UC

Comment by Allakhazam

some co-ords would be &*!@ing nice

Comment by Allakhazam

Kinda buggy, I got the quest, but I didnt get any Scourge Banner :<

Comment by Allakhazam

Go from the north, kill 2 mobs, and you can flame the tent easily..at level 54 I didnt need to kill anymore people..

I soloed this as a 54, without serious problems, by simply killing the bare minimum to do the quest.

Comment by Allakhazam

The coordinates of the camp are at 40,53

Comment by Allakhazam

I'd like to be the first to say, this is the dumbest ****ing quest ever. Nothing better than seeing the yellow "175" over ur icon about 18 times a freaking second... specially after u help someone else do the quest, only to have him ****ing ditch you when its your turn, leaving you there to find for urself against lvl 54 non elite mobs worth of single handedly taking down Thrall himself -_-

Quest = Dropped

Comment by Allakhazam

This quest was extremely hard for my level 51 priest. Good thing I learned some tricks early on.

If I am not mistaken, there should be 8 mobs around the tent forming a circle, 1 infront of the tent and 1 on the side. I cleared the 3 mobs on the southern portion of that place. I then put a bubble and run to the left side of the tent and used the "Flame in a Bottle" then ran away. The casting is not interruptable. I returned to the portion that I cleared and used "Soothe Mind" on those that will clearly notice my presence. I moved close enough that I can use the "Sourge Banner" and presto Objective Complete.

Took me 20+ deaths to discover this though. I almost gave up. >.<

Comment by Allakhazam

those guys respawn so fast, if you have killed 3 on normal speed the first one has respawned
you certainly need to bring some friends

Comment by Allakhazam

I accepted this quest from the guy in the Bulwark, i recieved the banner but the crate next to him is not selectable. I have tried dropping the quest and trying again but still nothing, aometimes i dont even recieve the banner!

I need the key desperately, any ideas of how to get this done with no flame?

thanks for your time

jim

Comment by Allakhazam

I had it easy, 2 other players had already cleared the camp and burned the tent so all I did was plant my banner and leave. Shows that you don't need to burn the tent, only plant the banner while the tent is down.

Comment by Allakhazam

They must have changed this, because i was wondering by it, and someone was already doing it, so i lent him a hand. After the area was clear, he burned the tent, planted the flag. I then waiting about 1 minute for the tent to pop back up, burned it down, planted the flag, no respawns at all.

Comment by Allakhazam

Tried at first as a lvl 54 lock and found it nearly impossible so gave up quite fast. I was grinding AD rep at level 57 when a level 52 rogue asked for help, I agreed and gathered the quest and necessary items and we completed the quest very easily. It took no less then 4 minutes (1 minute for me getting the quest and 1 minute for the rogue acquiring the forgotten 'flame in a bottle' ;])

Edited, Nov 26th 2006 11:07am by bloodmonk

Comment by Allakhazam

Soled Frost Mage 52

Comment by Allakhazam

THE QUESTGIVER DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE BOTTLE OF FLAMES

Sorry, just wanted to make sure people saw that ;) You have to pick it up from the box next to him. I cleared the camp only to realize that neither me nor my husband had the bottle so we could not burn down tent. So we went back, got bottle, picked up a stray person to help and cleared camp again then burned down tent. Then the @#&! stray person didn't plant his flag in time because he was too busy going "Durr, I can't burn down tent" even though it was burning before his eyes. So, the moral of the story is:

1. Pick up the bottle from the box next to the questgiver.
2. Don't pickup strays
3. If you ignore (2), then make sure the strays fully understand the quest objectives so that you don't have to clear the damn camp a third time.

Comment by Allakhazam

This quest is ridiculously hard to solo, even at the quest level of 53.

The invokers do a TON of damage, and if you pull them with a medic, you're basically dead -- either you're taknig tons of damage from the caster and killing the healer, or the healer's healing the caster as he kills you. And all the mobs are runners and are closely spaced. You CAN burn the tent while in combat, but NOT plant the flag, so don't get any bright ideas about fearing mobs out of your way while you complete it.

Add in a repop rate that's so high that if you die on any of the pulls almost the whole thing's respawned by the time you get back, and yeah, it's stupid hard. I managed it (53 priest) through many attempts, eventually ending up with a combo of repops (a lot of medics) that were easy to pull away from the group and solo.

Comment by Allakhazam

I just finished that quest with 53 lock affliction specs and its not that hard .. just DOT them send WV on them and drainmara or health once they drop to 30% of health hit them curseof raclessnes andthey are down .. the hardest guys are the Medics cause they heal but if you drain ther mana thereis nothing much to do.
40:53 is loc or for the ppl without the cord go beetween first and secound farm to your left and you will find them .. DO NOT , i repeat DO NOT foget the oil fromthe box next to the questgiver!

Comment by ArxonHavenloft

Be sure to pick up the Flame in a Bottle within the crate next to quest the giver. Then proceed to coords 40,53. Be sure to place flag while the tent has been destroyed. You only get a small window of time to do this or you'll be forced to go pick up another Flame in a Bottle to burn the tent down again.

Comment by jfoobar

So if you try this when no one else has recently completed it or no one else is there doing it at the same time, good luck. At full compliment, the tent is surrounded by 16 humanoids and no less than 6 dogs, all packed pretty tightly together. You can peel some of them, but there are at least four plus a dog that are chained together at the front of the tent. It has always annoyed me that this is a gatekeeper quest for key WPL questlines as it is pretty much impossible to solo for anyone at the appropriate level. Even an AOE specced frost mage would get wrecked since every humanoid is ranged, some of them healers.

Comment by pindelz

Fun thing about this quest, if you click the tent to burn it right after someone else does, he will get credit and you will lose your flame in a bottle and have to walk back to get a new one.

Comment by Draelia

I soloed this Quest with a lvl 53 priest. Wasn't too hard. I killed 2 of the spawns behind the tent and put Mind Soothe on the three closest ones. Got close enough behind the tent to burn it and placed the banner. So if you are a priest just use Mind Soothe.

Comment by LadyJessa

the spawn rate has been nerfed in classic, was able to clear 3, die, run back and do tent

Comment by cheheze

You can't use the banner whilst in combat, so don't even think of rushing in.

Comment by cheheze

A trick to remember is that mobs don't respawn as quickly if you don't loot them.

Comment by Wimbleton

Well that was pretty annoying. That's the fastest respawn rate I can remember of any recent quest in the past 15 years. OK, maybe there was one other....

I found with my 56 hunter that I could just circle the camp, keeping in mind several things: 1) Many or most of the mobs can't be pulled, 2) If you do succeed in pulling one, he/she will bring a friend or (in about 1/3 of the cases) two, so you'll almost always be fighting 2-3 mobs at a time, 3) The Invoker casters can kill you (or at least mail wearers) in four shots and several times ignored my pet's aggro, even using Intimidation. Bestial Wrath fixed that but its 2-minute cooldown meant it wasn't as helpful with them as it could have been, 4) Make sure you clear the animal mobs from the area as you might spend some time running away as I did when FD was on cooldown, and

5) Be prepared for the two or three (not solo) mobs to chase you for an extraordinary distance. I think one of them followed me all the way to the Honolulu airport, where a customs agent detained him for not having the right stamps in his passport.

That turned out to be an unexpected benefit, however. Since they almost all run at 10% health or so, the biggest risk is that one or more run back into the camp and aggro all the others if you don't have some kind of stun or similar trick available. If you can get them to chase you away from the camp, that's no longer a problem. Last of all, remember Cheheze's suggestion below - don't loot. The mobs still respawn at an exaggerated rate but that will slow their respawn rate by some amount of time, which might be all the time you need.

Comment by borcar

As others stated the respawn here is insane. On top of the fact that there are 5-9 mobs densely packed all around the tent. As a 58 feral druid tank i got swarmed by casters even trying to pick off mobs with ranged moonfire.

Ended up cheesing it with a guildy. Just have one person mount up and aggro all the mobs and run toward the road while the other runs in to torch the tent and plant the banner. Repeat for the other guy. Even in a group both people need to burn and plant seperately.

Comment by Tauridxx

Don't be like me and clear the area nicely only to realize you forgot the Flame in a Bottle...
Edit: went back to it later and found 3 packs of 6 mobs tightly packed together. Something definitely amiss with the respawns on this quest

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Scarlet Diversions

Proceed to the Scarlet Crusade's base camp between Felstone Field and Dalson's Tears and destroy their command tent.

Place the Scourge banner at the camp, and then return to High Executor Derrington at the Bulwark, Western Plaguelands.

	Flame in a Bottle (1)
	Destroy the command tent and plant the Scourge banner in the camp (1)

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	Scourge Banner (1)

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Before Andorhal, we must tackle the advancing Scarlet Crusade menace from Hearthglen. They've made camp between Felstone Field and Dalson's Tears, making us risk conflict against both the Scourge and the Crusade at once.

My plan is to play them off of each other by sending you to destroy the command tent they've set up; use some Flame in a Bottle from this box of incendiaries. Once razed, plant this Scourge banner by the tent. With some luck, they'll ignore us and focus on the Scourge for vengeance.

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

100 reputation with Undercity

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(5096))

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